Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 10: Unit9 : Natural disasters Lesson 4 : Reading doc

Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to scan the text about natural disaster for details and complete the exercises given.. Warmup: Brainstorm typhoon Q : Have you ever

Unit9 : Natural disasters

Lesson 4 : Reading

A Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to scan the text about natural disaster for details and complete the exercises given

* Teaching aids:

 Tape , pictures

B Content:

I Prereading:

1 Warmup: Brainstorm

typhoon

Q : Have you ever experienced any of these natural disasters?

 Today we’re going to study some information about the natural disasters in the world

2 Preteach:

(a) tidal wave : sóng thần (translation)

(a) tornado(es) : cơn lốc xoáy (picture)

Natural

(adj) abrupt : bất ngờ, đột ngột (synonym) = sudden(a)

(n) shift : sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi (explanation)

Change of position

(adj) funnelshaped : có hình phễu (board drawing)

(to) suck up : hút lên (translation)

(to) erupt : phun, phun trào (visual) eruption (n) sự phun trào

* Checking: Ordering

3 T/F statements prediction (p.79)

- Set the scene : There are 6 statements about the information of some natural disasters All of you have to read them and guess whether they are true or false

a Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire

b The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage

c A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s

d Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster

e The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption

f A tornado looks like a funnel

- Get students to guess which statement is T and which is false

- Write students’ prediction on the board and get them to read the text and check

II While reading:

1 T/F statements correction:

*Key:

a T

b T

c F  ….from Alaska to California

d T

e F  …in more than 50 years

f T

2 Complete the sentences (P.79):

- Have students work in pairs and complete the sentences in ex.5b on p.79

- Call on some students to read the whole sentence

- Give feedback and correct

*Key:

1 The majority of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim

2 During the earthquake in Kobe, many people were killed when homes, office blocks and highway collapsed

3 A tidal wave can only occur when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth

4 In Australia, a tropical storm is known as a cyclone

5 The Chinese language gave us the word “typhoon”

6 A tornado is a type of storm that passes overland below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path

III Postreading: Asking and answering

- Divide the class into 4 groups, give each group a poster and a pen

- T asks question by question, groups write the answer on posters and hand up

- Give points for each group

1 Why do people call the Pacific Rim “ Ring of Fire”?

2 What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earh?

3 What does “typhoon’ mean?

4 Where is Mount Pinatubo?

5 What did a tornado lift in Italy in 1981?

*Key :

1 Because 90% of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim

2.Tidal wave will happen

3 It means “big wind”

4 It is in the Philippines

5 It lifted a baby

iV.Homework:

1 Redo 5a,b into notebooks

2 Do ex.7 (workbook)

1 Learn by heart vocab

2 Find out new vocabulary in “Write” (P.79)

V.Teacher’s self-evaluation: