Unit 9: Natural disasters

Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get the information about weather from the weather forecast.. Gap filling :  Have students read the dialogue silently and d

Period : 56 Date of planning : Mar 25 th 2007 Week : 28 Date of teaching : Mar 31 st 2007

A.

A Aims :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get the information about

weather from the weather forecast

B Preparations : Posters pictures

C Procedure :

I Warm – up : * Chatting :

 Ask students some questions about weather

+ What's the weather like today?

+ Do you like hot/cold weather?

+ Have you ever listened to the weather forecast on the radio or on TV?

+ Do you think weather forecast is useful for us? How is it useful?

 Matching the pictures to the correct words ; ( getting started )

II Pre – reading :

1 Pre-teach vocabulary : * what and where

- turn up (v) : điều chỉnh to lên (âm thanh TV, radio) (mime)

- expect (v) : mong đợi, chờ đón (translation)

- expect (v) : mong đợi, chờ đón (translation)

- thunderstorm (n) : bão có sấm sét, mưa to (picture)

- Delta (n) : vùng châu thổ (visual)

- just in case (n) : phòng khi, lỡ khi (translation)

- trust (v) : tin tưởng, tin là thật (synonym: rely on)

2 Pre – question :

 Get students one question and ask them to

guess the answer :

What are they watching?

 Give feedback

 Answer keys :

They are watching the weather forecast on newspaper

II While – reading :

1 Gap filling :

 Have students read the dialogue silently and do exercise 2b on page 75

 Get them to share their answers with their partners

 Give feedback

Snowstorm earthquake volcano typhoon

 Answer keys :

a Thuy's grandmother wants her to turn up the volume on TV because she wants to listen to the weather forecast

b The coast of Thanh Hoa will be raining

c The central highlands will experience thunderstorms

d Ho Chi Minh City will have temperature between 270C and 350C

e Although Thuy's grandmother doesn't trust weather forecasts, she likes watching them

2 Comprehension questions : * LUCKY NUMBER

 Show the questions on the poster Ask students to answer the questions

in pairs

 Get students to call out their answers, teacher corrects if necessary

 Answer keys:

a Why does Thuy's grandmother ask her to turn up the volume?

- Because she wants to listen to the weather forecast

b Which city is the hottest today?

- Ho Chi Minh City is the hottest

c Where is Thuy going?

- She’s going to a park on the other side of Thang Long Bridge with her old friends (she's going on a picnic)

d What does Thuy's grandmother want her to do?

- She wants her to bring along a raincoat

 Have students practice asking and answering in pairs

3 Practice the dialogue :

 Let students listen to the dialogue and focus on the pronunciation

 Call on some students to play the roles of Thuy, grandmother and

weatherman to practice the dialogue

 Ask students to practice the dialogue in groups of three

III Post – reading :

 Speaking : Ask students to read again the weather forecast on TV and notice some phrases

*will have temperature between and

* will experience temperature between and

* HCMC temperature will be between and

* can expect clouds/thunderstorms

 Ask students to look at the map and play the role of the weatherman to present the weather forecast, based on the information given

 Call on some students to present before the class

 Have students work in pair - one student speaks, the other listens

IV At home : Ask students to write a weather forecast The dialogue will help them

Students can change the information, the places

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Period : 57 Date of planning : Apr, 1 st 2007

Week : 29 Date of teaching : Apr 2 nd 2007

B.

A Aims:

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about what they want to buy and do

to prepare for a typhoon

B Preparations : Posters pictures

C Procedure :

I Warm – up : * Brainstorming:

o Have students think about what they do to prepare for a typhoon

o Have students to go to the board and write down

o Possible answers :

o Check the doors and the windows.

+ Cut some branches of high trees in the garden or around the house

+ Buy oil, gas +Buy candles + Check the roof

II Presentation :

1 Pre-teach vocabulary : * Slap the board

- bucket (n) : cái xô (visual)

- leak (n) : chỗ thủng, chỗ dột (visual)

- tie (v) : cột, trói (mime)

- latch (n) : cái chốt cửa (picture)

- blanket (n) : cái mền (picture)

- available (adj) : có sẵn (translation)

- damage (v) : phá hỏng, làm thiệt hại (synonym of hurt or spoil)

2 Revision : poster

Form :

Use : in deduction or prediction

Practice :

The water pipe may be damaged There must be strong wind blowing

Possible answers :

- There may be a power cut - There must be heavy rain.

- Big trees may fall down - The market may be closed

- There may be a flood -

Lesson 2 : Speak

Preparation for a typhoon

Buy food

Store water

Cái mền

MAY + INFINITIVE MUST

What happens if there is a typhoon?

o Have students do exercise 3a on page 76 The students have to check (P) what preparations they think should be done for a typhoon ( Poster )

o Answer Key :

P Buying some canned food Painting the house

Buying a dog P Buying candles

P Buying matches Hiring some video movies

P Filling all buckets with water P Buying a ladder

Washing your blankets P Fixing the leak in the roof

P Tying the roof to the ground with pegs and ropes.

Inviting some friends over for a dinner

P Checking all the window and door latches

o Elicit some questions and get students to ask and answer

a Why do we need to buy food ?

Because the market will be closed and no food will be available

b What food do we need to buy ?

Rice, oil, canned food, soy sauce, flour

c Why do we need to buy candles ?

Because there may be power cut

d Why do we need to fill all buckets with water?

Because water pipes may be damaged and won’t have enough water to

use right after the typhoon

e Why do we need to buy a ladder?

Because the roof may be damaged by the typhoon, and we have to fix it

f Why do we need to check all the window and door latches?

Just in case the strong wind pushes the doors open

o Ask students to use the expressions on page 77 when talking to one another

III Production : Poster Groups of 4

o Have students talk about what they think they want to buy and do to prepare for a typhoon ; explain why They can use the questions and the answers above Besides, the ideas in the bubbles on page 77 can help students talk easily.

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+ I think + I think you should .

+ Yes, I think so + What for ? .

I think we should buy some canned food before a typhoon

Yes , I think so, too / I agree with you The market

will be closed and no food will be available

I think we should buy a bladder

What for ? why ?

Just in case we need to fix the roof Because there must be strong wind blowing

o Go around and help students Encourage students to show their own ideas

IV Homework :

o Write something about what they have to do to prepare for a typhoon

Period : 58 Date of planning : Apr, 1 st 2007

Week : 29 Date of teaching : Apr 7 th 2007

C.

A Aims :

By the end of the lesson, students will get some ideas on how to live with earthquakes and

put suitable words or word phrases into the gaps to complete the table

B Preparations : Posters pictures

C Procedure :

I Warm – up : * Chatting:

 Ask students some questions about earthquakes.

+ Have you ever head of an earthquake ?

+ What happens if there is an earthquake ?

+ In which country do earthquake occur frequently ?

+ What would you do if there was an earthquake ?

II Pre-listening :

1 Pre teach vocabulary : * What and Where

- block (v) : hạn chế, ngăn cản

(definition : make movement difficult or impossible

- roller (n) : trục lăn, con lăn (picture)

- strike - struck - struck (v) va chạm (synonym: hit)

- snout (n) : mõm của động vật ( visual/picture)

- hurricane (n) : cơn bão (in North and South America)

(synonym: typhoon in Asia)

- cyclone (n) : cơn lốc xoáy, bão (in Australia)

- eruption (n) : sự phun trào (núi lửa) (pictures)

Suggested phrases:

1 Make movement difficult or impossible (block)

2 Typhoon in North and South America (hurricane)

3 Typhoon in Australia (cyclone)

4 The synonym of "hit" (strike)

5 The nose or jaws of a animal (snout)

6 An outbreak or bursting forth (eruption)

2 Prediction : Poster

 Set the scene : An expert is giving a talk on how to live with earthquakes.

 Have students look at the box on page 77 and guess the works in the blanks from (1)

to (9)

III While - listening :

o Have students listen to the tape twice and check their prediction

o Answer key

(1) bottom shelf of the bookshelf (2) fridge (3) washing machine (4) mirrors (5) a window (6) inside (7) under a strong table (8) doorway (9) corner of a room

Tape transcript :

IV Post – listening :

 T asks Ss to retell what they should do to live with earthquakes, basing on these questions.:

- Where should we place heavy books?

- What should we do with our fridges and washing machines.

- Why should we check the mirrors.

- Where should we put our beds.

- Where should we stay/sit/stand during the earthquake?

 Quiz : 2 teams Ask some questions

 Call out the questions and the students have to answer as quickly as possible The team having the right answer gets good marks The team which has more marks wins the game

1 Which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup? (Singapore)

2 Which animal has 1 or 2 horns on its snout? (rhinoceros)

3 Which explorer discovered America? (Christopher Columbus)

4 Which planet is closest to the earth? (Venus)

5 Which animal was chosen to be the logo of Sea games 2003? (Buffalo )

6 Which ASEAN country is divided into two regions by the sea?(Malaysia)

7 Which food can you chew but can't swallow? (chewing gum)

8 Which thing can you swallow but can't chew? (water

V Homework :

o Have students work in closed pairs to ask and answer the questions

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LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES

Heavy fixtures , furniture , and appliances

Place heavy books on the _(1) _

Block the rollers on your _(2) _ and _(3)

Flying glass

Check (4)

Don’t put your bed near (5) _

Earthquakes drill

Stay _(6) _

Sit _(7) _ or _(8) _

Stand in the (9)

If you live in an earthquake zone, you should take some time to look around your house Place heavy books on the bottom shelf of your bookshelves Block the rollers on your fridge and washing machine to prevent them from moving Put hanging potted plants in plastic

containers Check the mirrors in your bathroom and bedroom Make sure they can't move Don't put your bed next to window Planning where you are going to be during an

earthquake is very important The first thing to remember is to stay inside Then you should sit under a strong table or doorway, or stand in the corner of a room

o Write a passage telling what we should do to live with earthquakes

Period : 59 Date of planning : Apr, 4 th 2007 Week : 30 Date of teaching : Apr 9 th 2007

D.

A Aims :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more information about

the natural disasters in the world

B Preparations : Posters pictures

C Procedure :

 Show four pictures on the BB and ask students to match them with four words: tornado , earthquake, volcano, typhoon

1 2 3 4

 Answer keys:

a Tornado - picture 1 b earthquake - picture 2

c volcano - picture 3 d typhoon - picture 4

 Give students some questions about snowstorm/an earthquake/ a

volcano/ a typhoon?

+ Have you ever experienced any of these natural disasters ? What happened ? How did you feel ?

II Pre – reading :

1 Pre – teach vocabulary : R O & R

- Tidal wave (n) : sóng thần (translation)

- abrupt (adj) : bất ngờ, đột ngột (synonym : quick, sudden)

- shift (n) : sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi (change of position)

- warn (v) : cảnh báo, báo trước (translation)

- funnel - shaped (adj) : có hình phểu (visual)

- suck up (v) : hút lên (translation)

- Tornado (n) : cơn lốc xoáy

2 True - False statements Predictions : Poster - groups of 4 - B shut

o 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 area true of false

o Get students to work in pairs to guess which statements are true and which are false

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

2 The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage

3 A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit

Anchorage in the 1960 s

4 Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disasters

5 The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world's largest ever volcano eruption

6 A tornado looks like a funnel

o Give feedback :

1 Feedback 2 :

o T asks Ss to look at the book and check their prediction

o Answer key : T T F T F T

2 Complete the sentences : Poster

o Have students work in pairs and complete the sentences in exercise 5b on page 79

o Answer keys :

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 highways 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 Christopher Columbus 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

 Have students read the text again

 Group 1 asks a question , Group 2, 3, 4 answer it

 Group 2 asks another question , Group 1, 3, 4 answer

 Go on until the four groups ask their questions

 Possible answers:

1 Why do people call the Pacific Rim "Ring of Fire"

- Because 90% of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim

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

- Tidal waves will happen

3 What does "typhoon" mean ? - It means "big wind"

4 Can we predict a volcano?

- Yes The scientists can warn us about the eruption

V At home :

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 Have students write the exercise 5b into their notebooks, using their ideas

Period : 60 Date of planning : Apr, 4 th 2007

Week : 30 Date of teaching : Apr 15 th 2007

E.

A Aims :

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a story

B Preparations : Posters pictures

C Procedure :

1 otnophy - typhoon 2 damotro - tornado

3 lacono - volcano 4 tearquahke - earthquake

5 ormost - storm

II Pre – writing :

1 Pre-teach vocabulary : * what and where

- behave (v) : cư xử, ứng xử (translation)

- shelter (n) : chỗ trú ngụ (definition : a place of safety)

- all of sudden : bất ngờ, bỗng dưng (synonym: suddenly )

2 Telling the story ; Pictures

 Show six pictures on the board

 Set the scene: This is Lan's family, they are at home

 Ask some questions to elicit the story

Picture 1 :

- Who is this ? It's Lan

- Where is she ? She's outside / in the garden

- What is she doing ? She's playing with her dog, Skippy

 Lan is outside playing with her dog

Picture 2 :

- How is the dog? It looks strange Perhaps it is scared

 All of a sudden, the dog behaves strangely.

Picture 3 :

- What's on TV? The weather forecast

- What does Lan's mother say? She tells Lan that she has just heard

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