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Week 30Date of preparation: 5/4/2007 Date of teaching: 6/4/2007 Unit 9 NATUARL DISASTERS Period: 59 READ I Objective: By the end of the lesson Sts will able to get more information abou

Week 30

Date of preparation: 5/4/2007

Date of teaching: 6/4/2007

Unit 9 NATUARL DISASTERS

Period: 59 READ

I Objective: By the end of the lesson Sts will able to get more information about the natural disasters in the world

II Language content :

* Grammar: Relative Pronouns and relative clauses ( defining and non defining)

* Vocabulary: behave , extensive , erupt , abrupt , highland , trust , border , battery …

III Teaching aids: - text book, cassette, picture, poster card

IV Teaching steps:

Warm up

10 min

Pre – reading

10 min

• Matching chatting

- Show four pictures on page 74 and ask Sts to match them with four words: snowstorm ; earthquake ; volcano ; typhoon

* Answer keys:

a snowstorm – picture 1

b earthquake – picture 2

c volcano – picture 3

d typhoon – picture 4

- Give Sts some questions about the four natural disaster

* How do you know it is a snowstorm an earthquake /

a volcano / a typhoon?

* Have you ever experienced any of these natural disasters?

* What happened? How did you feel?

I Pre – teach Voc:

Tidal wave: (translation: sóng thần ) Abrupt: (synonym: bất ngờ , đột ngột 0 Shift: ( definition: sự chuyển dịch , thay đổi ) Warn: ( translation: cảnh báo , báo trước ) Funnel – shaped: ( visual: có hình phểu ) Suck up: ( translation: hút lên )

Tornado: ( translation: cơn lốc xoáy ) Majority: ( Example: đa số, phần lớn )

- Have Sts read before the class

* Checking Voc Rub out and Remember

- Rub out the words one at time, each time you rub out the word in English, point to the Vietnamese translation and ask Sts to repeat again When all English words are rubbed out, go through the Vietnamese list and get Sts to call out the English words

II True or False Statements Predictions:

* 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

- Hang the poster of True or False statements on the board

- Get Sts to work in pairs to guess which statements are T or F

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

b The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage

T – whole class

Do as request

Answer the questions

Listen and repeat Write

Read

Do as request

Listen , read and guess T or F Pair work

While – listening

20 min

Homework

5 min

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 disasters

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

f A Tornado looks like a funnel

- Give feedback

* Reading and checking

- Have Sts read the text on page 78 and check their prediction

- Get Sts to correct false statements

- Give feedback

1 T

2 T

3 F → A huge tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California

4 T

5 F → The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years

* Complete the sentences:

- Have Sts work in pairs and complete the sentences in Exer 5b on page 79

1 …… occur around the Pacific Rim

2 …… many people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed

3 …… 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 Sts write the Exer 5b into their notebooks , using their ideas

Check and copy

Read and check Correct

Listen and copy

Pair work Complete

Listen and copy

Do as request

Date of preparation: 8/4/2007

Date of teaching: 9/4/2007

Unit 9 NATUARL DISASTERS

Period: 60 WRITE

I Objective: By the end of the lesson Sts will able to write a story

II Language content :

* Grammar: Relative Pronouns and relative clauses ( defining and non defining)

* Vocabulary: behave , extensive , erupt , abrupt , highland , trust , border , battery …

III Teaching aids: - text book, cassette, picture, poster card

IV Teaching steps:

Warm up

10 min

* Jumble words

- Write the words whose letters are in a random order on the

board

T – whole class

Do as request

Pre – writing

10 min

While – listening

20 min

Homework

- Divide the class into two teams Sts from two teams go to the board and write the correct words

- The teams which writes more correct words first wins the game

1 otnophy → typhoon

2 damotro → tornado

3 lacono → volcano

4 tearquahke → earthquake

5 ormst → storm

I Pre – Teach Voc:

Behave: ( translation: cư xử ; ứng xử ) Shelter: ( definition: chổ trú ngụ ) All of sudden: ( synonym: suddenly bất ngờ , bỗng dưng )

* Checking Voc What and Where

II Telling the story

- Show 6 pic on the board

- Set the scene: This is Lan’s family, they are at home

- Ask some questions to elicit the story

Picture1:

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 on TV that there is a typhoon coming

→ Lan ran home and her mother tells her that there is a typhoon coming

Picture 4:

What are they doing? They are gathering and talking about the coming typhoon

→ Mrs Quyen gathers her family and asks them to find shelter in thehouse

Picture 5:

What ‘s the weather like now? It is very dark It has strong wind and heavy rain

→ Suddenly, it becomes dark The storm comes with strong wind heavy and heavy rain

Picture 6:

What ‘s the weather like now? It is fine How are they now? They all are happy

→ The storm finishes soon and everyone is glad

- Ask Sts to look at the Pictures and retell the story

- Have Sts write a story individually The cues in the box on page

79 will help Sts to write easily

- Ask Sts to use past tense

- Go around and help Sts to write

- Get Sts to share with their partners and correct mistakes

Listen and repeat Write

Listen and answer some questions

Listen and answer

Listen and answer Listen and answer

Listen and answer

Listen and answer

Listen and answer

Look at and retell Write

Share and correct

Do as request

5 min - Get Sts to write another story They can make changes or add

more details to the story