Period 65 Unit 10: Nature In Danger

Objective By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to describe a national park based on given information.. white sand beach n /waɪt sænd biːtʃ/ bãi biển -T asks Ss some questions -Ss

Period 65

Date of preparation: 23/1/2015 Date of teaching: 26/1/2015

Unit 10: Nature In Danger

Lesson 4: Writing

Writing a description of a national park

II Objective

By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to describe a national park based on given information

III Materials

Textbook, pictures, Ao sized posters

IV Anticipated problems

Ss may have difficulty with writing descriptive essays, so T should be ready to help them

V Procedure

Tim

e

2’

5’

A.Warm up

Questions:

1 Where do you often spend your summer holiday?

2 Have you ever been to any national parks?

B.Pre-writing

- Vocabulary:

1 island (n) /ˈaɪlənd/ hòn đảo

2 tropical forest (n) / ˈtrɒpɪklˈfɒrɪst/ rừng nhiệt

đới

3 coastal water (n) /ˈkəʊstl ˈwɑːtər/ vùng nước

ven biển

4 white sand beach (n) /waɪt sænd biːtʃ/ bãi biển

-T asks Ss some questions -Ss answer in front of class

-T shows some pictures and asks Ss to guess the words -Ss answer and take note -T reads word by word -SS repeat in chorus

5’

15’

cát trắng

5 abundant natural resources (n) /əˈbʌndənt

ˈnætʃrəl ˈriːsɔːrs/

nguồn tài nguyên thiên

nhiên phong phú

6 landscape (n) /ˈlændskeɪp/ phong cảnh đẹp

7 stone tool ( n) /stəʊn tuːl/ đồ dùng làm

bằng đá

8 human bone (n) /ˈhjuːmən bəʊn/ xương

người

-Checking vocabulary

-Structures:

+Where? (Location):

X is located on/ in Y.

X is …km north/south/east/west from Y.

+ How big? (Area):

X is…square km.

+What geographical features? Scenic features?

Historic features?):

There is/are…

X is characterized by….

It is famous for…

Many species/kinds of plants live here….

Many rare animals can be found here….

X is home to many kinds of rare animals.

C While-writing (Group work)

Questions:

1 Where is Cat Ba National Park located?

2 What are the nature features of Cat Ba national

park?

3 How large is it?

-T picks out some words and ask Ss to retell them

-T gives some structures for descriptive essay

-SS take note

-T asks Ss to work in group

T asks Ss some questions and asks them to answer

2’

4 What do you know about the animals and plants in

Cat Ba national park?

5 What are some of historic features of the parks?

D Post-writing

Cat Ba National Park is located in Cat Ba Island,

Hai Phong It is 120 km from Hanoi and 20 km east

of Hai Phong city center It is 15,200 square

hectares in total.

The park is characterized by beautiful tropical

forests and coastal waters It is famous for

magnificent landscapes with white sand beaches and

abundant natural resources.

Many kinds of rare and precious animals and plants

live in Cat Ba National Park It is home to 300

species of fish, 40 species of animals, 150 species of

birds and 620 kinds of plants.

Cat Ba National Park is also a historic site.

Archeologists found 6000-year-old stone tools and

even human bones So the park is not only a tourist

attraction but also a good place for historians and

archeologists to study the past.

E Wrapping

Homework:

- Learn vocabulary by heart.

- Write a description of the city you visited.

- Prepare next lesson :

Unit 10- Language focus

-Ss answer and write it into a descriptive essay

-T shows an example of the description on Cat Ba National Park

-Check the description of each group and comment

-Summarize the main points -Assign homework

-SS take note