Unit 9: Deserts

WHAT I AM?A B C I am located in northern Africa I am located in northern Africa I’m the largest desert in the world I’m the largest desert in the world Look at my image Look at my image.

TRƯỜNG VĂN HÓA 3 – BỘ CÔNG AN

BỘ MÔN KHOA HỌC XÃ HỘI

GVTH : TrÇn ThÞ TuyÕt Nhung

UNIT 9:

School: VAN HOA 3

Guessing Game :

Rule:

Students work in groups There are three suggestions After the first suggestion,

answer get 10 mark At the

winner get 8 mark and get 6 mark at the third suggestion

WARM - UP

WHAT I AM?

A

B

C

I am located in northern Africa

I am located in northern Africa

I’m the largest desert in the world I’m the largest desert in the world

Look at my image

Look at my image

WHAT I AM?

I am Sahara Desert

UNIT 9:

PART D: Writing

(English 12 – Page 102)

Unit 9: Deserts - PART D : WRITING

SAHARA DESERT: General Information

Location

Area

Natural

features

Trees

and

animals

- Largest desert in the world

- In northern Africa

- Extends from the Atlantic Ocean eastward past to Red Sea to Iraq

- Lies largely in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania,

Mali, Niger and Sudan

- Total area: more than 9,065,000 sq km

- 1,610 km wide and about 5,150 km long from east to west

- Arid land, dry climate (moisture is almost totally absent), very hot in summer and very cold in winter

- Few oases exist

- Sandy and large dunes of sand

- Tableland with an average elevation from 400 to 500 m

- Few forms of animal and vegetable life

- Main trees: cactus, the date palm, and a form of acacia

- main animals: gazelle, antelope, fox, jackal, camel

Unit 9: Deserts - PART D : WRITING

VOCABULARY

Elevation / eli´vei~n/(n)

Cactus / ´k`kt6s/ (n)

Date palm /deit ´pa:m/ (n)

Arid / ´`rid/ (adj)

Acacia / 6´kei~6/(n)

Gazelle / g6´zel/

(n)

Antelope / ´`ntil6$p/ (n)

Độ cao

Cây chà là

Khô cằn Cây xiêm gai

Linh dương (Ga – zen)

Sơn dương

Cây xương rồng

BEFORE YOU WRITE

Unit 9: Deserts - PART D : WRITING

TASK 1: Using the information from the table

and answer the following questions

2 What are its special features?

3 What is its total area?/ How big is it?

4 What do you know about the natural features?

5 And how are trees and animals?

Unit 9: Deserts - PART D : WRITING

1. What are the

Sahara

Desert’s

special

features?

2 Where is it

located?

3 What is its

total area?/

How big is it?

4 What do you

features?

5 And how about

animals?

2 Sahara Desert is located in northern Africa It extends from the Atlantic Ocean Easter ward past the Red Sea to Iraq It lies mostly

in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Sudan

1 Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the World.

3 It has a total area of more than 9,065,000sq km with 1,610 km wide and about 5,150 km long from the east to the west.

4 The most special natural features are arid land and dry climate They mean moisture is almost totally absent It’s very hot in summer and very cold in winter There are only few oases existing and all that spreads in front of you is sandy and large dunes of sand Its tableland has an average elevation from 400 t0 500 m.

5 There are only few forms of animal and vegetable life The main trees you can find are cactus, the date palm, and a form of acacia Besides, the main animals you are likely to see are gazelle, antelope, fox, jackal, camel.

Unit 9: Deserts - PART D : WRITING

SAHARA DESERT:

the table below and write a composition about the Sahara Desert

General Information

Location

Area

Natural

features

Trees

and

animals

- Largest desert in the world

- In northern Africa

- Extends from the Atlantic Ocean eastward past to Red Sea to Iraq

- Lies largely in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania,

Mali, Niger and Sudan

- Total area: more than 9,065,000 sq km

- 1,610 km wide and about 5,150 km long from east to west

- Arid land, dry climate (moisture is almost totally absent), very hot in

summer and very cold in winter

- Few oases exist

- Sandy and large dunes of sand

- Tableland with an average elevation from 400 to 500 m

- Few forms of animal and vegetable life

- Main trees: cactus, the date palm, and a form of acacia

- main animals: gazelle, antelope, fox, jackal, camel

WHILE YOU

WRITE

Unit 9: Deserts - PART D : WRITING

AFTER YOU WRITE

FEEDBACK ON

WRITING

Example Writing:

17 Le Duan St, BMT City November 30, 2008 Dear An,

I’m glad to receive your letter which you tell me about your holiday in New York City

in I’m writing to you for the Sahara Desert, a place that you asked me about last week The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world It is located in northern Africa, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean easterward past the Red Sea to Iraq It lies mostly in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Sudan

The desert has a total area of more than 9,065,000 square km with 1,610 km wide and about 5,150 km long from the east to the west

The most special natural features are arid land and dry climate so it is totally unlikely

to find moisture in the Sahara Desert It’s very hot in summer and very cold in winter If you are in the desert, you can see few oases existing there and all that spreads in front of you is sandy land and large dunes of sand In addition, Its tableland has an average elevation from 400 to 500 m

On the other hand, there are few forms of animals and vegetable life The main trees you can find are cactus, the date palm, and a form of acacia Besides, the main animals you are likely to see are gazelle, antelope, fox, jackal, camel

I believe that there are many mysteries that we haven’t known so please discuss with

me on your next letter

Write me soon

Love,

Thien Anh

Unit 9: - PART D : WRITING

HOMEWORK

1.Write a composition about another

desert that you know

period Unit 9 - Part E:

Language Focus