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Knowledge: - Know more some information of the Cat Ba national park.. Skills: – Ss can write a paragraph to describe a national park based on given information.. Attitude and competenci

UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER

D- WRITING

By the ends of the lesson, students will be able to:

1 Knowledge:

- Know more some information of the Cat Ba national park

- Vocabulary: learn pronunciation and understand the new words: tropical, coastal, landscape, resource,…

2 Skills:

– Ss can write a paragraph to describe a national park based on given information

3 Attitude and competencies:

- Attitude: Be aware of the Cat Ba national park and feel interested in writing about the Cat Ba national park

- Teacher: Handouts, textbook, extra-board

- Student: Textbook, notebook, A0 sizes poster

III ANTICIPATED PROPBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS

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

IV PROCEDURE

TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES BOARD DISPLAY

I Warm up (8’)

II Prepare Ss to write (10’)

-T puts Ss in groups of 3-4 and gets them

to brainstorm what they would like to

include in their description of a national

park

- T elicits the answers from different

groups and writes the idea on the black

board

- T elicits useful structures and

vocabulary and also writes them on the

blackboard

- T gets Ss to read the table of

information on p.120

- T reminds Ss of the format of a

Where?

( Location)

X is located 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 rate animals can be found here…

X is home to many kinds of rate animals.

III Writing(12’)

- T divides the class into small groups

and assigns each group to write about

aspect of Cat Ba National Park

-T hands each group an A0 sized paper

sheet

- Ss will write their paragraphs on that

paper

- After the groups are finished, Ss stick

their posters on the four walls

IV.Feedback (3’)

-T gets the class to read and gives

conrrective feedback on their peer’s

work

T gives Ss own corrective feedback and

final comments

-T should draw Ss’s attention to the

- Group1: Location and area

- Group 2: Scenic features

- Group3: Plants and animals

- Group4: Historic features

*Sample 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 centre It is 15,200 square hectares in total.

The park is characterised 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 years 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.

format of the paragraph.

V Wrap up

* Summaries:

-T summarises the main point of the lesson

* Homework:

-Write about Cat Ba National Park again