There are about 71 species of animals, over 300 kinds of birds, 50 different orchids and 1,944 species of other plants.Cuc Phuong National Park is the first of Vietnam’s nine national pa[r]
Trang 1TEACHER’S NAME: NGUYỄN THỊ HỒNG GẤM
Date of teaching: 26 /11/2014
Subject : English 11
Unit 10 – Nature in danger – Writing
Time allowance : 45 minutes
UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER
PART D: WRITING
I Objectives
1 Knowledge
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
- Have more knowledge about National park
- Know some structures and words to write a description of location
2 Skills
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
- Write a description of location by using the given facts and figures
- Improve other skills: reading, speaking, listening
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- Students have positive attitude toward finding materials related to National parks as well as protecting forest
and endangered species
II Teaching aids
- Handout, textbook, board, chalk, computer, projector
III Teaching methods
- Individual work, group work, pair work, asking and question, presentation
IV Anticipated problems
- Students may have difficulty with writing description of location, so T should be ready to help them
V Procedure
1 Class organization
Class Date Students’ absence Notes 10…
10…
2 Check old lesson: No
3 New lesson
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activities
Comments
Warm up
( 3 mins)
-T shows a video about Cat Ba National park
- Lead in new lesson
Watch video
Pre-writing
( 10 mins)
Task 1:
-T gives Ss handouts about Cuc Phuong National Park and
asks Ss to work in pairs to read the passage and answer the questions
Cuc Phuong National Park is located in Ninh Binh, 160 kilometers south west of Hanoi Its total area is 22,000 ha
It is famous for beautiful mountains and caves as well as hundreds of rare animals and plants There are about 71 species of animals, over 300 kinds of birds, 50 different orchids and 1,944 species of other plants.Cuc Phuong National Park is the first of Vietnam’s nine national parks
to be established Visitors can come here to see wonderful landscapes and look at the 1,000- year- old tree
1 Where is Cuc Phuong National Park?
-Work in pairs and answer the
questions
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3 What is it famous for?
4 How many species of animals, birds, orchids and
other plants are there in Cuc Phuong National Park?
5 What can visitors come here for?
-Then T elicits useful structures :
♦ Location:
+ is located on/ in…
+ is km north/south/east/west of/ from
♦ Area:
+ Its total area is …
+ It covers an area of
♦ Special features:
+ It’s famous for…
+ It is characterized by
♦ Animals and plants:
+There are… species of/ kinds of/ sorts of…
+ species/kinds/sorts of live here
+ is home to kinds/species/sorts of
Give some structures and take note
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+ We/Visitors can find…
+ is found in …
While-writing
( 17minutes)
Task 2:
-T divides the class into small groups and assigns each group to write about an aspect of Cat Ba National Park
+ Group 1 writes about location and area, Group 2 about scenic features Group 3 writes about plants and animals
And Group 4 writes about Historic features
-T delivers each group an A0 sized paper sheet Ss will write their paragraphs on that paper After the groups are finished, they stick their posters on blackboard
-T checks and corrects mistakes
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 characterized by beautiful tropical forests and coastal waters It is famous for magnificent landscapes
Work in groups
Listen and take note
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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
Post-writing
(7 minutes)
Task 3: Work in pairs Imagine you were a tour guide, practice with your partner what you would talk to your visitors about Cat Ba national park
Work in pairs
4 Consolidation (2 minutes)
- T summaries the main points of the lesson
5 Homework (2 minutes)
Trang 7- Write a description of Cat Ba National Park again, based on their works and their friends’ works in class, incorporating teacher’s comments and corrections
- Prepare for new lesson
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