TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES 1/ Warm-up: 7’ Matching and chatting - Show four pictures and ask students to match them with four words: thunderstorm, earthquake, volcano, typhoon, tornado... Le[r]
Trang 1Week : 30 Date of preparation: 31/03/2013
I OBJECTIVES:
- By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more information about the natural disasters in the world
II PREPARATION: Text books, pictures
III PROCEDURE:
1/ Warm-up: (7’) Matching and chatting
- Show four pictures and ask students to match
them with four words: thunderstorm, earthquake,
volcano, typhoon, tornado
Lead in the lesson, “We’re going to read about
these natural disasters.”
- Work individually
Answer keys:
Picture 1: thunderstorm Picture 2: earthquake Picture 3: typhoon Picture 4: tornado Picture 5: volcano
- Listen
2/ Pre-reading: (13’)
Activity 1: Pre-teach vocabulary
- Introduce new words
I New words
Majority (n)= many: nhiÒu, rÊt nhiÒu
collapse (v): sụp đổ
Tidal wave (n): sóng thần
Hurricane (n) = cyclone = typhoon
Tornado (n): vòi rồng
Erupt (v): Eruption (n): phun trµo
Funnel (n): c¸i phÔu
- Check vocabulary: R.O.R
Activity 2: True-False statement predictions
- Get students to work in pair to guess which
- Listen, guess and write down
- Do as directed
Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
LESSON 3:
Trang 2statements on page 79 are true or false - Read statements carefully and
guess
3/ While-reading: (15’)
Activity 1: Reading and checking
- Have students read the text on page 78 and
correct false statements
* Answer keys (T or F)
Statement 1: T
Statement 2: T
Statement 3: F
Statement 4: T Statement 5: F Statement 6: T
Activity 2: Complete the sentences
- Have Ss work in pairs and complete the
sentences 5b P/79
- Ask Ss to give feedback
1 occur around the Pacific Rim
2 people were killed when homes, office blocks
and highways collapsed
3 there is an abrupt shift in the underwater
movement of the Earth
4 a cyclone
5 the word “typhoon”
6 passes overland below a thunderstorm and
sucks up anything that is in its path.
- Work individually
+ Statement 3: F correct: A huge tidal ware traveled from Alaska to California
+ Statement 5: F correct: The eruption of mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest volcanic eruption
in more than 50 years
- Work in pair
- Give feedback
4/ Post-reading: (8’) Networks
- Ask Ss to play game networks - Play in two teams
5/ Homework: (2’)
- Have Ss:
+ Learn by heart new words
+ Prepare for the next period Unit 9: lesson 4:
Write
- Write assignments
IV COMMENT:
Natural disasters
Trang 3Week : 30 Date of preparation: 31/03/2013
I OBJECTIVES:
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a short story by using guided information and pictures
II PREPARATION: Text books, pictures, extra-board
III PROCEDURE:
1/ Warm-up: (7’) Chatting
- Ask Ss to observe a picture and answer some
questions
- Lead to the lesson
- Observe and answer some questions
- Listen
2/ Pre-writing: (13’)
Activity 1: Pre-teach vocabulary
- Introduce the aims of the writing and help Ss with
some new words :
I New words:
Perfect (a) = very nice
Circle (n) : perfectly round shape
Shelter(n):a place to hide or stay away
fromdanger
Behave (v) : act in a manner
scare (a): afraid
Activity 2:
- Have Ss work in pairs to match the correct passage
to the pictures 1 to 6
- Listen carefully and repeat in chorus and individually, then take note
- Look at the pictures, and match
1 It/ beautiful day Sun/shine Sky/ blue Weather/ perfect Lan/ outside/ play/ her dog/ Skippy
2 All of a sudden/ dog/ behaved strangely She/ keep/ run around in circles
3 Lan/run/ home/with/dog/tell
Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
LESSON 4:
1 Which natural disaster is it?
2 Can we predict it?
How?
Lan/run/ home/with/dog/tell /mother/ what Skippy/ do Lan’s mother- Mrs Queyn/tell Lan/she/
Hear/on TV/ there/be/typhoon coming
Trang 4- Guide Ss how to write the story, reminding Ss of
using tense and word forms
Ex: It was a beautiful day
/mother/ what Skippy/ do Lan’s mother- Mrs Queyn/tell Lan/she/ Hear/on TV/ there/be/typhoon coming
4 Mrs Quyen/gather/family/tell/ They/find/shelter/in the home
5 Suddenly /sky/become/very dark Strom/come/with strong winds/ Heavy rain/ Mrs Quyen/family/ Scared.
6 But/ soon/ storm/ finish
Everyone/
glad./ What/ clever dog/ Skippy! She/
Save Lan/ from/ catch/ in/ typhoon.
- Listen
3/ While-writing: (15’)
- Have Ss write the story in 6 groups
- Ask Ss to hang on the sub-boards
- Write in groups
- Hang on their writings
4/ Post-writing: (8’)
- Correct their writing
- Give suggested writing
It was a beautiful day The sun was shining, the sky was blue
and the weather was perfect Lan was outside playing with her
dog, Skippy All of a sudden, the dog began behaving
strangely She kept running around in circle Lan ran home
with her dog to tell her mother what Skippy was doing Lan's
mother, Mrs Quyen told Lan that she heard on TV that there
was a typhoon coming Mrs Quyen gathered her family and
told them to find shelter in the house.Suddenly, the sky
became very dark The storm came with strong winds and
heavy rain Mrs Quyen and her family were scared, but soon
the storm finished and everyone was glad What a clever dog
skippy is! She saved Lan from being caught in the typhoon
- Pay attention
- Compare and correct their writings
5/ Homework: (2’)
- Have Ss:
+ Learn by heart new words
+ Rewrite the story in notebook
+ Prepare Unit 9: lesson 5: Language Focus
- Write assignments
IV COMMENT:
All of a sudden/ dog/ behaved strangely
She/ keep/ run around in circles
Mrs Quyen/gather/family/tell/
They/find/shelter/in the home
It/ beautiful day Sun/shine
Sky/ blue Weather/ perfect Lan/
outside/ play/ her dog/ Skippy Suddenly /sky/become/very dark.
Strom/come/with strong winds/
Heavy rain/ Mrs Quyen/family/
Scared.
But/ soon/ storm/ finish Everyone/
glad./ What/ clever dog/ Skippy! She/
Save Lan/ from/ catch/ in/ typhoon.