Week 31 Period 61 Preparing date: 25/03/2011 Teaching date: 28/03/2011 Teacher’s name: Trần Thị Phượng Composer’s name: Lương Lê Long Thịnh TEACHING PLAN English Grade 9/2 Unit 9: Natural Disasters Lesson: Read A OBJECTIVES By the end of the lesson, students will be able to read for main ideas and specific information and get general background information on some common natural disasters B TEACHING AIDS Blackboard, handouts and posters, textbook … C PROCEDURE Teacher’s and students’ activities I WARM UP CROSS-WORD - Teacher gives definition of five natural disasters that students learned in the lesson Content 1.Mountain or hill with openings through which ashes and gases ejected 2.Violent storm especially in East Asian seas 3.Violent storm over small area 4.Another word for tsunami, waves caused by the tides 5.Sudden and violent movements of the earth’s surface - Teacher asks students to look at the definitions and complete the chart - The fastest group will win - Teacher gives correct answers II PRE-READING Vocabulary - Teacher gives the words and guides students the meaning - Students read and repeat - Copy in the notebook HANDOUTS Answers key Tidal wave Earthquake Typhoon Volcano Tornado Pacific Rim (n): countries in the Pacific Area Collapse (v): break down, falling to ruin majority (n): a lot of, greater number >< minority Abrupt (v): suddenly happen Shift: change to Hurricane= cyclone= typhoon Erupt (v), eruption (n): break out or through Funnel (n): narrowing tube for putting liquid into small opening Baby carriage (n): small, special vehicle for carrying baby * Checking vocabulary: matching words III WHILE-READING True or False Set the scene We are going to read a passage - Ask students to work about five disasters that we have independently, read the passages mentioned earlier Read and and decide whether the statements the comprehension tasks assigned are True or False Correct the false ones - Ask students to compare their answers with a friend and highlight or underline the information in the passage for their answers - Call on some students to explain The correct answers: their answers in front of class - Teacher correct the answers True True False The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California True False The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years True Give correct answers: Sentence completion The majority of earthquakes - Tell students to read the passage more carefully and complete the sentences Teacher makes necessary corrections in front of class as a whole occur around the Pacific Rim During the earthquake in Kobe, many homes, office blocks and highways collapsed A tidal wave can only occur when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth In Australia, a tropical storm is known as a cyclone Christopher Columbus gave us the word “typhoon” A Tornado is a type of storm that passes overland below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path IV POST-READING - Call on some students to read the passage aloud in front of class - Check pronunciation mistakes if necessary HOMEWORK: - Summarize the paragraph - Prepare new lesson COMMENT: …………………………………………………………………