Unit 9: Week: 29, Period: 56 Date: 15/03/2009 NATURAL DISASTERS GETTING STARTED & LISTEN AND READ I AIMS: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get the information about weather from the weather forecast II LANGUAGE CONTENTS: Grammar : - The simple present tense - The simple future tense - The present perfect tense Vocabulary : III TEACHING AIDS: - Posters, pictures, tape, stereo, textbook, IV PROCEDURES: CONTENTS TECHNIQUES Warm up: (5’) Chatting and matching: - Students answer some questions about weather: 1) What’s the weather like today? 2) Do you like hot / cold weather? 3) Have you ever listened to the weather forecast on the radio or on TV? 4) Do you think weather forecast is useful for us? - Teacher asks students some questions about weather + Students listen and answer the questions + Individual > pairs - Feedback - Teacher shows pictures on P 74 and asks students to match them with words: snowstorm, earthquake, volcano, typhoon + Individual > pairs - Feedback Presentation: (15’) Pre _ teach vocabulary - Teacher introduces the topic of the lesson - Pre teach vocabulary - forecast (n): bảng dự báo thời tiết - Teacher elicits and students guess the - turn up (v): vặn to meanings of the new words - expect (v): mong đợi - thunderstorm (n): bão có sấm sét mưa - Teacher reads new words + students listen and repeat to + Whole class > individual - highlands (n): vùng núi, vùng cao - What and Where - delta (n): vùng châu thổ - Pre questions - trust (v): tin tưởng vào, tin thật - just in case (n): phòng Pre _ Questions: 1) What are Thuy and her grandmother doing? 2) What are they watching on TV? Practice: (15’) - Teacher asks some questions about Thuy and her grandmother + Students guess the answers 125 Students listen and read the dialogue P 74, 75 a) Students practice the dialogue in a group of three b) Fill in each blank with one word or phrase from the dialogue (P 75, 76) Answers: turn up ; weather forecast rainy Central highlands have temperatures weather forecast ; watching them Comprehension questions: Why does Thuy’s grandmother asks her to turn up the volume? Which city is the hottest day? Where is Thuy going? What does Thuy’s grandmother want her to do? - Students read again the weather forecast on TV and notice some sentences with “between and ” Ex: Ha Noi will have temperatures between 230C and 270C Hue will experience temperatures between 25 C and 300C HCM City’s temperatures will be between 27 C and 350C Production: (8’) - Students practice talking about weather from the weather forecast: Ha Noi / 230C – 270C Vinh / 240C – 350C Hue / 250C – 300C HCM City / 270C – 350C - Students practice asking and answering the questions about the dialogue Homework: (2’) - Study the lesson carefully - Write the answers in your exercise books - Prepare section Speak - Listen - Teacher asks to listen to the tape + Students listen and read the dialogue + Students practice the dialogue in group of three - Teacher asks students to fill in each blank with one word or phrase from the dialogue + Students fill in the blanks + Individual > pairs - Feedback - Teacher asks students some questions about the dialogue + Students answer the questions + Individual > pairs - Feedback - Teacher asks students to read again the weather forecast on TV and notice some sentences with “between and ” + Students pick out the sentences and read the sentences aloud before class + Individual + Students practice talking about weather from the weather forecast + Individual > pairs + Students practice asking and answering the questions about the dialogue in pairs + Open – pairs - Teacher guides students what to at home V – INTRUCTION: 126 ... the dialogue in pairs + Open – pairs - Teacher guides students what to at home V – INTRUCTION: 12 6