Unit 9: Natural disasters

Date of planning : Mar 25th 2007 Date of teaching : Mar 31st 2007 Period : 56 Week : 28 A Lesson : Listen and Read A Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get the information about weather from the weather forecast B Preparations : Posters pictures C Procedure : I Warm – up : * Chatting :  Ask students some questions about weather + What's the weather like today? + Do you like hot/cold weather? + Have you ever listened to the weather forecast on the radio or on TV? + Do you think weather forecast is useful for us? How is it useful?  Matching the pictures to the correct words ; ( getting started ) Snowstorm earthquake volcano typhoon II Pre – reading : Pre-teach vocabulary : * what and where - turn up (v) : điều chỉnh to lên (âm TV, radio) (mime) - expect (v) : mong đợi, chờ đón (translation) - expect (v) : mong đợi, chờ đón (translation) - thunderstorm (n) : bão có sấm sét, mưa to (picture) - Delta (n) : vùng châu thổ (visual) - just in case (n) : phòng khi, lỡ (translation) - trust (v) : tin tưởng, tin thật (synonym: rely on) Pre – question :  Get students one question and ask them to guess the answer : What are they watching?  Give feedback  Answer keys : They are watching the weather forecast on newspaper II While – reading : Gap filling :  Have students read the dialogue silently and exercise 2b on page 75  Get them to share their answers with their partners  Give feedback *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan  Answer keys : a Thuy's grandmother wants her to turn up the volume on TV because she wants to listen to the weather forecast b The coast of Thanh Hoa will be raining c The central highlands will experience thunderstorms d Ho Chi Minh City will have temperature between 270C and 350C e Although Thuy's grandmother doesn't trust weather forecasts, she likes watching them Comprehension questions : * LUCKY NUMBER  Show the questions on the poster Ask students to answer the questions in pairs  Get students to call out their answers, teacher corrects if necessary  Answer keys: a Why does Thuy's grandmother ask her to turn up the volume? - Because she wants to listen to the weather forecast b Which city is the hottest today? - Ho Chi Minh City is the hottest c Where is Thuy going? - She’s going to a park on the other side of Thang Long Bridge with her old friends (she's going on a picnic) d What does Thuy's grandmother want her to do? - She wants her to bring along a raincoat d c LN a LN b  Have students practice asking and answering in pairs Practice the dialogue :  Let students listen to the dialogue and focus on the pronunciation  Call on some students to play the roles of Thuy, grandmother and weatherman to practice the dialogue  Ask students to practice the dialogue in groups of three III Post – reading :  Speaking : Ask students to read again the weather forecast on TV and notice some phrases *will have temperature between and * will experience temperature between and * HCMC temperature will be between and * can expect clouds/thunderstorms  Ask students to look at the map and play the role of the weatherman to present the weather forecast, based on the information given  Call on some students to present before the class  Have students work in pair - one student speaks, the other listens *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan IV At home : Ask students to write a weather forecast The dialogue will help them Students can change the information, the places Date of planning : Apr, 1st 2007 Date of teaching : Apr 2nd 2007 Period : 57 Week : 29 Lesson : B Speak A Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about what they want to buy and to prepare for a typhoon B Preparations : Posters pictures C Procedure : I Warm – up : * Brainstorming: o Have students think about what they to prepare for a typhoon o Have students to go to the board and write down Buy food Preparation for a typhoon Store water o Possible answers : o Check the doors and the windows + Cut some branches of high trees in the garden or around the house + Buy oil, gas +Buy candles + Check the roof II Presentation : Pre-teach vocabulary : * Slap the board - bucket (n) : xô (visual) - leak (n) : chỗ thủng, chỗ dột (visual) - tie (v) : cột, trói (mime) - latch (n) : chốt cửa (picture) - blanket (n) : mền (picture) - available (adj) : có sẵn (translation) - damage (v) : phá hỏng, làm thiệt hại (synonym of hurt or spoil) Revision : poster Form : Cái mền MAY + INFINITIVE MUST Use : in deduction or prediction Practice : The water pipe may be damaged There must be strong wind blowing What happens if there is a typhoon? Possible answers : - There may be a power cut - There must be heavy rain - Big trees may fall down - The market may be closed *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan - There may be a flood - o Have students exercise 3a on page 76 The students have to check (P) what preparations they think should be done for a typhoon ( Poster ) o Answer Key : P Buying some canned food Painting the house Buying a dog P Buying candles P Buying matches Hiring some video movies P Filling all buckets with water P Buying a ladder Washing your blankets P Fixing the leak in the roof P Tying the roof to the ground with pegs and ropes Inviting some friends over for a dinner P Checking all the window and door latches o Elicit some questions and get students to ask and answer o LUCKY NUMBER : Poster a Why we need to buy food ? Because the market will be closed and no food will be available b What food we need to buy ? Rice, oil, canned food, soy sauce, flour c Why we need to buy candles ? Because there may be power cut d Why we need to fill all buckets with water? Because water pipes may be damaged and won’t have enough water to use right after the typhoon e Why we need to buy a ladder? Because the roof may be damaged by the typhoon, and we have to fix it f Why we need to check all the window and door latches? Just in case the strong wind pushes the doors open LN e b a c LN f d o Ask students to use the expressions on page 77 when talking to one another + I think + Yes, I think so + I think you should + What for ? III Production : Poster Groups of o Have students talk about what they think they want to buy and to prepare for a typhoon ; explain why They can use the questions and the answers above Besides, the ideas in the bubbles on page 77 can help students talk easily I think we should buy some canned food before a typhoon Yes , I think so, too / I agree with you The market will be closed and no food will be available I think we should buy a bladder What for ? why ? Just in case we need to fix the roof Because there *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… must be strong wind blowing * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan o Go around and help students Encourage students to show their own ideas IV Homework : o Write something about what they have to to prepare for a typhoon Date of planning : Apr, 1st 2007 Date of teaching : Apr 7th 2007 Period : 58 Week : 29 Lesson : Listen A Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will get some ideas on how to live with earthquakes and put suitable words or word phrases into the gaps to complete the table B Preparations : Posters pictures C Procedure : I Warm – up : * Chatting: • Ask students some questions about earthquakes + Have you ever head of an earthquake ? + What happens if there is an earthquake ? + In which country earthquake occur frequently ? + What would you if there was an earthquake ? II Pre-listening : Pre teach vocabulary : * What and Where - block (v) : hạn chế, ngăn cản (definition : make movement difficult or impossible - roller (n) : trục lăn, lăn (picture) - strike - struck - struck (v) va chạm (synonym: hit) - snout (n) : mõm động vật ( visual/picture) - hurricane (n) : bão (in North and South America) (synonym: typhoon in Asia) - cyclone (n) : lốc xoáy, bão (in Australia) - eruption (n) : phun trào (núi lửa) (pictures) Suggested phrases: Make movement difficult or impossible (block) Typhoon in North and South America (hurricane) Typhoon in Australia (cyclone) The synonym of "hit" (strike) The nose or jaws of a animal (snout) An outbreak or bursting forth (eruption) Prediction : Poster • Set the scene : An expert is giving a talk on how to live with earthquakes • Have students look at the box on page 77 and guess the works in the blanks from (1) to (9) • Give feedback *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan C LIVING WITH EARTHQUAKES Heavy fixtures , furniture , and appliances Place heavy books on the _(1) _ Block the rollers on your _(2) _ and _(3) Flying glass Check (4) Don’t put your bed near (5) _ Earthquakes drill Stay _(6) _ Sit _(7) _ or _(8) _ Stand in the (9) III While - listening : o Have students listen to the tape twice and check their prediction o Answer key (1) bottom shelf of the bookshelf (2) fridge (3) washing machine (4) mirrors (5) a window (6) inside (7) under a strong table (8) doorway (9) corner of a room Tape transcript : If you live in an earthquake zone, you should take some time to look around your house Place heavy books on the bottom shelf of your bookshelves Block the rollers on your fridge and washing machine to prevent them from moving Put hanging potted plants in plastic containers Check the mirrors in your bathroom and bedroom Make sure they can't move Don't put your bed next to window Planning where you are going to be during an earthquake is very important The first thing to remember is to stay inside Then you should sit under a strong table or doorway, or stand in the corner of a room IV Post – listening : • T asks Ss to retell what they should to live with earthquakes, basing on these questions.: - Where should we place heavy books? - What should we with our fridges and washing machines - Why should we check the mirrors - Where should we put our beds - Where should we stay/sit/stand during the earthquake? • Quiz : teams Ask some questions • Call out the questions and the students have to answer as quickly as possible The team having the right answer gets good marks The team which has more marks wins the game Which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup? (Singapore) Which animal has or horns on its snout? (rhinoceros) Which explorer discovered America? (Christopher Columbus) Which planet is closest to the earth? (Venus) Which animal was chosen to be the logo of Sea games 2003? (Buffalo ) Which ASEAN country is divided into two regions by the sea?(Malaysia) Which food can you chew but can't swallow? (chewing gum) Which thing can you swallow but can't chew? (water V Homework : o Have students work in closed pairs to ask and answer the questions *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan o Write a passage telling what we should to live with earthquakes Date of planning : Apr, 4th 2007 Date of teaching : Apr 9th 2007 Period : 59 Week : 30 Lesson : Read A Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more information about the natural disasters in the world B Preparations : Posters pictures C Procedure : I Warm – up : * Matching and chatting  Show four pictures on the BB and ask students to match them with four words: tornado , earthquake, volcano, typhoon  Answer keys: a Tornado - picture b earthquake - picture c volcano - picture d typhoon - picture  Give students some questions about snowstorm/an earthquake/ a volcano/ a typhoon? + Have you ever experienced any of these natural disasters ? What happened ? How did you feel ? II Pre – reading : Pre – teach vocabulary : R O & R - Tidal wave (n) : sóng thần (translation) - abrupt (adj) : bất ngờ, đột ngột (synonym : quick, sudden) - shift (n) : chuyển dịch, thay đổi (change of position) - warn (v) : cảnh báo, báo trước (translation) - funnel - shaped (adj) : có hình phểu (visual) - suck up (v) : hút lên (translation) - Tornado (n) : lốc xoáy True - False statements Predictions : Poster - groups of - B shut o Set The Scene : There are statements about the information of some natural disasters All of you have to read them and guess whether they area true of false *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan D o Get students to work in pairs to guess which statements are true and which are false Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960 s Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disasters The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world's largest ever volcano eruption A tornado looks like a funnel o Give feedback : III While – reading : B opened Feedback : o T asks Ss to look at the book and check their prediction o Answer key : T T F T F T Complete the sentences : Poster o Have students work in pairs and complete the sentences in exercise 5b on page 79 o Answer keys : The majority of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim During the earthquake in Kobe, many people were killed when 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 : * Asking and answering Groups of  Have students read the text again  Group asks a question , Group 2, 3, answer it  Group asks another question , Group 1, 3, answer  Go on until the four groups ask their questions  Possible answers: Why people call the Pacific Rim "Ring of Fire" - Because 90% of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth ? - Tidal waves will happen What does "typhoon" mean ? - It means "big wind" Can we predict a volcano? - Yes The scientists can warn us about the eruption V At home : *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan  Have students write the exercise 5b into their notebooks, using their ideas *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan Date of planning : Apr, 4th 2007 Date of teaching : Apr 15th 2007 Period : 60 Week : 30 Lesson : Write A Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to write a story B Preparations : Posters pictures C Procedure : I Warm – up : * Jumbled words : otnophy - typhoon damotro - tornado lacono - volcano tearquahke - earthquake ormost - storm II Pre – writing : Pre-teach vocabulary : * what and where - behave (v) : cư xử, ứng xử (translation) - shelter (n) : chỗ trú ngụ (definition : a place of safety) - all of sudden : bất ngờ, dưng (synonym: suddenly ) Telling the story ; Pictures  Show six pictures on the board  Set the scene: This is Lan's family, they are at home  Ask some questions to elicit the story Picture : - Who is this ? It's Lan - Where is she ? She's outside / in the garden - What is she doing ? She's playing with her dog, Skippy  Lan is outside playing with her dog Picture : - How is the dog? It looks strange Perhaps it is scared  All of a sudden, the dog behaves strangely Picture : - What's on TV? The weather forecast - What does Lan's mother say? She tells Lan that she has just heard on *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan E - TV that there is a typhoon coming  Lan ran home and her mother tells her that there is a typhoon coming Picture : - What are they doing? They are gathering and talking about the coming typhoon  Mrs Quyen gathers her family and asks them to find shelter in the house Picture 5: - What's the weather like now? It is very dark It has strong wind and heavy rain  Suddenly, it becomes dark The storm comes with strong wind and heavy rain Picture : - What's the weather like now ? It's fine - How are they now? They all are happy  The storm finishes soon and everyone is glad III While – writing : • Ask some students to look at the pictures and retell the story • Have students write a story individually The cues in the box on page 79 will help students to write easily • Ask students to use past tense • Sample : It was a beautiful day The sun was shiny, 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 circles 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 wind 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 IV Post – writing : - Take some writings to correct in front of the class - Ask students to rewrite their writings V At home :  Collect their papers and correct  Get students to write another story They can make changes or add more details to the story *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan Date of planning : Apr, 4th 2006 Date of teaching : Apr 13rd 2006 Period : 60 Week : 30 F Lesson : Language Focus A Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to distinguish between defining relative clauses and non - defining relative clauses B Preparations : Posters pictures C Procedure : I Warm – up : * Pelmanism :  Prepare 12 cards with numbers on one side and the words on the other Neil Armstrong Kangaroos Japan Tokyo Australia The USA Lang Son Sacramento Ky Cung California Pompeii Italy II Presentation : Pre - teach vocabulary : * R O & R - sweep - swept - swept : quét, đi, tràn qua (mime) - destroy (v) : phá huỷ (define : pull down or break to pieces) - extensive (adj) : lớn, rộng lớn (synonym: wide, large) - border (v) : tiếp giáp với (visual) Revision :  Who is used for people  Which is used for things  That is used for people or things III Practice : Poster Revision of who - which or that :  Ask them to answer the questions, using the Relative pronouns which or who  Give feedback - Correct their pronunciation • Answer keys : a The city which was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995 is Kobe *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan b The country which won the 1998 Tiger Cup is Singapore c The animal which has one or two horns on its snout is rhinoceros d The explorer who discovered America is C Columbus e The animal which was chosen to be the logo of SEA games 2003 is buffalo g The ASEAN country which is divided into two regions by the sea is Malaysia h The food which can you chew but you can't swallow is the chewing gum and the thing you can swallow but you can't chew is water • Have Ss work in closed pairs to ask and answer the questions Defining and non-defining relative clauses:  Give Ss two pairs of sentences and ask them to use relative pronoun who or which to combine them The novel has been lost You gave me the novel on my birthday The novel which you gave me on my birthday has been lost Vietnam exports rice Vietnam is in the Southeast Asia Vietnam, which is in the Southeast Asia, exports rice  Help Ss distinguish between defining and non-defining relative clauses Defining relative clauses identify nouns These clauses tell us which person or thing the speaker means Non-defining relative clauses give more information about a person or thing already identified We put commas at the beginning and at the end of the clause.( or a full stop at the end) NOTE: We cannot use “that” and cannot leave out “who” or “which” in non-defining clause  Ask students to match each of the sentences in column A with a related sentence in column B, then use a suitable relative pronoun to join them (exercise 2/ p 81& 82) Poster  Get students to work individually, then share with their partners  Answer key : e g f a c d b IV Production : * Writing Poster o Have students rewrite the sentences in exercise on page 82 o Ask students to replace each underlined clause with their own clause o Let students use facts or their imagination a Vietnam, which is a small country, exports rice b Kangaroos, which are called "Chuot tui" in Vietnamese, have long tails c Ba, who is my best friend, likes playing the guitar d (defining) e Neil Armstrong, who is a famous astronaut, lived in the USA f (defining) g Miss Lien, who teachers us English, is a beautiful woman *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan • Ask students to combine each pair of sentences into one They have to write in their notebooks a Do you know the people? They live in the White House b The pill made me sleepy I took it twice a day c The magazine is very interesting You gave it to me yesterday d The building is the oldest in our city It was built over 100 years ago V At home : Have students write some more (about 5) sentences with non – defining relative clauses *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan Period : 58 Week : 29 Date of planning : Apr, 1st 2008 Date of teaching : Apr 7th 2008 *……………………………………………………………………………………………………… * Nguyen Cong Tru School Teacher : Nguyen Thi Xuan Teaching Plan ... A Aims : By the end of the lesson, students will be able to get more information about the natural disasters in the world B Preparations : Posters pictures C Procedure : I Warm – up : * Matching... about snowstorm/an earthquake/ a volcano/ a typhoon? + Have you ever experienced any of these natural disasters ? What happened ? How did you feel ? II Pre – reading : Pre – teach vocabulary : R... Poster - groups of - B shut o Set The Scene : There are statements about the information of some natural disasters All of you have to read them and guess whether they area true of false *………………………………………………………………………………………………………