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UNIT 10: NATURE IN DANGER D- WRITING I OBJECTIVE By the ends of the lesson, students will be able to: Knowledge: - Know more some information of the Cat Ba national park - Vocabulary: learn pronunciation and understand the new words: tropical, coastal, landscape, resource,… Skills: – Ss can write a paragraph to describe a national park based on given information Attitude and competencies: - Attitude: Be aware of the Cat Ba national park and feel interested in writing about the Cat Ba national park II PREPARATION - Teacher: Handouts, textbook, extra-board - Student: Textbook, notebook, A0 sizes poster III ANTICIPATED PROPBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS - Ss may have difficulty with writing descriptive essays, so T ready to help them IV PROCEDURE TEACHER AND STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES I Warm up (8’) II Prepare Ss to write (10’) -T puts Ss in groups of 3-4 and gets them to brainstorm what they would like to include in their description of a national park - T elicits the answers from different groups and writes the idea on the black board - T elicits useful structures and vocabulary and also writes them on the blackboard - T gets Ss to read the table of information on p.120 - T reminds Ss of the format of a BOARD DISPLAY Where? ( Location) X is located in Y X is … km north/ south/ east/ west from Y How big? (Area) X is … square km What? There is/ are… (Geographical X is characterized by features? Scenic … features? It is famous for Historic Many species kinds features?) of plants live here… Many rate animals can be found here… X is home to many kinds of rate animals paragraph III Writing(12’) - T divides the class into small groups and assigns each group to write about aspect of Cat Ba National Park -T hands each group an A0 sized paper sheet - Ss will write their paragraphs on that paper - After the groups are finished, Ss stick their posters on the four walls IV.Feedback (3’) -T gets the class to read and gives conrrective feedback on their peer’s work T gives Ss own corrective feedback and final comments -T should draw Ss’s attention to the - Group1: Location and area Group 2: Scenic features Group3: Plants and animals Group4: Historic features *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 characterised by beautiful tropical forests and coastal waters It is famous for magnificent landscapes with white sand beaches and abundant natural resources 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 years 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 format of the paragraph V Wrap up * Summaries: -T summarises the main point of the lesson * Homework: -Write about Cat Ba National Park again  ... features *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... resources 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... of the paragraph V Wrap up * Summaries: -T summarises the main point of the lesson * Homework: -Write about Cat Ba National Park again