UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
Lesson 1: Getting started
I/ OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, students can: listen and read the dialogue about the typhoon in Nam Dinh province for details and then do some related exercises.
- use lexical items related to natural disasters
- respond to good and
- lexical items relatead news.d to natural disasters
1. Knowledge:
a. Grammar : review H/Wh-questions
b. Lexical items : - use lexical items related to natural disasters
c. Pronunciation: -Clusters:
2. Skills:
- Listening, Speaking, Reading,Writing and interactive skills
3. Attitude:
- Cooperation, respect, having right and friendly attitudes with friends, teachers in the new school
4. Quality and competence:
- Be confident and friendly with the new school environment
- Develope listening, speaking skills and cooperative interaction
II/ TEACHING AIDS (MATERIALS)
1.Teacher’s preparation:
- Lesson plan, Pictures, posters ,textbook,CD-MP3(Computer-Multi projector/cassette/ “sách mềm”) and other materials
2. Students’ preparation:
- Textbook, notebook, school things.
III/ WORKING ARRANGEMENTS( WAYS OF WORKING )
- Pair work , individual work, group work, T-WC
IV/ TEACHING PROCEDURE:
1- Greeting`and checking students’ adtendence: Total: In: ......... Out:........
2- Checking the old lesson
3- New lesson:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
Warmer (5'): Matching
2a. Write the responses into the correct... (P27)
- First, have Ss work independently. Then allow them to share answers before playing the recording for them to check.
- Play the recording for Ss to repeat the phrases.
- Remind Ss to pay attention to their intonation as they practice. 2a.Key:
Responding to good news Responding to bad news
Wow! Oh dear!
That’s great! That’s awful!
That’s a relief! How terrible!
How wonderful! Oh no!
That’s awesome! That’s shocking!
I. Presentation (10')
1. Vocabulary
- Teacher use different techniques to teach vocabulary (situation, realia)
- Follow the seven steps of teaching vocabulary
* Checking vocab: Matching (Activity 3 P27)
3. Match the natural disasters... (P27)
- Work in pairs to match the words/phrases to the pictures.
- Then share answers with another.
- Listen and check. Then repeat the words/phrases. - typhoon (n): bão nhiệt đới
- tsunami (n): sóng thần
- volcanic (n): núi lửa
- tornado (n): lốc xoáy
- mudslide (n): lũ bùn
- drought (n): hạn hán
- flood (n): lũ lụt
- severe (adj): khốc liệt
- property (n): tài sản, của cải
- Debris (n) vôi gạch đổ nat
Repeat in chorus and individually
Copy all the words
3. Key:
1. C 2. D 3. F 4. B
5. G 6. A 7. H 8. E
1. Listen and read (P26)
* Introduction: Write the unit title on the board ‘Natural Disasters’.
- Answer the questions about natural disasters that have happened where you live or anywhere else in the world that you know of.
? What was the natural disaster?
? When did it happen?
?Was there any damage to people or property?
* Set the scenes:
- Look at the picture.
- Ask Ss questions about the picute:
E.g.
? Where are Duong and Nick?
? What are they talking about?
? Which natural disasters can we see in the speech bubbles?
‘Natural Disasters’
- Answer the questions individually.
- They are at school.
- They are talking about Natural Disasters.
- They are tornado, flood and earthquake.
II. Practice (20'')
1a. Reaf the conversation again and fill the blank with no more than ... (P27)
- Read each sentence and locate the information in the conversation, then choose suitable words/phrases to fill each blank.
- Work independently.
- Then allow them to share answers before discussing as a class.
1b. Responding to the news (P27)
- T models
- Focus on intonation, stressing the first syllable of ‘terrible’.
- Do the same with other Ss around the class.
- Refer back to the conversation to find the other phrases.
- Practice saying the phrases with correct intonation. ( Play the recording again as a model if necessary).
1a. Key:
1. tropical 2. injured
3. damage 4. trapped
5. medical supplies
6. temporary accommodation
T: My cat died.
S: That’s terrible!
Key:
1. Oh no!
2. That’s relief
3. That’s awful!
2b. Match the sentences.... (P27)
- Work independently then share the answers before T gives comments.
- Point out that some of the response could fit more than one statement. 2b.Key:
1.b 2.d 3. f
4. c 5. a 6. E
III. Production ( 6')
4.Wrok in pairs. Ask and answer... (P27)
Ask Ss which of these natural disasters can happen in Viet Nam. Then model this activity with a more able student. Next ask Ss to work in pairs. Go around to provide help. Call on some pairs to practice in front of the class.
E.g:
A: Which are the most common natural disasters in Thanh Hoa?
B: Typhoons and floods.
A: How often do they happen there?
B: typhoons happen there about three or four times a year, and floods about twice a year.
IV. Consolidation (2')
- Sum up the main content of the lesson.
V. Homework (2')
- Learn by heart all the new words.
- Do Ex B2,3 P20 (Workbook)
- Prepare: Closer Look 1
- Answer individually
- Take note