Period: 59
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
READ
I. Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss read a passage about natural disasters such as earthquakes, tidal waves, typhoons, volcanoes, and tornadoes and choose statements and complete the sentences.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: Related to natural disasters.
- Grammar: Present simple tense (review)
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about natural disasters.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plan, book, color chalks
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’)
Teacher’s and Ss’ activities
Content

* Warm up: Matching
- Teacher gives definition of four natural disasters that Ss will learn in the lesson.
- Students give definition.




- Teacher gives correct answers
- Work in group
a. Mountain or hill with openings through which ashes and gases ejected.
1. Earthquake

b. Violent storm especially in East Asian seas.
2. Tidal wave

c. Violent storm over small area.
3. Typhoon

d. Another word for Sunami, waves caused by tides
4. Volcano

e. Sudden and violent movements of the earth’s surface.
5. Tornado

* Answers:
1.e , 2.d ,3.b ,4a ,5.c

2. Knowledge formation activities (32’)
- Teacher introduces the aims of the lesson and some new words to Ss.
- Teacher sets the scene “We are going to read a passage about five disasters that mentioned earlier. Read and do the comprehension tasks assigned”
3. Reading:
* Ss read a passage about natural disasters and choose statements and complete the sentences.
* Vocabulary
- Pacific Rim (n): Countries in the Pacific area.
- Collapse ( v) : break down , falling to ruin
- Abrupt (v) : Suddenly happen
- Shift : change
- 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.

- Teacher asks Ss to do the exercise. True or False.
- T asks ss to work independently, read the passage and decide whether the statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.



a. True or false? Check the boxes

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v



2
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3

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The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California

4
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5

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The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the World’s largest volcano eruption in more than 50 years.

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- Ss work individually.
- T calls on some Ss to write their answers in front of class.
- T gives the correct ones.
-T asks Ss to read the passage more carefully and complete the sentences. T guides and explains ss to understand all the given halves.
- T makes necessary corrections in front of class.
- T gives suggested answers:
* Answers:
1......occur around the Pacific rim.
2..........many houses, office blocks and high ways collapsed.
3..........when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth.
4..........a cyclone.
5...........the word “ typhoon “
6...........that passes overland below a thunderstorm and suck up anything that is in its path.

3. Consolidation (4’)
- T calls on some Ss to read the sentences aloud in front of class.
- T checks pronunciation mistakes if necessary.
IV. Experience:

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Period: 60
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
WRITE
I. Objectives
- By the end of the lesson, Ss write a story of 80 -100 words based on picture and word cues.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: Related to natural disasters.
- Grammar: Past simple tense (review)
b. Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
c. Attitude: Ss will be educated about natural disasters.
2. Capacity is formed and developed for students
- Self-learning capability.
- Communicative competence
- Cooperation capacity
II. Preparation
1. Teacher: lesson plan, book, color chalks, pictures
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
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