Period : 56 Date of planning : Mar. 25th 2007
Week : 28 Date of teaching : Mar. 31st 2007





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 )




II. Pre – reading :
1. Pre-teach vocabulary : * what and where
- turn up (v) : điều chỉnh to lên (âm thanh 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 khi (translation)
- trust (v) : tin tưởng, tin là thật (synonym: rely on)
2. 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 :
1. Gap filling :
Have students read the dialogue silently and do exercise 2b on page 75.
Get them to share their answers with their partners.
Give feedback
Answer keys :
Thuy`s grandmother wants her to turn up the volume on TV because she wants to listen to the weather forecast .
The coast of Thanh Hoa will be raining.
The central highlands will experience thunderstorms
Ho Chi Minh City will have temperature between 270C and 350C
Although Thuy`s grandmother doesn`t trust weather forecasts, she likes watching them.
2. 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:
Why does Thuy`s grandmother ask her to turn up the volume?
- Because she wants to listen to the weather forecast
Which city is the hottest today?
- Ho Chi Minh City is the hottest.
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)
What does Thuy`s grandmother want her to do?
- She wants her to bring along a raincoat .
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Have students practice asking and answering in pairs .
3. 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.
IV. At home : Ask students to write a weather forecast. The dialogue will help them. Students can change the information, the places ...


Period : 57 Date of planning : Apr, 1st 2007
Week : 29 Date of teaching : Apr. 2nd 2007






A. Aims:
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to talk about what they want to buy and do to prepare for a typhoon .
B. Preparations : Posters . pictures .
C. Procedure :
I. Warm – up : * Brainstorming:
Have students think about what they do to prepare for a typhoon
Have students to go to the board and write down



Possible answers :
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) : cái xô (visual)
- leak (n) : chỗ thủng, chỗ dột (visual)
- tie (v) : cột, trói (mime)
- latch (n) : cái chốt cửa (picture)
- blanket (n) : cái mền (picture)
- available (adj) : có sẵn (translation)
- damage (v) : phá hỏng, làm thiệt hại (synonym of hurt or spoil)
Revision : poster

Form :





Use : in deduction or prediction

Practice :
The water pipe may be damaged There must be strong wind blowing




Possible answers :
- There may be a power cut. - There must be heavy rain.
- Big trees may fall down - The market may be closed
- There may be a flood. - ...................
Have students do exercise 3a on page 76. The students have to check (() what preparations they think should be done for a typhoon . ( Poster )
Answer Key :
( Buying some canned food Painting the house
Buying a dog ( Buying candles
( Buying matches Hiring some video movies
( Filling all buckets with water ( Buying a ladder
Washing your blankets. ( Fixing the leak in the roof
( Tying the roof to the ground with pegs and ropes.
Inviting some friends over for a dinner
( Checking all the window and door latches
Elicit some questions and get students to ask and answer .
LUCKY NUMBER : Poster
Why do we need to buy food ?
Because the market will be closed and no food will be available
What food do we need to buy ?
Rice, oil, canned food, soy sauce, flour...
Why do we need to buy candles ?
Because there may be power cut .
Why do 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 .
Why do we need to buy a ladder?
Because the roof may be damaged by the typhoon, and we have to fix it .
f. Why do we need to check all the window and door latches?
Just in case the strong wind pushes the doors open .
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Ask students to use the expressions on page 77 when talking to one another .




III. Production : Poster Groups of 4
Have students talk about what they think they want to buy and do 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.

















Go around and help students. Encourage students to show their own ideas
IV. Homework :
Write something about what they have to do to prepare for a typhoon


Period : 58 Date of planning : Apr, 1st 2007
Week : 29 Date of teaching : Apr. 7th 2007






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 do earthquake occur frequently ?
+ What would you do 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, con lăn (picture)
- strike - struck - struck (v) va chạm (synonym: hit)
- snout (n) : mõm của động vật ( visual/picture)
- hurricane (n) : cơn bão (in North and South Ameri