UNIT 9
Week 28
Period 55
Lesson 1
NATURAL DISASTERS


GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
 Grade 9


p 74-75-76

Objectives: listening and reading a dialogue for detail information about a weather forecast
Materials: pictures, posters, textbooks, cassette…
Procedure
Timing
CONTENTS
Teacher’s and Sts’activities

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Match the pictures to the correct words
Pictures
Words


. snowstorm


. earthquake


. volcano


. typhoon


What are they? – They are natural disasters
Today you are going to learn about the topic “Natural Disasters”.

to hope that + S + will + Vo
hy vọng rằng

to expect - expected
mong đợi

a thunderstorm
bão có sấm sét

to experience - experienced
trải qua

to bring along
mang theo

to laugh at
cười ngạo

to trust - trusted
tin tưởng


Thuy is talking to her grandmother while they are watching a weather forecast on TV
Which programs are they watching on TV?


Fill in the blank with one word or phrase from the dialogue.
1. Thuy’s grandmother wants her to…………the volume on TV because she wants to listen to the…………
2. It will be…………along the coast of Thanh Hoa.
3. The…………will experience thunderstorms.
4. HCM city will………between 27oC and 35oC.
5. Although Thuy’s grandmother doesn’t trust………, she likes………

Answer Key
1. turn up/weather forecast
2. raining
3. central highlands/south-central coast
4. have temperature
5. weather forecast

Match the words in English with the words in Vietnamese
1. central highlands
2. Cuu Long Delta
3. just in case
4. along
5. centigrade
6. south-central coast
a. bờ biển Trung Nam
b. cao nguyên Trung bộ
c. dọc theo
d. đồng bằng sông Cửu Long
e. độ C (oC)
f. phòng khi

 Answer Key: 1b 2d 3f 4c 5e 6a







Answer Key
They are watching the weather forecast.


Make a weather forecast for the following day in Vietnam.
Places
Weather
Temperature

1. Hanoi + areas to the north
sunny
18oC-22oC

2. coast of Da Nang
raining


3. south-central coast
thunderstorm


4. Hue

27oC-32oC

5. Central highlands
thunderstorm


6. Cuu Long delta
clouds


7. HCM city

28oC-34oC


Suggested answers
Here is tomorrow’s weather forecast.
Hanoi and areas to the north will be sunny.
Hanoi will have the temperatures between 18oC and 23oC.
It will rain along the coast of Da Nang.
The south-central coast can expect thunderstorms.
Hue experiences the temperatures between 23oC and 27oC.
There are also thunderstorms over the central highland.
Areas around Cuu Long delta can expect clouds during the day.
HCM city’s temperature will be between 27oC and 30oC.

Learn by heart vocabulary.
Read the dialogue again
Prepare Unit 9 Lesson 2 SPEAK p 76
Vocabulary: damage, blow, a bucket, a peg, a latch
I. Warmer
Matching
. Sts work in 2 groups
. Which group matches more correct pictures is the winner


Introduction of the topic


II. Pre-stage
- explanation
- picture
- synonym
- situation
- situation
- example
- situation

Setting the scene

Pre-question
. Sts discuss in groups
III. While-stage
Filling in the blanks
. Sts read the dialogue + check their answer
. Sts compare their answers with their partners


. T gives feedback + check their answers





Guessing words
. Sts work in 2 groups
. Which groups guesses more correct words is the winner



. T gives feedback + check their answers




Listen + Read
. Sts listen to the dialogue + practice in pairs
Checking sts’prediction
. T gives feedback + check their answers

IV. Post-stage
Role-play
. Sts play a role as a weatherman