Period: 57
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
GETTING STARTED + LISTEN AND READ
I. Objectives
- By the end of this lesson, Ss know about natural disasters.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: Related to natural disasters.
- Grammar: Future simple, adverb clauses of concession.
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. Teaching aids
1. Teacher: lesson plan, book, color chalks, pictures, cassette and tape
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities
1. Warm up (5’) Net Works
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content

- T asks Ss to tell the names of natural disasters they know.
* Natural disasters
- Storm, ...


2. Knowledge formation activities (36’)
- T explains the requirement.
- Ss work in pairs: match the words to the correct pictures.
- T calls Ss to give the answers.
- T checks and corrects the answers.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.
1. Getting started.
* Ss know some natural disasters.
Match the pictures to the correct words. Then compare your answers with a partner’s.
Answer keys:
1. snowstorm 2. earthquake
3. volcano 4. typhoon

-T introduces the situation and has Ss guess “What are they talking about?”
- T plays the tape once.
- T picks out new words and explains.
- Ss give the meanings and practice reading new words.
- T calls some Ss to read new words to check their pronunciation.
2. Listen and read.
* Ss remember the way to report the weather forecast.
“Thuy is talking to her grandmother”.
New words :
- coast (n)
- trust (v)
- expect (v)
- thunderstorm (n)
- highlands (n)
- just in case (adv)

- T plays the tape again.
- Ss practice the dialogue in groups of three.
- T calls some groups to role play the dialogue before the class.
- T checks their pronunciation if necessary.
- T explains the requirement.
- Ss read the sentences and the dialogue again to do the exercise.
- Ss compare the answers in pairs.
- T calls some Ss to give the answers.
- T checks and corrects the answers.
- Ss copy down the correct answers.
a. Practice the dialogue in a group of three.




b. Fill in the blanks with one word or phrase from the dialogue.
Answer keys :
1. turn up weather forecast
2. rainy 3. central highlands
4. have temperature
5. weather forecast them


3. Practice (4’)
T asks, Ss answer the questions:
a. Does Thuy’s grandmother trust the weather forecast?
b. Does Thuy like watching them?
c. What about you? (You should trust the weather forecast)
d. What is Thuy going to do?
e. Will she take along a raincoat?
4. Using knowledge (4’)

- T asks, Ss answer the questions.

Questions :
- Were there any natural disasters in Viet Nam? What are they? where? when?
- Which disaster is the most dangerous one?

IV. Experience:

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Period: 58
UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
SPEAK + LISTEN
I. Objectives
- By the end of this lesson, Ss talk about preparations for a typhoon and listen to an expert on how to live with earths and complete the table.
1. Knowledge, Skills, Attitude:
a. Knowledge:
- Vocabulary: Related to natural disasters.
- Grammar: I think we should … .
b. Skills: Speaking, listening, less 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, MP3
2. Students: books, notebooks, pen, ruler …
III. Students’ activities

1. Warm up (5’)
Teacher’s and students’ activities
Content

- T asks, Ss answer the question.
If there is a typhoon, what should you prepare?


2. Knowledge formation activities (32’)
- T explains the requirement.
- Ss read suggested ideas and choose suitable ones.
- T calls some