Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 - Period 59 - Unit 9: Natural disasters read

Date of preparation: 07/04/2014
Date of teaching : 10/04/2014 
Period 59: 
Unit 9: natural disasters
read
A. Objectives: 
* At the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to read a text about natural disasters for specific information.
* Contents: 
 + Vocabulary: Pacific Rim, collapse, abrupt, a shift, erupt, funnel - shaped, suck up
 + Grammar: Relative-pronouns.
* Skills: 
+ Read the text about natural disasters then check T/ F sentences.
+ Complete the sentences.
+ Talk something about some natural disasters.
B. Teaching aids: CD- player, subboard.
C. Teaching procedures:
Activities
Contents
 I/ Organization: (1’)
+ Who’s absent today?
+ What’s the date today?
II/ Checking the old lesson: (5’)
- Optional.
- Introduce the topic of the lesson.
- Language game:
* Discussion:
III/ New lesson: (35’)
1. Pre- reading:
- Ask Ss to read the text then find out the new words.
- Explain the meaning of each word.
- Guide Ss to read all new words twice.
- Ss practice reading new words.
- Correct their pronunciation.
2. White- reading:
- Guide Ss to read a passage about 5 disasters that we have mentioned earlier, read & do comprehension tasks assigned.
- Ask Ss to work independently, read the passage & decide whether the statements are T or F correct the F ones.
- Ask Ss to compare their answers with a friend .
 - Ask Ss to highlight or underline the information in the passage for their answers. 
- Call on some Ss to explain their answers in front of the class.
- Ask Ss to read the passage more carefully and complete the sentences.
- Explain the way to do it.
- Provide correct answers.
3. Post-reading:
- Divide the class in to four groups:
- Have Ss read the text again.
- Group 1 ask a question, group 2, 3, 4 answer it.
- Group 2 ask a question,group 1, 3, 4 answer it go on until the four groups ask their questions.
IV/ Feedback: (3’)
- Sum up the whole lesson.
V/ Homework: (1’)
 - Guide Ss to do homework..
Attendance: ………………………..
* Discussion:
Ss talk about natural disasters in groups, using the following questions:
1. What are natural disasters?
2. Where do they often happen?
3. How do they often happen?
4. What do they cause?
I. New words:
1. Pacific rim = Pacific area: vµnh ®ai Th¸i B×nh D­¬ng
2. Collapse (v) : sËp ®æ. 
3. Majority (n) = a lot of : ®a sè.
4. Abrupt (adj) : bÊt ngê, ®ét ngét 
5. Shift (n) : sù chuyÓn dÞch, thay ®æi 
6. Hurricane = cyclone = typhoon: b·o, lèc
7. Erupt (v) : phun trµo, Eruption (n).
8. Tidal wave (n) : sãng thÇn
9. Funnel (n) : cã h×nh phÔu.
10. Baby carriage (n): xe ®Èy trÎ em
II. Practice:
a. T or F ? Check the boxes: 
1. T
2. T
3. F (The tidal wave travelled from Alaska to California )
4. T
5. F (The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years) .
6. T
b. Complete the sentences: 
1……occur around the Paciffic Rim .
2 … homes, offices, blocks & highways collapsed.
3……there is an abrupt shift in the under water movement of the Earth .
4….…a cyclone
5…….the word ‘Typhoon ‘
6…….passes over land below a thunderstorm and sucks up anything that is in its path. 
* Further:
G1: Why do people call the Pacific Rim “Ring or fire”?
G2: What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth?
G3: What does typhoon “mean”?
G4: Do people live near volcanoes?
* Homework:
- Do Ex 4, 5 (p78). 
- Prepare ‘Write’.