Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 Unit 9 – Natural Disasters - Lesson: 6 Language Focus

Grade: 9
Unit 9 – Natural Disasters
Lesson: 6 – Language Focus
OBJECTIVES: Summarize all the learned parts so that the pupils will: 
Use the relative pronouns (who, that, which). 
Distinguish between defining relative clause and non-defining relative clause. 
LANGUAGE CONTENTS:
Grammar: 	- Relative pronouns: who, that, which.
	- Relative clauses: defining and non-defining. 
TECHNIQUES:
Questions and answers.
Write.
Match.
TEACHING AIDS:
Text book.
Flash cards. 
TIME: 45 minutes
PROCEDURES:
1) Use your knowledge to answer the questions. Use ‘who’, ‘which’ or ‘that’ in your answers and start your answers with the words given. (20’)
STEP 
TECHNIQUES AND CONTENT
WARM-UP
2’
T. asks:
Which city was struck by a huge earthquake in Japan in 1995?
It is Kobe.
T. says and writes on the board:
The city which was struck by a huge earthquake in Japan in 1995 is Kobe. 
PRESENTATION 
3’
T. uses the example from the warm-up to explain the request of the exercise. 
Ss see and read all the questions. (page 81) 
PRACTICE
10’ 
T. helps Ss answer the questions (page 81).
b) Which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup?
- It is Singapore.
c) 
Ss work in pairs to ask and answer the questions (page 81)
b) Which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup?
- The country which won the 1998 Tiger Cup is Singapore.
c)
Ss ask and answer in front of the class. 
T. corrects the answers.
CONSOLIDATION 
5’
T. summarizes the relative pronouns: who, which, that.
T. asks Ss. some questions:
Which city in Vietnam has a mausoleum?
- The city which has a mausoleum in Vietnam is Hanoi.
2) Match each of the sentences in column A with a related sentence in column B. Then use a suitable relative pronoun to join the two sentences. (18’)
STEP 
TECHNIQUES AND CONTENT
WARM-UP
3’
T. asks Ss to find the sentence (written on flash cards) in column B which relates to sentence 1 in column A.
Ss find and stick the correct sentence on the board below the sentence 1.
T. asks Ss combine the two sentences using the relative pronoun ‘which’.
1) Andrew is flying to Sacramento.
e. Sacramento is the capital city of California.
à Andrew is flying to Sacramento which is the capital city of California. 
PRESENTATION 
2’
T. uses the example from the warm-up to explain the request of the exercise (page 81 & 82)
PRACTICE
10’
Ss work in groups to do the matching. 
T. corrects the answers.
Ss work in pairs to combine the sentences using the relative pronouns: ‘which’.
Ss. write their answers on the board
T. corrects. (if necessary) 
CONSOLIDATION 
3’
T. emphasizes the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses.
T. asks Ss to look at the book and do the exercise 2 orally again.
3) Underline the relative clause in the sentence. Then add commas to separate the non-defining relative clause from the rest of the sentence. (5’)
STEP 
TECHNIQUES AND CONTENT
WARM-UP 
1’
T. asks Ss to tell about the differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses.
PRESENTATION 
1’
T. explains how to do the exercise (page 82) 
PRACTICE
2’ 
Ss. do the exercise individually.
Ss. compare their answers in pairs.
Ss. write their answers on the board.
T. corrects Ss mistakes. 
CONSOLIDATION 
1’
T. asks Ss about the differences between defining and non-defining relative clauses. 
HOMEWORK: (2’)
T. explains the exercise 4 (page 82) and gives some cues.
Ss do exercise 4 (page 82) and write it into their exercise books.