Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 11 tiết 64 - Unit 10: Nature in danger - Lesson 4: Writing

Week: 22 Period: 64
Date: 13/01 /2014 
	UNIT 10 : NATURE IN DANGER
LESSON 4: WRITING
I. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to understand the information about Cat Ba National park and how to write a describing a location.
II.TEACHING AIDS: textbook, pictures, handout.
III.PROCEDURES:
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
I. WARM- UP Pictures
-T asks ss to work in 2 groups and answer the questions
What do you know about the place in the picture? 
Have you ever been to Cat Ba Island?
What are its special features?
- T checks the answers and gives the feedback.
- T leads into the lesson.
II. PRE-WRITING
*TASK 1: ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS
-T asks ss to read the information in textbook and answer some questions Cat Ba National Park.
- T calls on some ss to practice ask and answer in class.
1. Where is Cat Ba National Park located?
2. What are the features of Cat Ba National Park?
3. How large is it?
4. What do you know about the animals and plants in Cat Ba National Park?
5. What are some of historic features of the parks?
III. WHILE- WRITING
Writing a description of a location
- T asks ss to write a short description of Cat Ba National Park, using following prompts
Cat Ba national Park/ situated/ Cat Ba island. 120 km/ Ha Noi/ 20 km east/ Hai Phong.
Cat Ba/ The only site/ Vietnam/ endowed/ tropical forests/ coastal waters with sand beaches/ / abundant natural resources/ landscapes/ rare animals/ plants./ It/ cover/ 15,200 ha. 
Cat Ba/ preserve / 300 species of fish / 40 kinds of animals / 150 birds / 620 plants.
Stone tools / human bones / found / island's limestone cave / reveal / people / inhabit / 6,000 years ago.
- T goes around and help if necessary
- T lets ss to work individually in 10 minutes.
IV. POST –WRITING 
PEER CORRECTION
- T comments and gives the feedback.
V. HOMEWORK
 T asks ss to do the exercise on the handout.
- Follow T’s requiring.
- Do the task by writing on the board
- Listen to the teacher and take notes.
- Work in pair to read and answer the questions.
- Say out loud the answers in class.
- Listen to teacher’s feedback and take notes.
- Take notes
- Write the letter individually
Sample writing
Cat Ba National Park is situated on Cat Ba Island, 120 km from Hanoi and 20 km east of Hai Phong. Cat Ba National Park is the only site in VN endowed with both tropical forests and coastal waters with while sand beaches, abundant natural resources, beautiful landscapes and many kinds of rare animals and plants. It covers 15.200 ha, including 9,800 ha of ocean. Cat Ba National Park preserves approximately 300 species of fish, 40 kinds of animals, 150 different birds and 620 species of plants
The stone tools and human bones found in the island’s limestone caves reveal that people inhabited there at least 6,000 years old.
- Take notes
 In Southeast Asian, many forests have been cut down to produce timber and to clear land for farms and industries. The destruction of forests has reduced the living space of wildlife. Much of Asian’s wildlife is also threatened by over- hunting. Many people kill animals for food or hunt them to sell to zoo, medical research, and pet trader. Because of habitat destruction and over- hunting, many large Asian animals, including elephants, rhinoceroses, and tigers, have become endangered.
	In China, people have cut down most of the forests for wood, which has caused serious soil erosion. The soil is deposited in rivers and streams, which lowers the quality of the water. The Huang He, or Yellow River, is so named because the light- coloured soil gives the water a yellowish colour. The soil has also raised the riverbed. As a result, the Huang He often floods, causing great property damage and loss of life along its banks.
The living space of wildlife in Southeast Asia
A- is a threat to farmers	 B- is near farms and industries.
C- has been reduced when forests are cut down. D- is rebuilt when people destroy forests
The word “ over- hunting “ has the closest meaning to
A- hunting too much	B- hunting in the highlands	
C- hunting overseas	D- hunting for wildlife
Rhinoceroses and elephants are mentioned as an example of 
A- endangered animals in Asia.	B- large animals kept in zoos.
C- animals attracted to medical research 	 	D- animals traders want to have
The Huang He
A- is a deep river in China	 	B- receives soil which betters the quality of water
C- has it name from the colour of its water	D- runs between forests
The Huang He often floods because
A- of the low quality of the quality	B- wood is deposited in rivers
C- water from many streams flows into it 	D- the river is shallow due to the raised riverbed