Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 9 Unit 9: Natural disasters - Lesson 3

Stages

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

I.Warm up

7 min

II. Pre- reading

10 min

III.While - Reading

15 min

IV.Post - reading

10 min

V.Homework

3 min

* Matching:

Give 5 definition of four natural disasters that Students will learn in the lesson.

1. Earthquake

a. Mountain or hill with openings through which ashes and gases ejected

2. Tidal wave

b. Violent storm especially in East Asian seas.

3. Typhoon

c. Violent storm over small area.

4. Volcano

d. Another word for Sinai, waves caused by tides.

5. Tornado

e. Sudden and violent movements of the earth^’s surface.

- Give correct Answers:

1.e, 2.d, 3.b, 4a, 5.c

II / Reading:

Introduce the aims of the lesson and some new words to Students.

1. Vocabulary – Pre-teach:

- Pacific Rim (n): Countries in the Pacific area: Thái Bình Dương

- Collapse ( v): break down, falling to ruin: vỡ

- Abrupt (v): Suddenly happen: bất ngờ xảy ra

- Shift: change: sự thay đổi

- Hurricane = Cyclone = Typhoon

- Erupt(v) – Eruption( n): break out or through:phun

- Funnel (n): narrowing tube for putting liquid into small opening: cái phễu

- Baby carriage (n): small, special vehicle for carrying baby; xe đẩy trẻ con.

* Checking technique: Noughts and Crosses

1. Setting the scene: “We are going to read a passage about five disasters that mentioned earlier. Read and do the comprehension tasks assigned.

2. True or False statements:

- Ask Students to do the exercise True or False.

- Tell them to work independently, read the passage and decide whether the statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.

- Call on some Students to explain their answers in front of class.

- Listen and give correct Answers:

1. True

2. True

3. False (The tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California)

4. True

5. False The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the World’s largest volcano eruption in more than 50 years.

6. True

3. Sentence Completion:

-Tell Ss to read the passage more carefully and complete the sentences. Guide and explain them to understand all the given halves.

- Make necessary corrections in front of class as a whole

- Give suggested answers:

a…...occur around the Pacific rim.

b……....many houses, office blocks and high ways collapsed.

c……….when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth.

d……….a cyclone.

e………..the word “typhoon”

f………..that passes overland below a thunderstorm and suck up anything that is in its path.

4. Choosing the correct information:

- Call some Students to read the passage aloud in front of class.

- Check pronunciation mistakes if any.

- Divide class into five groups. Each group takes care of one natural disaster.

- Give out 20 numbers or words about five naturals disasters.

- The group which completes the task the most quickly will be the winner.

90%, Kobe, 1995, homes, 1960, California, Movement, tide, 120, hurricane, cyclone, Chinese words, 1991, Philippines, 50, eruption, funnel, Italy, 1981, 100.

Answers:

Earthquake, Tidal wave, Typhoon, Volcano, Tornado,

90%, Kobe, 1995, Homes, 1960, California, Movement

Tide, 120, Hurricane, Cyclone, Chinese, Words, 1991

Philippines, 50, eruption, Funnel, Italy, 1981, 100

1. Summarize main point.

2. Learn by heart new words

3. Do exercise in workbook.

4. Prepare the next lesson.

- Work in groups

- Match the names of the disasters to its correct meanings.

- Copy

- Listen and repeat in chorus and individually

- Guess its meanings and give examples.

- Copy down notebooks.

- Play games in group.

- Listen carefully and do the exercise “ True or False “

- Compare their answer with a friend and under the information in the passage for their answers.

- Report in the front

- Write down their notebooks.

- Complete individually.

- Read them again and copy.

Read the passage loudly

- Work in group

- Each group has to match those numbers of the words to appropriate headings

- Listen and copy