Unit 09 Natural Disasters Lesson 6 Skills 2

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS. PERIOD 77: lesson 6: SKILL 2 I) Objectives : 1. Educational aim : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able: - Listen for specific information about a natural disaster. - Write a news report on a natural disaster. - Vocabulary : words related the topic. - Grammatical structures lexical items related the topic. II) Teaching aids : Text books, cassette, chalk, visual pictures and some boards. III) Procedure : Steps & ttime A. Warm up ( 5’) B. Listening. Learning activities Ask Ss to tell kinds of natural disasters. 1. Listen to the news report and correct the following statements. - Remind Ss about listening for keywords in statements. - Play the recording and ask Ss to correct the statements. - Then ask two or three Ss to write their answers on the board. - Play the recording again for Ss to check the answers. Key: 1- A typhoon hit Nghe An Province last night. 2- Dozens of people were seriously injured in the storm. 3- There was extensive damage to property in Cua Lo, a coastal town in Nghe An. 4- The storm had already weakened when rescue workers arrived in the area. 5- According to the weather bureau, heavy rain will continue over the next few days. Audio script: Nghe An Province was badly affected again when a typhoon hit the area last night. The storm began at around 11 p.m. and raged throughout the night. Dozens of people were seriously injured and hundreds of others were left homeless. The severe winds caused extensive damage to property, including homes and businesses, particularly in Cua Lo, a coastal town in Nghe An. The storm had already weakened by the time emergency workers arrived in the area. Rescue operations have started and many. Language Models focus class work. pair work + coastal (a) + weaken (v) + weather bureau (n) + rage (v/n). individually.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> people trapped in collapsed or damaged buildings have been freed. Workers are now clearing up the debris left behing by the severe storm. The government has already sent rescue equipment to Nghe An, as well as food and medical supplies. People left homeless have been taken to safe areas, where temporary accommodation will be built to house them. The weather bureau has issued flood warnings for Nghe An and nearby provinces as heavy rain is expected to continue over the next few days. 2. Listen again and complete the data chart. - First, ask Ss to work in pairs to discuss the missing word for each gap from the information they have heard in 1. - Then play the recording again and allow Ss to fill the gaps as they listen. - Ask Ss to share their answers in pairs before playing the recording a final time to allow pairs to check their answers. - If time is limited, T may play only the sentences that include the information Ss need for their answers. Key: 1. winds 2. 3. 4. 5. homeless damage flood debris 6. accommodation. pair work. C. Writing. 3. Have you or one of your family members experienced a natural disaster? Make notes about it in the table below. Alternatively, you can write about a natural disaster you have read about. - Ask Ss to make notes about a natural disaster they or one of their family members have experienced in the given table. - Remind them that they do not have to write full sentences and they can use abbreviations. - Then, ask Ss to share their notes with their partners. - T may ask some more able Ss to read out their notes to the whole class. D. 4a. Use your notes in 3 to write a new report. Performing 4b. Swap new reports with a partner and review each other’s drafts. Make revisions and corrections if necessary. Then present your final news report to the class. - Set up the writing activity. - Remind Ss that first and most important thing is always to think about what they are going to write.. group work.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> - In this case, Ss can use the chart in 3 as a model for their report. - T may still need to provide some help with the language necessary for writing. - Ask Ss to write a draft report first. - Then have them write their final version in class or at home, depending on time allowed. - If they write in class, they can also do it in pairs or groups. - T may display all or some of the reports on the wall/ board and invite other Ss to give comments. - Ss edit and revise their reports as homework. - Note that the audio script provides a good model of a news report. - This structure can be used to write another news E. report. Homework - Write the news report in the notebooks. *Feedback: ………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………….

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