Giáo án Unit 9: Natural disasters Tiếng Anh 8 Global success

Date of planning:……… Period..: UNIT 9 : NATURAL DISASTERS
Date of teaching: ……
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED WEEK: ……
WE ARE ALL SAFE!
I. OBJECTIVES: * By the end of this lesson, Ss will be able to gain the following: 1. Knowledge:
- To introduce an overview about the topic Natural disasters.
- To learn how to use vocabulary to talk about Natural disasters.
- To practice listening and reading skills .
+ Vocabulary:The lexical items related to Natural disasters.
- Pronunciation: Stress in words ending in -al and - ous
- Giving and responding to bad new.
+ Grammar: Past continuous tense. 2. Competence:
- Students will be able to practice listening and reading skills .
- Develop communication skills and creativity.
- Be co-operative and supportive in pair work and teamwork.
- Actively join in class activities. 3. Qualities:
- Develop awareness of Natural disasters.
- Be concerned to Natural disasters. II. TEACHING AIDS:
- Teacher: Grade 8 text book, projector ; Unit 9, Getting started.
- Students : Text books, workbook…
- Computer connected to the Internet - Hoclieu.vn III. PROCEDURE:
1. WARM UP & INTRODUCTION ( 3’- 5’) * Aims:
- To create an active atmosphere in the class before the lesson; - To lead into the new unit.
* Content: To have some warm-up activities to create a friendly and relaxed atmosphere to
inspire Ss to warm up to the subject and new lesson.
* Expected outcomes: Having a chance to speak English and focus on the topic of the lesson.
* Organisation : Teacher’s instructions …


Teacher’s Student’s activities Content + Greeting + Greeting ; T_Ss.
- Teacher asks Ss to work in 2 groups and think of +
some natural disasters they know.
Students (Ss) listen and learn how to do
- Teacher writes the name of one natural disaster as the tasks. a modeling activity. Earthquake
- Ss (one by one) go to the board and write the
names of natural disasters that they know.
- Teacher checks Ss’ results. Natural
- The group with more correct names of natural disasters becomes the winner. disasters
OR** Before Ss open their books, show pictures of
common natural disasters in Viet Nam.
+ Elicit the phrase natural disasters. Tell them that
* Suggested answers:
natural disasters are sudden and violent events in
Earthquake, snow storm, acid rain,
nature (such as an earthquake, a hurricane, or a
typhoon, tidal wave, flood, drought, …
flood) that kill or injure a lot of people and / or cause a lot of damage.
+ Ask them what they know about natural disasters.
+ Write the unit title on the board Natural
Disasters. Share with Ss the objectives of the
lesson (it is a good idea to write the objectives in a
corner of the board and leave them there or put
- Open the book and write the tittle of the them on a slide to show Ss). lesson.
- Have Ss open their Student's Book and start the lesson
2. PRESENTATION/ NEW LESSON ( 12’- 15’) ACTIVITY 1: * Objectives:
- To set the context for the introductory conversation;
- To introduce the topic of the unit and the vocabulary to be learnt.
* Content: Learn some new words . Read the conversation and find out new words. Focus on
topic of the lesson, grammar points…
+ Vocabulary: damage, funnel, tornado, eruption, pull up, landslide.
*Expected outcomes: Know more new words; Ss know how to pronounce the new words
correctly and use them in appropriate situations.
* Organisation : Teacher’s instructions.
Teacher’s Student’s activities Content


1. Listen and read :/ Page 92 * Teach vocabulary: - T_Ss
+ Teacher uses different techniques to teach vocab
(situation, realia, translation.)
+ Teacher introduces the vocabulary by: *Vocabulary - providing the pictures
1. damage (n,v) Thiệt hại, gây tổn hại
- eliciting the definition of the words
+ Teacher do the “Rub out and remember”
2. funnel (n) Cái phễu checking technique.
3. tornado (n) Lốc xoáy
- Teacher reveals that these seven words will
4. eruption (n) Sự phun trào
appear in the reading text and asks students to open 5. pull up (v) Kéo lên, nhổ lên, lôi lên
their textbooks to discover further.
- Ask Ss to look at the picture on pages 92 - 93 and
6. landslide (n) Vụ sạt lở answer the questions below:
- What can you see in the picture?
- What natural disaster is it? + Elicit answers from Ss.
- Introduce the two characters: Tom and Mi.
- Explain that they are friends, and they are talking about natural disasters.
- Play the recording twice for Ss to listen and read
along. Have Ss underline the words or phrases that
are related to the topic of the unit while they are listening and reading.
- Have Ss practise the conversation in pairs, then
invite some pairs to read the conversation aloud.
Have Ss say the words or phrases in the text that
they think are related to the topic of the unit.
- Quickly write the words or phrases on one part of
the board or show the conversation on a slide and
highlight the words or phrases. Comment on Ss' answers.

EXTRA ACTIVITY - Put Ss into pairs.
- Have each pair work together to reread the conversation and underline what they think are the
five most important sentences.
- Have the pairs write these five sentences on a sheet of A4 paper in the order that they appear in the conversation.
- Leave a quick discussion about some of the most important words and phrases from the
conversation that represent the key ideas and write them on the board.
- Have Ss using their five sentences as well as words and phrases on the board work together to
write a summary of the text in three sentences.
- Have pairs compare their summary. 3. PRACTICE ( 15’) * Objectives:
2. To help Ss understand the conversation.
3. To introduce the names of some natural disasters.
4. To help Ss understand the meaning of the words and phrase indicating natural disasters in 3.
* Content: Listen and read the conversation; Complete the sentences with words; Write the
natural disaters from the box; Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
* Expected outcomes: Ss understand the content of the conversation and know the vocabulary
related to the topic. Students can read and understand general and specific information about Natural disasters. * Organisation :
Teacher’s Student’s activities Content
ACTIVITY 2: Read the conversation again. Complete each sentence with no more than TWO words from it .
+ First, ask Ss to read the sentences and fill in the - T_Ss
blanks without reading the conversation again.
- Work individually.
- Elicit the answers from Ss. Quickly write these * Answer key: answers on the board. 1. flood
- Have them read the conversation again to check 2. second floor their answers. 3. natural disaster
- Allow them to share the answers with a partner 4. was having before discussing as a class. 5. pulled
- Ask Ss for their answers again, referring to the