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* Warm up : PELMANISM

EARTHQUAKE

TYPHOON

TORNADO

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Unit 9 : Natural disasters
Lesson 4 : WRITING
Period 57
I. NEW WORDS :
behave (v) :


cư xử, ứng xử




shelter (n)



= a place of safety


All of a sudden



: chỗ trú ngụ



= suddenly


: bất ngờ, bỗng dưng

II. TELLING THE STORY
PICTURE 1
Who is this ?
She`s playing with her dog, Skippy.
It`s Lan
Where is she ?


She`s outside / in the garden .



What is she doing ?
Lan is outside playing with her dog , Skippy
How is the dog?
It looks strange. Perhaps it is scared
PICTURE 2
All of a sudden, the dog behaves strangely.
PICTURE 3
What`s on TV ?
The weather forecast
What does Lan`s mother say?
She tells Lan that she has just heard on TV that there is a typhoon coming .
Lan ran home and her mother tells her that there is a typhoon coming.
PICTURE 4
What are they doing ?
They are gathering and talking about the coming typhoon.

Mrs. Quyen gathers her family and asks them to find shelter in the house .
PICTURE 5
What`s the weather like now ?
It is very dark. It has strong wind and
heavy rain .
Suddenly, it becomes dark . The storm comes with strong wind and heavy rain .
PICTURE 6
What`s the weather like now ?
It`s fine .
How are they now?
They all are happy.
The storm finishes soon and everyone is glad .
III. WRITING :
Use the pictures and the cues in the box to write a story . You can make changes or add more details to the story by using the simple past tense .
It /day beautiful.
Sun / shine ; sky / blue ; weather / perfect.
Lan / outside / play / her dog / Skippy .
All of a sudden / dog / behave strangely .
She keep / run around / in circle .
Lan / run / home / with / dog / tell / mother / what Skippy / do .
Lan’s mother – Mrs. Quyen / tell Lan / she / hear / on TV / there / be / typhoon coming .

Mrs. Quyen / gather / family / tell / they / find / shelter / in the house .
Suddenly / sky / become / very dark .
Storm / come / with strong winds / heavy rain .
Mrs. Quyen / family / scared .
But / soon / storm / finish .
Everyone / glad .
What / clever / dog / Skippy ! She / save / Lan / from / catch / in typhoon .
* Suggest writing :
It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the weather was perfect. Lan was outside playing with her dog, Skippy. All of a sudden, the dog began behaving strangely. She kept running around circles. Lan ran home with her dog to tell her mother what Skippy was doing. Lan`s mother, Mrs. Quyen told Lan that she heard on TV that there was a typhoon coming. Mrs. Quyen gathered her family and told them to find shelter in the house.
Suddenly, the sky became very dark. The storm came with strong winds and heavy rain. Mrs. Quyen and her family were scared, but soon the storm finished and everyone was glad. What a clever dog Skippy is . She saved Lan from being caught in the typhoon.

IV. AT HOME :

Collect their papers and correct
Get students to write another story. They can make changes or add more details to the story.
Thanks for
your attention!