Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 8 (Global Success) - Unit 9: Natural disasters, Lesson 5 - Trường THCS Thái Sơn

 UnitUnit 9 NATURALETHNIC GROUPS DISASTERS OF VIET NAM
 LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
 LESSON 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
 Uni HOBBIES
 t OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
✓ Use the lexical items related to natural disasters.
✓ Further understand about natural disasters through the two articles.
✓ Prepare a short piece of news about natural disasters. LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
WARM-UP Who’s faster?
 * Vocabulary
 Task 1: Match the headlines (1 – 2) with the natural 
 READING disasters (A – B).
 Task 2: Read the two news articles. Match the highlighted 
 words with their meanings.
 Task 3: Read the articles again and answer the questions.
 Task 4: Work in pairs. Match the questions with the 
SPEAKING answers. 
 Task 5: Work in groups. Prepare a short piece of news about 
 the natural disaster in 4 or one you know of. Report the 
 news to the class.
 CONSOLIDATION • Wrap-up
 • Homework LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
WARM-UP Who’s faster?
 Aims of the stage:
 To review words related to natural 
 disasters and introduce the new lesson. WARM-UP
 Erupt
 Natural 
 disasters LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
WARM-UP Who’s faster?
 * Vocabulary
 READING Task 1: Match the headlines (1 – 2) with the natural 
 disasters (A – B).
 Task 2: Read the two news articles. Match the highlighted 
 words with their meanings.
 Task 3: Read the articles again and answer the questions.
 Aims of the stage:
 - To introduce the new words related to natural 
 disasters.
 - To activate Ss’ knowledge of the topic of the reading 
 text.
 - To help Ss develop the skill of guessing the meaning 
 of new words in context.
 - To help Ss develop the skill of reading for specific 
 information. VOCABULARY
 Ash (n)
 /æʃ/
 Tro VOCABULARY
 Tsunami (n)
 /tsuːˈnɑː.mi/
 Trận sóng thần VOCABULARY
 Tremble (v)
 /ˈtrembəl/
 Rung lắc VOCABULARY
 New words Pronunciation Meaning
 1. Ash (n) /æʃ/ Tro
 2. Tsunami (n) /tsuːˈnɑː.mi/ Trận sóng thần
 3. Tremble (v) /ˈtrembəl/ Rung lắc VOCABULARY
 New words Meaning
1. Ash (n) Trận sóng thần
2. Tsunami (n) Rung lắc
3. Tremble (v) Tro READING
 1 Match the headlines (1 – 2) with the natural disasters (A – B). 
 Headlines Natural disasters
1. 30 seconds of a slight 
 shaking in Ha Noi. A. volcanic eruption 
2. A thick layer of ash 
 B. earthquake
 covers Tonga. READING
 2 Read the two news articles. Match the highlighted words with their meanings.
 Highlighted 
 Meanings
 words 
1. violently a. not yet found
2. tsunami b. slightly shaking
 c. the bad feeling you have 
3. missing
 when you are frightened
4. trembling d. very strongly
5. fear e. very large waves in the sea READING
 3 Read the articles again and answer the questions.
 1. Where and when did the eruption happen? 
 => ___________________________________________________________In the South Pacific last Saturday.
 2. What did the eruption cause? 
 => ___________________________________________________________A tsunami.
 3. What were the other effects of the eruption? 
 ___________________________________________________________It destroyed hundreds of homes on some small islands, and more than 
 ___________________________________________________________twenty people on these islands are missing.
 4. How long did the buildings shake? 
 => ___________________________________________________________For about 30 seconds.
 5. What caused the shaking?
 => ___________________________________________________________A strong earthquake in China. LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
WARM-UP Who’s faster?
 * Vocabulary
 Task 1: Match the headlines (1 – 2) with the natural 
 READING disasters (A – B).
 Task 2: Read the two news articles. Match the highlighted 
 words with their meanings.
 Task 3: Read the articles again and answer the questions.
 Task 4: Work in pairs. Match the questions with the 
SPEAKING answers. 
 Task 5: Work in groups. Prepare a short piece of news about 
 the natural disaster in 4 or one you know of. Report the 
 news to the class. SPEAKING
 4 Work in pairs. Match the questions with the answers.
 Questions Answers
1. What kind of natural disaster was it? a. Five days of heavy rain caused it. 
 b. Many houses were flooded, two villagers 
2. When and where did it happen?
 died, and five others were missing.
3. What caused it? c. It was a serious flood. 
 d. Rescue workers looked for the missing 
4. What were its effects? people, and volunteers gave food and drinks to 
 the victims. 
5. How did people help the victims? e. It happened in a village in Phu Yen last week.
 1. c 2. e 3. a 4. b 5. d SPEAKING
5 Work in groups. Prepare a short piece of news about the natural disaster in 4 or 
 one you know of. Report the news to the class. 
 Example: 
 Five days of heavy rain 
 caused a serious flood in a 
 village in Phu Yen. The 
 flood happened last week. 
  LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
WARM-UP Who’s faster?
 * Vocabulary
 Task 1: Match the headlines (1 – 2) with the natural 
 READING disasters (A – B).
 Task 2: Read the two news articles. Match the highlighted 
 words with their meanings.
 Task 3: Read the articles again and answer the questions.
 Task 4: Work in pairs. Match the questions with the 
SPEAKING answers. 
 Task 5: Work in groups. Prepare a short piece of news about 
 the natural disaster in 4 or one you know of. Report the 
 news to the class.
 CONSOLIDATION • Wrap-up
 • Homework CONSOLIDATION
 1 WRAP-UP
 In this lesson, you have:
 ✓ learnt new words related to natural disasters.
 ✓ read 2 passages about volcano and earthquake.
 ✓ Write a short piece of news about the natural disaster.