Giáo án Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 9: Natural disasters - Language focus

Period 63 	week 32	Date: March 24th
Theme : THE WORLD AROUND US	 Topic: Natural disasters
 LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson , students will be able to further practice with pronouns: who that, which and clearly identify defining and non- defining clauses
II. Language Contents
Vocabulary : Review
Grammar : Use Relative pronouns : who ,that, which
Skills: Listening- Speaking- Reading- Writing.
III. Techniques: pairworks , groupworks, individually
IV. Teaching aids: pictures , poster, cards..
V. procedure
Stages/ time
Teacher’s activities
Sts’activities
Warm up :5’
Presentation :10’
Practice :22’
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4: 
Production :7’
Homework :1’
*Short answers
-Sticks the poster on the board and asks sts to answer in 1’
-Remarks the group which has more right answers and shortest time is winner 
Questions 
Answers 
1. which city in Japan was stuck by a huge earthquake?
Kobe
2. which country won the 1998 Tiger Cup?
singapore
3. which animals has one or two horns on its snouts?
rhinoceros
4. which explore discovered America?
Christopher columbus
5. which plannet is closest to the Earth?
Mars 
6. which animal in Vietnam was chosen to be the logo of SEA Games 2003?
Buffalo 
7. which ASEAN country is divided into two regions by the sea?
Malaysia 
8. which food you can chew but you cannot swallow and which one you can swallow but you cannot chew?
 Chewing gum /
Water 
pre-teach vocabulary 
Horn (n) (picture) : sừng
Snout(n) ( picture ) : mũi
Logo (n) (picture) : biểu tượng
Rhinoceros (n) ( picture) ; con tê giác
Chew(v) ( action) : nhai
Swallow (v) (action) : nuốt
Extensive (a) lớn nhiều
* check techniques : “ Rub out and remember”
-Revises the relative pronoun and asks sts to use relative pronouns : who , that , which to answer the questions. Start with the words given like the examples
Ex: the city which was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995 in Japan is Kobe
key:
b/ The country which won the 1998 Tiger Cup is singapore
c/The animal which has one or two horns on its snout is rhinoceros
d/ The explore who discovered America is Christopher Columbus
e/ the plannet which is closest to the Earth is verus / Mars
f/ The animal which was chosen to be the logo of SEA Games 2003 is the buffalo
g/ The ASEAN country which is divided into two regions by the sea is Malaysia
h/ The food which you can chew but you cannot swallow is the Chewing gum , and the thing you can swallow but you can’t chew is water
-Sticks the poster on the board and asks sts to match each of the sentences in column A with a related sentences in column B. use a suitable relative pronoun to join the two sentences
*key :
1-e Andrew is flying to Sacramento.Which.califonia
2-g If snowed in Lang son,which is River,.2002
3-f Pompeii, which .. Vesuvius
4-a Hurricane Andrew, which . Homeless
5- c the cyclone  Banglagesh, which is Century 
6-d the most history, which occurred  people 
7- b the October .. earthquake, which.. area
-Helps sts to identify defining and non- defining clause
-Intructs them to do exercise 3 . underline the relative clause in the sentence. Then add commos to separate the non- defining relative clause from the rest of the sentence.
-Calls some sts to do the task and write the sentences on the board
* key:
a/ Vietnam, which is in south- East Asia, exp[orts rice
b/ Kanggaroos, which come from Australia, have long tails
c/ Ba, who lives on Trang Tien street , likes playing the guitar
d/ Defining
e/ Neil Armstrong, who first walked on the moon, lived in the USA
f/ defining
g/ Miss Lien, who sings very well, is my English Teacher
-Sets the sence “ Now rewrite the sentences in exercise 3. replace each underlined clause with a clause you have written. You may use facts or your imagination”
Ex: Kangaroos, which comes from Australia, have long tails
Kangaroos, which can be seen everywhere in Australia , have long tails
 Kangaroos, which are called chuot tui in vietnamese, have long tails
-Hangs the poster on the board and asks sts to circle the A,B,C,D
1. Have you found the man ___ you wanted to meet ?
a/ who b/ that c/ which d/ a & b
2. the subject _____ I prefer is science
a/ whom b/ which c/ who d/ when
 -Gives assignments and comments
+Learn the vocabulary , and structure
+ Do the exercise in the workbooks
+ Prepare to do a period test 
 -Look at it
-Answer by writing on the poster
( groupworks)
-Listen
-Give meaning 
-Repeat C . I
Groupworks 
-Remind ( whole class)
Pairworks 
Say & write
-Match in 2’
-Say & write
(one by one)
-Look at the examples to
-Distinguish
-Do the exercise 3
-Say & write
( one by one)
-Work individually in 2’
-Say & write 
( one by one)
-Look at them
Say & circle
-Take note