Unit 11. Traveling around Vietnam

Unit 11: Traveling around Viet Nam
- Lesson 5: Write a story

đà lạt
An adventure:
Cuộc phưu lưu
A canoe:
Ca- nô, xuồng
What is it?
To paddle:
chèo thuyền
a paddle: mái chèo

To lean over:
nghiêng người
To hire:
thuê
To overturn:
lật úp
To recue:
cứu
I. Vocabulary
Last week, while on vacation in DA LAT, The Browns had quite an advanture.
One afternoon, they decided to paddle around Xuan Huong Lake in a canoe.
After hiring the canoe, the family climbed in and paddled out to the middle of theLake.
Unfortunately, dark clouds soon appeared and it began to rain.
Now, put the sentences below in the correct chronological order to complete the story.
The canoe moved up and down the water.
b. A boat appeared and recued them.
c. The wind started to blow and the rain became heavier.
d. She leaned over and tried to pick it up.
e. The family was very lucky.
f. The canoe overturned and everyone fell into the deep and dangerous water.
g. Shannon dropped her paddle.
Answer Key: c- a- g- d- f- b- e.
II. Reading.
Uyen had a day to remember last week.
Uyen
Put the events below in the correct chronological order.
Suddenly/she/stumble/rock/and fall
She/realize/her alarm clock/not/go off
Strangely/rain/stop/as she/get/her classroon
She/math exam/Friday
/and she /get up/late
As she/leaving/it/start
/rain/heavily
Schoolbag/pool/and everything/get/wet
Luckily,Uyen/enough time/finish
Uyen/try/run/fast/she could
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Answer Key: d- b- e- h- a- f- c- g.
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
Suddenly/she/stumble/rock/and fall
She/realize/her alarm clock/not/go off
Strangely/rain/stop/as she/get/her classroon
She/math exam/Friday
/and she /get up/late
As she/leaving/it/start
/rain/heavily
Schoolbag/pool/and everything/get/wet
Luckily,Uyen/enough time/finish
Uyen/try/run/fast/she could
Uyen had a day to remember last week.
She had a Math exam on Friday but she got up late.
She realized her alarm clock did not go off.
As she was leaving home, it started to rain heavily.
III. Writing.
Uyen tried to run as fast as she could.
Suddenly she stumbled against a rock and fell onto the road.
Her school bag went into a pool of water and everything got wet.
Strangely, the rain stopped as she got to her classroom.
Luckily, Uyen had enough time to finish her exam.
IV. Homework.
Write a story about you.