Unit 14. Wonders of the world

Welcome to our class 8B.
Warm up :
Network
Wonders of the world
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Statute of Zeus
The Pyramid of Cheops
The Great Wall of China
The Angkor Wat
The Taj Mahal
About his trip to the
Grand Canyon.
TIM
HOA
So what is our topic today?
=> Writing a letter.
Unit 14 : WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
Period 95: Write
Teacher : Pham Thi Huyen Trang
Saturday, April 18th 2015
May 29, 2003
Dear Hoa,
How are you ? (1) I hope you are studying hard for your exams next week.
My class has just returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
(2)……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
We spent a week there and I didn’t want to leave.
Although it was summer, it was quite cool at night because the area is more than 2,000 meters above sea level.
On our first day, a park ranger led us on a guided hike along the edge of the canyon.
He talked about the history of the area. (3)…….........................................
(4)……………………………………………... What do you plan to do during the summer vacation ?
Write to me after your exams.
Your friend,
Tim
1. Complete the letter Tim sent to Hoa about his trip to the Grand Canyon. Insert the letters of the missing sentences.
A. That`s all I have time to tell you about.
B. The Canyon is part of Grand Canyon National Park and
it was formed by the Colorado River over millions of years.
C. I hope you are studying hard for your exams next week.
D. He also talked about the original inhabitants who lived there during the Stone Age
1. Complete the letter Tim sent to Hoa about his trip to the Grand Canyon. Insert the letters of the missing sentences.
Vocabulary
Grand canyon (n) hẻm núi
Park ranger (n) người canh gác
original (adj) thuộc nguồn gốc
inhabitant (n) cư dân
Stone Age thời kỳ đồ đá.
breathtaking (adj) lí thú, hồi hộp
Match vocabulary :
5) Grand Canyon
4) Park ranger
3) Inhabitant
2) Breathtaking
1) Stone Age
A
B
a)
b)
d)
c)
f)
Lí thú, hồi hộp
6) Original
e)
Người canh gác
Thuộc nguồn gốc
Hẻm núi
Thời kì đồ đá
Cư dân
A. That’s all I have time to tell you about.
B. The Canyon is part of Grand Canyon National Park and it was
formed by the Colorado River over millions of years.
C. I hope you are studying hard for your exams next week.
D. He also talked about the
original inhabitants who lived there during the Stone Age
w1
May 29, 2003
Dear Hoa,
How are you ? I hope you are studying hard for your exams next week
My class has just returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The Canyon is part of Grand Canyon National Park and it was formed by the Colorado River over millions of years.
We spent a week there and I didn’t want to leave.
Although it was summer, it was quite cool at night because the area is more than 2,000 meters above sea level.
On our first day, a park ranger led us on a guided hike along the edge of the canyon.
He talked about the history of the area. He also talked about the original inhabitants who lived there
during the Stone Age
That’s all I have time to tell you about.
What do you plan to do during the summer vacation ?
Write to me after your exams.
Your friend,
Tim
1. Heading
2. Opening
3. Body
4. Closing
Answer the questions
1. Where has Tim visited ?
2. How long did he stay there ?
3. Who did he go with ?
4. How about the weather ?
 Tim has visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
 He stayed a week .
 He went with his class .
 It was quite cool at night .
Place: Cuc Phuong National Park ( Phong Nha cave
/ Ha Long Bay, etc .
Distance: from your city / home: 100 km / 300 km /
hours by train / by coach, etc.
How to get there: by bus / train / airplane, etc.
Sights: beautiful / magnificent / breathtaking, etc.
Weather: temperate / sunny / cool / windy, etc.
How do you feel: happy/ excited / relaxed, etc.
2. Write a letter to a friend. Tell him/ her about a place
you have visited recently. Use the following prompts
to help you.
W2
Have you ever been to Nha Trang?
You will write a letter to talk about Nha Trang you have visited by complete these sentences below.
1) My family / has just / come back / from a trip / Nha Trang.
My family has just came back from a trip to Nha Trang.
2) This / first time / I visit / Nha Trang.
This is the first time I have visited Nha Trang.
3) We / spend / a week there / and I / don’t want / leave.
We spent a week there and I didn’t want to leave.
4) It /about 300km/ from Kon Tum and/ take seven hours/get there / car.
It’s about 450 km from Kon Tum and took seven hours to get there by car.
5)The sightseeing / wonderful /We /take many photo/there.
The sightseeing was wonderful . We took many photos there.
6)The weather / is / hot and windy.
The weather was hot and windy.
7)We /feel /very happy after the trip.
We felt very happy after the trip.
April 15,2015
Dear Nga,
How are you?
What do you plan to do during the summer vacation ? write to me as soon as possible.
Your friend,
Nam
My family has just came back from a trip to Nha Trang.
This is the first time I have visited Nha Trang.
We spent a week there and I didn’t want to leave.
It’s about 300km from Kon Tum and took seven hours to get there by car.
The sightseeing was wonderful . We took many photos there.
The weather was hot and windy .
We felt very happy after the trip.
Do you like to travel?
You shouldn’t littering when you visit a place .
You should keep silent when you visit a place .
What should/shouldn’t you do when you visit a place?
Homework :
Learn the vocabulary by heart.
Write the complete letter in work book.
Prepare the new lesson : Language focus.
Goodbye class!