Unit 9. Deserts

LUONG TAI 2 upper secondary SCHOOL
English
11C1
CLASS
12A5
Part D : Writing
Taught by : Leâ Hoà Haûi
Friday 9th January 2009
Pre- Writing
What is this ?
It is a desert in Africa.
It is the largest desert
in the world.

The Sahara Desert
What do you know more
about the Sahara desert ?
Vocabulary
Extend (v) / iks`tend / trải dài

Arid(adj) / `ổrid / khô cằn

Moisture (n) / `m?ist?? / hơi ẩm

Africa / `ổfrik?/
The Atlantic ocean / ?t`lổntik `???n /
Iraq / i`r?:k /
Morocco / m?`r?k?u /
Algeria/ ổl`d?i?ri? /
Tunisia / tju:`nizi? /
Libya / `libi?/
Egypt / i`d?ipt/
Mauritania/ m?ri`teini? /
Mali / `ma:li / Mali
Niger /`ni:?e?/
Sudan /su `da:n/
While-
Writing
General information
Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 1: Studying the table
- It is the largest desert …..
- It is situated/ located in ……….. and
extends/ stretches from ….
to ……
It lies largely in ……….. (10% of Africa)

- It covers ….
Its total area is …
… has a total area of ….

General information
Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 1: Studying the table
- The moisture is almost totally
absent ,so it is …..
- It is ……. with ……..
- We can find ……..
There is/ are …..

Sahara is on a tableland with …

The main trees are…….

The main animals can be seen are …….

Post-
Writing
General information : The Gobi desert
Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 2: Studying the table
General information : The Gobi desert
Unit 9: Deserts – Writing – task 2: Studying the table
Homework
Complete your writing at home
Prepare part E : Language Focus