Unit 9. Natural disaters

GRADE 9
Unit 9: Natural disasters
Lesson 4: Reading
Time : 45 minutes

AIMS
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to :
1. get information about Natural Disasters.
2. develop the skill of guessing the words and ideas from the context.
3. develop reading and writing skills.

Outline
1. Warm up : - Watching video.
- Matching games.
2. Pre-reading : - Pre-teach vocabulary.
- Grammar structure.
- Prediction.
3. While-reading : - Checking prediction.
- Questions – Answers.
- Sentence completion.
4.Post-reading : - Discussion.
- Writing.
5.Homework : Assigning the students to write a report.
Matching pictures with kinds of disasters

1. earthquakes

2. tidal waves

3. typhoons

4. volcanoes

5. tornadoes
a
b
c
d
e
Activity 1 : Match words in column A with their synonyms in column B

1.strike/ struck/ struck (v) a- sudden
2.collapse (v) b- (to) hit
3.abrupt (adj) c- (to) pour out
4.hurricane (n) d- funnel-figured
5.erupt (v)-eruption (n) e- (to) fall down
6.funnel-shaped (adj) f- (to) take up
7.suck up (v) g- cyclone
A
B
Activity 2: Grammar structures
Tenses: - simple present
- simple past

Passive voice: - past simple
- present simple

Relative clauses with relative pronouns:
who, which, that
Activity 3:Cross in the appropriate box that you guess ( Yes: + No: - )

Reading
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the ‘Ring of Fire’. In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.

Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California!

Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word ‘typhoon‘ comes from Chinese: tai means ‘big‘ and feng means ‘wind’ , so the word ‘typhoon‘ means ‘big’.
Volcanoes: We can usually predict when a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption.

Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy in1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!
Task 1: Read the passage and check whether your prediction is right or wrong

Task 2 :Read the passage then answer the question
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim, which is known as the ‘Ring of Fire’. In 1995, a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks and highways collapsed.

What percentage of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim ?

Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave traveled from Alaska to California!

Where did the tidal wave travel from Alaska to in the 1960s ?


Typhoons: When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in Asia. The word ‘typhoon‘ comes from Chinese: tai means ‘big‘ and feng means ‘wind’ , so the word ‘typhoon‘ means ‘big’.

Which words does the word “ typhoon” come from in Chinese ?
Volcanoes: We can usually predict when a volcano will erupt. Mount Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world’s largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands were saved because scientists had warned them about the eruption.

Why were thousands of people saved when Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted in 1991?

Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy in1981, a tornado lifted a baby, who was asleep in its baby carriage, into the air and put it down safely 100 meters away!

How far could a tornado lift a baby into the air in Italy in 1981?
Task 3: Complete the sentences
1.The majority of earthquakes……
2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many….
3. A tidal wave can only occur when……
4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as……
5. The Chinese language gave us…….
6. A tornado is type of storm that……..
Task 1: Discussion
Work in groups of five: discuss one of five disasters, then report it in front of the class.

Task 2: Summarize the damage caused by the natural disasters.


Homework
Writing
Write a report about the disaster which you discussed
( 70- 100 words)
Thank you for your listening