Unit 9. Natural disaters

Week: 30
Period: 60
Monday, March 15th, 2009
Unit 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
LESSON 4: WRITE
Jumbled words:
otnophy
laconov
ormst
danotro
tearquahke
typhoon
volcano
storm
tornado
earthquake
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behave (v)
Cư xử, ứng xử
a) Vocabulary:
shelter (n)
Chổ trú ngụ
all of a sudden (n)
Bất ngờ, bỗng dưng
What and where:
behave
shelter
perfect
scared
all of a sudden
- Who is this?
It’s Lan.
- Where is she?
She’s outside
/ in the garden.
- What is she doing?
she’s playing with her dog, Skippy.
Lan is outside playing with her dog.
Picture 1:
- How is the dog?
Picture 2:
It looks strange.
Perhaps it is scared.
All of a sudden, the dog behaves strangely.
- What’s on TV?
Picture 3:
Lan ran home and her mother tells her
that there is a typhoon coming.
The weather forecast.
- What does Lan’s mother say?
She tells Lan that she has just heard on TV
that there is a typhoon coming.
- What are they doing?
Picture 4:
Mrs. Quyen gathers her family and asks them
to find shelter in the house.
They are gathering
and talking about the
coming typhoon.
- What’s the weather like now?
Picture 5:
Suddenly, it becomes dark. The storm comes
with strong wind and heavy rain.
It’s very dark. It has strong wind
and heavy rain.
- What’s the weather like now?
Picture 6:
The storm finishes soon and everyone is glad.
It’s fine.
- How are they now?
They all are happy.
* It / beautiful day.
It was a beautiful day.
* Sun / shine ; sky / blue; weather / perfect.
The sun was shiny, the sky was blue and the weather was perfect.
* Lan / outside / play / her dog / Skippy.
Lan was outside playing with her dog, Skippy.
* All of a sudden / dog / behave strangely.
All of a sudden, the dog began behaving strangely.
* She / keep / run around / in circle.
She kept running around in circle.
* Lan / run / home / with / dog / tell / mother / what Skippy / do.
Lan ran home with her dog to tell her mother what Skippy
was doing.
Lan’s mother, Mrs. Quyen / tell LAn / she / hear / on TV / there /
be / typhoon coming.
Lan’s mother, Mrs. Quyen told Lan that she heard on TV that there was a typhoon coming.
* Mrs. Quyen / gather / family / tell / they / find / shelter /
in the house.
Mrs. Quyen gathered her family and told them to find shelter in the house.
suddenly / sky / become / very dark.
Suddenly, the sky became very dark.
storm / come / with strong winds / heavy rain.
The storm came with strong winds and heavy rain.
Mrs. Quyen / family / scared..
Mrs. Quyen and her family were scared.
but / soon / storm / finish.
but soon the storm finished
everyone / glad.
and everyone was glad.
what / clever / dog / Skippy! She / save / Lan / from / catch / in /
typhoon.
What a clever dog Skippy is. She saved Lan from being caught in the typhoon.

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shiny, the sky was blue and
the weather was perfect. Lan was outside playing with her dog, Skippy.
All of a sudden, the dog began behaving strangely. She kept running around
circle. Lan ran home with her dog to tell her mother what Skippy was doing.
Lan’s mother, Mrs. Quyen told Lan that she heard on TV that there was a
typhoon coming. Mrs. Quyen gathered her family and told them to find shelter
in the house.
Suddenly, the sky became very dark. The storm came with strong wind and
heavy rain. Mrs. Quyen and her family were scared, but soon the storm
finished and everyone was glad. What a clever dog Skippy is. She saved Lan
from being caught in the typhoon.
HOMEWORK:
Rewrite the writing in your notebooks.