UNIT 10 NATURE IN DANGER D. WRITING HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH PRESENTERS: Le Thi Anh Dung Pham Thi...

UNIT 10

NATURE IN DANGERD. WRITING

HOW TO WRITE A PARAGRAPH

PRESENTERS: Le Thi Anh Dung

Pham Thi Ngoc Huong

A DISCRIPTIONOF A NATIONAL PARK

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Island (n)

e.g.: CatBa national park is located on CatBa island

=> It is located on……..

VOC. & STRUC.

tropical forest (n)

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Coastal water (n)

White sand beach

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e.g.: Cat Ba national park is famous for both tropical forests and coastal waters with while sand beach.

=> It is famous for...

abundant nature resource

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Landscape (n)

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Stone tool (n)

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Human bone (n)e.g.: We can find the stone tool and human bones found in the island’s caves.

=> We can find ... in…

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• island (n)• tropical forest (n)• coastal water (n)• white sand beach (n)• abundant nature resource (n)

• landscape (n)• stone tool ( n)• human bone (n)

VOCABULARY

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STRUCTURES• It’s located on/ in…

• Something is found in …

• It’s famous for…

• It covers/ contains…

• We can find…

• Its total area is …

• There are…species of/ kinds of/ sorts of…

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Watch a clip about Catba national park

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Task 1: Answer the following questions:

1. Where is CatBa National park located?2. What are the nature features of CatBa

national park?3. How large is it?

4. What do you know about the animals and plants in CatBa national park?

5. What are some of historic features of the parks?

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1. Where is CatBa National park located?It is located on CatBa island, 120 km from Hanoi and 20 km east of Hai Phong.

2. What are the nature features of CatBa national park?It’s famous for both tropical forests and coastal waters with while sand beach, abundant natural resources, beautiful landscapes and many kinds of rare animals and plants.

3. How large is it?It covers 15, 200 ha, including 9,800 ha of ocean.

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4. What do you know about the animals and plants in CatBa national park?There are 300 species of fish, 40 kinds of animals, 150 different birds and 620 species of plants in CatBa national park.

5. What are some of historic features of the parks?We can find the stone tool and human bones in the island’s caves that people inhabited there at least 6,000 years old.

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Task 2: Write a description about CatBa national park, using facts above.

Suggested paragraphCatBa national park is located on Cat Ba island, 120 km from Hanoi and 20 km east of Hai Phong. Its total area is 15,200 ha, including 9,800 ha of ocean. It’s famous for both tropical forests and coastal water with while sand beach, abundant natural resources, beautiful landscape and many kinds of rare animals and plants. There are 300 species of fish, 40 kinds of animals, 150 different birds and 620 species of plants. The stone tool and human bones are found in the island’s caves that people inhabited there at least 6,000 years old.

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Speaking: work in pairs (5mins)

Imagine you were a tour guide, practice with your partner what you would talk to your visitors about CatBa national park.

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HOMEWORK

- Learn vocabularies by heart.

- Prepare next lesson: Language focus