1. Period 57: UNIT 9: Natural disasters Lesson 4: Write

2. Write a story

3. I. NEW WORDS :
Behave strangely (v) :
Cư xử lạ kỳ
Circles (n)
: vòng tròn
Scared (adj)
: sợ hãi
All of a sudden
= suddenly
: bất ngờ, bỗng dưng
shelter (n)
: chỗ ẩn nấp
= a place of safety

4. Lan / outside / play / her dog / Skippy .
PICTURE 1
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 / outside / play / her dog / Skippy .
Lan is outside playing with her dog , Skippy

5. All of a sudden / dog / behave strangely ..
PICTURE 2
How is the dog?
It looks strange. Perhaps it is scared
All of a sudden / dog / behave strangely ..
All of a sudden, the dog behaves strangely.

6. Lan ran home and her mother tells her that there is a typhoon coming.
PICTURE 3
What's on TV ?
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 .
Mrs. Quyen / tell Lan / she / hear / on TV / there / be / typhoon coming.
Lan ran home and her mother tells her that there is a typhoon coming.

7. PICTURE 4 What are they doing ?
They are gathering and talking about the coming typhoon.
Mrs. Quyen / gather / family / tell / they
/ find / shelter / in the house .
Mrs. Quyen gathers her family and asks them to find shelter in the house .

8. PICTURE 5 -What's the weather like now ?
It is very dark. It has strong wind and heavy rain .
Suddenly / sky / become / very dark .
Storm / come / with strong winds / heavy rain .
Suddenly, it becomes dark . The storm comes with strong wind and heavy rain .

9. The storm/ soon/ finish .
PICTURE 6
What's the weather like now ? It's fine .
How are they now?
They all are happy.
The storm/ soon/ finish .
Everyone / glad .
The storm finishes soon and everyone is glad .

10. - It / beautiful day.
- Sun/ shine; sky / blue; weather/ perfect.
- Lan / outside / play / her dog / Skippy.
- All of a sudden/ dog/ behave strangely.
- She / keep / run around / in circles.
- Lan / run / home / with / dog / tell / mother / what Skippy / do.
- Lan’s mother- Mrs. Quyen / tell Lan /
- she / hear / on TV / there / be / typhoon coming.

11. - Storm / come / with strong winds / heavy rain.
- Mrs. Quyen / family / scared.
Suddenly/sky/ become/very dark.
Storm/come/with strong winds/ heavy rain.
- But / soon / storm / finish.
- Everyone / glad.
- What / clever / dog / Skippy ! She / save / Lan / from / catch / in / typhoon.

12. 3. Make certain that your verb matches the subject in number.
HOW TO WRITE A STORY
1. Begin with your subject. 
2. Choose your verb, the word that tells what action your subject is taking.
3. Make certain that your verb matches the subject in number.
4. Add a direct object, which is the person or thing that the subject of the sentence acts upon with the verb.
5. Add an indirect object if you need more information than you can convey with only a direct object.
6. Use other words that you want to add to your sentence to make it more descriptive, but that aren't necessary.
7. Create a compound sentence by combining two simple sentences with one of these connecting words.

13. - Sun/ shine; sky / blue; weather/ perfect.
- It / beautiful day.
- Sun/ shine; sky / blue; weather/ perfect.
- Lan / outside / play / her dog / Skippy.
It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the weather was perfect. Lan was outside playing with her dog, Skippy.
- All of a sudden/ dog/ behave strangely.
- She / keep / run around / in circles.
All of a sudden, the dog behaved strangely. She kept running around in circles.
- Lan / run / home / with / dog / tell / mother / what Skippy / do.
- Lan’s mother- Mrs. Quyen / tell Lan /
- she / hear / on TV / there / be / typhoon coming.
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 there was a typhoon coming.

14. Mrs. Quyen gathered her family and told them to find shelter in the house.
- Storm / come / with strong winds / heavy rain.
- Mrs. Quyen / family / scared.
Suddenly, the sky became very dark. The storm came with strong winds and heavy rain. Mrs. Quyen and her family were scared
Suddenly/sky/ become/very dark.
Storm/come/with strong winds/ heavy rain.
- But / soon / storm / finish.
- Everyone / glad.
- What / clever / dog / Skippy ! She / save / Lan / from / catch / in / typhoon.
but soon the storm finished and everyone was glad. What a clever dog Skippy! She saved Lan from being caught in the typhoon.

15. Suggested writing:
It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the weather was perfect. Lan was outside playing with her dog, Skippy. All of a sudden, the dog behaved strangely. She kept running around in circles. 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 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 winds and heavy rain. Mrs. Quyen and her family were scared, but soon the storm finished and everyone was glad. What a clever dog Skippy! She saved Lan from being caught in the typhoon.

16. Retell the story

17. - Retell the story.
- Prepare: Language focus.