PRE-WRITING
1. Name some National Parks in Vietnam you know .
2. What do you tell people about when talking about National Parks ?
The suggested answers :

1. Cuc Phuong National Park, Ba Vi National Park , Con Dao National Park, Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Bach Ma National Park,…..
2. –Location , area , Special features , animals , plants , landscapes , forest ,….
The outline of writing a description :
Paragraph 1 : writing about location and area .
Paragraph 2 : special features
Paragraph 3: animals and plants
Paragraph 4 : historic features
WHILE WRITING
Read some facts and figures of Cat Ba National Park carefully and answer the questions :

Where is Cat Ba National Park located?
Where are the special features of Cat Ba National Park ?
How large is it ?
What do you know about the animals and plants in Cat Ba National Park ?
What are some of the historic features of the park ?
Some suggestions:
Location and area:
It is located /situated . . . . . . / Its total area is . . . .
Bach Ma National Park is in northern Central Vietnam. It is 45 km from Ninh Binh.
Cat Ba National Park covers an area of . . . . . . .
Special features:
This national park is special because it was not only covered with tropical forest but also surrounded with coastal water with white sand beaches. . . .
It is the only National Park in Vietnam with …
The best thing about Cat Ba National Park is that it has both tropical forests and coastal waters with white sand beaches . . .
Species:
The park was established in 1986 to preserve . . . . . . . and maintain a good balance in ecology.
The warm tropical climate provides good conditions for different species of fauna and flora to develop. At present, there are about 300 . . . . . . living in Cat Ba National Park.
This park is home to . . . . . .different species of fauna and flora. There are . . . . . . species of fish, . . . . . .
There’s a variety of animals and plants, such as … …
Historic features:
Through the stone tools and human bones in the island’s limestone caves, we found that people inhabited there at least 6,000 years ago.
The suggested answers :
1. Cat Ba National Park is located on Cat Ba Island, 120 km from Ha Noi and 20 km east of Hai Phong .
2.It has both tropical forests and coastal waters with white sand beaches, abundant natural resources , beautiful landscapes and many kinds of rare animals and plants
3. Its total area is 15,200 ha .
4. There’re about 300 species of fish, 40 kinds of animals, 150 different birds and 620 species of plants
5. Through the stone tools and human bones in the island’s limestone caves, we found that people inhabited there at least 6,000 years ago.