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Unit 10:nature in danger

Lesson 4 - Writing




Pre-writing

Activity 1 :Vocabulary










*Coastal waters (n) :
Water which is near coast
*Abundant (adj) = plentiful , more than enough
*Ha = hectare
*Location (n): position
to be located
Preserve (Ved ): save and maintain
*Feature (n)


Stone tool (n) :














Human bone (n) :
Vocabulary
Location (n): position
to be located
Coastal waters (n) : water which is near coast
Preserve (Ved ): save and maintain
Abundant (adj) = plentiful , more than enough :
Ha = hectare
Stone tool (n) :
Human bone (n) :
Feature (n)


Activity 2:Read the paragraph and answer the following questions
Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160 km south west of Hanoi. It is the first of Vietnam ‘s nine national parks to be established and it covers over 200 square kilometres .Tourists go there to study buterflies ,visit caves, hike moutain and look at1000 years old tree. Cuc Phuong National Park preserves about 2,000 different species of flora and 450 species of fauna.Cuc Phuong National Park has many caves. Quen Voi, also part of the park, where Nguyen Hue’s army was stationed and defeated the Qing invaders in the Spring of 1789.
Questions
Where is Cuc Phuong National Park located ?
What are special features of Cuc Phuong National Park?
How large is it ?
What do you know about animals and plants in Cuc Phuong National Park ?
What are some historic features of the Park?
answers
1.Where is Cuc Phuong National Park located ?
-Cuc Phuong National Park is located 160 km south west of Hanoi .
2.What are special features of Cuc Phuong National Park ?
-It is famous for rainforest, butterflies, one thousand year old tree.
3.How large is it ?
-It covers over 200 square kilometres.



4.What do you know about animals and plants in Cuc Phuong National Park ?
-It preserves about 2,000 different species of flora and 450 species of fauna
5.What are some historic features of the Park?
Cuc Phuong National Park has many caves. Quen Voi, also part of the park, where Nguyen Hue’s army was stationed and defeated the Qing invaders in the Spring of 1789.

While-writing
Suggestive questions
Where is Cat Ba National Park located?
How large is it?
What is it famous for? (What are the special features of Cat Ba National Park?)
What do you know about animals and plants in Cat Ba National Park?
What are some historic features of the park? (What were found here ?Where?)
Is nowadays Cat Ba considered a lot of people`s favourite tourism site ?
What do visitors come there for ?
Outline
*Topic sentence : location
*Supporting ideas:
+ special features………
+ total area : its total area is/it covers ……
+ animals and plants :preserves … species
+ historic features
*Concluding sentence: development of the national park
Post-writing
Exchange your writing to crosscheck
Sample writing
Cat Ba National Park is located 120 km from Hanoi and 20 km east of Hai Phong on Cat Ba Island. It covers 15,200 ha, including 9,800 ha of land and 4,400 ha of ocean.The special features of Cat Ba National Park are tropical forests and coastal waters with white sand beaches, abundant natural resources, beautiful landscapes and many rare animals and plants. Cat Ba National Park preserves about 300 species of fish , 40 species of animals , 150 species different birds and 620 species of plants. Especially, 6,000 year old stone tools and human bones were found in the island’s limstone caves here..Nowadays Cat Ba national park is considered as a favourite tourism site . Visitors come there for its beauty and for their holiday
Rewrite the paragraph
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