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Textbook: Senior High School Book 1
Unit 4
Natural Disasters
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Writing Class
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Leaf vein : What is the role of the leaf vein?
Look at the leaves and leaf veins!
Supporting, transporting and guiding
Lead in
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Summary: a short statement that gives the main information about something, without giving all the details.
Concept of summary
Lead in
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Reading and Answering the questions
Pre-writing
1. When did the tsunami happen?
2. What caused the tsunami?
3. Why would it be difficult to deliver food and supplies?
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Read the summary of the news report.
Try to find the main points it includes. Please underline the information of each point in the summary.
Pre-writing
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date
On 26 December 2004, a tsunami killed more than 6,500 tourists, fishermen and many other locals in Southeast Asia. Thousands of people are missing and the number of deaths is expected to grow. The damage caused by the tsunami is making it difficult for rescue workers to help the survivors.
place
event
cause of the damage
effect
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Read the definition of summary on the textbook.
Discuss and summarize the features of summary in groups.
Pre-writing
Definition:
Features:
length: 1/3
: key points
: details, examples
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Summary
Pre-writing
Main Points
Date
Place
Event
Effect
Cause
(Following Events)
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Today, we need to make a poster for the Tandshan earthquake.
Look at the passage on page 50. Should we write all the information on the poster?
Review the passage on page 50 and see the main ideas of each paragraph that you have written on Reading Lesson 1.
While-writing
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Is there any information lost in each paragraph’s main idea? (place, date, event, effect)
Please add these information (place, date, event, effect) to the ideas and share with your group mates.
While-writing
Main Idea added Information
Paragraph 1 Warning signs before earthquake. Strange things happened in the countryside before the earthquake.
Paragraph 2 The happening of the big earthquake. A