Lesson plan. Natural World

LESSON: 8.3A: The Natural World

School: NIS Kyzylorda

Date: _19_ January, 2015

Teacher name: Aryngazy Gaziza

CLASS: 8 G

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Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

8.W3 write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a limited range of familiar general and curricular topics

8.S8 recount some extended stories and events on a growing range of general and curricular topics

8.S5 interact with peers to negotiate, agree and organise priorities and plans for completing classroom tasks

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

• interact with my partner to make up a dialogue “We can still save the saiga”, where we use new words, keep grammar rules, spell the words correctly

Most learners will be able to:

• intelligibly talk about KZ heritage sites with the help of given phrases.

Some learners will be able to:

• write a short essay with moderate grammatical accuracy

Previous learning

At the previous lesson the learnt new words on The Natural world, got acquainted with some of the world heritage sites.

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities

Resources

10 minutes

Warm up:

• Learners brainstorm ideas based on the questions:

What world heritage sites can you name?

Why are world heritage sites very important?

Where are world heritage sites in Kazakhstan?

Can you guess where or what might they be?

Learners read the questions they’ve made up on the PPT (home task), answer them, discuss again what world heritage sites are, why they are important, give some information about places they’ve discussed and then they are play the Jeopardy game.

PPT

Middle

15 minutes

15 minutes

10 minutes

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10 minutes

1. Checking homework: Jeopardy game. (f)

1. a) Students split up into 3 groups (G)

b) They play the Jeopardy game. The members of the team with most correct answers will become the winners.

c) Those teams who are not able to gain enough points have to give a short Heritage sites of Kazakhstan.

Write a short essay about KZ heritage site

Teacher shows the objective and assessment criteria on the board:

8.W3 write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a limited range of familiar general and curricular topics

• 10 sentences
• Grammatical accuracy
• Use of new words

Learners read out their short essays and do peer assessment

Speaking 1 (8.S8)

Learners are shown three pictures of KZ heritage sites to describe. Some words are given to help.

Success criteria: I can intelligibly talk about KZ heritage sites with the help of given phrases.

Reading

Learners are handed out texts-tapescripts of the video about saiga (from the previous lesson). Last time they filled in the blanks, so they have full version of the text. Learners read the text, work with new words, discuss it.

Vocabulary. And this they write text about Saiga antelope

1. Distinctive appearance-отличительный внешний вид
2. Sparse-редкий
3. Underbelly-подброшье
4. Mane on the underside of the neck-грива в нижней части шеи
5. Mature males-взрослые самцы
6. Rut-охота
7. Swell up-припухать
8. Hair tufts-клочья волос

9. Sticky secretion-липкая секреция, выделение

10. Mortality-смертность

11. Exhaustion-истощение

12. Conceal-скрывать

13. Herd-стадо

14. Calf-теленок

15. Airborne dust-пыли в воздухе

16. Dense vegetation-густая растительность

17. Avoid predators-избегать хищников

Speaking 2: “We can still save the saiga” (8 S8, 8.S5)

Learners are divided into pairs with the help of cards to make up a dialogue. Before starting to do the task several short videos about saigas can be shown to learners.

They are free to use notebooks, mobile phones to search necessary information.

Task: Use internet resources (some links from course plan can be suggested) to find necessary information about this endangered species and make up a dialogue with your partner (10 minutes for preparation, 10 minutes for checking)

Success criteria:

I can interact with my partner to make up a dialogue “We can still save the saiga”, where we use new words, keep grammar rules, spell the words correctly

PPT

PPT

worksheets

http://www.arkive.org/saiga-antelope/saiga-tatarica/video-ta00.html

PPT

http://www.arkive.org/saiga-antelope/saiga-tatarica/

http://www.saiga-conservation.com/saiga_news.html

http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=62

http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/saiga_antelope/

End

Minutes

5 minutes

Self assessment: Learners try to do self-assessment choosing the smile appropriate for their feeling about today’s lesson.

Reflection:

- what you have learnt

- what learning material was useful/useless

Sing a song

The Fox

By Ylvis

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr_6ozxT08w