'A flying disaster' lesson plan for 9th form

Date: Class:9

Theme: A flying disaster

Aims of the lesson: To study about a flying disaster, to enrich vocabulary

Type of the lesson: mixed

Visiual aids: pictures, computer

I.Org.moment.

- Who is on duty today?

- Who is absent today?

- What day (date) is it today?

ІІ. Checking hometask

- What was your home task for today?

- ex: 2b.p.55, 129. Review Past  Simple Passive. Memorize new words:

A nuclear bomb, a tsunami, a flood, a volcano, an earthquake, a hurricane

Past Perfect Passive – to be in the Past – V3 form of the Verb (Past Participle)

pp. 55, 129.

Student  A:

When was the Berlin Wall knocked down?

Where was the Statue of Liberty built?

How was the city Pompeii destroyed in 79AD?

When was the Kazakhstani expedition to South Pole organized?

Student B:

When was the first television picture produced in?

When were Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by atomic bombs?

Which space shuttle was destroyed by fire returning to earth?

When was Titanic sunk by an iceberg?

ІІІ. New theme.

Today we’ll read, write, speak about “A Flying Disaster”.

Read the text “A Flying Disaster”

Translate this text into native language.

Grammar – Articles a\an, the and zero article. Examples:

I had a banana and an apple for breakfast.

The banana was very good, but the apple was horrible.

Bananas are good for you. I like apples.

Doing exercises: ex: 5a. p.56.

What insects is the text about? (locusts)

How do these insects normally live? (on their own)

How can they become dangerous for people? (when they form swarms)

Why are farmers afraid for them? (They destroy the harvests and bring hunger)

Ex: 5b. p.56. Match topics 1-5 with paragraphs A-E in the text. Write A-E in the boxes. Answers: 1B; 2D; 3A; 4E; 5C;

Ex: 5d. p. 56. Find words or phrases in the text which mean:

Answers:

cause great damage;

on its own;

swarm;

huge;

it’s no wonder;

harvest;

Ex: 6a.p.57. Read the text. Underline a\an, the  and nouns they are with.

Ex: 6c. p. 57. Works on the cards. Complete the sentences with a\an, the or – (no article):

№1. I really like  __ bicycle! I’ve got two ___ green one and ___ grey one. I got ___ green bike as a birthday present when I was 12. I bought - grey bike with my own money.

Complete the sentences with a\an, the  or – (no article):

№2.  I read ___ newspaper story about ___ new plane yesterday. ___ plane can carry 3.000 people, but ___ story didn’t say when they will finish making it.

Complete the sentences with a\an, the  or – (no article):

№3.  My father drives ___ old car. He loves it! It was made in 1960, and it looks really beautiful. Every week he gets ___ phone calls from ___ people who want to buy it. Last week he had ___ call from ___ woman in London.

Ex: 5a. p. 44. (WB) Complete the sentences with a\an:

I got a bicycle for Christmas.

Can I have an orange, please?

It’s raining. Take an umbrella with you.

We’ve got an examination next week.

We stayed in a hotel in Rome.

Is this an apple or a pear?

Conclusion.

1. Answer the questions about flying disasters.

Ex: 5c.  p. 56.  Answers:

They cause damage to plants and people.

They are very small, they live on their own and they don’t hurt anyone.

One-tenth

They swarm in massive numbers and they can eat their own weight in plants every day.

They destroy the harvest so people die of hunger.

Summary.

Home task: ex: 7a. p. 57.

Giving marks.