How to protect endangered species?

Lesson: 44

School: №226

Date: 17.02.2017

The name of the teacher: Karazhan F.

Grade: 8 “B”

Present pupils:

Absent pupils:

The theme of the lesson:

How to protect endangered species

Lesson objectives:

All learners will be able to: understand the theme and discuss the problem of zoos in different countries

Most learners will be able to: read the text for more information and translate it

Some learners will be able to: revise the grammar rules of Passive Voice

Language objectives:

Learners can: change the active into Passive

Key words and phrases: small cages, old buildings, dirty places, happy animals, a lot of space to play, to make good homes for every animal

Discussion points: London Zoo

Plan

Planned timings:

Planned activities

Resources:

Start

10 min

I. Greetings. Checking up the homework.

Exercise: 3 p. 146. Say it in English, paying attention to the use of Indefinite Pronouns.

1. There is no one in the room.

2. Can anyone answer this question?

3. He/she noticed someone enter the house.

4. Somebody opened the door and entered the room.

5. Everybody thought it was not their job.

6. Please, can I have some water?

7. There is no food in the house.

8. Nobody ever saw him.

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Middle

End

30

5 min

Good morning, pupils! I am glad to see you. Take your seat, please. I hope you are well today and ready to work hard and enthusiastically. Today we have the new theme “How to protect endangered species”.

II. Warm-up activity.

Oh, Kazakhstan, I’m in love with you!
Remember, Kazakhstan, you are great
Not in the green fields full of wheat,
And forests, gardens free of dust.
I love you deeply, dear land,
Your hills and rivers, lakes and seas,
Which give me always much delight.

III. Doing exercises. Exercise: 1 p. 148. Read the text for more information and discus it.

London Zoo

London zoo is a place of interest for many visitors. It was opened in 1827 by the Zoological Society. The first enclosures were built to give an idea of the places the animals came from. African animals were kept in grass huts, for instance. Today there are more than 8000 animals in the zoo. Some are very rare, so they are kept for the purpose of producing young. They are studied and protected by zoo specialists from getting any harm. Many animals were born in London Zoo or in other zoos around the world. 
The elephants have the biggest appetite in the zoo. An elephant's diet consist of hay, grass, linseed cakes, cabbages, carrots, potatoes, dates, salt, vitamins and minerals, washed down with 100 liters of water.
You can take an animal into your family at London Zoo for a year. The cost depends on the animal you choose, and is based on the amount of food it eats in a year. Your name goes on a plaque near the animal's cage. 
Every day you can watch animals being fed, for instance snakes, lions and seal. Around London Zoo there are trays of exhibits you can touch, for example, you might be able to handle a crocodile skin or a snake skeleton. 

Good reading – 3

Bad reading – 1

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IV. Brush up your grammar: Passive Voice (Revision).

The Passive Voice is used in English when the person or thing that is receiving the action is more important than the person or thing that is performing the action.

The structure of a sentence in the passive is as follows:

Object + To Be + Past Participle

Look at the structure of the following sentences in the active and the passive voice to understand the difference in structure.

• I sent Christmas cards to all my friends. (Active) 

• Christmas cards were sent to all my friends. (Passive)

• The earthquake destroyed the town last night. (Active)

• The town was destroyed last night. (Passive)

In these examples, you can see it is the action / result that is the most important factor in the passive sentences.

Do the exercises on the passive voice.

1. Bread (to eat) every day.
2. The letter (to receive) yesterday.
3. Nick (to send) to Moscow next week.
4. I (to ask) at the lesson yesterday.
5. I (to give) a very interesting book at the library last Friday.

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Homework. Exercise: 4 p. 149.

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Cards, posts

Additional information

Differentiation

Assessment

“5” for 16 – 13 points

“4” for 12 – 10 points

“3” for 9 – 7 points

More support

Create mixed ability groups

Pronunciation of the words

Asking questions

Reflection:

Were the lesson objectives realistic? What did the learners learn today?