«Nature Protection»

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«Nature Protection»

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Lesson

Nature. The protection of the environment

Teaching objectives:

Practical objectives:

to train and improve four types of pupils’ language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking on the basis of the text «The national parks», to teach them to use teaching materials of previous lesson and new vocabulary of dialogical and monological speech ,to teach reading the text and discussing it.

Educational objectives:

to expand pupils’ knowledge of the very importance of nature in our life and its beauty, to teach pupils to realize the global threats facing our planet and take actions to improve the situation.

Developing objectives:

to incorporate team-work, creative thinking, to develop pupils’ ability of using their knowledge in new situation, to develop pupils’ logical way of thinking, the readiness for taking part in the process of English communication; to teach them to make conclusions, to develop pupils’ imagination, to promote pupils intellectual curiosity.

Educative objectives:

to teach pupils to feel the beauty around them; to teach them good manners of communication, to respect each other.

Type of the lesson: combined.

Audio-visual Aids and Materials:

landscape pictures, individual cards, additional texts, teaching material on the subject «Seasons», «Nature and its protection».

Lesson Plan

I. Beginning of the Lesson

1. Warm-up.

2. Brainstorm.

II. Main Part

1. Speaking (monological and dialogical speech about the beauty of nature).

2. Reading the text «The National Parks».

3. Doing tasks on the text and activization of usage of the modal verb «must».

4. Talk: P1 – P2 – P3 – P4 on the text the modal verb «must» in the interrogative form.

5. Introduction of the new grammar material: the modal verb «should».

6. Reading the text «Yellowstone National Park».

7. Comprehension (the text «Yellowstone National Park»).

8. Role-play.

III. Summing up

1. Homework.

2. Evaluation of the pupils’ work at the lesson.

3. Conclusion.

Lesson Procedure

I. Beginning of the Lesson

1. Warm-up.

T: Good morning, children. I’m glad to see you again. How are you? Are you ready to start our lesson? O.k. Look at the blackboard and let’s read this wonderful quotation by Franklin Piece: «The deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers… The Earth is our Mother… all thing are connected like the blood which unites the family». Please, read it after me playing attention to your sounds and intonation. And try to feel the sense of it with your whole hearts. These words are full of love for Man and Nature, aren’t they? Man is a part of Nature and Man must love it deeply.

2. Brainstorm.

T: As for me, I do love nature, I do love the Earth, I do love the beauty of spring.

1. And do you love nature?

2. Why do you love it?

3. What does it mean to love nature?

II. The Main Part

1. Speaking.

T: You were given the task to speech about the beauty of nature of your native land. And you were asked to use the following words and expressions in your speech: to attract smb, to wake up, to make a deep impression on, to have one’s charm, vast steppes.

P1: Nature of my native land is so beautiful! We can’t help admiring the gentle Sea of Azov. I hear music in it. The Sea of Azov attracts people from all over the country. And vast steppes of my Zaporizhzhian land are too lovely for words! And the blue Dnipro-river is a sheer delight to the eye. Nature of my native land has its charm in every season. It always makes a deep impression on me. I can’t imagine my life brighter and happier.

P2: I also love nature of my native land. Its beauty attracts me and fills my heart with happiness. I’m fond of nature when it puts on its beautiful summer dress. I can’t help admiring flowers growing everywhere. I enjoy listening to birds singing merry songs.

T: Isn’t it a real, unforgettable beauty? And now let’s exchange an opinion about nature and its beauty. Some of you were given the tasks to make up dialogues of your own to express your thoughts concerning the beauty of nature.

P3: I say, nature of my native land is too lovely for words! I love it so much!

P4: I can’t help admiring nature in spring when it wakes up and you feel spring in the air, you feel the beauty and hear its music…

P3: Oh, yes, Yakimovka is so beautiful when fruit-trees are in blossom. It’s so picturesque indeed! And do you like nature in autumn?

P4: Yes, I do, especially when it’s Indian summer with its blue sky, sunny days, the ground is covered with a multicoloured carpet. And do you like rain in autumn?

P3: Why not? When the weather is wet we mustn’t fret. The rain is a present of nature, isn’t it?

2. Reading the text «The National Parks».

Some animals and plants have become rare in many parts of the world. People try to protect animals and birds, especially rare species and they open national parks.

The main idea and function of national park is to preserve natural beauty and wildlife and to show this beauty to the visitors. People can study and enjoy wildlife visiting national parks on vacations.

The most famous national parks are:

• The Snowdonia National Park in Great Britain.

• The Yellowstone National Park in the USA.

• Kruger National Park in South Africa.

• Belovezhskaya Park in Belarus.

On the territory of Ukraine there are 17 national parks, the most famous is Askania-Nova. It is situated in Kherson region. It was founded in 1874 by German scientist Falzvein. The area of this park is 11.000 hectares. In Askania-Nova there are 150 species of rare trees and bushes, 16 species of birds, 60 species of animals. Zebras, roes, deer and ostriches live there, too.

3. Doing tasks on the text and activization of usage of the modal verb «must».

T: Now, please, let’s read the following phrases below the text and say what we must do.

• to preserve natural beauty and wildlife;

• to show the beauties of the land to the visitors;

• to protect animals and plants, especially rare species;

• to study wildlife.

4. Talk: P₁-P₂-P₃ on the text using the modal verb «must».

5. Introduction of the new grammar material (the modal verb «should»).

T: Children, you said: «We must preserve natural beauty and wildlife».

We may say it using another modal verb «should» which means «следует», «целесообразно». So, we say: «We should preserve natural beauty and wildlife».

6. Reading the text «Yellowstone National Park».

T: Well, children. And now imagine you are going to visit a national park. I am a guide. Listen to me very attentively.

The pupils are given new vocabulary to help them to comprehend the text:

a hot spring – горячий источник

a moose – лось

a buffalo – буйвол

a geyser – гейзер

steam – пар

Yellowstone, the first National Park

Yellowstone is the United States’ first and most famous national park. This large wilderness area is very high in the Rocky Mountains of the North-Western USA. It includes large areas of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho.

Yellowstone became the world’s first national park in 1872. Although millions of people visit the park, the land is still unchanged – still a wilderness. The valley of the Yellowstone River has beautiful colored rocks and three large waterfalls. In the valley you can come across mooses or buffaloes. They are large grass eating animals. The high mountains around Yellowstone are covered with evergreen forests. Great grizzly bears live there.

Yellowstone Park has many areas with hot springs and geysers or hot water fountains. They are caused by heat from hot centre of the Earth. In winter Yellowstone Park is covered with heavy snow. With clouds of steam above them and snow all around, Yellowstone hot springs look ever more spectacular.

7. Comprehension (the text «Yellowstone National Park»).

Pupils are given the cards in which they are to underline the correct endings:

1. This text is about…

1. The Yellowstone National Park

2. The Snowdonia National Park

3. Belovezhskaya Park

1. This area is…

1. in Belarus

2. in Great Britain

3. high in the Rocky Mountains in the USA

1. It was founded…

1. in 1872

2. in 1921

3. in 1898

1. The valley of the Yellowstone River has…

1. three waterfalls

2. two waterfalls

3. four waterfalls

1. You can see…

1. hares and foxes

2. buffalos and grizzly bears

3. lions and tigers

1. The Yellowstone National Park is famous for its…

1. meadows and forests

2. rivers and lakes

3. hot springs and geysers

8. Role-Play.

T: And now you are guides from different national parks. Let’s work in groups. There will be three of them. Here are the cards for each group:

1. You are from the Yellowstone National Park

2. You are from Askania-Nova

3. You are from Australia

Make reports about rare and extinct species of birds and animals which live in your National park.

III. Summing up

1. Homework.

T: Your homework is:

a) to read the text about zoos. I want you to give your opinion if zoos are out-of-date or not?

b) to do exercise 14, p.100.

1. Evaluation of the pupils’ work at the lesson.

I should say you worked well, you were active. It was very pleasant for me to be a participant in the work, your adviser, and your teacher.

Thank you for your fruitful work. (The teacher puts marks and comments upon them.)