Открытый урок в 8 классе на тему "Грамматика. Инфинитив" ("Spotlight")

Lesson plan

1. greeting (1 min)

good morning, gentlemen! How is going on? Who is missing?

1. Objectives (26 min)

Today we’re going to use a new technique that I haven’t shown you before. We’re going to write a dictation. Not a usual one. We’re going to write a running dictation.

You’ll work in pairs. One of you will be writing a dictation, the other one willdictate him. But the problem is that student should run up to that paper, learn some words, then run back and dictate your partner. The winner pair will be that pair which writes more words correctly on their paper. I give you 3 minutes.

Let’s start!

(students run up to the paper and then dictate some words to their partner)

Psychic animals

Some people noticed that the animals started acting strangely. For example, the elephants made lots of noise and decided to run to higher ground just before the waves hit. Wardens at Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park were very busy looking for their animals and to their surprise, they found nearly all of them alive. So, did the animals know what was about to happen? If so, then this could mean that animals are capable of predicting natural disasters. Many animals have much better hearing than human beings. Others have sensitive feet, enabling them to feel vibrations in the ground.

Although we don’t know for sure, animals may know more than we think.

Time is up! Could each pair read their text? Which one wrote the most words?

You can check the dictation you’ve written by opening the student’s book page 78.

In this text, why do you think some words are written in bold?

Yeah, exactly, the words with –ing and infinitive form.

Could you fill in this small paper by writing in what cases do we use -ing and infinitive?

(hang on the papers)

After modal verbs- infinitive without to

After adjectives- -ing form

To show purpose- infinitive with to

After certain verbs (decide, appear)- infinitive with to

After prepositions- infinitive with to

As a noun- -ing form

After expressions (I’m busy, etc.) –-ing form

After certain verbs (fancy, start, avoid, spend, imagine, suggest, etc.) – -ing form

Let’s check together!

Great! Now try to do this exercise using the written form. You have 3 minutes to do it.

(hanging on the paper)

1. Her father always tells her …to… (study)hard at school.

2. Do you know how ……to…. (play) the piano?

3. Poppy needs …to……. (say) sorry to her sister.

4. I’m bored! Do you fancy ……… (watch)ing a DVD with us?

5. We must …visit…… (visit) grandpa this weekend.

6. I’ve never been to a summer camp but I’d like …to….. (go) one day.

Let’s check together!

But at the same time the sentences with infinitives or –ing forms can have different meanings.

(writing on the board V1+V2= V1+to+V2/ V1+V2-ing and explain)

I stopped looking at her.(involve)

I stopped to look at her.(intend)

What is the difference between these two sentences?

(show the video)

Is that clear now?

Let’s try to do exercise 3 on page 78. First of all do it in pairs, then we’ll check together. You have 3 minutes. Here’s you need to explain the meaning of the sentences.

And the last thing we’ll do today is we are going to watch a clip. I’m sure you’ll like it. You should listen and watch it carefully and write down the infinitives or – ing form words or phrases.

(Watching the clip)

Checking together.

1. Feed back.

What have we start learning today?

What have we done today?

1. Homework

Make up a story using the pictures and words in exercise 6 page 79.

1. Giving marks.

2. Seeing off.

Tools

Papers for students

Magnets for written texts

Worksheets with exercises