Typical Kazakhstan plants

Approved by: Baiduisenova Zhansaya

LESSON PLAN

Teacher’s notes about the lesson (what will teacher and students do during the lesson?)

1. Introduction

1. Warm-up

• Let’s review last lesson

  • Have you ever heard about blue spruce?

  • What kind of plant of Kazakhstan do you know?

  • Do we have any plant which is included into the Red Book?

  • What other information do you know about plants?

• Dividing the class into groups (two groups)

(they will be divided by using cards)

1. Team work “Reading and speaking”

• They will work in one group. They should read the text with “Popcorn” game and then discuss it together. Assess each other with criteria (they’ll decide it)

Typical Kazakhstan plants

Flora [ˈflɔːrə]флора (өсімдіктер әлемі)

Vegetation [veʤɪˈteɪʃn]өсімдік

To represent [reprɪˈzent]болу, болып табылу

To stretch [streʧ]ұзарады

Species [ˈspiːʃiːz]түрлері

Drought-resistant shrubs- Құрғақшылықта өсетін бұталар

Bushy fescue [ˈbʊʃɪˈfeskjuː] бұта

Valerian [vəˈlɪərɪən] шүйіншөп

Adonis [əˈdəʊnɪs]адонис

Timothy [ˈtɪməθɪ]аржанец

Clover [ˈkləʊvə]беде

Birch [bɜːʧ]қайың

Tansy [ˈtænzɪ]түймешетен

Aspen [ˈæspən]көктерек

Oak [əʊk]емен

Pasque-flowers[pa:sk flauә] ұйқышөп

Linden [ˈlɪndən]жөке

Tulips [ˈtjuːlɪp]қызғалдақтар

Alder [ˈɔːldə]қандыағаш

Daisy [ˈdeɪzɪ]әсел

Reeds [riːd]қамыс

Fleur-de-lis [flɜːdә li:] ирис

Sedge [seʤ]қияқөлең

The flora of Kazakhstan

There are about 6 thousand species of plants on the territory of Kazakhstan. Vegetation varies widely throughout Kazakhstan in its 4 zones: steppe, forest-steppe, semi-desert and desert.

The area of forest-steppe lies in the far north of the country and takes less than 1% of the total area. Flora is represented by species such as bushy fescue, bluegrass, timothy, from higher plants

birch, aspen and oak, linden and alder.

Kazakhstan steppes cover a great part of the country and stretch from west to east. This is a huge territory, in which there is a large amount of grass and drought-resistant shrubs. In humid areas close to the river, there are reeds sedges. The peculiarity of the steppes is the fact that all the beauty and colors are concentrated in a short period of time – in the spring. In midsummer the grass prairie burns and becomes yellow. There are many representatives of medicinal plants, such as tutsan, wild rose and valerian. The flower of the steppes are Adonis, clover, tansy, feverweed, pasque-flowers, tulips, daisies, fleur-de-lis.

Comprehension question

1. What can you say about the flora of Kazakhstan in general?

2. By what species is the flora of the forest-steppe zone represented?

3. What grows in the steppes?

4. What is the peculiarity of the steppes?

5. What medicinal plants can be found in the Kazakhstan steppes?

6. What flowers grow in the steppes?

Write the comparative and superlative of the following adjectives?