| Greeting learners. Setting positive atmosphere by asking some ice breaking questions. Learning objectives Learn about body of water around the world through reading and discussion; Understand specific information in reading passage; Write topical words correctly; Communicate clearly during pair, group and whole class discussion То take a quiz; to listen and read for specific information • Ask Ss to read the questions and explain/elicit the meanings of any unknown words. • Give Ss time to read the quiz and guess the answers. • Play the recording. Ss listen and follow the text in their books to check their answers. Answer Key 1C 2 В 3 C 4 A Play the video and elicit Ss' comments at the end Fill in: Produces, for sure, variety, not, borders, natural, its, including, its, through, exactly, body
Some people call it a sea, while others call it a lake. In 1) _____________, people thought it was an ocean! One thing 2) ______ : the Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed 3) _______ of water on Earth. It is 371,000 km2 and it 4)___________ five countries: Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan. The northern part of the lake is about 6 m deep. The southern end is more than 1,000 m. It is the world's largest lake, but it is not a freshwater lake. So, what 5)___________ is the Caspian Sea? The Caspian Sea is 6)________ connected with an ocean which makes it like a lake. However, it is very big and its water is salty- which makes it like a sea. 130 rivers flow into the lake. As there are no outlets, the Caspian Sea loses water only 7)___________ evaporation This makes 8)_____ brackish water even saltier. The Caspian Sea is an amazing 9)_________ attraction with a huge 10)________of wildlife. It is home to the Caspian seal, the Caspian turtle and 90% of the world's sturgeons, 11)__________ the beluga. This is the fish that 12)__________ caviar. Caviar is the eggs of the sturgeon. It is very tasty but extremely expensive.
• Getting feedback: (optional - a Yes/No game) Now let's play a game. Listen to my questions. If you think the answer is 'yes', stand up. If you think the answer is 'no', stay seated. Let's start! Is the Caspian Sea a real sea? no Do five countries border the Caspian Sea? 150 rivers flown into a lake. No The Caspian Sea loses water only through evaporation. Is there live seal, fish, turtle? Does The Caspian turtle produces caviar? No • Inviting questions: Have you got any questions about the Caspian Sea? Ending: That's it for today W/B p26 Ex 1-4 Reflection “Plus-Minus-Interesting” technique
This exercise can be done orally, as well as in written form, which will depend on time you have. When you do it written form you should fill in the three columns of the table. In the column «P» - «plus»- write everything you liked at the lesson, information and forms, which caused positive emotions, or, may be useful for achieving objectives. In the column «M» - «minus»- you can write anything you didn’t like at the lesson, what was boring for you, stayed unknown, or any useless information. In the column «I» - «interesting»- you can write curious facts, they’ve learned at the lesson, anything you would like to learn about problems, questions to the teacher. The learners write three things in a table Summary evaluation What two things went really well (consider both teaching and learning)?
What two things would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?
What have I learned from this lesson about the class or achievements/difficulties of individuals that will inform my next lesson?
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