Презентация к уроку "See to believe it" Spotlight 8

See to believe it. In search of Nessie…

Module 3 Spotlight 8

By G Krivoshta

Words to remember

• Tentacle – щупальце
• Sharp – острый
• Hook – крюк
• Humped – горбатый
• Sightings – наблюдения
• Unicorn – единорог
• Ancient – древний
• Couple – пара (муж и жена, мужчина и женщина)
• Horrifying – ужасный
• blunt – тупой (о предметах)
• Violent – сильный, мощный, жестокий
• Whirlpool – водоворот
• Bottom – низ, дно
• Squid – кальмар
• Witness – свидетель, очевидец
• Ape – человекообразная обезьяна, примат
• Fossil – ископаемое, окаменелость

Nessie / Kraken / Bigfoot

Bigfoot is a popular

myth who likes to eat

human flesh and is said to be descended from a little boy who stayed in the woods and became a monster. However there are different Bigfoots. The Alaskan Bigfoot is called the yeti and hides in the Alaskan mountains. The

Latin Bigfoot is called

Acupacabra and eats other

animals. a myth related to

Bigfoot is called Sasquatch .

Many stories depict

the Kraken as a type of octopus. The Kraken is a mythological sea monster from Norway who

features in legends from other Scandinavian

countries as well.

The term Nessie is used to describe a

large aquatic

Creature that resembles a serpent. This creature is mostly found in Scotland and it is also known as Loch Ness monster.

Ex. 2 p. 42 Which creature(s) (A-C)…

A

B

• Live in water? 1. ________ 2. ________
• Could be creatures that people

thought had died out? 3. ________ 4. ________

3. Have people been seeing

for longer than you might think? 5. ________

4. Often used to destroy something? 6. ________

5. Have people found the bodies of? 7. ________

A

C

A

B

B

Ex. 3 p. 42 Match the highlighted words and phrases from the text to their meanings.

• Stayed alive
• Came closer
• Tell people about
• Things that have been seen
• Shocking, disgusting
• Wide
• Until now
• With great force
• Close to

• Report –
• Sightings –
• Survived –
• Horrifying –
• Across –
• Approached –
• Violent –
• Off –
• So far –

Read definitions of some words from the texts at pp.42-43, SB and decide which word is defined.

1. When you see something or someone, especially that is rare or trying to hide.

• Whirlpool

2. A small area of the sea or other violent water in which there is a powerful circular current of water which can pull objects down into its centre.

3. A sea animal with a long body and ten arms situated around the mouth.

• Violent

4. Sudden and powerful.

5. An animal like a large monkey which has no tail and uses its arms to swing through trees.

• Ape

• Sighting

• Squid

Complete the sentences using the words from the table in ex. 3. (whirlpool, apes, squids, sighting, violent)

1. This is the first _____________ of this particularly rare bird in this country.

2. I’m scared of _____________ thunderstorms.

3. Chimpanzees and gorillas are both _____________.

4. ______________ are very dangerous: they make the object drown.

5. ______________ are members of the Cephalopoda class.

sighting

violent

apes

Whirlpools

Squids

Reflection

• How many words from the text have you remembered?

• Homework

• W.B. p.24
• Learn the words of the lesson and write
• 4-6 sentences with new words.

Homework check

• W.B. p.24 № 1
• Learn the words of the lesson and write

4-6 sentences with new words.

Translate the words into Russian

• Sightings –
• Unicorn –
• Ancient –
• Couple –
• Horrifying –
• blunt –
• Violent –
• Whirlpool –
• Bottom –
• Tentacle –
• Sharp –
• Hook –
• Humped –
• Squid –
• Witness –
• Ape –
• Fossil –

Ex. 4 p. 42 Match the underlined words in the text to their opposites.

• Create
• Famous
• Similar
• Mythical
• Unfortunately
• Bottom
• Giant
• Sharp

• Different –
• Destroy –
• Real –
• Unknown –
• Top –
• Blunt –
• Luckily –
• Miniature –

Read the text at pp. 42-43, SB and mark the sentences T (true), F (false) or NS (not stated).

1. There have been more than three thousand sightings of Bigfoot in America. ___

2. Bigfoot is a kind of an ape. ___

3. It is proved that Nessie is a dinosaur. ___

4. The existence of Kraken is still a mystery. ___

5. There have been over three thousand recorded sightings of Nessie. ___

T

NS

F

F

F

Ex. 5 p. 42 - Fill in: recorded / humped / horrifying / mythical / snake / human / sharp / giant / violent / extinct

mythical

1. _____________ creatures

2. _____________ back

3. _____________ - like head

4. _____________ sightings

5. _____________ squid

6. _____________ whirlpool

7. _____________ hooks

8. _____________ prints

9. _____________ ape

10. ____________ sea monster

humped

snake

recorded

giant

violent

sharp

human

extinct

horrifying

Ways to look: match the verbs to their definitions

• Stare

• An angry look
• To see someone or something for a moment or not completely
• To look somewhere quickly and then look away
• To notice someone or something
• To look at someone or something very directly for a long time

• Catch a glimpse of

• Spot

• Glance

• Glare

Stare – уставиться, пристально смотреть

Spot – замечать

Glare – пристально смотреть (со злостью)

Glance – бросить быстрый взгляд

Catch a glimpse of – увидеть мельком

Use the verbs in the correct form to complete the sentences. Stare / catch a glimpse of / spot / glance / glare

staring

1. When I saw the strange creature, I couldn’t stop ___________ (looking for a long time) at it.

2. Kelly ___________ (looked for a long time) quickly at her watch and then back at the water.

3. I think I just ____________________ (saw briefly but not well) a small hairy creature. Did you see anything?

4. The creature seemed to __________ (look angrily) at me from the page of the book.

5. Did you _________ (notice) anything strange in the lake?

glanced

caught a glimpse of

glare

spot

Make the dialogue. Express your opinion about the text. Read the text and choose the facts you were impressed by.

• A: What things impressed you most?
• B: I was impressed by… . I didn’t know that…. And you?
• A: As for me, I…

Reflection

• Tell which things in the text impressed

you most? Why?

• I was impressed by…, because…

H.W.

• W.B. p. 24 ex. 2-3
• St.B. p. 43 ex. 6
• Learn the words from the lesson