Lesson

Mooncake, interests, wildlife photographer

Date: 24.10.23

Class: 10

Teacher’s name: Muratkyzy Elnaz

Learning objectives that this lesson is contributing to

10. L6 deduce meaning from context in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a limited range of unfamiliar  topics

10. W8 spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a wide range of familiar general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

• All learners will be able to: deduce meaning from context, spell most high-frequency vocabulary

Assessment criteria

Learners have met the learning objective if they can: deduce meaning from context in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Value links

Respects.

Cross – curricular

Hobby.

Previous learning

Listening tasks.

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities

ACTION Resources

Beginning the lesson

5 minutes

Greeting learners. Conduct a warm-up for the lesson.

Find a topic by answering questions:

1-how do you understand the meaning of the word “mooncake”?

Mooncake - a round Chinese cake, usually consisting of pastry with a thick, traditionally eaten during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

2-what interests do you have?

3-what do you consider a wildlife photographer?

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Main Activities

11 minutes

Task 1. choose the best answer (A, В or C)

1.You hear part of a conversation in a watch repair shop. What is the man doing? 
A refusing to accept the watch for repair 


B encouraging the customer to buy a watch 
C advising the customer to have the watch mended elsewhere

2.You are on a train and you hear a woman leaving a message on an answering machine. Why is she calling? 
A to arrange a lift from the station 
B to change the time of her evening meal
C to find out bus times from the station

3.You hear a talent show judge commenting on a performance she has just seen. What does she think of the man’s performance? 
A He lacks confidence. 
B He chose the wrong song.
C He has a weak singing voice.

4.You hear the beginning of a talk in a community centre. What will the talk be about? 
A local history 
B transport problems
C modern agriculture

5.You hear a man talking about saving money. He wants to buy 


A a motorcycle.
B a bicycle.
C a car.

6.You hear a woman talking about a concert being cancelled. What does she think about this? 
A She is glad it will not take place.
B It should be re-arranged for a later date. 
C She should have been told sooner.

7.You hear a man and woman talking about a flat they are considering renting. What do they both like about it? 
A the size
B the low rent 
C the furniture

8.You hear a woman talking about her tablet computer. How does she feel about it? 
A She finds something about it annoying. 
B She wants to get a more powerful model.
C She spends too much time using it.

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14 minutes

Task 2. complete the sentences with a word or short phrase

Markus was staying in 9 ____ when he first tried mooncake.
Markus’s favourite kind of mooncake has a filling made of 10 _____
Markus says that he likes to have 11 ____ with mooncake.
Mooncake is popular during the Moon Festival, which last year was held in 12 ____
The mooncake Marcus was given during the festival had the shape of a 13 ____ on the top.
Markus was surprised to learn that mooncake is rarely made 14 ____ in China.
The people Markus was staying with received mooncake from their 15 ____
His host family gave Markus a mooncake that had a slightly 16 ___ flavour.
Markus was told that, many years ago, people used mooncakes to send 17 _____ to each other.
After people had read what was written on the mooncake, they 18 ___ it.

9) a country in East Asia formed of a group of islands

10) dry, single-seeded fruits that have high oil content

11) a drink made by pouring hot water onto

12) the ninth month of the year, after August and before October

13) a small animal with long ears and large front teeth that moves by jumping on its long back legs

14) the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with your family

15) a person or organization that employs people

16) containing a lot of salt

17) a piece of messages that is only known by one person or a few people and should not be told to others

18) past simple of eat

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7 minutes

Task 3. choose from the list (A-E) the reason each speaker gives for deciding to take up their new interest.

19)Speaker 1- C

20)Speaker 2- A

21)Speaker 3- E

22)Speaker 4- B

23)Speaker 5- D

A. to make some money

B. to make a change from their work

C. to meet new people

D. to help other people

E. to overcome a fear

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Ending the lesson

3 minutes

Reflection.

Choose one card and answer the question.

Cards

Additional information

Differentiation – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners?

prompt less able learners to engage in whole class checking and plenary activity with supportive questioning

provide sentence starters for finalchallenge more able learners to structure final writing to include key words

Assessment – how are you planning to check learners’ learning?

Learners have met the learning objective if they can: deduce meaning from context in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Cross-curricular links
Hobby

Values links

Respects

Reflection Use the space below to reflect on your lesson. Answer the most relevant questions from the box on the left about your lesson

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic?

Did I stick to timings?

What changes did I make from my plan and why?