Appearance and character

«Сheck-up»

Deputy of study: ___________

The English teacher:

LESSON: Module 2 Lesson 1

School:

Date:

“HELPING & HEROES”

Grade: : 6

Number present:

Absent:

Learning

objectives(s)

that this

lesson is

contributing

to

6.3.6.1- communicate meaning clearly at sentence and discourse level

during, pair, group and whole class exchanges;

6.6.5.1 - use questions including questions with whose, how often, how long

and a growing range of tag questions on a growing range of familiar general

and curricular topics;

6.1.1.1- use speaking and listening skills to solve problems creatively and

cooperatively in groups;

6.4.2.1 - understand independently specific information and detail in short,

simple texts on a limited range of general and curricular topics;

6.3.7.1- use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about

a limited range of general topics, and some curricular topics;

Lesson

objectives

All learners will be able to:

identify some specific information from the text and use some target

vocabulary to describe some things

Most learners will be able to:

use most target language accurately and with some appropriate intonation and

identify most target information in listening task

Some learners will be able to:

use most target language accurately and with clear intonation and identify all

target information in listening task

Previous learning

discuss the benefits of learning a foreign language

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities

Excel Resources

Beginning the

lesson

• What’s in this module?

Read the title of the module Helping & Heroes and ask Ss to suggest what they think it means. Go through the topic list and stimulate a discussion to

prompt Ss’ interest in the module.

Explain/Elicit the meaning of any unknown words, thenSs find the page numbers for the items listed. Ask questions to check Ss’ understanding.

Skills focus:

Reading and listening – for specific information and main ideas.

Speaking – narrating a story, recommending a book

Writing – a biography.

Themes: Historical figures/appearance and characters/Heroes in Kazakhstan and Scotland/ Being a hero.

Language focus: past simple (regular/irregular verbs), prepositions of movement.

Main

Activities

6.1.3.1

6.3.6.1

6.6.5.1

• To identify historical figures vocabulary

Draw Ss’ attention to the pictures and ask various Ss to read out the names, countries and dates for each person. Explain/Elicit the meanings of any unknown words and read out the example, then Ss match the people to what they were.

Vocabulary: “Historical figures ”

Italian painter/ Egyptian queen/ Mongolian emperor/ Scottish warrior/ Kazakh hero/ polish scientist/ British nurse/ American President.

Example: Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter.

1452 – 1519

1809 – 1865

1910 – 1982

• Background information

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor and architect. He painted the Mona Lisa.

Marie Curiewas a Polish scientist. She discovered radium and won the Nobel prize.

Cleopatra was an Egyptian queen. She was a beautiful and powerful woman. There are many books and films about her.

Florence Nightingalewas a British nurse and writer who pioneered modern nursing during the Crimean War. Many people came to know her as ‘the lady with the lamp.’

Genghis Khan was a Mongolian emperor. He built the second largest empire in the history of the world.

BauyrzhanMomyshuly was a Kazakh hero. He was a military officer and author.

Abraham Lincolnwas the 16th American President. He helped end the Civil War and slavery.

William Wallace was a Scottish warrior. He fought against the English to help free Scotland.

• To talk about historical figures

Explain that we read years before 2000 by splitting them into two numbers (e.g. 1450 = fourteen fifty, 1899 = eighteen ninety-nine).

Ask two Ss to read out the example exchange, thenSs ask and answer in pairs. Monitor the activity around the class. Explain that when a date is BC we count down to zero to go forwards in time.

Ask and answer

A: When was Leonardo do Vinci born?

B: In 1452. When he die?

A: In 1597.

Ending the

lesson

To check comprehension

Check Ss’ answers.

Reflection

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic?

Did I stick to timings?

What changes did I make from my plan and why?

Answer the most relevant questions from the box on

the left about your lesson.