Ашық сабақ A magazine article. The Pueblo people of the four corners.

Unit 6

The natural world

Teacher’s name:

Nyshan Akmaral Torebekkyzy

Date:

06.02.2026

Grade: 8 «G»

Number present:

absent:

Lesson title

A magazine article.

The Pueblo people of the four corners.

Learning objectives

8.4.5.1 deduce meaning from context in short texts and some extended texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.7.1 use with minimal support appropriate layout at text level for a range of written genres on familiar general and curricular topics;

Lesson objectives

-read an article about the Pueblo people.

- learn words in context.

- talk about life might have been like for the Pueblo people 1,000 years ago.

Value links

Creativity and innovation – Жасампаздық және жаңашылдық

• The ability to conduct observation, measurement, experiments and practical investigations; to model, identify the structure of objects of cognition, find and highlight relationships between different parts of a whole, divide processes into stages, and determine cause-and-effect relationships

• The ability to find optimal ways to solve learning tasks

Plan

Stages / Time

Teacher’s actions

Students’ actions

Assessment criteria

Resources

Beginning of the lesson

Warming-up

3 min

2 min

Pre-learning

«Brainstorming» method

2 min

Organization moment :

1.Greeting.

Ask about the weather.

The teacher sets the lesson objectives, letting students know what to anticipate from the lesson.

Checking homework

Teacher asks Ss work in pairs and evaluate each other’s posters.

Warm-up

Lead – In

Students of the class are listed.

Students' attention is drawn to the lesson.

Students do peer assessment.

Students answer the questions and prepare their tongues for foreign language.

Determines the topic and purpose of the lesson

Students say /brainstorm their background knowledge from the picture

The teacher to assess learners for their ability.

“Good job!

Well done!”

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The teacher to assess learners for their ability.

“Good job!

Well done!”

Pictures

Posters of students

Slide

https://wordwall.net/ru/resource/70759425

Student’s book, slide, pictures

Middle of the lesson

Presentation part.

3 min

5 min

5 min

7 min

5 min

Ex:1 P:67 Pair work

• Ask students to open their books at page 67.

Refer students to the photos and the title of the article. Put students into pairs to answer the three questions.

Do not confirm or reject students' ideas at this point.

Students will check their answers in Exercise 2.

Pre-reading

• Refer students to the highlighted words in the article. Match the first highlighted word in the text with one of the definitions 1-5 as an example.

Put students into pairs to complete the exercise.

Ask students to read the article to check the answers they gave in Exercise 1.

Ex: 3 P: 67 Individual work

• Tell students that they do not have to read the article all the way through again. They should instead scan it for information. This they can do by first identifying the key words and phrases in the sentences that they need to look for, and then scanning the text to find these words and phrases. For example, the key words in sentence 1 are Mesa Verde National Park and Mexico

Post-reading task Group work

Students work in groups and complete the fishbone diagram about Mesa Verde National Park and the Pueblo people.

Teacher asks Ss think over about life might have been like for the Pueblo people 1,000 years ago. And What was life like in Kazakhstan in 1000 AD?

Students work with a partner. Look at the photos. Answer the question

ANSWERS

Students own answer.

1 the Pueblo people, a Native American civilisation

2 from 600 to 1300 AD 3 to be safe

Pupils match the highlighted words in the article with the definitions.

ANSWERS

1 maze

2 canyons

3 dwellings

4 settlers

5 borders

Pupils read the article again. Find a factual mistake in each sentence below

ANSWERS

1 The Mesa Verde National Part is in the United States.

2 The Pueblo people lived there for over 700 years.

3 The word pueblo means village.

4 The Balcony House is made up of 40 rooms.

5 The only door is at the top of a 10-metre high wooden ladder.

6 The Pueblo people used ladders and ropes to protect themselves from enemies

Students read the text and find key information

Discuss the main ideas in the group

Sort information into the correct categories.

Students share their ideas.

Descriptor:

- work with a partner

-answer the question

Total: 1 point

Descriptor:

- match the highlighted words

- complete the exercise.

Total: 2 points

Descriptor:

- read the magazine article

- check answers

- find a factual mistake

Total: 3 points

Descriptor:

-identifies the main topic of the text

- finds relevant information in the text

-correctly classifies information into categories

2 points

Descriptor:

-identify past life; explain point of view.

2 points

Student’s book

Slide

Student’s book

https://view.genially.com/6982289e17b6e2bb26507894/interactive-content-words-in-context

https://software.fish/project-management-software/dashboard-software

Fishbone cards

Student’s book

Slide

End of the lesson

5 min

FEEDBACK

Learners provide feedback on what they have learned at the lesson.

Ex:

Home task:

https://learningapps.org/display?v=pyv5zop0j26