Unit 5. Reading for pleasure

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Date: 16.01.2024

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Grade: 8 «а», «ә»

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Theme of the lesson

Could, can, will be able to

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

8.5.3.1- write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

8.5.9.1 -use appropriately a variety of active and passive simple present and past forms and past perfect simple forms in narrative and reported speech on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

- talk about ability in the past, present and future using could, can and will be able to;

-write sentences using the correct forms of could, can or will be able to.

Planned timings

Teacher’s activities

Pupil’s activities

Evaluation

Resources

Warming-up

Team work

5 min

Organization moment:

1.Greeting.

Warm up

With books closed, check students’ understanding of the

text. Teacher asks at the class.

-Can we create realistic special effects

now? (Yes, we can.)

• Can we feel the same emotions as the

characters on the screen now? (No, we can’t.)

Teacher explains that this lesson introduces ways to talk about

ability and possibility in the past, present and future.

Students answer the guestions.

At the organization moment T tries to award active Ss. «The praise» method is used to evaluate Ss with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”

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Middle of the lesson

35 min

Exercise 1,p.59

To introduce this point, teacher writes these questions on the

board, and ask students to find the answers in the text

about cinema: What was possible in the 1930s? What is

possible now? What will be possible in the future?

• Elicit sentences from the text that give the answers and

write them on the board (producers could include songs …, film makers can now create special effects …, we’ll be able

to connect our bodies …). Underline can, could and will be

able to and elicit that they refer to possibility or ability in

the past, present and future.

Answers

1 could 2 can 3 be able to

1 Ability and possibility.

2 Film producers couldn’t include songs.

They can’t create very realistic special effects.

We won’t be able to feel the character’s emotions.

3 Yes, they do

Students read rhe text and complete the sentences and use them to help

them answer the questions.

Teacher evaluates Ss. «The praise» method is used to evaluate Ss with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”, marks

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Teacher explain rules of using Could, can, will be able to

Exercise 2

In a weaker class, when checking answers highlight the

tense in each sentence so students understand why each

form was used.

ANSWERS

1 can’t 4 couldn’t

2 can 5 could

3 won’t be able to 6 ’ll be able to

Students give some examples.

Students complete the sentences individually, then

compare their answers in pairs. Students help each

other correct any mistakes before check with the class.

Teacher evaluates Ss. «The praise» method is used to evaluate Ss with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”, marks

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Exercise 3

• Focus on the title and ask students to predict what the

text will be about. If they find this difficult, translate senses

and ask them to think about what senses were mentioned

in the first reading text (sight, hearing, smell )

ANSWERS

1 could smell 4 can enjoy

2 couldn’t hear 5 ’ll be able to feel

3 couldn’t wear 6 ’ll be able to connect

Exercise 4

• Go round and listen as they are working, and help as

necessary.

Encourage students to give more than simple

short answers.

ANSWERS

1 could 4 Can

2 will, be able to 5 Could

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Exercise 3,p.41. Look at the table. Complete the sentences with can,can’t, could, couldn’t,’ll able to or won’t able to.

Task 5

Complete with can/ could/ be able to

Students complete the text with the verbs and the correct

forms of could, can and will be able to.

Students complete the questions, and

prepare answers, before they ask and answer the

questions with a partner.

Students complete the sentences with can,can’t, could, couldn’t,’ll able to or won’t able to.

Student complete the sentences with can/ could/ be able to

Teacher evaluates Ss. «The praise» method is used to evaluate Ss with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”, marks

Teacher evaluates Ss. «The praise» method is used to evaluate Ss with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”, marks

Teacher evaluates Ss. «The praise» method is used to evaluate Ss with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”, marks

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Ending the lesson

5 min.

Reflection

KWL chart

K - Recall what you KNEW about the subject before the lesson start.

W - Recall what you WANTed to learn in the beginning.

L - Identify what you LEARNed so far.

Hometask: Exercise 4,p.41.

Students complete the chart .

Students complete the table about yourselves and a person in a family.Then write eight sentences using the correct forms of could, can or will be able to.

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