Unit: 2. Natural Disasters

Lesson 2

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Grade: 10

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Learning objective(s) that this lesson is contributing to

10.2.7 recognise typical features at word, sentence and text level of a range of spoken genres

10.3.5 deduce meaning from context in extended texts on a wide range of familiar general and curricular topics, and some unfamiliar topics

10.3.7 recognise typical features at word, sentence and text level in a wide range of written genres, including some which focus on unfamiliar topics

Lesson’s objectives

All learners will be able to:

• Learn new words for discussing natural disasters

• Understand functional language for debating, discussing and sharing opinions & use it to understand a discussion

• Identify and understand an author’s arguments in an opinion essay

Most learners will be able to:

• Use new words for discussing natural disasters

• Use functional language for debating, discussing and sharing opinions & use it to understand a discussion

• Identify and understand an author’s arguments in an opinion essay

Some learners will be able to:

• Explain new words for discussing natural disasters

• Accurately use functional language for debating, discussing and sharing opinions & use it to understand a discussion

• Identify and explain an author’s arguments in an opinion essay

Language objective

Understand the Disaster concept utilizing English language skills to express knowledge.

Value links

Respect, Cooperation, Multiculturalism

ICT skills

Projector or Smart board

Kazakh culture

Kazakhstan natural disasters and people’s attitude to invasive species

Pastoral care

To create a friendly atmosphere for collaborative work

Planned timings

Planned activities

Resources

2 min

(W)

Lesson objectives

Familiarize the students with the lesson objectives. Stress out that they will be listening and reading.

10 min

(I)

Listening

Intro -

- Show Slide 3 and read through the information about cane toads – an invasive species

Listening - Now, pass out the cane toad questions. Tell students to read through them. Tell students to also keep their Functional Language notes out for help while listening (or project Slide 4 on the screen for everyone to see the language of debating, discussion and opinion).

Play the track twice.

PPT 3

Cane Toad Questions & Audio

+ Functional Language notes (from the previous lesson)

8 min

(P)

Peer Check

Switch group/pair papers. Check and discuss answers/common mistakes as a class – display the answers to make sure students understand WHY.

Cane Toad Transcript and Answers (display)

20 min

(G/I)

Reading Practice

- Show slide 23 and read through the directions

- Read the text aloud as a class to practice pronunciation

- Allow the students to begin working on the tasks in flexible groupings

-Allow the students to finish doing the tasks for homework

-Ask the students to bring highlighters next lesson.

PPT 5

Jellyfish text

5 min

(W)

Closing Thoughts & Discussion

Discuss as a class or in groups the information on Slide 6.

PPT 6

Additional information

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

Learners ‘Assessment – how are you planning to check learn learning?

Cross-curricular links

Students will be put into flexible groupings to complete the reading exercises. In this manner, they will either have support or be able to support their fellow students. The teacher may group students into split groups to read and work on the text with more teacher support.

Learners will be assessed through their answers and observed in the thinking processes during the listening & reading questions.

Biology & geography

Summary evaluation

What two things went really well (consider both teaching and learning)?

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What two things would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?

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What have I learned from this lesson about the class or individuals that will inform my next lesson?