LESSON

Unit 4: Entertainment and media

School: A.

Date:

Teacher name:

Grade: 8

Number present:

Number absent:

Theme of the lesson:

Festivals around the world

Learning objectives

8.4.2.1 understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topic, including some extended texts.

8.3.7.1. use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general and some curricular topics

8.3.6.1 link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

Assessment criteria

• Comprehend the specific information of the text

• Identify detailed information from the text

• Apply the topic related vocabulary in speech

• Give comments to the ideas of peers in group discussion

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:

-answer CCQ questions

-define true/ false sentences

-express ideas using topic related vocabulary in Ted talks

Learners with educational needs will be able to:

- Identify true /false sentences with support (copy and paste sentences)

- Make speech by prompts

Level of thinking skills

LOTs, HOTs

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities

Learners’ activities

Evaluation

Resources

Beginning the lesson

5 min

GREETINGS. Organization moment.

The teacher greets students; students respond to greeting and take their places.

-Good morning, students!

-How are you?

The lesson is based on communicative approach

Lead-in.

The teacher shows a video to brainstorm . While watching the video students should guess the topic of the lesson.

Differentiation by support.

Teacher gives little support by asking some concept checking questions.

-What do see in the video?

-What countries have been mentioned in the video?

-Have you ever seen such kind of celebrations in a real life or on TV?

Ss greet the teacher

Ss answer the questions

T supports Ss to express their opinion using the method “The praise” like: “Well done”, “Good job”

Interactive board

Middle of the lesson

5 min

Grouping

5 min

While reading activity

7 min

8 min

Post reading task.

10min

Pre-teach vocabulary.

Context clue (giving direct definitions)

Introducing new vocabulary.

Banquet-a large formal meal for many people

a carnival -entertainment where people wear special costumes, play music and dance

respect – regard, value highly

rituals-an act of a certain situation in the same way each time

bonfire- a large fire is made to have pleasure

parade – a public celebration where lots of people going in the same direction

lantern- a light inside the container

participants- a person who takes part in a particular activity

Differentiation for learners with special educational individual needs

Vocabulary with translations

Banquet-банкет

Carnival-карнавал

Respect-құрметтеу

Rituals-салт жоралары

Bonfire-алау

Parade-парад

Lantern-шам

Participants-қатысушылар

Pre reading activity. “TPR”

It’s a mingling activity. Students should find their pairs

There will be cropped papers in the box. Inside the box there are questions and answers. Each student should take for one paper from the box and they should find their pair through searching an answer to his or her own questions.

Holidays in Kazakhstan

Holidays in Britain

Group division

Students should be divided into 2 groups according to the country’s celebrations. Kazakh and English celebrations. Students who have sentences about holidays in Kazakhstan will be the 1 group, students who have sentences about Holidays in Britan will be the 2 group.

Holidays in Kazakhstan

Holidays in Britain

While reading task

Task 1. Extensive reading. Reading for gist (skimming).

A text. Festivals around the world

According to the text dimensions:

Source: multiple

Organization and navigation: static

Format: continuous

Type: description

Read the text and answer the questions:

1. What is the main idea of the text?

2. What kind of festivals have you read in the text?

3. What can you say about Holi festival?

4. Can you describe La Tomatino festival?

Differentiation with special educational needs.

Match the pictures with the names of festivals.

1. Holi festival

2. Rio de Janeiro carnival

3. La Tomatino

4. Pingxi Lantern Festival

1. b.

3. D.

4.

Task 2. Reading for detail.

Learners should read the text again and find out if the sentences are true or false.

Differentiation by content. Advanced students assist to less motivated ones.

Learners do the task with teacher’s support. T/ F

5. Saturnalia was traditionally celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, followed by a public banquet and a carnival.

6. Nearly all modern festivals are contained to the local community anymore, but are open for guests and tourists

7. La Tomatino celebrations begin with a performance of religious rituals in front of a big bonfire.

8. The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is the biggest carnival in the world, dating back to 1723.

9. The lanterns are released to ward off the evil and let people know the town is dangerous.

10. Today, La Tomatina is so famous that tomatoes are delivered in big trucks for thousands of people from all over the world.

Differentiation for learners with special educational needs:

Students do the true false activities copy and paste statements from the text

1. Saturnalia is followed by a public banquet and a carnival

2. Another early festival was established by an ancient Greeks pharaoh (leader) in order to celebrate his victory over the Libyans.

3. With more than four million people on the streets every single day, this carnival parade offers a real spectacle

4. Last year, these same young people came back with their own tomatoes and started a tomato fight

Post reading task. Speaking

Group work. Ted talks. Modelling. Teacher tells about festivals of certain countries.

Now your turn to tell about one festival. You are given 2 min for preparation your speech.

Differentiating by process- by learning styles

Representatives of different countries present their speech

Auditory learners give an oral report.

Visual learners give a short presentation.

Kinesthetic learners chose one of the festivals imitate it and describe it.

Choral drill, then individual drill

Ss repeats the new words after the teacher

Ss find their pairs then divide into two groups according the sentences in their hands

Ss read and get general idea of the text

Ss give their response according to the text

Ss match the pictures with the answers

Ss read the text and find detailed information from the text

Ss prepare a speech using different learning styles

Oral evaluation

Descriptors:

-repeat after the teacher

• pronounce new vocabulary correctly

Descriptor:

-match the answer with the questions

-make a pair

-understand the topic related sentences

Descriptor:

-look through the text

- answer the questions

Descriptor:

Know the names of festivals

Descriptor:

-Learner identifies whether the sentences are true or false

Self-assessment

Peer assessment

Descriptors:

- Make up speech using topical vocabulary

- make 2 min speech each

-give comments to peers ideas

Assess by given criteria:

Student who get more comments and more points will be nominated as ‘The best speaker’

PPT

PPT

Questions in the box

https://www.really-learn-english.com/english-reading-comprehension-interesting-festivals.html

PPT

End

5 min

REFLECTION

At the end of the lesson, learners reflect on their learning by colouring their place in the “Blob tree”.

Home task: Find more information about the festivals around the world

Saying goodbye

Ss express their emotions in a non-verbal way.

Self-assessment