Excel 7 Unit 7 "Natural disasters" Theme : "True stories"

Unit 7: Natural disaster

Teacher name:

Date:

Grade: 7

Number present:

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Lesson title

Reading: True stories

Learning objectives

7.2.6.1 deduce meaning from context with little support in extended talk on a limited range of general and curricular topics

7.4.2.1 understand specific information and detail in texts on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

7.1.1.9 use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings

Lesson objectives

- To predict the content of a text, to listen and read in order to check understanding

- To read for specific information and main ideas

- To think of an alternative title for a story

Value links

Integrity – Integrity is the quality of having strong moral principles. So, a person with integrity will always act with honesty and adhere to their own moral code regardless of what others do.

Plan

Stages / Time

Teachers actions

Students actions

Assessment criteria

Resources

Beginning of the lesson

Warming-up

3 min

Pre-learning

«Brainstorming» method

7 min.

Organization moment :

1.Greeting.

Ask about the weather.

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

Warming up

Where are you from?

How old are you?

What color is it?

How many students are there in class?

What day of the week today?

Revise the language of the previous lesson.

Lead – In:

-What do you see in the picture?

What another natural disasters do you know?

The aim: To develop pupils speaking skills and create friendly atmosphere

Efficiency: By wishing each other they feel better and feel the support of others

Students of the class are listed.

Students' attention is drawn to the lesson.

• Learners write the numbers from previous lesson

Determines the topic and purpose of the lesson

Students answer the questions

The teacher to assess learners for their ability.

“Good job!

Well done!”

Formative Assessment

Good job!

Descriptor:

-know key phrases

- know vocabulary of previous lesson

Total: 1 point

Assessment criteria

- Learners have met the learning objectives if they can: To talk about

Descriptor :

-answer the question;

Total : 1 point

Picture

Middle of the lesson

Presentation part.

30 min

Ex: 1 P: 76

• Direct Ss' attention to the title and the pictures. Elicit what they show (a tropical beach, a huge wave, a flooded village). Elicit Ss' guesses as to what the text is about.

Play the recording. Ss listen and follow the text in their books and check if their guesses were correct.

Ex:2 P:76

• Ask Ss to read the text again and complete the sentences.

Remind Ss they can use a minimum of two and a maximum of four words in the gaps.

Point out that there is more than one possible answer.

Allow Ss time to complete the exercise and check their answers around the class

Ex:3a P:77

• Explain the task to the Ss.

Point out that a title of a story should be short and catchy.

• Allow Ss time to go through the text in Ex.1 and come up with alternative titles.

Accept any possible answers.

Ex:3b P:77

• Direct Ss' attention to the text in Ex.1 and tell them to go through it again and put themselves in Mark's situation.

Allow them time to think and say or write how they would feel.

• Elicit answers from various Ss around the class.

Ex:4 P:77

•Explain the task and tell Ss to look back through the text to get an idea of the words' meanings from the context. If necessary, they can use their dictionaries.

Give Ss time to do the exercise. Check Ss' answers around the class

Conclusion during the lesson some tasks differentiated by outcomes of the students and by their abilities.

Pupils look at the pictures and read the key words/phrases.

ANSWERS

I think the text is about a person on holiday in Thailand who is caught in a tsunami

Pupils read the text again and complete the sentences. Use two to words.

ANSWERS

1 to Thailand

2 went to the beach

3 a loud roar

4 swallowed him

5 him up

6 came to rescue them

7 lonely and lost

8 days later

9 to be alive

10 the locals

Pupils give the story another title.

ANSWERS

'Lucky to be alive', 'A narrow escape

Pupils imagine you are Mark. Answer the question.

ANSWERS

If I were Mark, I would feel shocked, lonely and helpless after such an experience, but at the same time, relieved to be rescued. I would also feel sorry for those people who lost their homes or didn't survive.

Pupils match the adjectives with their synonymous. Then explain the words in bold.

ANSWERS

1 c

2 a

3 b

4 f

5 d

Descriptor:

- look at the pictures

- read the key words/phrases

Total: 2 point

Descriptor:

- read the text

- complete the sentences.

Total: 2 point

Descriptor:

- give the story another title

Total: 2 point

Descriptor:

- Answer the question.

Total: 2 point

Descriptor:

- match the adjectives

- explain the words in bold.

Total: 2 point

-Make CCQ questions Yes / No

Students book

End of the lesson

5 min

Reflection

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

Home task: Ex: