Focus on Kazakhstan: reporting on the causes and consequences of natural disasters

Discipline: English

Name of college: Almaty college of construction and folk crafts

Date:

Teacher name: Tursynbay Ainur

Group: 22-08

Number present:

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Theme of the lesson:

Focus on Kazakhstan: reporting on the causes and consequences of natural disasters

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

Use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a limited range of general topics, and some curricular topics;

Respect different points of view.

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

• Learn natural disasters,listen and read for gist and speacial information, learn phrasal verbs;

• Study new topical vocabulary;

Most learners will be able to:

• Use new vocabulary at sentence level

• Search for appropriate information on the internet and research a given problem

Some learners will be able to:

• Evaluate their classmates

• Express their thoughts, ideas and experiences, supporting them with arguments

Assessment criteria

Learners meet the learning objective if they are able to apply the topical vocabulary in writing and speaking and listen to each other’s opinion with respect

Value links

Respect and concern

Global citizenship

Different types of natural events.

Cross curricular links

Geography, History, Ecology

ICT skills

Use of laptops, work with the internet resources, interactive board, Padlet

Previous learning

Film genres. Names of natural disasters.

Intercultural awareness

The influence of natural disasters on our lands of Kazakhstan.

Kazakh culture/ authenticity

Sharing ideas about natural disasters in Kazakhstan.

Health and Safety

During the lesson teacher should watch posture of the learners

Teacher makes sure power cords are not a tripping hazard

Everyday classroom pre-cautions

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities

Resources

Greetings

• Greet students, asks about their feeling, asks the date and day, checks the attendance;

Students answer the teacher’s all questions one by one.

• What is the weather like today?

• Can the weather be dangerous?

• How can it be dangerous?

Teacher make students establish the topic through asking the questions then introduces the topic of the lesson and learning and lesson objectives.

I ntroduction of new vocabulary.

Students watch a presentation of the words on the topic and repeat the new words after the speaker. Teacher gives students handouts with the words to remember. And they have to write in a copybook.

• Avalanche – қар көшкіні

• Drought - құрғақшылық

• Earthquake – жер сілкінісі

• Forest Fire – орманның өртенуі

• Landslide – жердің бөлінуі

• Flood – су тасқыны

• Storm – күн күркіреуі

• Tsunami - цунами

• Hurricane – боран /дауыл

• Blizzard – аяз

Consolidation of the knowledge

Students are given pictures with the names of natural disasters. On the other side, they have a sentence. They read their sentences aloud and say whether the sentence true or false.

1. A tsunami is not dangerous to people on a coast (FALSE)

2 . An earthquake can crack streets and move buildings (TRUE)

3. Flood cannot happen because of rain (FALSE)

4. Forest fire cannot happen in autumn (FALSE)

5. It is dangerous to make loud noise in mountains because it may provoke avalanche (TRUE)

6. Storms cannot damage houses (FALSE)

7. A blizzard can happen without snow (FALSE)

8. A drought happens near the seaside (FALSE)

9. A hurricane is a violent and dangerous storm (TRUE)

10. Landslides usually happen in oceans and seas (FALSE)

Speaking.

Then, teacher asks students to put their pictures with disasters into categories Air, Earth, Water and Fire. Students put their pictures on the board.

Teacher asks students to look at the disasters on the board and think which disasters can and cannot occur in Kazakhstan and why.

G roup work

Students are divided into 2 groups and receive phones. They are invited to answer the questions.

Peer-assessment:

Students then present their projects to each other and evaluate each other according to the descriptions demonstrated by the students.

DESCRIPTORS: A learner

1. Works in group

2. Answers the given questions

3. Writes down answers grammatically correct

4. Presents the searched information to other groups

5. Evaluates another group

Speaking:

Let's talk about the consequences of natural disasters. And tell us why?

Reflection:

At the end of the lesson, students reflect on their learning. They write to the Padlet program what they liked most in the lesson and whether they experienced any difficulties.

Homework assignments:

Create a dialogue on the topic "On the causes and consequences of natural disasters in Kazakhstan".

Additional information

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

Assessment – how are you planning to check learners’ learning?

Health and safety check
ICT links

The task supposes working in 3 groups, so teacher can divide the groups according to their levels, including the less-able and more-able students

peer-assessment

Points from Safety rules used at this lesson.