Geography of Kazakhstan

Grade: 8 «A», «Ә», «В» Date: 2, 3, 4. 09. 2013 Lesson №1

The theme: Geography of Kazakhstan

Aims of the lesson: 1. Introduction of words connected with geography. 2. To teach students to speak on the given theme speaking about geography of Kazakhstan. 3. To enrich pupils` knowledge, concerning the theme.

The aids: placards, pictures.

Procedure of the lesson

I. Org. moment.

-Good afternoon, my dear students! I`m very glad to see you again.

-How are you? How did you spend your summer holiday?

-Who is on duty?

-What date and day is it today?

- Who is absent?

II. Warm- up.

• The poetry of the earth is never dead. John Keats.

III. Presentation of the new theme: Geography of Kazakhstan.

IV. Vocabulary.

V. Reading.

Kazakhstan geography overview

Travelers of various times and from various countries had often described Kazakhstan as a land of deserts and vast semi-desert steppes. However, this is not so. Most foreign travelers saw only the southern part of Kazakhstan land that borders on the great deserts of Central Asia, across which lay the old caravan routes linking the trading centers in the West and the Orient. True, there was little along those routes to catch the inquisitive eye of the traveler except takers’, or clay beds of dried-up steppe lakes, and barchans or sand dunes interspersed here and there with patches of oases.

Kazakhstan geography facts

But if Kazakhstan traveler had turned slightly off the ancient caravan route and headed north, he would soon get a very different impression of the land where nearly every type of landscape that exists on our planet can be found. The poetic heritage of Kazakhstan people contains captivating pictures of the land with its broad expanses, the enormous bulks of snowcapped mountains and the azure mirrors of lakes. The world of striking contrasts that greets Kazakhstan traveler wandering through the wide-open spaces of Kazakhstan land confirms the truth of the descriptions left us by the nameless authors of poetic legends and ballads.

VI. Speaking.

• What can you say about the geography of our country?

VII.Grammar:

It’s common to…

It’s great to…

It’s fun to….

VIII.Grammar practice.

Ex 5 p6

It’s common with teenagers

-to go to disco clubs?

-to wear walkmans?

-to go in for sports?

IX. Conclusion.

Exercise IV. Translate the following sentences into your native language.

The earth as a part of the solar system goes around the sun.

1. Some round plates were on a round table.

2. Our airplanes usually fly in the country's air space.

3. The Ural Mountains separate Europe and Asia.

1. If you want to buy new shoes you can find ones of any size at the market.

6.1 like listening to the national anthem before going to bed.

7. Our's family's tradition is visiting our relatives on holidays.

8. His custom is to get up early and do physical exercises.

X. Home- task. Ex.3, 5 p 3- 5.