Health problems lesson plan

Lesson: English

School: Zhumabai Myrzagaliev secondary school

Date: 20.05.21

Teacher’s name: Shalagulova Inkar

Class: 7

Number present:

absent:

Lesson theme: Health problems

Learning objectives that this lesson is contributing to

7L5 recognise the opinion of the speaker(s) in supported extended talk on a range of general and curricular

7W5 develop with some support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a limited range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics

7R5 deduce meaning from context in short texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics

7S6 begin to link comments with some flexibility to what other say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

• understand main ideas while reading simple texts

• discuss presented information in groups;

• develop their pronunciation by listening and repeating words.

Most learners will be able to:

• discuss and understand specific information in short, simple texts then deduce them for completing charts on poster

• give some simple advice for different illnesses

Some learners will be able to:

• discuss a problem in groups and suggest solution for a problem;

• use speaking and listening skills to solve problems, using subject-specific speaking vocabulary

• show the ability to get correct information without any mistakes;

Language objectives

Learners can:

• describe symptoms of illnesses

• speak and discuss about health problem

• give some advice for different illnesses

• use some specific vocabulary which connect with health and medicine

Key words and phrases:

• symptoms, illnesses and medicine

• What should I do?

• I advice …

• You should …

Useful classroom language for dialogue/ writing:

Discussion points:

• Guessing illness by explanation of symptoms

• How to help to sick person

Can you say why …?

• he/ she feels sick

• you advice it

Writing prompts:

• symptoms, illnesses, advice, character, solution of problems

Value links

to bring up learners to healthy life style

Crosscurricular links

Biology

Use of ICT

Projector or Smart board for showing a presentation and video

Previous learning

• Creating list of healthy habits

Intercultural awareness

to develop ability to understand different cultural contexts and viewpoints expressed in reading

Kazakh culture

viewing personal peculiarities through Kazakh culture

Health and Safety

Everyday classroom precautions will ensure that safety measures are provided to prevent the exposure of electrical power cords.

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities

Resources

Teacher’s activities

Learners’ activities

Start

1. Brainstor

ming

( 3 min)

2. Dividing for groups (4 min)

3. Phonetic drill:

(2 min)

-Brainstorming ( listening and speaking):

Teacher shows the video about doctors then interviews learners about what they have seen for opening the theme of the environment.

Questions for interview:

• What have you seen?

• What about this film?

• Why do you go to doctor?

Learners watch the video then guessing the theme of the environment by answering teacher’s question.

The video about doctors:

www.youtube.com/watch

Dividing for groups: (speaking)

Teacher gives stickers with notes and asks them to divide for two groups Illnesses and Symptoms

Learners choose the sticker then find their group.

After they announce the word in their sticker and give Kazakh and Russian equivalents of these words. ( Learners also learn the words which connected with the theme Health problems)

Stickers with notes

Phonetic drill (listening):

Teacher shows the words on the board and work with pronunciation of learners

Learners listen and repeat the words for practicing good pronunciation

Appendix 1

(Vocabulary)

Middle

4. The game Guess and Advice

( 12 min)

Assessment

( 2 min)

5. Working with texts Health problems

( 13 min)

Assessment

( 2 min)

• The game Guess and Advice

(speaking)

Teacher explains the rule of the game.

Then gives and explains the success criteria for the assessment of the task.

After teacher’s explanation learners start the game;

one learner choose a card with picture and show it to their own group with a mime. Other learners have to guess the illness and give some advice to the illness.

After the groups assess each other by using criteria for the assessment.

Алматы Атамұра 2012 English 7

Ex.2 p.103

Cards with pictures

Appendix 2

(criteria for assessment)

• Working with texts Health problems. (reading, writing and speaking)

Teacher gives different texts to each group and asks to fill the poster;

Before doing the task teacher explains the success criteria then appoint with stickers high level learners for sharing the task by differentiation.

Also teacher asks to discuss and find the leader of group for giving assessment.

Success criteria for assessment

Learners discuss and choose the leader of their own group for giving assessment. Learners read the text then fill the poster by using the text about Health problem.

Learners with stickers have to fill the charts with Advice and Solution in the poster.

Other learners fill the charts with problems and Characters in the poster.

After filling the posters they present their posters then the leader of the group gives assessment for their group work

Appendix 3

(texts)

Appendix 4

(poster’s charts)

Appendix 5

(criteria for assessment)

End

6. Reflection ( 3 min)

( 1 min)

( 3 min)

Teacher gives a chart for reflection to each leaner

Reflection: Can do chart

Home task:

To report your last visiting doctor

by using following question words

When? Why? What suggested? Did it help?

Feed back:

Teacher asks learners to write their impressions from the environment, questions if they have and suggestions for next lesson

Learners have to tick next to the abilities

Prepare the report at home

Learners write their impressions from the environment, questions if they have and suggestions for next lesson on stickers then glue them on smiles with different mood.

Appendix 6

Can do chart

Алматы Атамұра 2012 English 7

Self assessment p.120

Feed back:

https://pixabay.com/ru/-1311638/

Additional information

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