My country: Almaty Metro: Going underground

Unit of a long term plan: Unit 7 Travel and transport

Lesson 78

Teacher name:

Date:

Grade: 8

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Lesson title

My country: Almaty Metro: Going underground

Learning objectives

8.2.1.1 understand with little or no support the main points in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics

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

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:

• Study a text about the metro system in Astana.

• Learn adjectives to describe a transport system.

• Review the use of the present simple to talk about timetables and schedules.

• Practise prepositions off, at, in.

Value links

Humility – You might highly value humility if you find yourself disgusted by people who are arrogant or braggadocious, and instead find yourself gravitating to people who are always expressing their gratefulness for the blessings in their life.

Plan

Stages / Time

Teachers’ actions

Students’ actions

A student with special educational needs

Assessment criteria

Resources

Beginning of the lesson

5 min

Organization moment

1.Greeting.

Ask about the weather.

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

Warm-up

Method speaking phone was used to develop speaking skills.

Lead – In

• Draw students’ attention to the photo and ask them where they think it is and what their opinion is – what do they like or dislike about it?

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

Efficiency: By telling the wishes they show their appreciations .

Students of the class are listed.

Students' attention is drawn to the lesson.

Students analyze the given pictures in pairs.

Determines the topic and purpose of the lesson

Students say different words from the picture

A pupil greets.

At the organization moment teacher tries to award active pupils. «The praise» method is used to evaluate pupils with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”

Formative Assessment

Good job!

Pictures

Student’s book

Middle of the lesson

Presentation part.

35 min

Ex: 1 P: 87

• Ask students if they ever use the metro system or trains to other cities. Get them to think of adjectives to describe the trains and the system, for example, quiet or noisy, on time or late, etc.

• When the students have matched the words with the opposite meaning, go through the answers making sure students can pronounce the words correctly. Drill the longer words if necessary.

Differentiation:

«Verbal support» method is used to help Students use new words in the text.

Ex: 2 P:87

• Tell students to follow the text as you play the CD. They should listen only to check whether the sentences are true or false.

• In a stronger class, play the CD straight through.

Ex: 3 P:87

• Read through the sentences with students and then give them a few minutes to complete the rules.

• Ask students to think of other examples of using the present simple, for example, ‘This class ends at …’

Students match adjectives in the box with their opposites. Which adjectives would you use to describe the transport system in your town or city?

ANSWERS:

1 convenient

2 safe

3 comfortable

4 cheap

5 fast

6 reliable

7 clean

8 modern

Students read and listen to the text. Write true or false. Correct the false sentences.

ANSWERS:

1 true

2 false – In future, the Almaty Metro will have 45 kilometres of track.

3 false – Yeldos said that the trains were always on time.

4 true

5 false – Tolkyn said she liked all the stations

Students study the sentence below then choose the correct words to complete the rules.

ANSWERS:

1 present

2 time

• In a weaker class, match adjectives in the box with their opposites with teacher’s support

• In a weaker class, pause the CD after the sentence that provides the information for each true / false question.

Assessment criteria

- Study a text about the metro system in Astana

Descriptor:

- match adjectives in the box with their opposites.

Assessment criteria:

- Learn adjectives

to describe a

transport system.

Descriptor:

- to describe the transport system in your town or city

Make CCQ questions

Yes / No

Cards

Worksheets

End of the lesson

5 min

FEEDBACK

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

The exit ticket

This is a way for students to self-reflect on their progress in the lesson.

Home task:

Ex: 3 P: 56 WB

Poster