Natural environments: Tropical rainforests

Unit of a long term plan: Unit 6 The natural world

School №18: named after Abay

Date: 19.02.2025

Teacher`s name:G. Dauylova

Grade: 8 «б»

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Lesson title

CLIL Natural environments: Tropical rainforests

Learning objectives

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

8.4.1.1 understand the main points in texts on a growing range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:

• Learn vocabulary of natural environments.

• Read and listen a text about tropical rainforests

Plan

Stages / Time

Teachers’ actions

Students’ actions

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

students wish each other by holding a wishes lamp

Lead – In

Show the video about tropical rainforest

• Elicit a variety of ideas, then ask what they know about the conditions in a rainforest. Ask what types of animals and plants there are, and where they live in the forest.

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.

Students say different words from the picture

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: 3 P:77

• After students have labelled the diagram, check answers and ask what the layers of a rainforest are called in their language.

Write the new words in dictionary

Environment-қоршаған

Wildlife-жабайы табиғат

Mammals-сүтқоректілер

Layers-қабаттар

Natural-табиғи

Vegetation-өсімдіктер

Shrubs-бұталар

Rainforest-жаңбырлы орман

Ex: 2 P:77

• Ask students to listen and read the text, and check their answers to exercise 1.

Ask the question in the text)

1 Where is located tropical rainforests?

2 What is temperature in rainforests?

3 Which layer receives the most sunlight?

4 What animals live in the forest floor?

5 Which layer 1 % of the sunlight falls?

6 Why are the people destroyed the tropical rainforests?

ANSWERS:

Students read paragraph 2 again. Label the diagram.

ANSWERS:

1 emergent layer

2 canopy

3 understorey

4 forest floor

Students read and listen to the text. Check your answer in exercise 1.

ANSWERS:

1 vegetation

2 wildlife

3 layers

4 mammals

5 shrubs

6 natural

Assessment criteria

- Learn

vocabulary of

natural

environments.

Descriptor:

- check the meaning of the words in the box. Then complete the text.

Assessment criteria:

- Read a text

about tropical

rainforests

Descriptor:

- read paragraph 2 again. Label the diagram.

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..

Home task:

Ex: 5. Write two paragraphs about coral reefs

Students use their stickers to show their knowledge according to the lesson.

Poster