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LESSON: Module 3

Earth and our place on it

Across cultures 3e

Rivers of the world

School: №127 secondary school

Date: 22.11.2021

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CLASS: 9G

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Learning objectives that this lesson is contributing to

9.2.6.1- deduce meaning from context in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

9.4.5.1- deduce meaning from context in extended texts on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

9.4.3.1- understand the detail of an argument in extended texts on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

Lessonobjectives

All learners will be able to:

Listen and read for gist, read for specific information

Most learners will be able to:

Listen and read for gist, read for specific information, present two rivers

Some learners will be able to:

Listen and read for gist, read for specific information, present two rivers, write about a river of Kazakhstan or the world

Assessmentcriteria

Learners have met the learning objective if they can: present and write about the river

Valuelinks

Explore the themes of rivers of different regions of the world

Cross – curricularlinks

Geography

ICT skills

Using videos& pictures, working with URLs

Previouslearning

Vocabulary “City/ country life”

Plan

Plannedtimings

Planned activities (replace the notes below with your planned activities)

ExcelResources

BEGINNING THE LESSON

9.2.6.1

1 To introduce the topic; to listen and read for specific information

Direct Ss’ attention to the pictures and elicit what riversthey show and what, if anything, they know about them. Play the recording. Ss listen and follow the text in their books to find out.

Answer KeyThe River Thames and the Esil River. The River Thames is in London and the Esil River is in Astana. The Esil River is longer

Recording

PRESENTATION AND PRACTICE

9.4.5.1

9.4.3.1

9.3.8.1

9.5.1.1

9.5.6.1

9.6.7.1

2 To read for specific information

Read the questions aloud one at a time and ask Ss to read the texts again and answer them. Check Ss’ answers

Answer key.

1. You can cross the River Thames by bridge or by cable car.

2. It begins in the Cotswold Hills and ends in the North Sea.

1. It freezes over.

4.River Thames - stroll along Southbank, go on

a river cruise, go on a speedboat tour;

Esil River - walking or jogging along the banks, taking a boat trip, go swimming, go ice skating, and ice fishing; Other activities jet ski, water ski, rowing boat, fishing, etc.

Ask Ss to use the Word List to look up the meanings of the words in the Check these words box. Play the video for Ss and elicit their comments

3 To complete a table and present two rivers

Ask Ss to copy the table into their notebooks. Give Ss time to read the texts again and then complete the table. Ask various Ss to use the table to present the rivers to the class.

Suggested Answer Key

Suggested Answer Key

4 To write a short text about the river

Explain the task and ask Ss to work in small groups and collect information from the Internet about any in their country or in the world and make notes. Then ask Ss to use their notes to write a short text. Ask various Ss to read their text to the class. Alternatively, assign the task as HW and check Ss' answers in the next lesson.

ENDING THE LESSON

Speak about other famous rivers

Student’s book: Language Review 3e

Workbook: Vocabulary Bank3

Additional information

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

support less able learners in productive tasks by preparing prompt or sentence starter cards

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

monitor learners’ pronunciation of new words and ask learners to mark word stress

Cross-curricular links
Health and safety check
ICT links
Values links

Reflection

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Did I stick to timings?

What changes did I make from my plan and why?

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