School

Valery Chkalov secondary school

Term 1

Unit 1

Our world

Teacher’s name:

Kamshat Baimbetova

Date

24/09/2025

Grade: 8 “A”

Number present: 17

Number absent: 0

Theme of the lesson:

Our world. Saving the Aral Sea. p.16

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

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

8.4.2.1 understand specific information and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts

Lesson objective

- Study a text about an environmental problem in Kazakhstan.

- Learn verbs connected with the environment.

- Participate in a discussion about local environmental problems.

Instilling values of the program “Birtutas tarbiye”

Independence and Patriotism

Planned timings

Teacher’s activities

Pupil’s activities

Assessment

Resources

Beginning

the lesson

2 min

5 min

4 min

1. Organization moment:

Teacher greets learners and ask some questions:

-Good morning students!

-How are you?

-What season is it now?

-What date is it today?

2. Checking up the home task:

- Before beginning our lesson let’s check our home task

Ex.3.p.15. Match 1-5 with a-e. Use so or because.

1. I went to the shops because we needed some shampoo.

2. Cars pollute the environment, so bicycles are better.

3. There isn’t much water, so please don’t drink too much.

4. I can’t buy a present because I haven’t got any money.

5. I threw away the letter because I didn’t want to read it.

Descriptor: A learner

• matches the halves of sentences using so or because

3.Warm up and lead in:

Teacher asks learners to watch the video and answer the questions.

‘5Whs’

1. What about is this video?

2. Where is the Aral Sea located?

3. When did the Aral Sea start to decrease in size?

4. Who did take part in creating canals for irrigating cotton fields?

5. Why did the Aral Sea start to decrease in size?

Descriptor A learner

• identifies and name the theme of the lesson

• answers the questions

• gives their opinion about problems associated with Aral Sea

Teacher sets the lesson objectives

Learners respond to greeting and take their places, answer the questions.

Learners check each others hometast.

Learners look at the video and identify the theme of the lesson, also answer the questions

Oral and individual evaluation:

“Good job!

Well done!”

“Excellent”

“Great!”

(to each right answer give medals)

Oral and individual evaluation

Oral evaluation

PPT

PPT

https://youtu.be/YWZcTjw4mWk?si=sicGD--mGiGC9aGC

PPT

(theme and lesson objectives)

Main Activities

4 min

6 min

7 min

Pre-listening

Individual work

Teacher explains how to do the task.

New words:

Restore [rɪˈstɔː] - қалпына келтіру

litter [ˈlɪtə] - қоқыс

shrink [ ʃrɪŋk] - тартылу

increase [ɪnˈkriːs] – көтеру, кеңейту

irrigate [ ˈɪrɪɡeɪt] - суару

flow [ fləʊ] – ағу, құю

split [ splɪt ] - сызат, шағу, жару

harm [ hɑːm] – зиян, залал

Descriptor A learner

• matches the words with the translations

• checks their neighbours card

Listening

Teacher gives to each learner the text with prompt words and explains the task

Descriptor: A learner

• fills in the gaps while listening

After-listening

Differentiation tasks

Teacher divides the class into groups:

Group 1: Inzhu, Zeinep, Ulbala

Make a poster according to the text

Descriptor A learner

• makes poster

• protects poster

Group 2: Nurgisa, Abilmansur, Azhar, Aziz, Ravil

Ex.2.p.16. Write true or false. Correct the false sentences.

Descriptor A learner

• identifies whether the sentences are correct or incorrect and marks true\false sentences.

• corrects the false sentences

Group 3: Erzat, Nurai, Damir, Nurasyl, Albina

Match one part of the sentence with another according to the text

1. In 2003, the Kazakh government and the World Bank started working on

2. The Kok – Aral Dam

3. The whole Aral Sea it will never be

4. Less than seventy years ago,

5. People built canals

1. as big as it was at the beginning of the 20^th century.

2. the Aral Sea was one of the biggest lakes on Earth.

3. to irrigate cotton fields in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

4. between the northern and southern parts of the lake.

5. a project to increase the northern part of the lake.

Descriptor A learner

• matches one part of the sentence with another according to the text

Group 4: Ramina, Laila, Dias, Ruslan

Complete the sentences

1.TheAral Sea was one of the _________________________.

2. It had an area of about ____________.

3.In 1960s people built canals to _________________________.

4. Some areas completely dried up and the lake split into _________________.

5. The Kazakh government and the World Bank started working on a project to ______________.

Descriptor A learner

• completes the sentences

Learners match the words with the translation, check the cards, then study the new words.

Learners listen to the recorder and fill in the gaps:

1. irrigate

2. shrink

3. split

4. restore

5. flow

6. increase

Learners make a poster

Learners do ex.2 in their exercise books.

Learners should match one part of the sentence with another according to the text

Learners complete the sentences

Individual

evaluation

Individual

evaluation

Group

evaluation

Group

evaluation

Group

evaluation

Group

evaluation

Card №1

PPT

Listening

1.16

Card №2

PPT

Text

A2 paper

Book

Exercise books

Card №3

Exercise books

Card №4

Exercise books

Ending of the lesson

5 min

Teacher gives learners stickers:

• Now, count your points, please. And determine your marks for today’s lesson.

Write your names on the stickers and stick them on the marks.

Home task: retell the text

REFLECTION

At the end of the lesson, learners reflect on their learning

Learners should share with their opinions about the lesson. If they liked/disliked by putting their thumbs up/down

Saying good bye

Learners count their points, determine marks and stick their names on the poster.

Learners reflect on their learning

Self-assessment

Posters

Stickers

You can …

Yes

No

identify and name the theme of the lesson

answer the questions

give their opinion about problems associated with Aral Sea

You can …

Yes

No

identify and name the theme of the lesson

answer the questions

give their opinion about problems associated with Aral Sea