Reading: Buildings above the clouds

Stages/

Time

Teachers actions

Students actions

Assessment

Resources

Beginning

5 min

Greeting. (Whole class, Individually)

Psychological warming -up

Learners choose their mood using the «smiley»method and divided into 2 groups

Checking the home task was completed on the «Wordwall» platform.

New theme:

Brainstorming with picture
Students suggest ideas around a theme or word.
Example: “What can you see in the picture?”

And say Today’s the theme of the lesson Building above the clouds.

Students chose their mood using smiley faces and sat in their groups.

Students do the home task

Students answer the following questions and try to guess the theme of the lesson

Like :

I can this is …….

The teacher to assess Students for their ability.

“Good job!

Well done!”

Formative Assessment

With points:

+1 +2 +3

Descriptor:

-do the home task-1

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Assessment sheet

Middle

10 min

Let’s watch the video

Teacher explain the theme and watch the

video

Teacher asks Ss after the video"What did you see in the video?" What types of buildings did you see in the video?

New words wa completed on the “Quizlet” platform.

Task. I

Ex:3 P:92

Pair work

1. Why couldn’t people build really tall buildings in the past?
2. When could people start building skyscrapers?
3. How did the invention of the elevator change the history of buildings?
4. Why did people want to build skyscrapers in cities?
5. Why are tall buildings called ‘skyscrapers’?
6. How fast did the Empire State Building grow?
7. What can you find in the Triumph of Astana in Kazakhstan?

Students answer the following questions

Students label the pictures. You can use your dictionary.

ANSWERS

1.Answer: Because the bricks were not strong enough.

2. Answer: In the 1880s, when steel and elevators were invented.

3. Answer: It made it easier to get to the top of tall buildings.

4. Answer: Because they needed living space for families and offices for businesses.

5. Answer: Because the word comes from the name sailors gave to the tallest mast on a ship.

6. Answer: Almost one storey higher every day.

7. Answer: Shops, offices, apartments, and a hotel.

Students watch the video about the legend of the lake

Descriptor:

A learner

- answer the questions-2

- use your dictionary-1

Point-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSXKjFsYt18

5 min

Task. 1 (Wh, Individual work)

Ex: 4 P: 93

Teacher explain the task and ask Ss to read the questions and answer choices.

Give Ss time to read the text and then complete the task.

Check 6s' answers.

Exercise 4 – Fill in: living, skyscraper, steel, brick, elevators, skyline

1. People use elevators to go up or down a building.

2. Engineers use steel to build strong tall buildings.

3. Tall buildings provide living space for many families.

4. The Empire State Building is a skyscraper in New York.

5. The Burj Khalifa dominates the skyline.

6. He built a brick wall around the garden so that people couldn’t see inside.

Students listen to and read to find out. Answer the question.

ANSWERS

Elevators

steel

living

skyscraper

skyline

brick

Descriptor:

A- learner can do easily

B- learners with some difficulties

C -learners with the help of the teacher

2 points

5 min

Task. III (Task for understanding)

Ex: 5 P: 93 listening

Teacher elicit Ss' guesses in answer to the questions.

Play the recording. Ss listen and read to find out.

Working with the new words teacher gives to students to find the translation of the word

Students read again and for question choose

ANSWERS

1)baseball cap

2)15

3)electrical department 4)3030BC

5)in an hour

Descriptor:

A learner

- listen the exercise

Point -1

Excellent

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GUTFBSSp2s

2 min

Warm up activity

Sing a song

Teacher play the song and sing together with them

Students should sing a song together and have fun

Excellent !

Great!

Well done!

Youtube

https://youtu.be/EHtfWJMiZFI?si=hiQmNYkeXC6yeDAm

12min

Group work

1^st group

Find the correct and incorrect sentences. Then, find and write the correct version from the text

1. The first skyscraper was built in Chicago.

2. Skyscrapers are made of wood.

3. Elisha Otis invented the elevator in the 1850s.

4. The Empire State Building took 5 years to complete.

5. Brave men worked on skyscrapers because they weren’t scared of heights.

6. Skyscrapers only exist in the United States.

7. The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world.

8. The Triumph of Astana has 100 floors.

2^nd Group

Find and write the sentence from the text that includes numbers.

Students should work together and do following tasks

1. True

2. False (Skyscrapers are made of steel, not wood.)

3. True

4. False (It was completed in 14 months.)

5. True

6. False (They exist all over the world.)

7. True

8. False (It has 39 floors.)

1. In 1885, the world’s first skyscraper, a ten-storey office building, opened in Chicago.

2. Between 1930 and 1931, the Empire State Building grew almost one storey higher every day.

3. The 3,400 men who worked on it finished it in 14 months.

4. At present, the world’s tallest building is the Burj Khalifa, in the United Arab Emirates. With over 1,200 stores, this building is a city in itself.

5. The Triumph of Astana, finished in 2006, has 39 floors.

6. The Empire State Building is struck by lightning 100 times a year. (from the "Did you know?" box)

7. The height of the Burj Khalifa is 1,000 m (1 foot = 30.48 cm) (From footnote.)

Descriptor:

A learner work with the group and do following task

Then present it to class

Point -3

Whiteboard

End

6 min

Students provide feedback on How can they describe the today’s the lesson using the

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Formative Assessment task:

Reflection with “The Book” method

Home task: Ex: 6

The lesson is over !

Ss evaluate each other and encourage classmate with phrases like:

Well done! Brilliant! Good job! I like it!  

The teacher to assess Students for their ability.

“Good job!

Well done!”

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