Reading: Finn MacCool and the giants Causeway

Unit 2: Helping and heroes

Lesson 17

Teacher name:

Izbasarova Roza

Date:

Grade: 6 G

Number present:

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Lesson title

Reading: Finn MacCool and the giants Causeway

Learning objectives

6.3.3.1 give an opinion at sentence level on a limited range of general and curricular topics

6.4.2.1 understand with little support specific information and detail in short, simple texts on a limited range of general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:

Formulate their opinion on topic Finn MacCool and the giants Causeway

Identify specific information on given topic

Plan

Stages / Time

Teachers actions

Students actions

Assessment

Resources

Beginning of the lesson

7min

Middle of the lesson

Pre-reading

5 min

Organization moment

1.Greeting.

Warm-up

Teacher greets learners:

- Good afternoon!

- How is your mood?

- I’m glad to see you. You are like sunshine on a rainy day.

Method ``Random whell``.

Let`s check your home work.

Look at the picture. «picture of Finn MacCool»

-What is the theme of the lesson?

-You’re going to read the text about Finn MacCool and the Giant`s Causeway.

T. divides into 2 groups mysterious and wonder of nature.

Pictionary activity

The teacher creates a list of vocabulary terms or concepts relevant to the current topic.

The teacher asks one student from each group to come to the board.

The teacher sets a short amount of time for the student's group to guess the word.

lava-лавa

giant-гигант

boiling- қайнаған

volcanic-жанартаулы

powerful -қуатты

terrified- қорыққан

Learners respond.

Learners respond.

Guess the word.

The student gets secretly the first word from the teacher.

The student draws a picture of the taken word on the board.

“Good job!

Well done!”

Formative Assessment

Verbal assessment

PPT 1(random wheel)

“Random grouping”

PPT 2

While reading

11min

Post reading

7min

Speaking

10min

Teacher says to open Student’s Book at page 22.

Task 1. Reading time.

Teacher gives the time to read the text and do the task

Find out if the sentences are True /False.

1.The Giant's Causeway is a bridge of rocks between Ireland and Scotland.

2. People can't walk to Scotland because most of it is under the bridge.

3.Legend says that an Irish Giant called Finn MacCool built it to cross the sea to Scotland.

4. Finn MacCool was a very terrified giant.

5.According to scientists, a volcanic eruption created it over 70 million years ago.

Teacher explains how to join to the game.

Speaking task.

«Storytelling» method is used.

T. asks to tell the story.

Differentiation.

Higer level students:

Retell the story about Fin Maccool and the Giant`s causeway.

Lower-level students:

Tell the story .

By the given useful words/phrases.

Finn MacCool and the Giant's Causeway main characters: Finn MacCool a giant & … Where he/they lived: … How the story began: … What happened next: … What was the main event: …

What happened in the end: …

Learners read the text and choose if the statements are true or false.

In groups students do the

test. Quizizz

Descriptor:

-join the game ``Quizizz``

-do the test.

Ss retell the story.

Verbal assessment

Descriptor:

Retell the story.

Uses proper language.

Speech is connected

PPT 3

Quizizz

Ending of the lesson

5min

Reflection

The classroom screen is used as a reflection. T asks Ss to choose one of themselves.

Home task:

-Learners choose one of the smiles to show their knowledge according to the lesson:

Green-I understood

Yellow-I have some questions

Red-I need a help.

Classroom screen