Seeing stars

Term: 2

Unit 2 Lesson 29.

"Holidays and travel".

Teacher’s name:

Orazkul

Date:

Grade: 7

Number present:

Number absent:

Theme of the lesson:

Seeing stars.

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

7.2.1.1-understand with little support the main points in extended talk on a limited range of general and curricular topics

7.3.2.1- ask complex questions to get information about a limited range of general topics and some curricular topics

7.3.4.1- respond with some flexibility at both sentence and discourse level to unexpected comments on a growing range of general and curricular topics

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

7.4.2.1- understand specific information and detail in texts on a range of familiar general and curricular topics

7.4.9.1- recognise inconsistencies in argument in short, simple texts on a limited range of general and curricular subjects

Lesson objectives

By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

• practice reading skills through skimming and scanning in the context of a celebrity home.

• talk about houses.

Stages of the lesson/ Time

Teacher’s activity

Student’s activity

Assessment

Resources/ materials

Greeting.

Organisation moment.

The teacher sets the lesson objectives, letting students know what to anticipate from the lesson.

Greeting.

Warm up

Warm up.

Ask individual students: Where do you live? Describe your house. Is your house big?

Elicit some answers from the class, then ask: Do you know any very big houses? Who lives in them?

Student describe the house where they live and answer the teacher’s questions.

Main activities

Exercise 1 p.24.

Ask the question to the class and elicit ideas. If students find this difficult, brainstorm features which might be found in a famous person's house, such as swimming pools, cinema rooms, big gardens, etc. Use LI if necessary, and write suitable ideas on the board.

Ask students to explain the reasons for their choices.

Exercise 2 p.24.

Tell students to look at the advert and the photo to find the answer to the question. Point out that at this stage, they only need to scan the text for the specific information, and they do not need to understand every word.

Exercise 3 CD 1.17 p.24.

Focus students on the postcard image and explain that it shows the house of a celebrity. Ask for ideas about who the celebrity might be.

Tell students to read the sentences carefully and to think about whether they are true or false as they listen.

Students share their ideas on the topic.

Students look at the advert and answer the question “What does Classic Car Company offer?”

ANSWERS:

A three-hour tour of celebrities' homes in Los Angeles in a Cadillac car.

Students read and listen to the advert and the postcard, identifying if the statements are true or false, then correct the false setnences.

ANSWERS:

1. True.

2. False. The tours start from your hotel.

3. False. They give you drinks in the car.

4. False. Jen is on the tour.

5. False. Jen's dad organized the tour.

6. True.

Observe learners when participating in use of English activities.

Record what they considered they had learned from the lesson. Could they express what they had learned about content and language? Could they express which skills they had developed?

Formative assessment is held through observation/ monitoring.

Student’s Book “English Plus 7. Kazakhstan edition”. (Oxford University Press)

Worksheets

Physical training exercise

A break for physical activity.

Teacher plays the video with physical exercises.

Students watch and do physical exercises.

Main activities

Exercise 5 p.24.

Ask students to prepare their answers to the questions individually.

Go round and listen as students ask and answer the questions in pairs. Help with pronunciation, and offer support for any ideas that students find difficult to express.

Ask some students to report back on their discussion.

Optional activity: Reading

Dictate these questions to the class, or write them on the board. Ask students to read the texts again and answer the questions in their own words.

1. How many celebrity homes does the tour visit?

2. What do you need to take on the tour?

3. Why is Jen on the tour?

4. Where is Britney at the moment?

Students ask and answer the questions.

Students answer some comprehension questions.

ANSWERS:

1. About 30

2. A camera

3. It is her mum's birthday present.

4. She is in London.

The end of the lesson

Giving the homework. SB ex.4 p.24.

SS write their homework for the next lesson.

Peer-assessment.