Unit 9: Reading for pleasure

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Grade: 7

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Theme of the lesson

Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Diamond p.120

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

7.C9 use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings

7.R4 read independently a limited range of short simple fiction and non-fiction texts

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

• Understand with limited support the main points while reading stories in groups;

• Understand most specific information and detail while discussing parts of a story plot;

• Give an opinion at sentence level on describing one’s favourite story plot.

Most learners will be able to:

• Ask students to look at the book cover and characters in the pictures and guess what the story is about.

Some learners will be able to:

• Understand stories in detail while reading;

• Understand the elements of a story plot clearly and support other peers in class\pair exchanges;

Assessment criteria

Speaking – presenting ideas clearly to others, grammar, vocabulary

Language objective

Use subject specific vocabulary.

Intercultural awareness

Reading a work by a foreign author.

Learning about other people’s traditions and way of living.

Reviewing famous literary works, characters and authors.

Value links

Responsibility , Global Citizenship, Collaboration

Cross curricular links

Literature

Use of ICT

Projector or Smart board for showing a presentation, laptops for online dictionaries

Previous learning

Simple tenses, vocabulary related to books and reading

Kazakh culture

Review of some Kazakh works and authors during the group division.

Pastoral Care

Assure the needs of all learners are met.

Health and Safety

Make sure to ventilate the room before the lesson and remind the learners to be careful with cords and corners.

Planned timings

Teacher’s activity

Student’s activity

Resources

Beginning

5 minutes

Greetings: W

Teacher greets learners and congratulates the class on the beginning of the 3^rd term. Then, teacher hands out stickers and asks learners to write a compliment to a peer. To operate principle of the learners: Develop themselves of principle , score the level of themselves

Learners write wishes and nice words to each other, so learners collaborate and create a friendly atmosphere.

 Help for learners if they need and check their creative tasks and to learn it themselves.

• Learners read and understand the stories. Answer the following questions. Do the level of tasks. To rate thinking ideas of the theme.

• Learning resources: Different activities on developing listening, speaking, use of English and reading skills about Jobs and work.

Student`s book Oxford
James Styring Nicholas Tims

Warm –up

5 minutes

Books closed. Ask students what they know about the Sherlock Holmes stories. Write their ideas on the board

• Sherlock Holmes is a private detective

• Dr Watson is his assistant

• They solve crimes in London at the end of the 19th century.

• Famous stories include Hound of Baskervilles and Sign of Four.

Middle of the lesson

Presentation part.

30 minutes

I. The blog of Information

1. Do you read different stories?

2. Who is the Sherlock Holmes?

3. What writers do you know?

4. Listen and repeat the new words

II. The blog of logical tasks

What can you see at this pictures?

III. The blog of practice and take the note of knowledge.

I-level.

Pre-Teaching W
Exercise 1. Read the story sections 1-8. Then match them to the pictures A-G. Tell students to look at the pictures and make a list of things they can see. Start the list by writing these items on the board: a goose, a blue diamond, an advertisement. Go through the pictures with students identifying the main elements, e.g. picture A – goose, man wearing a suit etc.

1. Holmes and Watson go to The Alpha and talk to Mr Windigate.

2. Mr Peterson finds a blue diamond inside the tall man’s goose.

3. Someone’s steals the countess of Morcar’s blue diamond from her rooms in the Cosmopolitan Hotel.

4. Mr Peterson goes to see Cherlock Holmes

5. A tall man with a hat is walkng with a goose over his shoulder.

II-level

1.James Rider tells Homes that he stole the diamond

2. Holmes and Watson talk to the man from Mr Breckinridge’s shop.

Ex 2. Look at the story sections again. Which section do you think is the start of the story? Which section do you think is the end of the story?

III-level

1. At Mr Breckinridge’s shop , Holmes and Watson see a man there.

Ex 3. How do you think the story develops? Read the sections again and put them in order to make the story. Go through the answers. Ask stronger students to explain the order by referring to the story development and use of ‘a’ and ‘the’.

Talk about it

Ex 4. Think about the story sections again. Use the pictures on page 52 and the words in the boxes to tell the story to your partner. Put students in pairs. Give students time to make a note of who the people are, what happened at each place, and events related to the verbs and nouns.

IV. The blog of Intellectual training

Where was the blue diamond found?

V. The blog of Conclusion

If you are Sherlock Holmes what will you do?

Ex 5. Look at the picture of James Ryder and answer the question. Ask students what James Ryder did in the story and what stage of the story is shown in the picture.

Ex 6. 3.22 Listen to James Ryder talk about his story. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

Ex 7. Now listen to the end of the story. Do you like the ending? Is it surprising? Discuss the ending with students.

Ex 8. Write a different ending to the story. Use one of options below or your own ideas. Give the class five to ten minutes to complete their versions of the ending. Circulate and monitor. Help weaker students where necessary.

Talk about it

Ex 9. Ask and answer the questions with your partner.

Make a note of the students’ comments and use them for a whole class discussion at the end.

Advertisement

Goose/geese

Ticket

Hat

Answers:

1.E

2 H

3.F

4.G

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

Answers:

1.The start of the story is section 3 – the blue diamond is missing.

2. The end of the story is section 6 – Ryder admits he stole it.

Answers:

1.section 3 5.section 1

2.section 5 6.section 8

3.section 2 7.section 7

4.section 4 8.section 6

Possible answer:

James Ryder is talking to Sherlock Holmes and looks sad because he regrets that he stole the diamond and then lost it.

Answers:

1. Horner

2. Sister’s

3. Maudsley

4. Geese

5. Black

6. Maudsley’s

7. Didn’t find

8. Two

9. Would not

10. Terrible

Card

Worksheet

Students book

Students book

End of the lesson

5 minutes

Homework. Ex 8 p 121. Write a different ending to the story
I hope the lesson was interesting and useful for you.

What have you learnt today?
Our lesson is over. All of you did a good job. Thank you and good bye!

Additional information

Summary evaluation

What two things went really well (consider both teaching and learning)?

1: Class\ pair activities

2: Differentiated task

What two things would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?

1:Providing scaffolding

2: Working by cards: answering the questions related to the text.

What have I learned from the lesson about this class or individuals that will inform my next lesson?

Students love reading about teenagers like them and find similarities in their lifestyles. Students love doing creative tasks, especially when they have a choice. Everyone was engaging in doing a creative task with high motivation and excitement.