Space and Earth: Monuments in danger!

Unit of a long term plan: Space and Earth

School: Nazarbayev Intellectual school of Physics and Mathematics

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Grade: 7

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Lesson title

Monuments in danger p 42

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to (link to the Subject programme)

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

7.C10 use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

7.L5 recognize the opinion of the speaker(s) in supported extended talk on a range of general and curricular topics

7.L8 understand supported narratives on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

All the students will be able to :

• Use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

• Use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

• Recognize the opinion of the speaker(s) in supported extended talk on a range of general and curricular topics

• Understand supported narratives on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Most of the students will be able to :

• Make short narration using subject-specific vocabulary with some support;

Some of the students will be able to:

• Make short narration using subject-specific vocabulary without support.

Level of thinking skills

Knowledge

Understanding

Application

Assessment criteria

• Can use feedback to set personal learning objectives;

• Can use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings;

• Can use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

Values links

Caring about our planet!

Cross-curricular links

History, Ecology, Geography

Previous learning

The previous knowledge about ecological issues that appear in every day life and understanding of how humanity can impact on nature.

Plan

Planned timings

Planned аctivities (replace the notes below with your planned activities)

Resources

Start (5mins)

Middle (35 mins)

End (5mins)

Class organization moment.

Greeting: Good morning, students! How have you been? I am glad to see all of you today.

Lead-in: Show students a video related to the theme and let them guess what will be discussed in the lesson.

Working with new vocabulary related to the topic.

• Rising seas - повышение уровня моря

• Melting ice - тающий лёд

• Global warming - глобальное потепление

• To threaten - представлять собою опасность

• Cultural site - культурный памятник

• To be responsible for - быть ответственным за что-либо

• Damage – повреждение

• Power - сила

• Giant - громадный

• Worship - почитание, поклонение

• Authority - власть

• Mystical - таинственный

• To survive - выживать

• Humid – влажный

• Vegetation - растительная жизнь

• Sandstone – песчаник

• Conservationist - защитник природы

• To preserve - сохранять, оберегать

Choral drill, individual drill via “Quizlet”

Task 1. Students Q&A

1. Do you know any monuments/places in your country that are in danger because of pollution ?

2. L
   ook at the pictures in the text. Write three questions about these places ( page 42)

Students should use the new set of words related to the lesson. Vocabulary is already explained above.

Task 2. Read the text and answer the questions.

1. How old is Stonehenge?

2. Why did they build Stonehenge?

3. What problems does Stonehenge face?

4. What problems do the temples face?

5. Are the temples of Angkor Wat a popular holiday destination? How do you know?

6. Who is working to preserve the temples?

One more additional animated video of “how was Stonehenge created” to increase knowledge of history.

Concluding questions:

1. What new things have you learnt from the text?

2. Which place would you like to visit? Why?

Home task:

Think on a monument in your country. In what ways is it different/similar to the monuments in the text?

Write a short paragraph!

https://youtu.be/Vyt1HdR4uLw

I
nteractive board.

Studying MONUMENTS IN DANGER! on Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/530671029/monuments-in-danger-flash-cards/?x=1jqU&i=2zhxnw

https://youtu.be/iy0CfYd1hWg

Additional information

Differentiation – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able

learners?

Assessment – how are you planning to check learners’ learning?

Health and safety check

This topic is might be familiar for everyone. So I will try to give students more new vocabulary and increase their background knowledge about ancient architectural treasures via sending a message how you should preserve them.

Group, peer and individual assessment will use using special assessment descriptor.

I ‘ll remind my students to keep health safety regulation.

Reflection

Were the lesson objectives/learning objectives realistic?

Did all the learners achieve the lesson objectives/ learning objectives? If not, why?

Did my planned differentiation work well?

Did I stick to timings?

What changes did I make from my plan and why?

Summary evaluation

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

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2:

What one thing would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?

1: