The best places to visit in Kazakhstan

Lesson plan

Long-term plan unit:

Unit 3 “Holidays and travel”

School: № 98

Date: 13 .11.2017

Teacher’s name: Khussainova Malika

Grade: 7

Number present: 12

absent:0

Theme:

The best places to visit in Kazakhstan

Learning objectives

7.R1 understand the main points in texts on a limited range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics

7.S3 give an opinion at discourse level on a growing range of general and curricular topics

7.C3 respect differing points of view

Level of thinking skills

1. Analysis and synthesis

2. Assessment

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

- analyze and discuss the main points in text on the best places to visit in Kazakhstan with support

- apply an opinion at discourse level on the best places to visit in Kazakhstan.

Most learners will be able to:

• analyze and discuss the main points in texts on the best places to visit in Kazakhstan with some support;

• suggest an opinion at discourse level on the best places to visit in Kazakhstan.

Some learners will be able to:

-explain the main points in texts on the best places to visit in Kazakhstan without support

- give an improvement of an opinion at discourse level on the best places to visit in Kazakhstan

Assessment criteria

Analyze and discuss the main points in texts on the best places to visit in Kazakhstan

Express and give an improvement of their opinions at discourse level on the best places to visit in Kazakhstan

Value links

National unity, peace, harmony in our society.

Cross curricular links

History, geography, literature.

ICT skills

Using internet , active white board.

Previous learning

Discussing unusual and interesting places around the world

Plan

Planned timing

Planned activities

Resources

Beginning

3 min

12 min

- Greeting

- Warming up (date, weather, season, month, day of the week, feeling)

- Checking absence

Regrouping :( students are divided into two groups with the help of cards of popular cities of Kazakhstan. Each of them take one card and find another from the famous cities. At the end they should form 2 groups of cities).

Look at your cards. You should form 2 groups “Shymkent”, “Astana”.

Checking homework

a. Game hot potato ( for checking vocabulary)

b. Checking spelling mistakes. (will write new words from vocabulary of the previous lesson )

c. Project works. Each group will describe their works. (Pupils have prepared mini models of "Eifel" tower and "Big Ben" , and they are tell about these buildings )

White active board

Model of "Eifel" tower and "Big Ben"

Reflex moment

Middle (20 min)

To sing a song " If you happy "

1. If you are happy, and you know it, Clap your hands!

If you are happy, and you know it, Clap your hands!

If you happy, and you know it, Then you really want to show it,

If you are happy, and you know it? Clap your hands!

2. Stamp your feet. 3. Snap your fingers. 4. Say " We are!" 5. Do all four!

New theme

- Phonetic drill.

Let’s remember some English proverbs:

East or West home is the best!

There is no place like home!

1. What do these proverbs mean?

2. What is the theme of our lesson?

3. Why do you think so?

Students guessed about the theme)

As you guessed, today we’ll talk about our country and the best places to visit in Kazakhstan.

Demonstration of slides about Kazakhstan .

To learn new words (Group work).

Watch video about Kazakhstan and listen new words.

a. Task for checking listening and understanding skills.( True or False )

• 1.Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan _______

• 2.Baiterek and Duman center are situated in Almaty _______

• 3. Medeo is situated so far from Almaty _______

• 4.Baikonur Cosmodrome is situated in Russia ________

• 5.In Turkestan you’ll see the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi _____

• 6.The Burabai is the National Nature Park ________

• 7.The Burabai is situated in Astana ________

• 8.In Turkestan you can lie on beaches and go sailing. ________

b. Task. Game " Bingo"(pupils will choose one of balls with different numbers and will do tasks under this numbers)

c. Task. Make an advertisement about favourite city of Kazakhstan.

( pupils will choose their favourite city and make an advertisement about it. They will work with a group , and will prepare posters )

Acquired skills (Bloom’s taxonomy): understanding, researching, presenting.

To evaluate pupils' work with knowledge tree. ( during the lesson pupils will stick leafs of "knowledge" to their own "education" trees)

Sheet of papers with pictures of tree and stickers of leafs

Video material

Copies with questions

Internet resources.

Active board

Cards with tasks.

Round box with balls

Sheet of papers with pictures of tree and stickers of leafs

End (5 min)

Feedback: Pupils will stick one of pictures (plane, train, bike) depending on their understanding of the lesson.

Plane- excellent

Train- good

Bike- insufficient

Homework

To write an essay about your favourite touristic places and cities of Kazakhstan.