The natural world 8 grade

Unit of a long term plan: Unit 6 The natural world

Lesson 64

Teacher name: Botagariyeva Aigerim

Date: 17.03.2025

Grade: 8

Number present:

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Lesson title

A description of a piece of art

Learning objectives

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

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

8.5.1.1 plan, write, edit and proofread work at text level with little support on a range of general and curricular topics

8.2.5.1 recognise the opinion of the speaker(s) with little or no support in extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

Learners will be able to:

• Study a model text about a piece of art.

• Learn key phrases for describing a painting.

• Learn how to use synonyms.

• Write about a piece of art.

Value links

Open-Mindedness – An open-minded person is someone who is always willing to hear new points of view and even change their own point of view if new arguments are highly convincing. It’s the opposite of stubbornness.

Plan

Stages / Time

Teachers’ actions

Students’ actions

Assessment criteria

Resources

Beginning of the lesson

5 min

Organization moment

1.Greeting.

Ask about the weather.

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

Warm-up

students wish each other by holding a wish lamp

Lead – In

Refer students back to the Art Quiz on pages 78–79. • Put students into pairs and tell them to take turns to describe one of the pictures to their partner. Tell them they should talk about what they can see and should also add any information they can about the artist and the style of the work of art.

• Allow students a few minutes to describe some of the art, then ask some students to report back on how easy or difficult it was to talk about them.

The aim: To develop pupils speaking skills and create friendly atmosphere

Efficiency: By telling the wishes they show their appreciations .

Students of the class are listed.

Students' attention is drawn to the lesson.

Students analyze the given pictures in pairs.

Determines the topic and purpose of the lesson

Students say different words from the picture

At the organization moment teacher tries to award active pupils. «The praise» method is used to evaluate pupils with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”

Formative Assessment

Good job!

Pictures

Student’s book

Middle of the lesson

Presentation part.

35 min

Ex: 1 P: 75

• Look at the piece of art shown with the text and ask if any of the students recognize or can say who it was painted by.

• Ask students to read the title, and elicit guesses about what this refers to (It is the title of the painting, by Dalí).

• Allow students time to read the model text and match the paragraphs and topics

Differentiation:

«Verbal support» method is used to help Students use new words in the text.

Ex: 2 P:75

• Students read the text again in more detail and answer the questions. Ask students to compare their answers in pairs before you check with the class

Ex: 3 P:75

• Read through the key phrases with

the class.

• Ask students to find the key phrases

in the model text and translate them

into their own language.

• Students identify the phrases which

describe the painting.

Students read the model text and match the paragraphs with the topics. There is one topic that you don’t need.

ANSWERS:

1 d

2 a

3 b

Students answer the questions.

ANSWERS:

1 In 1931.

2 Melting watches.

3 Unusual, intense, bizarre, imaginative.

4 In 1931.

5 In the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Students study the key phrases. Which phrases describe the painting.

ANSWERS:

The scenery / composition includes …, … in the foreground / background …, (The Persistence of Memory) was first exhibited …

Assessment criteria

- Study a model text

about a piece of art.

Descriptor:

- read the model text and match the paragraphs with the topics.

Assessment criteria:

- Learn key phrases

for describing a

painting

Descriptor:

- study the key phrases. Which phrases describe the painting

Make CCQ questions

Yes / No

Cards

Worksheets

End of the lesson

5 min

FEEDBACK

Learners provide feedback on what they have learned at the lesson.

The exit ticket

This is a way for students to self-reflect on their progress in the lesson.

Home task:

Ex: 2 P: 53 WB

Students use their stickers to show their knowledge according to the lesson.

Poster