Discover Kazakhstan

The theme of the Lesson

Discover Kazakhstan

The grade

6

The teacher

Kozhamkulova Akmaral

The reference

Discover English 2. Student’s book for Kazakhstan. Jayne Wildman with Izabella Hearn

The aims

Educational:

To give more information about Almaty and enrich pupils’ vocabulary

To do more exercises with comparatives and superlatives, too and enough.

Developing:

To develop pupils’ intellect, their ability in working in pairs and individually

To develop perception, logic, imagination and creativeness.

Up-bringing:

To bring up the feeling of love to their motherland.

Kazakhstan patriotism, civil legal education

Pupils can become independent, self-motivated, engaged, responsible, competent in digital technologies and who can think critically

The result of learning

Pupils take more information about Almaty and will be able to use topical vocabulary in their speech, they also will be able to analyze and compare the information their opinions through various activities.

Key words

Fountains, until, impressive, ancient, empire, be careful, to explore, unique, cable, gorgeous, nearby, amusement.

Topics of the lesson

Practice

1. New approaches to teaching and learning

2. Learning to think critically

3. Assessment for and of learning

4. Using ICT in teaching

5. Teaching talented and gifted children

6. Responding to age-related differences in teaching and learning

7. Management and leadership of learning

Methods of the lesson

Writing an essay Work with dictionary What is missing? Relaxation Cinquain

I. Organization moment (2 min)

Greeting. Making friendly atmosphere. Telling wishes to each other

II. Checking up the homework

(10 min)

Retell the text Los Angeles and find more information about another states of America. Find proverbs with the comparison of adjectives and translate them into Russian and Kazakh.

Finding criteria with pupils

Assessment by two stars and one suggestion.

III. Warm-up

(1 min)

Playing the game: What is missing? You can see some pictures on the screen. How many pictures can you see? What can you see on the pictures? Try to remember words. Close your eyes. What is missing?

IV. Relaxation

(1 min)

Stand up and look around.

Shake your head and turn around.

Stamp your feet upon the ground.

Clap your hands and then sit down.

Stand up and look around.

Make a bow and turn around.

Stamp your feet upon the ground.

Clap your hands and then sit down.

V. The new theme

(10 min)

1. Giving different pictures of the USA states and some photos of Almaty among them.

2. Presentation of pupils.

Finding criteria with pupils

Assessment by two stars and one suggestion.

3. Watching a video about Almaty.

Questions for discussion

(2 min)

What do you know about Almaty?

What is Almaty famous for?

Do you like Almaty?

Why do you like it?

Who has been in/ went to Almaty?

What places have you seen?

Do you want to go to Shymbylak?

Let’s speak about Koktobe.

VI. Practice

(17 min)

Dividing pupils into three groups through giving red, green, yellow apples.

Group work:

Making 3 questions from the content of the text and answering them.

Finding adjectives from the text.

Finding criteria with pupils

Assessment by two stars and one suggestion.

Work in pairs:

Making a dialogue about Almaty.

Individual work:

Writing Sinquain on theme Almaty.

The game: unscramble the words (adjectives) and say them in three languages.

Match the adjectives with their antonyms.

VII. Homework

(1 min)

Retell the text. Learn the new words.

Write interesting facts about Almaty.

VIII. Reflection

(1 min)

Pupils should write their reflection and express their opinion