Environmental protection.

Date

Grade

8

Subject English

Theme

Environmental protection.

Aims

To teach students to talk about Environmental protection.

Kind of the lesson

New lesson

Method

dialogue

Inter-subject

kazakh

Expected sesults

S will be able to talk about Environmental protection.

The procedure of the lessons

Teacher’s action

Warm up

 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLV9jEMQLhY)

Teacher: Today we are going to learn to be radio reporters. Have you guessed what problems we are going to discuss?

Student’s answers: I think we will discuss the problems of the environment.

Teacher: You’re right. We are also going to think of some ways to solve them and try to prepare an announcement for our school radio to organize a clean-up campaign.

Phonetic drill

You know that radio reporters should speak clearly. So we’re going to improve our pronunciation. Look at the blackboard and listen to my reading first.

Treat the Earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. (a Kenyan proverb)

Teacher: Can you guess the meaning of some words?

Treat – here: protect, behave towards it (относится к)

Loan – to lend smth, to give smth for some time (давать взаймы, одалживать)

Read the proverb to yourself, then read it out loud as well as you can.

How can you comment on the proverb or explain it?

Lexical task

Divide into three groups, four students in each group, please. You are going to work in teams today.

1. Look at these two columns and match the words in column A with their definitions in column B, please.

Key: 1c 2l 3a 4k 5i 6h 7d 8b 9g 10f 11e

2. Look at the pictures and comment on them. Use your active vocabulary and 5 – 7 sentences. For each correct sentence you get one point.

Grammar

(Текст карточки можно также вывести на интерактивную доску)

You are given cards with the text on them. Fill in the blanks with words derived from the words in brackets.

Change the words given in brackets so that it can fit suitably into the blanks

1) There are a lot of problems which __1__ (threat) our natural environment. Acid rain, __2__ (globe)warming and air and water __3__ (pollute) are the most serious ones. There are some ways to help improve the situation. Firstly, we should encourage __4__ (recycle)as the __5__ (produce) of new materials causes the most damage. We must learn to reuse things like plastic bags and glass jars. Secondly, driving an environmentally-friendly car is also __6__ (help). Furthermore, if you are really concerned about the environment, you can join an __7__ (organise) which plants trees or cleans up beaches. Finally, supporting groups such as Greenpeace, which try to prevent many __8__ (environment) disasters, would help to ensure that our planet will be clean and safe for future generations.
2) Some of the ultraviolet light from the Sun can be very __9__ (danger) to people because it can cause skin cancer. (рак кожи)
3) In 1971 a small team of __10__ (active) set sails from Canada in an old fishing boat. It was the first __11__ (act) of Greenpeace.

Key: 1. threaten, 2. global 3. pollution 4. recycling 5. production 6. helpful 7. organization8. environmental 9. dangerous 10. activists 11. action

Reading

Our planet is very important to us. Nowadays more and more people realise it and take care of the environment. There is even a special Day which is called EARTH DAY.

Let’s see how much you know about the Earth Day? Take the quiz!

1. Earth Day is on … of April.
   A 22nd 
   B 23rd 
   C 24th

2. Gaylord … created Earth Day.
   A Pearson 
   B Nelson
   C Johnson

3. The first Earth Day was held in ….
   A 1950 
   B 1960 
   C 1970

4. Earth Day is celebrated … .
   A in the USA 
   B in the UK 
   C all over the world

Now listen and check your answers. Were all your answers right?

Key:1A 2B 3C 4C

Now read the text Earth Day [1] about and complete the sentences in your own words. Then, explain the words in bold.

1. The Senator got the idea about Earth Day because …

2. The first thing Senator Nelson did was …

3. Some of the problems that the Earth faces are …

4. On Earth Day people…

Think of the heading for each paragraph.

1. Did you know that our planet has a special day? Every year, on the 22nd of April, we celebrate Earth Day. On this day, we remind ourselves and others how precious the Earth is and how important it is to look after it.

2. Earth Day was the idea of American Senator, Gaylord Nelson. The Senator was a sensitive man who couldn’t bear watching our planet suffer. Rivers and seas were getting dirty, many of our plants and animals were becoming extinct and not many people knew about it. Therefore, he decided to take action and create a special day to remind everyone that we need to take care of the earth.

3. The Senator started by writing letters to colleges, to inform students and teachers about his campaign. He also wrote an article for Scholastic Magazines presenting his idea about the special day he was planning. He hoped that young people around the country would react positively. Fortunately, they did!

4. As a result, on April 22, 1970, 20 million people across America celebrated the first Earth Day. People all over the country made promises to respect and look after the environment. Since then, Earth Day has been celebrated all over the planet.

5. Today, on Earth Day people organize fund-raising events, such as concerts, contests, parades, festivals, tree-planting excursions and clean-up campaigns. Children design and make objects at school such as bird feeders and earth day wreaths and all of us promise to try to turn every day into Earth Day! wreaths

Keys: What is Earth Day?

1. A great idea.

2. Students and teachers get involved.

3. A world wide celebration.

4. Working for the future.

Optional: Give a short summary of the text. Say how and when Earth Day started, what people do on that day and it is important to celebrate such a day.

Speaking

In groups work as radio correspondents and create an announcement for the school radio about a clean-up campaign in Krylatskoe. Try to make your schoolmates interested in the campaign. Don’t forget about the date, time place, etc. You have 5 minutes. Then one of your group will read the announcement as well as (s)he can.

Listening

Please look at the title of the song. (SAVEOUR PLANET [2]).Now turn the page over and look at the pictures. Which of these problems do you expect to hear about in the song? Listen and check.

fossil fuel – coal, oil, etc.

Now listen to the song and fill in the blanks.

Key:

1. air little wildlife reason clean-up warming planet cars burning waste

Assessment

Reflection

5 minutes

• So, what have you learned from the lesson?

• Was it difficult or easy for you?

Conclusion

5 minutes

At finally I’d like to thank you for you participation in our lesson, our discussion. Today you were very active and I hope that the theme of our lesson was interesting and useful for you. I’d like to know your opinion about the lesson.

Your marks for the lesson are…………….. . Your home task will be to make your own school timetable

See you tomorrow. All the best!

A

B

a) environment

1) the process of making air, water, soil etc. dangerously dirty and not suitable for people

b) to threaten

2) rain which contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil

c) pollution

3) the air, water, land on Earth which can be harmed by man’s activities

d) to destroy

4) to make something happen, especially something bad

e) habitat

5) something such as land, water, or minerals, such as oil or coal that a country has and can use

f) litter

6) not existing/ living any longer

g) to recycle

7) to damage something badly

h) extinct

8) to be likely to harm and destroy something

i) resource

9) to produce something from used objects or materials

k) to cause

10) waste paper, cans etc. thrown away and left on the ground

l) acid rain

11) the natural home of a plant or animal

A

B

a) environment

1) the process of making air, water, soil etc. dangerously dirty and not suitable for people

b) to threaten

2) rain which contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil

c) pollution

3) the air, water, land on Earth which can be harmed by man’s activities

d) to destroy

4) to make something happen, especially something bad

e) habitat

5) something such as land, water, or minerals, such as oil or coal that a country has and can use

f) litter

6) not existing/ living any longer

g) to recycle

7) to damage something badly

h) extinct

8) to be likely to harm and destroy something

i) resource

9) to produce something from used objects or materials

k) to cause

10) waste paper, cans etc. thrown away and left on the ground

l) acid rain

11) the natural home of a plant or animal

A

B

a) environment

1) the process of making air, water, soil etc. dangerously dirty and not suitable for people

b) to threaten

2) rain which contains large amounts of harmful chemicals as a result of burning substances such as coal and oil

c) pollution

3) the air, water, land on Earth which can be harmed by man’s activities

d) to destroy

4) to make something happen, especially something bad

e) habitat

5) something such as land, water, or minerals, such as oil or coal that a country has and can use

f) litter

6) not existing/ living any longer

g) to recycle

7) to damage something badly

h) extinct

8) to be likely to harm and destroy something

i) resource

9) to produce something from used objects or materials

k) to cause

10) waste paper, cans etc. thrown away and left on the ground

l) acid rain

11) the natural home of a plant or animal