Scientific Museum

Date

29.01.2014

Grade

8 A

The theme of the lesson

Scientific Museum in London

The aims and objectives of the lesson

Educational

-to teach the usage of the present and past continuous passive voice;

-to revise the third forms of verbs;

-to revise the usage of the present and past continuous tenses;

-to revise the usage of the modal verb “should”.

Developing

-to develop the learners’ listening, writing, reading and speaking skills;

-to develop the learners’ thinking and analyzing abilities;

Cultural

-to inform the pupils about the science museum of London;

-to bring them up to be attentive and responsible;

-to teach them the skills of tidy writing.

The type of the lesson

Mixed lesson

The kind of the lesson

Mastering of new material

The methods of the lesson

Role-playing, translating, completing, searching, making up sentences

Visual aids of the lesson

Cards, video, pictures, grammar table, text

Interdisciplinary relation

Kazakh language

The procedure of the lesson

Teacher`s activity

Pupils` activity

1. Organization moment

-greeting;

-checking up the attendance;

-asking about the weather;

-call pupils` attention to the lesson.

-greet the teacher;

-act on duty;

-get prepared for the lesson.

1. Checking up the home task

To prepare a short performance using the modal verb “should”, “shouldn’t” and “Should …?”.

The teacher discusses the sentences with the usage of the modal verb “should” with the pupils asking them translate these examples.

Pupils perform their home task in two groups.

Pupils in each group read their examples and try to translate into their native language.

1. Revision

Revision of past participle form of verbs.

Pupils choose one of the cards in chain and remember the third form of the verbs.

If one cannot answer others will raise their hands and give right answer.

Having found all the verbs, pupils will write down them on their copybooks.

1. Grammar

Continuous Passive voice

Before learning the new theme, they remember The Present Continuous and The Past Continuous tenses. They help to the teacher with their formulas and the meaning.

The learners listen to the teacher carefully trying to understand the new grammatical theme.

If they don’t understand the theme, they will answer any questions to the teacher.

1. Drill exercises

Task 1: The Present or the Past Continuous Passive.

1. The trees are being planted by them in the garden.

2. The letters were being typed by secretary.

3. Milk is being sold by him in the shop.

4. Tennis is being played by children.

5. Dictation was being written by students.

6. The dishes are being washed by Helen.

7. Coffee was being made by Betty.

Task 2: Complete the sentences.

1. We are painting the room.

The room (is being painted) by (us).

1. Mike was translating the article.

The article (was being translated) by (Mike) .

1. Postman is bringing newspapers.

Newspapers (are being brought) by

(postman).

1. They were preparing the room for the guests.

The room(was being prepared)

for the guests by (them).

1. The child is playing computer games now.

Computer games (are being played) by (the child) now.

Task 3: Watch the video about the science museum of London.

Task 4: Read the text “The Science Museum of London” and find the sentences with Continuous Passive Voice.

1. And you can see machines which are being used by people.

2. The number of collections will grow, because new technologies are being discovered by scientists.

The learners read the given sentences and decide if the verbs are in the Present Continuous Passive form or the Past Continuous Passive form.

They try to prove their answers translating the sentences.

The pupils complete the sentences using the right form of passive voice.

They will complete the gaps on the board one by one, the others write them on their copybooks.

Before reading a text pupils get informed about the scientific museum which is situated in London.

The learners read the text in chain and find the sentences in which are used the present and past passive forms.

They discuss these sentences and translate into their native language.

1. Consolidation

The teacher shows several pictures.

The pupils raise their hands and make up sentences according to the pictures using the present and past continuous passive forms.

1. Giving home task

Exercise 1 on page 94.

The task is to complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs.

The pupils write down the home task in their diaries.

1. Evaluation

Teacher evaluates the pupils

They bring their diaries to the teacher to put their marks