The environmental problem

Unit 7. The natural environment

School:North Kazakhstan region, Esil district

Gornoe primary school

Date:

Teacher name: Khamitova Diana Suraganovna

CLASS: 8

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Lesson title :

The environmental problem

Learning objectives

Learners will be able to:

8.C10 use talk or writing as a means of reflecting on and exploring a range of perspectives on the world

8.S7 use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax to talk about a range of general topics and some curricular topics

8.W5 develop with support coherent arguments supported when necessary by examples and reasons for a growing range of written genres in familiar general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

Learners can:

• categorize their information about pollution because of peoples influence to the nature

• produce sentences using appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax

• express ideas using new vocabulary in making arguments

Assessment criteria

• make a project with own suggestion to solve the certain environmental problem

• illustrate the pictures by the sentences using subject-specific vocabulary and syntax in oral form

• write solutions to environmental pollution

Valueslinks

National security and engagement in addressing global and regional issues

Cross-curricularlinks

geography and biology

Previouslearning

Can use specific vocabulary and give simple suggestions about solving environmental problems

Plan

Planned timings

Planned activities

Resources

1-2

3-7

7 -8

9-18

19-28

29-38

The lesson greeting

Asking and talking about learners mood, about the weather

Brainstorming activity

Teacher displays 4 pictures on an activboard (air pollution, water pollution, cutting trees ,hunting animals and birds)

Ask learners to describe each of these pictures using simple structures of sentences

Teacher: -what kind of problems can you see on these pictures

-what do you think about the theme of our lesson today?

Students: problems in nature ,environmental problems

Teacher explain lesson objectives using the simplest vocabulary

Activity 1(Individual work)

Pre-speaking stage

Teacher displays subject-specific vocabulary students recognize words, drill them

Vocabulary:mud, garbage, nature, water, dirty, air, atmosphere, dust , the environment, pollute

Speaking: Teacher gives worksheets with words and phrases which are connected with pictures on a board students have to make sentences using appropriate words and syntax

Descriptors: -look through words and phrases

-make up the sentences (not less than 8)

-read them and match with a pictures

Assessment: If learner tells the correct sentences –the whole class clap

If incorrect –step feet

Activity 2 (Group work) Content

Students are divided into 4 groups .Teacher gives them one pictures to each group .Learners have to make their own project about the environmental problem which they have on a pictures.(Students may use sentences from the activity)

Descriptors: -define and name the environmental problem

-give 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages of people behaviors according to this problem

-suggest solving of a certain problem

Assessment: the other groups assess one group. They have (in each group) a pictures with a big tree. What group is the best by their opinion-learners

give this big tree .Which of group has more ‘trees’-it will be the best

A ctivity 3: Writing (Individual work)Differentiated work

Teacher gives students differentiation task in written form

Level A. Write the problem of environmental problems and write the reason

Descriptor:

• fill the cluster using new vocabulary

• write a problems and reason

Slide 1

Appendix 1

Worksheets

Appendix 2

Worksheets

Appendix 3

4 ‘Big trees ’ for assessment

Appendix 4

Worksheet

Appendix 5

Level B. Write the problem of environmental problems and write the reason and the solution

Descriptors:

• fill the gaps using new vocabulary

• write a problems , reason

• write a solution

Level C. Write the problem of environmental problems and write the reason and the solution of the problem by giving examples of environment pollution in your town

Descriptor:

• write about a problem of your city

• write why do we have this problem

• write how we can solve this problem

Assessment: teacher picks up works and check them up,writes feed back

worksheets

Appendix 5

worksheet

Appendix 5

39-40

Reflection:7 “Task for reflection”

Instruction:

- Come to the blackboard

- Stick on the first basket if you can use in your practice (It was clear for you)

- Stick on the second basket if you have some problems

- Stick on the third basket if you don’t understand the task and you need one’s help

Pictures for Reflections

Appendix 6

Additional information

Differentiation – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners?

Assessment – how are you planning to check learners’ learning?

Healthandsafetycheck

Differentiation:

Less able learners are supported by examples and word boxes. More able students were challenged by make a sentences with own opinions without any support

Observe learners when participating in use of English activities

Assess them though electing questions, elicit the correct answers

Using Health Saving energizer which help pupils to be more active and involve all learners work