конспект урока "Let's think about our future"

Lesson plan

Date: 04.03.2016 Class: 8 B, V Lesson # 48

The theme of the lesson: “Let’s think about future”

The objectives:

- Developmental: the students should be able to develop the pupils’ speaking and writing skills on the theme;

- Educational: the students should be able to develop the pupils’ creative work on the theme “ecology”;

- Bringing up: the students should be able to create their responsibilities for the protection of the environment.

The visual aids: presentation, pictures, pupils’ creative works

The procedure of the lesson:

T: Good morning, dear pupils! How are you? Who is absent today?

At our previous lessons we have talked a lot about pollution, its types, national parks, Red Book and so on. We finish learning this topic. And today we are going to have a discussion about our attitude to our Earth! The main question is “Who Are We? Friends or the Enemies of the Planet?” and also talk and think about future.

Phonetic drills:

Rub your eyes and look around, 
Litter lying on the ground,
Bottles, cans and polythene-
Take the tip and change to green!
Forests going up in smoke,
Cities fit to make you choke,
Nowhere left to be that’s clean-
Take a breath and change to green!

(3 min.)

Which words are associated with the word “ecology”?

air pollution

kill the birds

soil pollution

kill the animals

destroy nature

destroy forests

water pollution

bad food

(2 min.)

The next task is to find 11 words connected with pollution. Ok, let’s check! Good!

And now let’s do the next exercise orally. The task is to complete the sentences.

Ok, good!

(4 min.)

Now let’s think about this question: Who are we? Friends or enemies?

T: Look at the pictures and say what they are about? (Presenting thematic pictures)

answer the questions.

- What happens on the picture?

I think that we are enemies of the planet……… Do you agree with me or not? Why yes/why no?

But we should be friends of our planet……….

(6 min)

T: The ecological situation is very serious in our country.

Now I want you to tell me about activities of young people of Kazakhstan. What can you say about it?

Reading the text: “The activity of young people in Kazakhstan”

The future and the force of our country is young people. One of the youth organizations are the republican labour groups “Zhasyl el”. They help the government to make ecological cleanliness, to improve an ecological situation and to save the nature of the country. The “Zhasyl el” groups took part in large ecological actions as “Clean World”, “Green Day”, “My green town” and “Green garden”. The group members call others to live in healthy way of life. The participants are leaders of the republican actions against the drugs, in sport tournaments. They will take part in organizing work of Expo 2017 in order to support the exhibition. The members will be active on preparing and carrying out of exhibitions, planting trees, greening the territory. The main purpose of “Zhasyl el” is to bring up the future generations to keep greening of our country and to be healthy and wealthy. Every day, we can make the world cleaner and better.

Match the meanings:

1. The group members call others ….

2. The members will be active on ….

3. The republican labour groups “Zhasyl el” help ….

4. They will take part ….

5. The main purpose of “Zhasy el” is ….

a) planting trees, greening the territory.

b) the government to improve an ecological situation.

c) to bring up the future generations to keep greening of our country.

d) to live in healthy way of life.

e) organizing work of Expo 2017

Complete the sentences:

1. The youth group “Zhasyl el” help … to make ecological cleanliness.

2. They work … an ecological situation.

3. They will … in the organization of Expo 2017.

4. The main purpose of “Zhasy el” to bring up the future ….

5. They will act in order …. the exhibition.

(12 min.)

Reading.

T: In October there was held the competition of exhibition EXPO 2017 in Astana. The main purpose of the exhibition is to involve young people with disabilities of different ages in public life of the city, opportunity to assert themselves and show their creative skills. In that exhibition young people presented their wonderful robots, spaceships and majestic “green technologies” in the sphere of the theme: “Energy of the Future”. Participants of the exhibition are provided with an opportunity to express their perception of the environment, nature of the native land, education of careful attitude to animals and plants, love to home, school, city, and promote ecological knowledge and healthy lifestyle.

1. There was held the competition of ….

a) Organization

b) Exhibition

c) New technology

2. The main purpose of the exhibition is …..

a) to show creative skills of young people

b) to present the robots

c) to express their opinion

3. Participants are provided with an opportunity ….

a) to support exhibition activity

b) to organize the youth groups

c) to express their perception of the environment

(10 min.)

T: What do you think about your activities on protecting our nature in order to support the idea of “Zhasyl el”? Example: We must (not)…

To be friendly to the environment means...

- to keep the country tidy

- to respect the life and work of the countryside

- to take litter home or put rubbish into the bins

- to plant trees and flowers

- to recycle and reuse plastic and glass containers

We must not...

spoil the countryside, damage flowers and trees

pollute water, air, land

catch or hurt birds and animals

We should...

help animals and feed birds

plant and protect trees

save flora and fauna

help rare animals and young plants to survive

keep the environment clean

be in charge of the planet

(5 min.)

T: Our lesson is over. The famous English writer John Galsworthy said: "If you don` t think about the future you will not have it." (3 min.)

Let` s think about the future. Let` s keep our planet tidy and make it a better place to live in. Let` s save the Earth for ourselves and for our generations!

Thank you for your work! You worked well! Do you have any questions? Your homework will be to prepare for control work. Good bye!