«Natural Disasters».

Тема: «Natural Disasters».

Цели урока:

Образовательная: совершенствовать лексику по теме «Стихийные бедствия», формировать коммуникативную культуру школьников, тренировать учащихся в говорении, чтении, письме. Формировать социокультурную компетенцию: научить строить речевое взаимодействие в устной форме в соответствии с нормами культуры страны изучаемого языка.

Развивающая: создавать условия для развития памяти, лексических и коммуникативных навыков, умения строить диалогическое высказывание этикетного характера в связи с предложенной ситуацией: поддержать разговор о погоде .Развивать умение составлять и разыгрывать микро-диалог с опорой на диалог-образец ("Talking about Weather").

Воспитательная: способствовать воспитанию бережного отношения к окружающей природе.

Языковой материал: лексические единицы по теме стихийные бедствия.

Необходимое оборудование и материалы: учебник, ноутбук, рабочие тетради, карточки с заданиями, видео «Flood in the UK», карта Беларуси, картинки стихийных бедствий мира.

Класс 9 «Б»

Ход урока

Good morning, boys and girls! Good morning, dear guests! Glad to see you.

Let's begin our lesson on the topic “Natural Disasters». At our lesson we'll discuss natural disasters and their influence on the man and wildlife and also we’ll speak about weather forecast and climate of different countries.

What is the weather like today?

What is the temperature?

Every day we hear about disasters that happen on our planet. They damage houses, destroy fields, kill animals and people.

1.What natural disasters do you know? Remember and name the words concerning our topic beginning them with the following letters:

E (arthquake), V (olcano), F (lood),

H (urricane), T (ornado), D (rought)

/earthquake / hurricane / tornado / volcano / flood / drought /.

2.Now divide into 3 groups. (Groups A, B, C). Read one of the passages about natural disasters and complete the texts with the words. You have 2 minutes and then be ready to exchange information with other groups. Take the papers.

Group A

Hit, hurricane, leave, destroyed, winds, hour

Hurricanes are very strong ______ that come from the sea. Warm wet air rises in a spiral and goes faster and faster - over 160 km an ______. In 1992, “Hurricane Andrew”_____Florida. The people there had to _____their homes and move to other towns and wait. When the______arrived, it killed 15 people and_______thousands and thousands of buildings. More than 50,000 people had nowhere to live.

Group B

Floods, leave, rained, water, level, waited, January

In _______ 1995 in the Netherlands, it rained and ______ for more than two weeks. The ______in the canals and rivers rose higher and higher and thousands of people had to ______ their homes because of the danger of ______. They went to other towns and ______ until the water ______ fell again.

Group C

Thousands, animals, winds, Africa, rain, desert, area, water

Sometimes in _____ climates, it does not ____ for a long time. This happened between 1968 and 1974 in The Sahel, in West _____. The ____changed direction and the _____ did not receive any rain for six years. Hundreds of ____of people and nearly half of the ______ in the area died because there wasn’t enough water. People had to walk many kilometers to find ______.

Well, it’s high time to check up your task. Who wants to try? One pupil from every group tells information which has read. Very good!

3. Let’s relax a little bit.

We’ll listen beautiful relaxation sounds of nature with guitar.

Close your eyes, imagine that you are lying in a sunny beach. Light warm wind blows from the sea. The weather is wonderful. The sun is brightly shinning in the sky. The sky is blue and clear. Gulls are flying under the sea. Your mood is good. And everything around you is ok. Open your eyes, please. Let’s continue our lesson.

4. Dear guest, let me say that our boys and girls not only pupils they are also Members of the Belarusian Weather Camp. They want to share with weather forecast of Belarus for tomorrow.

1. In Minsk the average day temperature will range from 5 degrees below zero to 1 degrees below zero. The frosty morning will change into a warm but overcast afternoon . The temperature will fall to 3 degrees below zero in the evening with sleet. Put on a warm coats and caps.

2.The weather in Brest is rather warm. The day will start with a light wind and rain. The temperature will be 1 degrees below zero in the morning. It will rise by 3 degrees by noon and will fall to 2 degrees in the evening. In the evening the weather will become fresh with sleet.

3. In Vitebsk the day will start with sunny intervals and frosty weather. The temperature will be 5 degrees below zero in the morning. In the afternoon the temperature will be 1 degrees above zero without precipitation. The temperature will fall to 3 degrees below zero in the evening.

4. The weather forecast in Grodno will be warm. The day will start with sleet in the morning. The temperature will 1 degrees above zero. In the noon the weather will become dry and the temperature will be 3 degrees above zero. The temperature fall by 1 degrees above zero in the evening.

5. In Mogilev the weather will start with frost bit without precipitation. The temperature will be 4 degrees below zero in the morning but in the afternoon it will rise to 1 degrees above zero. In the evening the weather will become cold with sleet.

6. The weather in Gomel will be cloudy with sunny intervals. The temperature will be 1 degrees below zero in the morning. The temperature will rise to 2 degrees above zero by noon. In the evening the weather will become fresh with light snow and light wind.

Thank you for you weather forecast, but we didn’t say about weather forecast in Soligorsk. Look at the board and try say some words about it.

It will wet and cloudy in the morning, about +1 C.

But in the afternoon the weather will change for the better…

5.Now fill in the blanks. Use the words in the box. Your time’s 3 minutes.

1. A powerful winter storm caused (…) to trees and power lines.

2. The floods in China during the summer (…) 5 millions houses.

3. The hurricane did a lot of (…) to houses in the area.

4. The last earthquake in the USA was very (…).

5. The building was severely (…) by the flood.

1- damage; 2- destroyed; 3- damage; 4- destructive; 5- damaged.

6. Look at the pictures at the board. This pictures are very terrible. How you can see this are different natural disasters. Go to the board and speak about natural disasters.

1. Hurricane Katrina

2.Bush fire near Australia’s Perth

3. Floods in Minsk.

4. Winter in Britain 2010-2011.

Winter in Britain was terrible. But in this winter the UK suffered from floods.

Kate found video and article in the newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

Listen to Kate’s news and watch video.

7. Now I take you some dialogue and you must do your own dialogue about weather. You have 4minutes.

8.Open your exercise book at the page of 40.

Read the definition of different types of natural disasters and write the names of these disasters.

9. Match the columns

10.Here is some information about the earthquake in Armenia . Match the beginning of the sentence with the correct second part .

1. The earthquake struck at 11.41.am

2. Snow fell during the next few days

3. At first it was thought 55,000 people had died

4. As soon as the news of the tragedy had been broadcast,

5. A plane carrying humanitarian aid crashed

6. Restoration of the affected area began

7. A government official promised the town would be rebuilt

1. when trying to lend.

2. as the people of Spitak, Armenia , were busy with their morning work.

3. by the end of the following year.

4. two weeks after the earthquake.

5. but later the figure was put at 25,000.

6. which made rescue operation difficult.

7. aid worth millions of dollars began to pour in.

1. The earthquake struck at 11.41.am as the people of Spitak, Armenia , were busy with their morning work

2. Snow fell during the next few days, which made rescue operation difficult.

3. At first it was thought 55,000 people had died, but later the figure was put at 25,000.

4. As soon as the news of the tragedy had been broadcast, aid worth millions of dollars began to pour in.

5. A plane carrying humanitarian aid crashed when trying to lend.

6. Restoration of the affected area began two weeks after the earthquake.

7. A government official promised the town would be rebuilt by the end of the following year.

11.Рефлексия.

Let’s do cinquain.

Disaster (noun)

Natural, dangerous (2 adj)

Damage, cause, destroy (3 verbs)

Natural disasters unite people more than they divide them. (phrase)

Well, children.  It’s a pity, but our lesson is over. You have shown your excellent knowledge today.

I thank you for the lesson. You may go.  Good-bye!