Space and Earth

Lesson of English Language

Teacher: Gusseva N.V.

School: Gymnasium № 1

Form: 7

Unit - Space and Earth

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

- Use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings

- Understand specific information and details in texts on a range of familiar general and curricular topics.

- Ask simple questions to get information about topic’s ideas

Lesson objectives

All students will be able to:

Read and understand the general information from the text ask simple questions about Earth and ecological situation;

Most students will be able to:

Use imagination for expressing their ideas;

Understand information in a text;

Language objective

To review vocabulary

Cross curricular links

Social Studies, Geography

Previous learning

Space and Earth vocabulary, explores and exploration of the Space

Intercultural awareness

Students will be able to understand that every person, family and country has their own values.

Culture

Students will be able to realize how they can take care about environment in their country and city.

Pastoral Care

Students will be able to understand the importance of respecting and taking care of environment

Planned timings

Planned activities

Resources

1.Leading-in stage (W)

Teacher shows the picture (handout 1) and ask students what they think when they look at the picture. Teacher accepts all answers.

1. (I) Students talk about ideas and answer 3 questions: What problems do these pictures illustrate? Why do we speak about ecological problems? What should we do to solve the problems?

Differentiation: Less able students are given thinking time to make up a sentence.

1. Reading (handout 2)

Active measures should be taken to save the life on our planet. There is an international organization called Greenpeace which is doing much to preserve the environment.

Students will read the text and answer the questions:

1. Why are the wild animals in danger?

2. What climatic changes are the most threatening?

3. Is there any way to make our air cleaner

4. What is Green Peace?

5. What are the main ecological problems?

Differentiation: Less able students can work in pairs.

3) Making a poster: Learners are split in groups of 3-4 children and prepare a poster “Ecological problems”, for example, about ideas how people do not care about environment and how they can solve the problem, then present it to the classmates. Students listen and assess a group presenting a poster according criteria:

1. Poster is colourful. 2. There are some ideas presented. 3. Speakers sound clearly

Differentiation: Less able students are given some help from peers. Students present their posters and express their ideas in front of the class.

Teacher provides open class discussion.

4) Plenary

Teacher asks students to write a reflection of the lesson.

3 – new words

2 – adjectives to describe the lesson

1 – one activity you like

Feedback: Teacher asks students what task was difficult to them and which pair

worked well.

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?

Critical thinking

Differentiation by support

More support:

• Some questions are more difficult than others

• Allow thinking time.

More-able learners:

• Encourage students to use previously learned vocabulary.

• The teacher will observe and guide the students helping with their questions. Oral formative assessment

Students try to express opinions

Summary evaluation

What two things went really well (consider both teaching and learning)?

What two things would have improved the lesson (consider both teaching and learning)?

What have I learned from the lesson about this class or individuals that will inform my next lesson?

Name Grade Date Group

Poster

Neat and colourful

Neat and dull

Inaccurate

Ideas

Motivating

Interesting

Ordinary

Speech

Rich

Weak

Unclear