Урок английского языка "In the mountains"

Aims:To write a short story, guessing meaning from context, working in pairs

Grade: 8^th form

1. Org. moment

Good morning dear guests and pupils. We are glad to see you here. So how are you?Let’s start our lesson. Today our theme is in the mountains on page 122 in Sts book so open your books and look at the photos and think words associated with mountains. Ice, rope(what do these words mean)

Ok now read the text in the mountains and tell me what is this text about?

Answer C

Now say all the new words in the list and repeat them and let’s translate together with your dictionary.

He put his life on the line is another way of saying “He risked his life”

Disaster

By mistake

Edge

Weight

Icy

Pain

Guilty

Let’s discuss each paragraph in Kazakh.

Now here we have 8 sentences they are all false you should correct them

Answer my questions

1. How did Simon help Joe? (he lowered him down the mountain on a rope)

Was it possible for joe to get down on his own? (No)

2. Why was it so hard to see ?(Because the weather was terrible)

3. Could Simon pull him up?(No)

4. How long had he waited before he cut the rope? (for more than an hour)

5. What did Joe have to do before he could start moving back towards the camp?(he had to get out of the crevasse)

6. When did Simon realise that Joe was still alive?(three days later in the middle of the night. He heard Joe calling his name. )

Answers

1. Simon knew he could probably get back safely on his own, but he risked his life to save Joe.

2. Simon couldn’t see the precipice. He lowered Joe over it by mistake.

3. It was impossible for Joe to climb back

4. Simon cut the rope because Joe’s weight was pulling him towards the edge of the precipice

5. He couldn’t walk. He hopped and crawled for several days

6. When Joe reached the camp Simon was still there.

7. Joe knew that Simon had done everything possible to save him.

Now let’s watch the film Touching the Void

Discuss in your pairs about this film

Now grammar time Adverbs

Ad verbs describe verbs - they tell us about the way an action happened

You must read sentences and tell us and choose the correct word - adjective or adverb

Answers 1. Sad 2. quickly 3. loud 4. safely 5. nervous 6. angrily 7. recently 8. well

Now you must write and make 2 sentences with adverbs

Now in your pairs you should write a short story, use your imagination, or get some information from a book, film or TV programme the dangerous situation

In pairs sts read their stories aloud

Ok thank you the lesson is over Good byu. Your marks are …

Your home task is learn by heart vocabularies we learned today

Lesson plan

Date: 7.03.2015

Topic: In the mountains

Aims:To write a short story,guessing meaning from context,working in pairs

Grade: 8^th form

1.Org.moment

Good morning dear guests and pupils .We are glad to see you here.So how are you?Let’s start our lesson.Today our theme is in the mountains on page 122 in Sts book so open your books and look at the photos and think words associated with mountains.Ice,rope(what do these words mean)

Ok now read the text in the mountains and tell me what is this text about?

Answer C

Now say all the new words in the list and repeat them and let’s translate together with your dictionary.

He put his life on the line is another way of saying “He risked his life”

Disaster

By mistake

Edge

Weight

Icy

Pain

Guilty

Let’s discuss each paragraph in Kazakh.

Now here we have 8 sentences they are all false you should correct them

Answer my questions

1.How did Simon help Joe? (he lowered him down the mountain on a rope)

Was it possible for joe to get down on his own? (No)

2.Why was it so hard to see ?(Because the weather was terrible)

3.Could Simon pull him up?(No)

4.How long had he waited before he cut the rope? (for more than an hour)

5.What did Joe have to do before he could start moving back towards the camp?(he had to get out of the crevasse)

6.When did Simon realise that Joe was still alive?(three days later in the middle of the night.He heard Joe calling his name.)

Answers

1.Simon knew he could probably get back safely on his own,but he risked his life to save Joe.

2.Simon couldn’t see the precipice.He lowered Joe over it by mistake.

3.It was impossible for Joe to climb back

4.Simon cut the rope because Joe’s weight was pulling him towards the edge of the precipice

5.He couldn’t walk.He hopped and crawled for several days

6.When Joe reached the camp Simon was still there.

7.Joe knew that Simon had done everything possible to save him.

Now let’s watch the film Touching the Void

Discuss in your pairs about this film

Now grammar time Adverbs

Ad verbs describe verbs-they tell us about the way an action happened

You must read sentences and tell us and choose the correct word- adjective or adverb

Answers 1. Sad 2.quickly 3.loud 4.safely 5.nervous 6.angrily 7.recently 8.well

Now you must write and make 2 sentences with adverbs

Now in your pairs you should write a short story,use your imagination,or get some information from a book,film or TV programme the dangerous situation

In pairs sts read their stories aloud

Ok thank you the lesson is over Good byu.Your marks are …

Your home task is learn by heart vocabularies we learned today