LESSON: Unit 1: My Motherland is Kazakhstan

Step3. Astana – The Capital of Kazakhstan

School №268

Date:

Teacher name: Usenbekova Aida

CLASS: 8

Number Present:13

Absent: 0

Learning objectives:

8.R2 undestand independently specific information and detail in short, simple text on a limited range of general and curricular topics.

8.S6 communicate meaning clearly at sentence and discourse (внедрение) level during pair, group and whole class exchanges

8.UE9 use appropriately an increased variety of present and past simple active and some passive forms on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics.

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

  •  read and understand;
  •  respond appropriately to some yes/no questions;
  •  make sentences by using new lexics.

Most  learners will be able to:

  •  answer the open questions;
  •  use tenses which we have learned in our previous lessons;
  •  learn more new words.

Some learners will be able to:

  •  explain their thoughts; use new words and phrases with their defenitions;
  •  use grammar correctly and the structure there is/are  in their speaking,

Previous  learning

My country is Kazakhstan

                                                                    PLAN

Planed timings

Planned activities (replace the notes below with your planed activities)

Resources

Start (5min)

5 min

3 min

7 min

2 min

1.Organization moment (greetings, checking up attendance, asking the day and  the date);
T: -Good morning, students! How are you?
Cl: -We are fine. Thank you. And you?
T: - I am fine too. Thanks. Take your seats.
T: First, I devide you into two groups. My dear students come here and take these pictures that are cut into several sheets and collect them in right orders.
Who collect the first picture?
1 gr: We.
T: What is it?
P1: It`s the picture of “Baiterek”
T: If so your group`s name is “Baiterek”
The second group what picture have you collect?
P2: This is Khan Shatyry.
T: Yes, your group is “Khan Shatyry”
Now pupils please you have to vote your leaders.
By advising choose your leader?
Baiterek: Our leader will be Aidar.
Khan Shatyry: Aigul is our leader.
T: Thanks. Leaders your tasks are to assess your classmates in  your groups. I`ll give the leaders sheets of papers of assessment and shapes. With the helping of shapes leaders assess the participants answers. (star-5, square-4, triangle-3)

Criteria for assessments to the leaders:
•    leaders give the star if the learner takes an  active part  during  the lesson, knows the rules of present and past simple tenses, and can retell  the  text  in short;
•    if the learner can  make up sentences   in  present and past simple tenses,  knows new  words;
•    if the leader read the text  by missing  mistakes in pronunciation knows  new words,  can`t  ask  questions.
Leaders assess the learners the whole lesson by using these shapes.

 2. Checking up the homework:
Write an essay. “My Motherland” two pupils in each group read their essays.
Let`s revise our grammar material.
Teacher gives two worksheets for these  groups.
Revisiting grammar tenses. Task1.
After doing the task learners have to talk about the rules of present and past tenses.
 
 3. Descriptor:
Learners know the rules of present  and past tenses, make positive, negative and questional sentences.

 4. Physical training:
Are you tired? Let`s have a rest.
Watching the video dance and sing the song:

Learners seat in “Horseshore” stile.

Worksheets from internet.

Video technique:

Karaoke Fiction.

Video “7 continents”

Middle

(in minutes)

3 min

18 minutes

Prediction of new lesson.
Brainstorming:
By watching video learners  predict the new lesson`s theme.
What can you see in this video?
What sightseeings  have  you seen  in this video?
Is it Moscow or Astana?
P1: This is Astana. Astana is the capital of  our Motherland.
T: Oh, very good. If so, the theme of our lesson is Astana – The Capital of Kazakhstan.

Discriptor:
Learners predict the new theme of the lesson.

Pre- reading
Teacher uses open questions:
 a. What is your Motherland?
 b. What is the capital of Kazakhstan?
 c. What cities of Kazakhstan do you know?
 d. What is the native language of our country?
 e. It is situated on the river Ishim, isn`t it?
Learners have to answer the questions, and give their opinions.
Descriptor:
Learner answers the open questions.

While-reading
Matching new words with definitions.
Sightseeings – places of  interest
was established –was settled
renamed-called
stanitsa- is a village or administration district in the Cossack regions of Russia.
declare-to make a statement or make information known
Then teacher and learners discuss the meaning of the text in details.

Post- Reading: Years are Speaking.
  1. When was Akmola founded? (1830 y.)
  2. When did stanitsa Akmola get the status of of a town? (1862)
  3. When was  the Soviet Union established in Akmola? (1917)
  4. When was Akmola renamed into Tselinograd and became the centre of Tselinny Krai? (1961)
  5. When did the city get its name Akmola again? (1992)
  6. When did Kazakhstan declare its independent? (1991)
  7. Since when has Akmola become a new capital of Kazakhstan? (1997)
  8. When did Akmola renamed to Astana? (1998)

Descriptor:
Learners ask and  answer  the questions, match new words with definitions, retell  the text in short.

The text book, assessment papers.

CRAB activity:

Credible, Reliable,

Assessable, biography.

CLIL: History and Geography.

False friends

Slide

Guessing activity

End

(in minutes)

5 min

Reflection

 •  teacher assesses by using fingers and thumb assessments
 •  Leaders give their assessment to participants of her/his groups by using shapes; (star-5, square-4, triangle-3)
 •  Learners write  their assessments which are written on the  pictures of apple and  hang them on the apple tree.

Giving homework: Ask 5 questions to the text and retell.