Lesson plan

School:
Unit 6. Holidays and travel
Teacher’s name:
Date:
Class: absent:
Number
present:
Theme of the Adventure holidays
Lesson:

Learning 6.4.5.1 deduce meaning from context on a limited range of familiar

objective(s) that this general and curricular topics, including some extended texts
lesson is 6.4.9.1 recognise the difference between fact and opinion in short,
contributing to simple texts on a wide range of general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives  To discuss the topic and give an opinion

 To understand the text guessing the meaning of words
 To find out facts and interpret them
 A learner can share an opinion on the topic
Assessment criteria
 A learner can understand the text with some support
 A learner can interpret the facts
Value links Cooperation, respect to each other, collaborative work, lifelong
learning

Cross curricular Geography, History

links

Previous learning Speaking and writing about holidays

Plan

Planned Planned timings Resources

timings

Beginning
Organizational moment
Greeting learners. Learners discuss learning objectives. PPT slide 1
0-2 Teacher focuses learners on the main goal of the lesson.

Warm –up.
A) What is "travelling" for you?
a) Travelling is ................. PPT Slide 2
2-7 b) We travel because ...........
c) The best reason for travelling is ........
d) We shouldn`t travel just to ........
e) When we travel we learn .........
B) What is the most popular reason for travelling?
 Lesson plan
 Education
 Getting away from problems
 Curiosity
 Health problems
 Job
 Holiday making

Middle
Focus on reading
Pre-reading PPT Slide 4
Tell learners that they are going to read a text about Audio
7-12 Charyn Canyon. Play the recording and let learners listen (Recorded by
to the text and drill the pronunciation. Baluza
Before reading the text learners should highlight Pirmantayeva)
unfamiliar words for them.
Some possible unfamiliar words:
1. Detract - diminish the worth or value of (a quality
or achievement)
2. sheer - nothing other than PPT Slide 3
3. splendor – magnificent
4. pillar- a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or
metal, used as a support for a building
5. rock - the solid mineral material forming part of
the surface of the earth
6. exist - have objective reality or being.
7. disturb - interfere with the normal arrangement
8. flow - go from one place to another in a steady
stream,
9. suffer - experience or be subjected to (something
bad or unpleasant).
10. reveal - make (previously unknown or secret
information) known to others.
Handout 1
Reading
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12-25 Learners read the text and answer the questions. When www.almaty-
learners have finished reading and answering the kazakhstan.net/
questions, let them discuss the answers with their attractions/
classmates. Learners will justify their answers to each parks/charyn-
other. canyon/

1. Where is Charyn Canyon? (in the Charyn

National Park about 215km east of Almaty.)
2. How had the Canyon been described? (Grand PPT Slide 4-5
Canyon’s little brother)
3. Why is the 2 km area called the Valley of
Castles? (due to the pillars and rock formations
forming imposing, almost man-made structures.)
4. Was there a lake near the canyon? (Yes, there
was a lake )
5. What disturbed the flow of lake 2 million years
ago? (the earthquake)
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Assessment criteria:

25-35 If a learner answers at least 3 questions correctly, the

learning objective is achieved.

Post – reading

Teacher pair up learners and they report each other what

they have understood. Teacher should also focus on
facts and learners interpret the facts they learnt from the
text.

End At the end of the lesson, learners reflect on their learning: PPT Slide 6

35-40  3 new words they learnt

 2 activities they liked
 1 challenge (difficulty) they experienced

DIFFERENTIATIO ASSESSMENT – how are you planning to Health and

N – how do you plan check learners’ learning? safety rules
to give more
support? How do
you plan to challenge
the more able
learners?

More-able learners Monitoring learners’ while doing different Make sure

can help less-able ones activities during the lesson and providing power cords are
to justify the answers different types of feedback (on the sport or
not a tripping
from the text. delayed).
hazard
Peer assessment
Reading Everyday
Assessment criteria: classroom
If a learner answers at least 3 questions correctly, precautions
the learning objective is achieved.