English grade 10

Unit: 10.2: Causes and Consequences of Natural Disasters

Lesson 3

Grade 10

Date:

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Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

10.1.9 use imagination to express thoughts, ideas, experiences and feelings

10.2.2 understand specific information in unsupported extended talk on a wide range of general and curricular topics, including talk on a limited range of unfamiliar topics

10.3.5 interact with peers to make hypotheses about a wide range of general and curricular topics

10.4.5 deduce meaning from context in extended texts on a wide range of familiar general and curricular topics, and some unfamiliar topics

10.6.3 use a variety of compound adjectives, adjectives as participles, comparative structures indicating degree, and intensifying adjectives on a wide range of familiar general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

• Utilize topic related vocabulary to discuss natural disasters, their causes and their consequences.

• Understand the main points from the context and give 70% accurate answers.

Most learners will be able to:

• Utilize topic related vocabulary to discuss natural disasters, their causes and their consequences

• Understand the main points from the context and give 80% accurate answers.

Some learners will be able to:

• Utilize topic related vocabulary to discuss natural disasters and explain to the others.

• Understand the main points from the context and give 90-100% accurate answers.

Language objective

Understand the concept of Natural Disasters utilizing English language skills to express their knowledge.

Value links

Respect, Cooperation, Multiculturalism

Cross curricular links

History, biology, geology

ICT skills

Projector or Smart board for presenting a video

Previous learning

Students should know a lot about the topic – they had similar vocab before.

Kazakh culture

Kazakh natural disasters

Pastoral care

To create a friendly atmosphere for collaborative work.

Planned timings

Planned activities

Resources

2 min

(W)

Welcome & Objectives

Greet students and read through the lesson objectives:

• Practice new words for discussing natural disasters and their consequences.

• Use context clues to work out the meaning of unknown words when reading an article.

PPT Slide 1-2

20 min

(P/G/W)

Discussion. Natural Disasters

• Explain to students they will discuss natural disasters in pairs. The students should give full answers using topic related vocabulary.

• Let students choose a partner (Student A and Student B).

• Ask Students A sit with their backs to the board. Show Slide 4 and ask Students B read the questions from the slide to their partner. Then the students are reversed.

***Teacher can print out the questions if necessary.

PPT Slide 4-5

Discussion Natural Disasters

20 min

(I)

Reading: A Look Back on Mitch Rampage.

• Show slide 6 and elicit students’ knowledge about what disaster the article is about.

• Show Slide 7 with the information about Hurricane Mitch.

• Explain to the students they will read the article about Mitch hurricane without using a dictionary.

• Provide the students with the text A Look Back at Mitch’s Rampage.

• Show Slides 8-9 and discuss the words from the texts as a class. The words are also given at the bottom of each page in the handout, and the students are welcome to make notes during the discussion.

***Teacher is free to add some more words to the list.

• Show Slide 10 and explain what the students are supposed to do.

• While reading they should try to understand the text without using a dictionary and to guess the meaning of the bold-faced words from context.

• Once they have finished reading, students should complete the vocabulary chart: compare the definitions for the bold-faced words with the definitions given below and write a quick note or two telling what clues helped them understand the word's meaning.

***Students must finish doing the task at home.

PPT Slide 6-10

A Look Back at Mitch's Rampage

3 min

Closing Thoughts & Discussion

Discuss as a class the questions on slide 10:

Why do you think hurricanes are one of the biggest problems in the natural world? Why do adults and children react differently? How?

H/W – Learn new vocab & finish the reading task.

PPT Slide 11

Additional information

Differentiation – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners?

Learners ‘Assessment – how are you planning to check learn learning?

Cross-curricular links

Students will be put into flexible groupings to discuss the topic. In this manner, they will either have support or be able to support their fellow students. The co-teacher and teacher may group students into split groups to work with more teacher support.

Learners will be assessed informally through observations during the lesson, then, through their answers and observed thinking processes during discussion, and through peer-checking as well.

Biology & geology

Summary evaluation

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

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

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