Открытый урок в 8-м классе по теме "Natural disasters"

Задачи урока:

общеобразовательные:

• активизировать ранее изученные ЛЕ по теме «Природные катастрофы» в устной и письменной речи;
• совершенствовать навыки изучающего чтения;
• развивать навыки монологической речи.

развивающие:

• развивать умение использовать ЛЕ в собственных мини-высказываниях на уровне одного предложения;
• извлекать из текста необходимую информацию;
• высказывать предположение, прогнозировать;
• опровергать утверждения или соглашаться с ними;
• подбирать заголовки к различным частям текста.

воспитательные:

• развивать у учащихся самостоятельное мышление;
• развивать у учащихся внимание;
• интерес к урокам иностранного языка.

Оборудование:

• УМК Биболетова М.З., Трубанёва Н.Н.;
• Английский язык: Английский с удовольствием /Enjoy English/ 8 класс;
• Презентация по теме «Natural disaster» (Приложение 1);
• Схема «Торнадо» (Приложение 2);
• Проектор, компьютер.

Ход урока

Introduction

• Good morning,pupils!
• Nice to see you again.
• How are you?
• Who is on duty today?
• Who is absent?
• Sit down, children.Today we continue to discuss our topic “Natural disaster” and we shall read the text about tornado.

Warming up

Open your copybook; let’s practice the English sounds Ex. 90 p. 27.

Pre-reading activities

Work in pairs.You are going to read a text about the tornado.Before you start reading discuss with your partner what you know about natural disasters.Try to explain what a tornado is, using my presintation (Приложение 1) and language support which is written on the blackboard.

Language Support:

• a violent wind in the form of a air
• to spin at great speed
• to be common in North America in the USA
• to do great damage
• impossible to predict
• to destroy buildings
• to carry away
• dangerous

Discussion of the picture “Tornado”

• What can you see in the picture?
• What do you know about tornadoes?

Reading activities

Read the text.Use the information from the text to help your explanation.

Tornado – is a violent wind in the form of funnel of air that spins at great speed.

Post-reading activities

1. Now let’s do Ex.91 p.27. Find the words or phrases in the text which have a similar meaning to the following.

Key:

• hurricane – storm
• no one – nobody
• powerful – violent
• to damage – to destroy
• to happen – to occur
• the most common time - the most likely time
• to start – to begin
• luckily – fortunately
• to defend – to protect
• opportunity – chance

2. Look through Ex. 92 p. 27. Which five adjectives from the list below describe a tornado best? Justify your choice to your partner.

Key:

• terrible
• dangerous
• quick
• cruel
• violent

3. Reading Comprehension. Ex. 93 p. 27 Read and say if the following sentences are true.

• Tornadoes are the most terrible of all storms. True
• Tornadoes are dangerous because people get flu or bad cold after them. False
• Tornadoes occur in autumn when it’s cool and rainy. False
• The violent wind of tornadoes blow down almost everything on their way. True
• Unfortunately people can’t predict tornadoes now. False

4. Ex.94 p. 27. There are five paragraphs in the text about tornadoes.Write a heading for each one.

Key:

• The most violent of all storms.
• Dangerous result.
• Money rain in Russia.
• The “bithplace”of tornadoes.
• Precautionary measures.

5. Now look at the blackbord, please complete a diagram (Приложение 2) with the words connecting with topic “Tornado"

Homework

Work in groups of two.Choose one of the disasters (earthquake, hurricane, tornado, volcano, flood, drought) and make a poster warning people.Have a poster exhibition. Make a presentation of your poster.

Use:

• Be careful! Don’t ...!
• ... is strictly prohibited!
• No ...! Save ...! Stop ...!

Round up

Thank you for your work. That’s all for today. Good-bye.