Aims of the lesson:
- Практическая: обеспечить в ходе урока проверку сформированных умений и навыков составления монологических высказываний по теме урока, а также проверку усвоения грамматического материала и проведение пресс – конференции по обсуждению глобальных экологических проблем.
- Воспитательная: воспитывать любовь к природе, желание беречь и охранять природу.
- Развивающая: развивать творческий потенциал, мыслительные способности учащихся на материале темы устной речи.
- Образовательная: научить учащихся составлять рассказы по теме устной речи и принимать участие в пресс – конференции.
Технические и наглядные средства обучения:
I. The beginning of the lesson:
(Today we are having an open lesson on the topic ‘Ecological problems’. While discussing it we’ll touch upon very important problems of our life: pollution of water and air, destruction of wildlife.)
II. Warm up:
- T: Oh, why are late?
- P1: I have read a very book “Problems of nature”.
- T: Can you ask your classmates questions about ecology?
- P1 --- Ps 1. Do you know that ecological problems are very important nowadays?
- 2.Do you agree that people should protect nature?
- 3. Do you realize that Industrial and nuclear pollution is dangerous for people?
- 4. Are you sure that people will save the Earth?
III. Phonetic drills. (Children, you’ll practise pronunciation of new words and expressions in order not to make mistakes. Read the words on the blackboard.)
Learn to pronounce the new words:
- Carbon dioxide
- Ultraviolet radiation
- Pollution
- Nuclear -poisoned fish
- Dodo
- Environment
- Destruction
- Cause
- Dump
- Survive
- Government
- Oxygen
IV. Grammar Revision. (We have reviewed the Passive Voice and the rule about no future after if and when. You will use these rules in your speech at the lesson. Let’s memorize these phenomena.)
Change into the passive voice:
Example: Trees produce oxygen. - Oxygen is produced by trees.1. Children do harm to animals and birds.
2. People killed and ate many birds and animals.
3. They cut down forests.
4. People destroyed bird’s habitats.
5. People should protect nature.
6. Our government should make laws to protect birds and animals.
No future after if and when:
Example: If we save our planet, we will live.
1. Not / cut down trees ---- have large forests.
2. Have many trees ---- trees produce oxygen.
3. Not / pollute nature ---- breathe fresh air.
4. Breathe fresh air --- be healthy and strong
5. Not destroy birds’ habitats --- birds not /die
6. Birds not/ die --- nature / be beautiful
V. We know that many animals are extinct nowadays. More than 20 species of animals disappeared for the 20th century. Let’s watch the film in which we’ll see the animals which we’ll never see again. (Фильм_1)
After the film: T: We can only honour their memory.
VI. Display of Presentations.
T. - Perhaps, you’ll tell us some more stories about extinct animals. I know that you have made up presentations;
P1 tells the story about panda.
P2 shows his project about gorilla. P3 makes a story about dodo.
VII. The press conference.
In your stories you all said that one of the reasons of disappearing animals is pollution. But what causes pollution? Why is pollution becoming so dangerous for people? Now we’ll have a mini press conference for foreign correspondents in which two heads of departments of the Institute for Study Ecological problems will take part.
Please, Mr. Linetsky, Miss Rudakova.
The conference will be conducted by Mr. Zingerenko –chief editor of the newspaper “ Zhizn”.
Mr. Z.: Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, we are having a press conference in which two remarkable scientists will take part.
Miss Rudakova will speak about the problems of water pollution and Mr. Linetsky will touch upon the problems of air pollution. Please, Miss Rudakova, will you start?
Miss Rudakova speaks about the problems of water pollution.
Correspondents ask her questions: C.1: How does water pollution influence the life of birds and animals?
C.2: Is testing nuclear weapons in the oceans dangerous for people?
C.3: What can happen if people eat poisoned fish or drink poisoned water?
Mr. Z.: the word is given to Mr. Linetsky.
Mr. Linetsky speaks about the problems of air pollution.
Correspondents ask him questions:
1. Why do people pollute air?
2. Why did many people die after nuclear catastrophies?
3. What must people do to protect nature?
Mr. Zingerenko: Thank you for your interesting stories Our press conference is over.
VIII. Letter Writing.
T: We have discussed the problems of nature with you.
And now I want you to sit in small groups and think over the letters to the President and government of Russia. The we’ll compose the best variant and send it to the Kremlin. In your letter we will express our anxiety about the fate of our planet.
(Pupils are working in small groups. Pupils read their variants of letters and P1 is printing the most important words.)
Letter to the President and Government of Russia.
We, the pupils of the 6th “a” form, want our President and government to stop destruction of wild life and pollution of nature. Forests should not be cut and trees will produce oxygen for people.
We want to see our rivers and lakes clean. We want to see many animals and birds in the forests and listen to birds’ songs.
We don’t want our government to test nuclear weapons and to use them.
We want to be happy and safe on our planet.
Don’t cut trees!
Don’t kill birds and animals!
Save nature!
T: we'll send our letter to the President in order to express our attitude to the problems of nature protection.
IX. The end of the lesson.
T: Thank you very much for your active participation in our lesson. I believe that you and our guests enjoyed it.
- Your marks are...
- Your homework will be...