Theme: Natural disasters. Global warming and its consequences.
Objectives:
Educationalobjective:
to motivate students to study and understand the English language;
Practicalobjective:
to develop pupils' speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills through various creative activities;
to practice using idioms;
to practice listening and making notes.
to practicecomparing data for natural disaster events
to involve the pupils in storytelling;
to practice speaking in dialogues and in monologues;
to form pupils' ability to use their imagination;
Developingobjective:
to develop pupils' cognitive and creative skills, their abilities to analyze facts and information.
to develop pupils' skills in listening,
to develop pupils' power to learn and understand;
to develop pupils' quick reaction and ability to select necessary words;
The learners will:
become aware of human need brought about by natural disasters and will compare domestic experiences with parallel events on the other side of the world;
define natural disaster.
identify recent national and international natural disasters.
share personal memories and/or experiences of national and/or international natural disasters.
identify the need for and the variety of human responses to natural disasters.
Equipment:tables, dictionaries, cards for pair work, a poster, extracts from teachers' lettersComputer with Internet access (for each small group of students, if possible)
Writing materials
Poster board or chart paper
“Treat the Earth well. It wasn’t given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.”
Lee Talbot
Procedureof the lesson
1.Mainpart
I.Good morning, pupils. Today we’llcontinueto speak about the new subjectwhich deals, as you remember, with natural disasters and our environment,we’ll speak about nature and about our relationship with God’s Gift.
It is rather interesting and there are many things to discuss about it.
Nature has long had a profoundly deep and far reaching relationship with man. The relationship is multi-faceted spanning from a spiritual connection to a struggle for power over one another.Man has long struggled and fought to dominate nature to no avail. Man has crippled nature at times, occasionally quite badly, threatening natures existence on many levels. Still nature endures and prevails.Some love and cherish nature, worshiping it for the blessing it is from our Creator. These lovers and keepers of nature have spoken many times, spinning words into eloquent quotes trying to capture the essence of what can't be ruledby man.
Here you will find a collection of these words that I hope bring a little bit to lightthe relationship man has with nature.
Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are.
~Osho
Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.
~Alfred Billings Street
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.
~John Lubbock
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction.
Edward O. Wilson
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Video clip)
The world is beautiful, everything istightly connected on the Earth. The harmony is the main feature of our life and only if the harmony exists we can live happily.But the situation is not perfect now. Listen to some sayings and tell me what the problem is.
If you look around you, you'll see a really wonderful world. The wordenvironmentmeans simply what is around us. Some people live in a town environment; for others, their environment is the countryside. But the air we breathe, the soil on which we stand and walk, the water we drink are all part of the environment.
But as a result of unrestricted industrialization the biological balance has been broken. Hundreds tons of harmful substances are discharged every year into the air. The pollution is a consequence of poor technology used. With the present-day scientific and technological progress, man's influence is changing the biosphere and it is passing into a new state. The violations of natural processes are different. Man creates new compounds, new substances, pure chemical elements which are unknown to the biosphere. The volume of new synthetic compounds, specifically of polymers, resins, plastics, synthetic materials, chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, has reached the figure of about million tons. They do not belong to the natural circulation of matter. Many of them disrupt the established mechanisms of the biosphere. That's why the first concern of science is to find effective means of protecting the biosphere from pollutants.
2. S. Reciting of the poem
What is this life, if full of care
We've no time to stand and stare,
No time to see when woods we pass
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see in broad daylight .
Streams full of stars like skies at night.
A poor life this is, full of care,
We've no time to stand and stare
3. T. Let's discuss the questions about changing environment.(students give their own answers and suggestions)
1)Why has the problem of environment protection become so vital lately?
2)What is meant by ecology?
3)Why does it need protection?
4)What causes the pollution and contamination of the environment?
5)Why has the health of people worsened?
6)Why should we take care of our planet?
4. Revision of the new terms
Environmentis the land, water and air in which people, animals and plants live.
To pollute– to make air, water, soil, etc dangerously dirty.
Pollutionis the process of polluting the place.
To causemeans to make something happen.
Destructionis the act or process of destroying something.
Shortageis the situation in which there is not enough of something that is needed.
Dumpis a place where unwanted waste is taken and left
To dumpmeans to drop or put something somewhere in a careless way.
Wastemeans things you no longer want.
Poisonis a substance that can kill you or make you sick if you eat it, breathe it, etc.
Nuclearmeans relating to the central part of an atom.
Weaponis something that you use to fight with.
To survivemeans to continue to exist.
To endangermeans to put someone or something in a dangerous or harmful situation.
5. T: Prove that the Earth is really polluted and it needs a real help. (students give their ideas)
1.The air is polluted.
2.There is not enough clean water on the planet now.
3.The destruction of wildlife is a serious problem.
4.The soil is poisoned with chemicals.
5.The cars pollute the atmosphere and endanger people’s health.
6.The nuclear pollution after Chernobyl catastrophe is still essential.
7.Forests all over the world need protection.
6.Revision of the new vocabulary
An avalanche, flood, famine, tornado, landslide, hailstorms, blizzard, an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, a wildfire, heat wave, hazard, disaster, tsunami, draught, deforestation, overpopulation
Students are given the cards
1. Give a synonym for \'a hurricane\' :2. What does a hurricane need to get power ?
3. How does a hurricane get heat and energy ?
4. Which factor increases its power ?
5. How is the centre of a hurricane called ?
6. What\'s \'74 miles per hour\' ?
7. Damages are caused to
8. Damages are caused by
9. What are storm surges ?
10. Give a strong advice to people / a) buildings, cars, trees
b) a severe tropical storm
c) the heavy waves
d) through contact with warm ocean waters
e) evaporation from the seawater
f) the speed of the winds that blow during a hurricane
g) the heavy rain, strong winds and heavy waves
h) heat and energy
i) you must stay away from the ocean during a hurricane
j) the 'eye'
7. Complete the definitions using one word in each gap.
1.An event which causes great harm or death—natural_
2.The condition in which there are too many people living in on place
3.A large mass of snow, ice and rock falling down a mountain
4.The cutting down of many trees
5.A large amount of water covering a place which is usually dry
6.A long period of time with no rain
7.A sudden violent movement of the Earth's surface
8.A very violent tropical storm or wind in which air circulates rapidly
9.A sudden large fall of earth and rocks down a cliff or the side of a mountain
8. Let’s turn to our books and check up your home tasks
Match words to make compounds.
1. / Heath / a)species2. / Global / b)farming
3. / Destruction / c)eruption
4. / Endangered / d)programme
5. / Exploitation / e)warming
6. / Greenhouse / f)energy
7. / Volcanic / g)effect
8. / Renewable / h)of women
9. / Modernized / i)of habitats
9. Choose the right answer
1)A violent and heavy snowstorm is called a______
blizzard
tornado
drought
2)When crops fail and livestock die through lack of water because of no rain, there is a______
drought
riot
tornado
3)The above situation could cause massive starvation through lack of food. This situation is called a______
blizzard
explosion
famine
4)When the land violently moves or shakes especially around fault lines, it’s calledan______
tsunami
earthquake
explosion
5)When the above situation causes a huge body of seawater to move in towards the shore, it is known as a______
tsunami
riot
drought
6)When there is a violent outbreak of lawlessness by people, it’s called a______
explosion
pollution
riot
7)A loud noise and sometimes huge force created by something like a bomb, is known as an
tsunami
explosion
pollution
8)A violent wind that twists round and round and causes massive destruction, is called a
riot
explosion
tornado
9)Something that makes the air, rivers, or seas dirty, is known as___
pollution
drought
earthquake
10)A mountain where there may be a sudden eruption.______
volcano
famine
tornado
10. Revisionof idioms
a drop in the ocean
If an amount is a drop in the ocean, it is a very small portion of the amount that is needed.
a ray of sunshine
Something is a ray of sunshine if it brings happiness to someone.
at sea/all at sea
If you are at sea, or all at sea, you are confused about something and not sure what to do
beat around the bush
If you beat around the bush, you don't say something directly, usually because you don't want to upset the person you're talking to
can't see the wood for the trees
If you can't see the wood for the trees, you can't see the whole situation clearly because you're looking too closely at small details, or because you're too closely involved.
make a mountain out of a molehill
If you make a mountain out of a molehill, you make a small problem seem to be a much bigger problem.
reach for the moon/reach for the stars
If you reach for the moon, or reach for the stars, you are aiming to achieve something great.
under a cloud
If someone is under the cloud, they are suspected of having done something wrong.
weather a storm
If you weather a storm, you survive a dangerous event or deal with a difficult situation.
Quiz on the idioms
1. a drop in the ocean
If something is described as being a drop in the ocean, it is
a.a small part of what's neededb.a huge part of what's needed
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2. a ray of sunshine
The kids in the hospital had a ray of sunshine in their lives when
a.some famous footballers visited themb.they were taken to sit outside in the sun
c.the nurses checked their blood pressure / Начало формы
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3. at sea | all at sea
Grant felt all at sea because
a.he was sick of his jobb.he was enjoying sailing
c.it was his first day at university / Начало формы
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4. beat around the bush | beat about the bush
It's hard not to beat around the bush when you have to
a.put out a bushfireb.give someone some good news
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5. can't see the forest for the trees
Our operations manager can't see the forest for the trees because
a.he doesn't know where to lookb.he's too deep in the forest
c.he's too involved in day-to-day matters / Начало формы
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6. go with the flow
I'm trying to go with the flow more and
a.float down the riverb.be more relaxed about things
c.control every aspect of my life / Начало формы
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7. make a mountain out of a molehill
I made a mountain out of a molehill when a taxi driver took a slightly longer route to make more money, and I
a.didn't realise until after we'd arrivedb.took his name and reported him to the company
c.knew what he'd done but didn't say anything / Начало формы
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8. reach for the moon | reach for the stars
Ever since she was a teenager Marylin had been reaching for the moon.She had dreams of being
a.an amateur astronomerb.a famous movie star
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9. weather a storm