"Across cultures"

Holidays and Travel

School: 22

Date: 20.11.2017

Teacher name: Khamitova A.S.

Grade: 7 v

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Theme of the lesson

Across cultures

Learning objectives(s) that this lesson is contributing to

Develop intercultural awareness through reading and discussion;

Understand specific information and details in texts on a range of familiar general and curricular topics;

Spell most high-frequency vocabulary accurately for a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics;

Begin to link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges.

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to:

• realise particular facts and parts in reading passage;

Most learners will be able to:

• interact in a pair, group and a whole class work presenting logically connected information with ideas of other people

Some learners will be able to:

• raise awareness about cultural diversity through reading and discussion;

• write topic related words correctly

Language objectives

Revise topical vocabulary

Value links

Patience, respect

Cross curricular links

Geography, History

ICT skills

ICT Board

Intercultural awareness

Learners will be able to understand that every person, family and country has their own values.

Kazakh culture

Learners will be able to differentiate kinds of festivals people celebrate in the world

Pastoral Care

Learners aware about the importance of festivals

Health and Safety

Everyday classroom instructions will ensure that safety measures are provided to prevent from the accidents in a classroom.

The classroom is aired before the lesson.

Glossary

I-individual work,P-pair work, G- group work, W –whole class discussion

Planned timings

Planned activities

Beginning

3 minutes

Warming up

8 minutes

4 min

Middle

4 minutes

8 min

5 min

2 min

3 min

1 min

2 min

Regrouping: Teacher divides learners into 3 groups and does it with the help of 3 different pictures

Greetings: Teacher presents Learning objectives.

What would you wish your classmates?

e.g. “I wish you good luck”/ ”I wish you be healthy and happy”

Сhecking up home work. (learning words by heart, making up the dialogues)

Quiz

The main part.

What is culture in your opinion?

e.g. Culture is architecture/language/traditions/communication

Why do we study languages?

Do you agree a language is a culture too?

What do we get learning a new culture?

Open class discussion.

Pre-reading:

Look at the pictures. What do you think the texts are about?

Reading:

SB p 37 ex 1

My amazing travels

I’ve seen a lot of strange things during my trip, including some really weird sports and races. Here are two of the best!

1. Cockroach racing

Cockroach racing has got to be the craziest sport on the planet. So, how did it begin? The story goes that one day in 1982 in Brisbane, Australia, two men had an argument about which part of the town had the biggest and fastest cockroaches. The next day they had a race to see who was right. The crowd enjoyed it so much that cockroach races have taken place every January 26th since then!

2 Kumis alu

When I was in Kazakhstan, I saw something that took my breath away.

Horsemen riding at a full gallop leaned down out of the saddle to snatch up a handkerchief from the ground – on the left, then on the right, again and again! The winner was the one who grabbed the most handkerchiefs. I couldn’t believe the skill and speed on display. The sport is called “Kumis alu”, and it is a very ancient game.

Thousands of years ago, the Greek leader said that it was the best training for a rider.

Kumis alu is still popular in Kazakhstan and you can see why!

Find the translation of the words. Work in groups

While-reading: Teacher explains learning objectives for the tasks.

Learners do Task –Watching the video, discussing it I,P)

Listen to the texts and explain the main idea of them

Post –reading:

Learners discuss the statements in groups.

They have to complete the statements by identifying true and false information in the texts. Learners should share the information

Teacher observes and makes notes.

SB p 37 ex 2 Mark the sentences T(true), F (False) or DS (doesn’t say). Correct the false sentences.

1. The cockroach races began after two people disagreed about something.

2. Cockroaches have to run in a straight line during the races.

3. Alexander the Great was excellent at Kumis alu.

4. People in Kazakhstan don’t like Kumis alu.

Which of the events in the texts would you like to attend? Why?

WB p 26 ex 1

SS individually fill the gaps

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence.

1. The beautiful scenery … my breath away.

1. Snatched b) grabbed c) took

1. Cockroach racing is the weirdest sport … the planet!

1. On b) in c) at

1. The men rode their horses at a … gallop.

1. Full b) skill c) speed

1. I’m not speaking to Makhmud because we … an argument.

1. Did b) had c) disagreed

1. Kumis alu is the best … for horse riders.

1. Racing b) riding c) training

Home task:

To learn new expressions for the quiz

SB p 37 ex 4 To write a texts about any festival in KZ

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