Відкритий урок на тему «Зникаючі тварини»

Методичний кабінет загальноосвітньої школи I-III ступенів № 14

Відкритий урок на тему «Зникаючі тварини»

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Form 9 Unit 4 CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

Тема: Endangered Animals («Тварини у небезпеці»)

Мета: продовжити формувати уявлення учнів про проблеми довкілля, про причини зникнення диких тварин та шляхи вирішення цієї проблеми зокрема; продовжити збагачення словникового запасу учнів з теми «Турбота про довкілля»; забезпечити засвоєння знань про зникаючих тварин шляхом опрацювання тематичного тексту та виконання післятекстових вправ; тренувати учнів у вживанні пасивного стану в реченнях; перевірити навички аудіювання тематичного тексту; розвивати навички усного та писемного мовлення, пам'ять, уяву, пізнавальну активність, вміння працювати самостійно та в групі; виховувати екологічну культуру школярів, дбайливе ставлення до природи, розширити кругозір учнів, формувати повагу до нашої планети і бажання допомогти змінити її на краще.

План уроку:

I. Greeting. Introduction of the theme and the main aims.

T.: At first let me introduce you the motto of our lesson. It’s a quotation of the 14-th American president (1853-1857) Franklin Pierce: “The deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The Earth is our Mother…all things are connected like the blood that unites the family.”

As you see we continue discussing the problems of our environment and today we’ll stop on the theme “Animals in Danger”. You’ll learn new words, get new information about endangered wild animals reading and listening the texts, listening and watching the presentations of your group mates. You’ll also practice your speaking and writing skills (in using of Simple Passive Voice). I hope your attitude to animals and all living creatures of our world will become more careful and attentive. Who knows, maybe you’ll change the future of our planet, you’ll help to find a way to save Earth from a big ecological disaster. So let’s start.

II. Warming up.

1.T.: What main world ecological problems do you already know?

Ps.: - global warming

- water pollution by oil spilling into seas and oceans

- land pollution by garbage

- air pollution by factories smoke and car gasoline

- deforestation

- urbanization (increasing of the world population)

- acid rains

- the ozone hole in layer

- the greenhouse effect

T. You are right and as a result of these problems many plants, insects, fish and animals of course disappear from the face of our world.

2. T.: Let’s brush up the words which we learnt the last lesson. The task is to find the odd word out.

1) To damage, to ruin, to create, to destroy, to pollute.

2) Safe, nuclear, calm, mammal, pleasant.

3) Radiation, destruction, deforestation, pollution, population.

4) To protect, to damage, to prevent, to save, to recycle.

5) Habitat, fox, insect, reptile, pigeon.

6) Rare, valuable, disappearing, extinct, disease.

7) Paper, waste, glass, plastic, wood.

3. T.: Before reading the text let’s revise some new words (NOTE: pupils’ home task was to write down these words into their vocabularies) which you’ll meet in the text. Your task is to match the word with its short definition.

1) a mammal a) a place of particular animals’ living

2) species b) it may soon no longer exist

3) a poacher c) to harm or spoil something or somebody

4) extinct d) “long teeth” of elephants

5) endangered e) particular groups of plants, insects, animals etc.

6) a habitat f) to be badly affected by a disease or pain

7) ivory tusks g) a hard part on the head of rhinoceros

8) to damage h) animal that feeds its kids on milk

9) a horn i) a person who hunts birds, animals, fish illegally

10) to suffer j) a plant or animal which die out and no longer exists

Check your answers: 1-h, 2-e, 3-i, 4-j, 5-b, 6-a, 7-d, 8-c, 9-g, 10-f

III. The main part of the lesson.

1.  Reading.

T.: Every day there are more and more animals and plants which are in danger of becoming extinct. Their habitats are destroyed by people. Forests are cleared for farming and housing. Rivers and oceans are polluted. Animals, birds, fish are hunted for different reasons. The world organization, which is called WWF, (World Wide Fund of Nature –Всесвітній фонд захисту природи (see the text on p.136)) has made a list of endangered species. Let’s know about 4 of them reading the text. (ex.2, p.114-115)

2. After reading tasks.

1) T.: You’ve read and known about four endangered animals, so what are they?

Ps.: The first text is about…. The next one is devoted to…

T.: Shut your books, read the sentence about one of these animals and guess what animal it is. Don’t forget to use phrases “I think/ I guess/ To my mind/ In my opinion/ As far as I know.”

- They are killed for their tusks, which are sold as ivory. (elephants)

- They can be black and white. (pandas)

- They are hunted for their horns which are used in Asian medicine. (rhinoceros)

- They need the large areas for living. (elephants)

- There are 5 different species of them in Africa and Asia. (rhinoceros)

- They live in the warm oceans. (sea turtles)

- It’s the biggest mammal on earth. (an elephant)

- People hunt them for their meat and shells. (sea turtles)

- They can only eat bamboo. (pandas)

- They lay their eggs on the beach. (sea turtles)

- In some countries it’s believed that their horns have magical power. (rhinoceros)

- They live in a small area in the mountains of south-western China. (pandas)

2) Matching the words from the text +making up the sentences with these word combinations. (ex.3,p.115)

Answers: natural habitat, human activity, magical powers, bamboo forests, high prices, ivory tusks, illegal market, growing population.

3. Writing.

T.: Now, let’s train to use the new words in Simple Passive Voice. Do you remember how it is formed? (Consult p.201)

1) ex.4, p.115 – make up sentences

- The African elephant is killed for its tusks.

- Panda is endangered by the disappearance of bamboo.

- Rhinos are hunted for their horns.

- Sea turtles are caught for their shell and meat.

- Horn is used as a medicine.

- Ivory tusks are used for making jewellery.

2) Open the brackets and use the verb in the correct tense in Passive Voice.

- The nuclear power station (to found) in 1990.

- In a year the air (to pollute) greatly because of the new plant.

- According to the Constitution of Ukraine our nature (to protect) by the state.

- These forests (to cut) many years ago.

- The ecosystem of the river (to clean) next spring.

- Many endangered animals (to keep) usually in the Zoos.

Answers: was founded, will be polluted, is protected, were cut, will be cleaned, are kept

4. Listening. (p.223)

T.: Listen to the text “Giants in Danger” about elephants 2 times and try to understand its main points. Here are some new words from this text, which will help you understand the text better: trunks, enough, to reduce.

Listening comprehension: 3 variants: 1.True/False, 2.MCQ, 3.Complete the sentences.

Variant I. True or False

1.  Elephants don’t have enough food in national parks.

2.  Many hunters are killed by elephants every year.

3.  Twenty hours a day are spent by elephants on eating

4.  Some poachers kill these giants for their meat.

5.  Adult elephants drink about 189 litres of water a day.

6.  Elephants like resting near water.

7.  They have a rest only when it’s very hot and few hours at night.

8.  Hunters kill 1000s of elephants every year.

9.  Specialists think that only 1million elephants live in the world today.

10.  Most poachers kill elephants for their ivory horns.

Answers: 1.+, 2. - , 3.-, 4.+, 5.+, 6.-, 7.+, 8.+, 9.-, 10. –

Variant II. MCQ (Choose the right words to fill the gaps)

1.  Grown-up elephants drink about … litres of water a day.

a) 50 b) 189 c) 198 d) 150

2. They fill their trunks by water an spray their … .

a) bodies b) kids c) mouths d) herd

3. Groups of elephants like to have a rest … .

a) near water b) under the trees c) in the grass d) in the zoo

4. Elephants eat about … hours a day.

a) 10 b) 7 c) 20 d) 16

5. Many elephants are … because they have no enough food to eat.

a) sleeping b) angry c) dying d) hungry

6. Hunters kill … of elephants every year.

a) two thousand b) thousands c) hundreds d) nine hundred

7. Most hunters kill elephants for their … .

a) tasty meat b) ivory tusks c) big horns d) long trunks

8. There are … many animals in the national parks.

a) very b) not c) so d) too

9. The number of elephants in Africa … .

a) increased b) grew c) reduced d) rose

10. Specialists think that only … million elephants live on our planet nowadays.

a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) 0,5

Answers: 1b, 2a, 3b, 4d, 5c, 6b, 7b, 8d, 9c, 10a.

Variant III. Complete the sentences.

1.  Elephants need a lot of … .

2.  Grown-ups drink about … gallons of water a day.

3.  Animals also use water to spray their … .

4.  Giants like having a rest under … .

5.  They rest only during the … part of the day and a few hours at … .

6.  In fact, elephants spend about … hours a day eating.

7.  Today many elephants in Africa are dying because they don’t have enough … to eat and … to live in.

8.  … kill them for their ivory … and their … .

9.  Most of elephants have gone to … … nowadays.

10.  Scientists think that only … million elephants live on the … today.

Answers: 1.water, 2.fifty, 3.bodies, 4.the trees, 5.hottest…night, 6.sixteen, 7.food…space, 8.Hunters…tusks…meat, 9.national parks, 10. two

5. Relaxation

T.: You’ve worked hard so now we can relax listening, watching and singing the song “Earth Song” by Michael Jackson.

After listening:

T.: What about us (you) asks us Michael Jackson a lot of times. What can we do to save our planet?

Ps.: We can - clean waste in the parks and forests

-  take care of birds in winter

-  plant more trees

-  recycle garbage.

Scientists can design solar-powered cars, create more reservations, national parks for animals. Officials can protect animals by law and create good condition for life.

6. Introduction of pupils’ presentations

T. As I know some pupils prepared short presentations about endangered animals. So we’ll check them in a form of the educational TV show “Save Our Planet”. Let me introduce our host …

Host: Hello, dear friends! You are watching an educational TV show “Save Our Planet”. The topic of our programme today is “Animals In Danger”. What do we know about them? Let’s ask our speakers. They are representatives of the World Wide Fund for Nature. Meet them (loud applauds)

Speakers present their projects and answer to the viewers’ questions.

Viewers: - Why were you interested in this animal?

-  Why did you decide to investigate this animal?

-  Where do they live?

-  What do they like to eat?

-  What interesting fact about this animal do you know?

- Why are they endangered?

-  How can you save their lives?

Host: Did you like our speakers’ presentations? Did you know new for yourself? So, let’s give them big applauses. (viewers are applauding)

Host to guests and viewers: Thank you for coming. See you next Thursday. Our next theme for discussion is “How Green We Are”. Don’t miss the show, come again and always remember: The future of our planet is in our hands!

IV. Homework.

T.: You worked well today and knew a lot of new facts about wildlife of animals. So your home task will be to fill the Factfile about one of endangered species and try to retell it.

V. Conclusions. Marks. Saying “Good bye”.

T. - What did you like to do at the lesson?

- What new did you know about pandas, elephants, sea turtles, rhinoceros etc.?

- What are the main reasons of wild animals’ extinction?

- What organization takes care of endangered animals?

- Did your attitude to animals change? How?

T. Your marks for the work at the lesson are… The lesson is over. Thanks everybody. Good bye, see you next Tuesday.

Extra tasks:

-  10 fantastic facts about animals with the MCQ quiz

-  Presentation “ Endangered Species of Ukraine”