English Lesson "Modes of Transportation" Grade 7

Grade: 7			Topic of the Lesson: "Modes of Transportation"
The aims:			To learn students to talk about modes of transportation. To develop students’ critical thinking, their abilities to work in groups and self-assessment. To develop students’ communication skills.  To train students' abilities  to apply knowledge in a complex way.
Focus:			Reading, writing, listening and speaking English.
Teaching results:			Students learn about advantages and disadvantages of a plane, a train and a bus. Students analyze their own rest patterns. They determine how they can use definite transport and find the places on a map by listening.
Main idea:			All the modes of transportation are necessary  in our life
Type of Lesson:			Complex application of knowledge
Parts of lesson	Time		Content		Teacher’s action of management		Cognitive action of students		Visual aids, resources
I n t r o d u c t i o n	1 min 1 min 2 min 1 min 1 min		Part I. 1. Organization moment. 2. Determination of a topic of Lesson. 3.Psychological training:  "Wishes".   4. Dividing the class into groups. 5. Explanation of assessment (group work and individual work)		1.Greeting the students. 2. A rhyme appears on the screen.    3. Teacher asks students to write different words on the topic of lesson. 4. Teacher asks students to pass in a booking-office and choose a ticket.   Teacher gives to each group  an instrument  for group-assessment   "Board of Achievements", and criteria of individual assessment  for each member of the group.		1. Greeting the teacher. 2. Students read a rhyme and reveal the theme of lesson. 3. Students write on the stickers some words  which are suitable on the theme of lesson. Then the student has to express the wish to other student using the word written on sticker. 4. Students choose a ticket and sit down on a necessary transport: group №1 - Plane, group №2 - Train, group №3 - Bus.		Stickers Model of a booking-office, tickets for plane, for train and for bus. Forms of assessment: "Board of Achieve-ments" and  criteria assessment.
P r e s e n t a t i o n     o f   t h e    l e s s o n	8 min		Part II. Explanation of a new material: "Modes of Transportation".		Teacher explains the new material:		Students listen to the teacher.		Multimedia presentation
M a i n    p a r t	4 min 4 min 6 min 3 min		Part III. 1. Work in groups - work with Texts.   2. "Basket of ideas, names and concepts" - Work with active vocabulary.   3. "Jigsaw' reading. "Fishbone" diagram.		Every transport has its advantages and disadvantages. I'll give you informational texts. Each group has to read its own text attentively. Teacher calls all students to "Vocabulary Table", gives a basket to every group and explains instructions to this task.   Teacher gives a command to speakers of each group to pass to other group in order to share the information.   Teacher stops the time and asks students to go out to the board and to explain the diagram.		Each member of 3 group read their own text.  Students may brainstorm different ways to share the information they have learned about their means of transport. ·  Students have to choose the words from "Vocabulary Table" which were mentioned in their text; ·  gather them to the basket; ·  they analyze all the words in the basket; ·  compare your answers with the key. ·  Speaker of each group should exchange the places in order to gather information about the texts of other group; ·  the members of other group have to retell their text in short; ·  speakers should return to their places, retell the main idea of the text to his groupmates  and complete a diagram “Fishbone”. Every group speak about advantages & disadvan-tages of travelling: №1 Group – by train №2 Group – by bus №3 Group – by plane. At the end of speaking all 3 groups have to make a conclusion.		3 texts for 3 groups "Vocabula-ry Table",    a basket, words. Flipcharts, markers.
	2 min		Part IV. Physical minute		A smiling sun appears on a board. -Guys, here is the smiling sun. Is it pleasant  to walk on such day? Do you like to go for a walk on sunny weather? Let's sing a song about  weather.		Students sing a song and dance.
	6 min		Part V. Work with web-task - "Where is the train?"		Teacher asks students to open the internet and open a web-site BILIMLAND   (Interactive Course, Year 4, Lesson 052 ).		·   Students listen and watch the presentation:   ·   choose the right statements according to the dialogue:   ·   listen and match the parts of sentences:   ·   listen and choose the right answer:   ·   listen and find the places on the map:		http://bilimland.kz/index.php/kz/catalog/structure/1111-english_language
Upbringing minute	1 min		Part VI. Road safety		In order to realize upbringing aspect of the lesson a teacher warns of some dangers on the road.		Students must remember and always mind the road safety rules.		Slide
C o n c l u s i o n	1 min		Part VII. Concluding the lesson. Advantages and disadvantages.		Asks questions  to make a conclusion of the lesson.		Report their conclusion.
	Evaluation	2 min	Part VIII. Evaluating by criteria of assessment.	·  Puts formative assessment to whole group by counting the points at the "Board of Achievements". ·  Puts summative assessment  by criteria.		·  Give each other smiles and say their opinions. ·  Each student evaluates himself by criteria.		1."Board of Achievements" 2. Table of criteria.
	Home assignment	1 min	Part IX. Home-Task	Explains home-task: ex-III, p-129 (Answer the questions)		Write on a diary.		Diary
	Reflection of the lesson	1 min	Part X. "PMI"	Teacher asks students to mark on the stickers what part of the lesson they liked (was boring, was interesting ). Plus Minus Interes-ting		Students write their opinions on stickers.		Table "PMI", stickers.

Kurmanbayeva Maya Samatovna

English Teacher of higher category

School after Abai

Atyrau region Kurmangazy district

Work experience: 15 years

(has the Degree of Coach by Cambridge program)