Урок английского языка в 9 классе «Natural Disasters»
Тема: «Natural Disasters».
Природные бедствия
Цели урока:
Образовательная: совершенствовать лексику по теме «Стихийные бедствия», формировать коммуникативную культуру школьников, тренировать учащихся в говорении, чтении, письме.
Развивающая: создавать условия для развития памяти, лексических и коммуникативных навыков, формировать мотивацию у школьников к изучению иностранного языка, умение получать информацию из учебника.
Воспитательная: формировать системное представление учащихся о стихийных бедствиях, выявить наиболее важное и характерное.
Языковой материал: лексические единицы по теме стихийные бедствия.
Необходимое оборудование и материалы: учебник, компьютер, презентация по теме.
Класс 9 «Б»
Ход урока
1.Организационный момент.
Good afternoon, children. I’m glad to see you. How are you today?
What is the weather like today?
What is the weather forecast for today?
Listen to the definition and say what it is.
1.It is the mountain with a hole at the top. (volcano)
2.They take place in winter. (blizzard)
3.They happen after a heavy rain. (flood)
4.This flash of light is a big killer. (Lightning)
5.It is a snow and ice falling down a mountain. (avalanche)
6.A fire that starts in an area of countryside and spreads quickly. (wildfire)
2.Речевая разминка.
Task: Match the English proverbs and statements with the Russian equivalents.
There’s no bad weather, there are bad clothes. Плохой погоды нет, есть плохая одежда.
After rain comes fair weather. После ненастья наступает хорошая погода.
Make hay while the sun shines. Готовь сено, пока солнце светит. (Коси коса, пока роса.)
The morning sun never lasts a day. Утреннего солнца никогда весь день не бывает.
3.Guess the word in each block of sentences and write it in the correct form.
Think 1 minute. (pupils do ex.) p. 79
4. Answer the questions:
1. What do you think are the most destructive natural disasters?
2. Do natural disasters divide or unite people?
3. What is the best way to prepare for a natural disaster?
4. How does one prepare for a natural disaster?
5. What are your must-have items?
6. What the most terrible natural disasters do you know?
5.Let’s relax a little bit.
Snowball game
6. Working on the vocabulary.
1.Match the words with their definition
deforestation |
the cutting or burning down of all the trees in an area |
destruction |
process of destroying something |
habitat |
the natural home of a plant or animal |
endangered species |
a type of animal or plant that may soon no longer exist |
famine |
a situation in which a large number of people have little or no food for a long time |
flooding |
a situation in which an area of land becomes covered with water |
overpopulated |
has too many people |
poverty |
the situation or experience of being poor |
avalanche |
a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain |
drought |
a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water for plants and animals to live |
earthquake |
a sudden shaking of the earth's surface |
landslide |
a sudden fall of a lot of earth or rocks down a hill |
erupt |
what a volcano does |
take its toll (on) |
to have a very bad effect on sth or sb over a long period of time |
Let’s relax a little bit. Pupils listen nature’s sounds
2. Match the columns
a volcano |
erupts |
during the famine people |
starve |
an earthquake |
shakes the city |
the land suffers |
draught |
a tornado |
sweeps the island |
people are |
injured |
things are |
damaged |
during the accident there can be |
casualties |
during the war there can be |
victims ( those who suffer the results of the disaster) |
during the battle there are |
the dead and the wounded |
3.Here is some information about the earthquake in Armenia . Match the beginning of the sentence with the correct second part .
The earthquake struck at 11.41.am
Snow fell during the next few days
At first it was thought 55,000 people had died
As soon as the news of the tragedy had been broadcast,
A plane carrying humanitarian aid crashed
Restoration of the affected area began
A government official promised the town would be rebuilt
when trying to lend.
as the people of Spitak, Armenia , were busy with their morning work.
by the end of the following year.
two weeks after the earthquake.
but later the figure was put at 25,000.
which made rescue operation difficult.
aid worth millions of dollars began to pour in.
The earthquake struck at 11.41.am as the people of Spitak, Armenia , were busy with their morning work
Snow fell during the next few days, which made rescue operation difficult.
At first it was thought 55,000 people had died, but later the figure was put at 25,000.
As soon as the news of the tragedy had been broadcast, aid worth millions of dollars began to pour in.
A plane carrying humanitarian aid crashed when trying to lend.
Restoration of the affected area began two weeks after the earthquake.
A government official promised the town would be rebuilt by the end of the following year.
7.Now fill in the blanks. Use the words in the box. Your time’s 1minutes.
Destructive, damage, destroyed, damaged |
1. A powerful winter storm caused (…) to trees and power lines.
2. The floods in China during the summer (…) 5 millions houses.
3. The hurricane did a lot of (…) to houses in the area.
4. The last earthquake in the USA was very (…).
5. The building was severely (…) by the flood.
1- damage; 2- destroyed; 3- damage; 4- destructive; 5- damaged.
8.Рефлексия.
Let’s do cinquain.
Disaster (noun)
Natural, dangerous (2 adj)
Damage, cause, destroy (3 verbs)
Natural disasters unite people more than they divide them. (phrase)
Well, children. It’s a pity, but our lesson is over. You have shown your excellent knowledge today.
I thank you for the lesson. You may go. Good-bye!