Home Sweet Home (reading lesson)за підручником Focus2 (2nd edition)

 

 

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                                                                                          Вч.англ.мови БНВО «Ліцей-МАН»                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

                                                                                                                      8 Form

                  Home Sweet Home (reading lesson)

Objectives:

•  - to reinforce the topic-related vocabulary;
•  - develop pupil's communicative skills, using active vocabulary;
•  - to practice describing give simple reasons to explain preferences
•  - to practice listening, speaking, reading and writing on the topic;
•  - to develop pupils’ cognitive and creative skills;
•  - to develop positive attitude towards the world around us.

Resources:

• SB pp. 50–51; WORD STORE 4, p. 9( Focus 2 2^nd edition-Pearson)

• WB pp. 50–51
                                                Procedure

Introduction

1. Greeting
2. Warming-up | 5 minutes

look at the photos. Elicit descriptions of each of the places in the photos

Exercise 1

Look at the photos and discuss the questions.

 

1 What are the advantages of living in each place?

2 What are the disadvantages?

3 Would you like to live there? Why/Why not?

(I suppose one advantage of living in the trees is that you would have fantastic views …

 

 

II. Main part

1. PRE-READING | 3 minutes

Exercise 2

Which words below describing landscape features can you see in the photos? Then listen and repeat.

a cave     a crater     an island     a rainforest     rocks     ruins 

stilts     a treehouse     a turquoise ocean     a volcano  

2.WHILE-READING 12minutes

Exercise 3 (individually) Reading                                                                                                                  - You’ve got 7 minutes to read the text and answer the questions

1. Why do the Korowai Tribe build their houses in trees?
2. Why do people in Coober Pedy prefer living underground?
3. Why do people on Aogashima want to live in a volcano?
4. Why do the Bajau people feel uncomfortable on land?
5. Why have most people recently moved from Petra to a nearby village?

 1  Living in trees
The Korowai Tribe of Papua New Guinea are strong and good at climbing. They have to be! They live in treehouses, sometimes forty-five metres above the ground. The dense rainforest is hot and humid; there are insects and dangerous animals. Treehouses protect the tribe from these dangers on the ground. They use material from the forest to build the houses. They cut off the top of a tree and build the floor first. ¹_____ They use a ladder to get up and down. Imagine the breathtaking views from one of these treehouses!

 2  Living underground
In the desert of Southeast Australia, 500 miles away from the nearest city, is a mining town called Coober Pedy. On the sandy surface, there isn't much to see. ²_____ Almost all of the 3,500 residents live underground and work in the opal mines. To escape from scorching temperatures, they have created an impressive underground world where you'll find everything from a bookstore to a church, and even a 

 3  Living in a volcano
Aogashima is a Japanese island in the Philippine Sea. Over 230 years ago, a volcanic eruption killed half of its population. Now about 200 people live in the old volcanic crater. They try not to worry too much about another eruption. They love living on the island – there are no traffic jams or crowds of people. Fishing, hiking, camping and swimming are popular activities. Aogashima's natural hot springs and lush vegetation attract a lot of visitors, but the island is not so easy to reach. You can take a fourteen-hour boat trip from Tokyo. ³_____

 4  Living on the sea
The Bajau /ˈbɑːdʒaʊ/ people of Borneo in Southeast Asia, also called sea gypsies, live on boats or houses on stilts in the turquoise Pacific Ocean. When they go on land, they feel 'landsick'. Bajau children don't go to school on land. But from an early age they learn to swim and dive. ⁴_____ The best Bajau divers can dive 20 metres to the bottom of the ocean to search for fish. Young Bajau children spend so much time in the ocean that their eyes develop excellent underwater vision.

 5  Living in caves
The ancient city of Petra is a popular tourist destination. It is located in the rose-coloured mountains of south-western Jordan and was once a busy trading centre. Then, its residents abandoned the city and for thousands of years only the Bedouin, a nomadic tribe, lived in caves among the spectacular historic ruins. However, the government has recently decided to move them to a nearby village to protect Petra. But the Bedouins' way of life has not changed much. ⁵_____ Some of them work in Petra, selling souvenirs or transporting tourists on horses, camels and donkeys around the historic monuments.

EXAM FOCUS Gapped text

Exercise 4

You’ve got 5 minutes to read the text again.

Which sentences A–F complete gaps 1–5 from the text?There is one extra sentence.

A      Alternatively, you can take a helicopter and it only takes two hours. 

B This means that they have better access to water, electricity and Wi-Fi. 

C In fact, income from tourism is helping to keep their traditions alive. 

D It has to be strong because sometimes a family of twelve people live there. 

E However, if you look closer, you can see chimneys on the surface of the dry landscape           

F Also, they start hunting when they're just eight years old.

3 POST-READING | 12–14 minutes

Exercise 5 ( individually)

- You’ve got 1 minute to do the matching activity. Match 'clues' 1–3 with their function a–c in a text.

a	they introduce additional information
b	they introduce contrasting information
c	they refer back to something in the text

1     she, he, it, her, him, one, this, that, here, there

2     But, However, Alternatively, Instead

3     Also, In addition, For example, In fact 

 

Exercise 6

- Find examples of 'clues' in sentences A–F from Exercise 4. Do they 'add', 'contrast' or 'refer'? There is one sentence without a 'clue'.

 

A - Alternatively, you can take a helicopter and it only takes two hours.

( Alternatively – contrast)

B- This means that they have better access to water, electricity and Wi-Fi.

( they – refer)

C - In fact, income from tourism is helping to keep their traditions alive.

(In fact – add)

D - It has to be strong because sometimes a family of twelve people live there.

(It – refer)

E -However, if you look closer, you can see chimneys on the surface of the dry landscape.( However – contrast)

F - Also, they start hunting when they’re just eight years old.( Also – add)

Exercise 7

-         Complete the phrases with the words in blue in the text. Then listen, check and repeat.

1     attract (visitors)

2     breathtaking (views)

3     historic(   monuments)       

4     hot and (  humid)     

5     mining (town)

6     trading(centre)

7     traffic (jams)

Exercise 8  ( individually)

-         Complete the questions with the words from Exercise 7.

1. Are there any_______________  monuments in your city?
2. Is your city a busy­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________ centre?
3. Which parts of your country__________ a lot of visitors?
4. Where can you see breathtaking _________?
5. Does it ever get hot and___________ in your country?6
6. Are there any___________ towns in your country?
7. Where in your city are the worst _______ jams?

EXTRA ACTIVITY

-         You’ve got  3–4 minutes to make sentences using at least three of the words in blue in the texts.

-         Please, share your sentences with the class.

 

Exercise 10 (WORD STORE 4E p. 9)Collocations

Complete WORD STORE 4E with the words from the box. Then listen, check and repeat. Write an example sentence for each collocation.

1     ancient city

2     _________crater

3     _________rainforest         

4     _________springs

5     _________temperatures

6     _________tribe

7     _________vegetation

III. Summing Up

 

PRODUCTION | 5–6 minutes

 

Exercise 9 (Pair work)

- in a few minutes  I want you to answer the questions in Exercise 8

You’ve got 1 minute to prepare.(I putstudents in pairs and give them 2–3 minutes to discuss.

It would be very nice if you gave additional information and examples.

Marks

HOMEWORK

1 WB pp. 50–51

2 WB p. 52.