Конспект уроку з англійської мови для 9 класу "Changes in the weather and climate"

Тема: Changes in the weather and climate.

Мета:

• Ознайомити з новою лексикою теми, тренувати її вживання;
• Навчити непідготовленому усному висловлюванню по темі;
• Розвивати непідготовлене мовлення методом мобілізації мовних зразків, речень, лексичних одиниць за темою в мовленні учнів;
• Розвивати навички аудіювання і розуміння тексту;
• Розширити знання учнів про небезпеку парникового ефекту;
• Розвивати мовну здогадку та мовленнєву реакцію учнів;
• Розвивати мислення та аналіз;
• Виховувати любов до природи.

Обладннання:

Магнітофон та записи, дидактичний матеріал, картки зі словами.

Хід уроку.

I. Greeting.

How do you feel yourself today?

Warming- up.

Speaking Brainstorming.

I think the weather has a great influence on our mood and how we feel, doesn’t it?

What’s the weather like today? Use the words and develop the idea.

Gorgeous, brilliant, fantastic, wonderful, pleasant, fine, great.

Dull, unpleasant, awful, bad, wretched, dismal.

The weather is…, because…

Pupils speak about the weather.

T: What word can be used to define weather, seasons, forecast? Sure, it is climate. Today we are going to speak about changes in the weather and the climate, about reasons and results of these changes.

II. Main part.

1. Vocabulary

 Let us answer one question: WHAT IS CLIMATE? Here are the words that can help you:

a certain place, a long period of time, the weather, influence, important, on plants, animals and humans, in different parts of the world, different (the words are on the blackboard).

P: Climate is the weather in a certain place over a long period of time and it has a very important influence on plants, animals and humans, and is different in different parts of the world.

T: But recently climate has changed a lot. Before you listen to a fragment from the text, you will learn the meanings of some new words. Let’s read and translate them.

Cards with words.

Read the words, look them up and then study the word combinations and sentences to know how to use them.

an influence: Television has a strong influence on people. We don't know everything about the influence of climate on people.

to influence: I'd like to know what influenced his decision.

human: human voices, human nature. To make mistakes is human. He didn't expect to hear human voices in the old house.

a human: Humans have been exploring the planet for thousands of years. Could a computer ever beat a human at chess?

 to ruin: to ruin buildings, to ruin the harvest. The storm ruined our picnic. Why are you ruining your health? A   lot   of  cities,   towns   and   villages   were   ruined   during the war.

a greenhouse: a greenhouse of glass. A greenhouse is a building with glass walls and roof where plants grow. My mother usually grows tomatoes in the greenhouse.

the greenhouse effect: the greenhouse effect is the problem of a rise in temperature in the earth's atmosphere.

heat : The unusual heat in June killed all my lilies.

to produce: to produce goods. What does the farm produce?

huge: a huge animal, a man of huge strength. The huge animals that once lived on the earth died many centuries ago.

a coast: the coast of the sea. There are many towns on the coast of the Black Sea.

fragile: fragile flowers, fragile health, fragile happiness. Fragile things break easily. Is glass very fragile? A fragile lady appeared on the screen.

2. Listening.

The first listening.

Climate.

But recently climate has changed a lot in our country, especially in its European part. Some scientists think the world is becoming hotter. If you compare winter and summer temperatures at the beginning of our century and at its end you will see that climate has really changed. Winters have become warmer. Sometimes there is little snow in January, and there were winters when it rained (not snowed!) on the New Year's Eve.

Many people say that it is so because of the greenhouse effect. Have you ever heard about it? It works like this: sunlight gives us heat. Some of the heat warms the atmosphere, and some of the heat goes back into space. Nowadays the air surrounding the earth has become much warmer because the heat can't go back into space. That's why winter and summer temperatures in many places have become higher.

During the last 100 years people have produced a lot of carbon dioxide. This gas in the atmosphere works like glass in a green­house. It lets heat get in, but it doesn't let much heat get out. So the atmosphere becomes warmer.

Where does the carbon dioxide come from? People and animals breathe in oxygen, and breathe out carbon dioxide. We produce carbon dioxide when we burn things. Trees take this gas from the air, and produce oxygen. But in the last few years, people have cut down and burnt big areas of rainforest. This means there are fewer trees, and, of course, more carbon dioxide!

As we see the climate in different parts of the world changes a little from year to year. These changes can be dangerous for our fragile planet which needs protection. Earth is millions of years old much older than the humans. We know many of its secrets Yet there is still much to learn.

T: Answer the questions:

What can you say about the climate in Ukraine?

What do you know about the greenhouse effect?

Why doesn’t all the heat go back into space?

Why does the atmosphere become warmer?

How can the greenhouse effect influence the climate on the planet in future?

Do you think our planet needs protection? Why?

The second listening.

Group work (2 groups).

The first group discusses and writes down reasons of the greenhouse effect and the second – results of it. After that one representative from each group takes his seat among the members of another group and tells them about reasons or results of the greenhouse effect, answers their questions.

3. Developing thinking and analysis

T: Many people say that the climate nowadays is going “crazy”. These are some facts proving it. Read them through and give at least two reasons why such crazy happenings are bad for people and the planet (facts are on the blackboard). Write down them into your exercise-books.

In January 1987 snow fell on the gondolas of Venice and the usually sunny coasts of France.

In 1987 and 1990 Britain and France had terrible storms. The strong winds ruined a lot of forest, millions of trees.

T: Finally, make a conclusion how we can protect our planet from the greenhouse effect (all suggestions are written on the blackboard).

III. Summing-up.

1. Homework

T: I’ll divide you into 4 groups. You should prepare some projects:

the first group -  project of organization “Clean Air”

the second group - project of organization “Blue Water”

the third group - project of organization “Protectors of countryside and wildlife”

the fourth group – it will be consisted of an owner of enterprisers in our region, an owner of a taxi service 081 and landowner from Krasiliv. They will express their opinion on the problem.

2. Conclusion.

T: What were the most important things you have learnt at the lesson?