Урок на тему "Збереження навколишнього середовища"

Kurinna T. V.

Form: 10  

Topic: Environmental Problems

By the end of the lesson students will be able to write an essay providing solutions to problems using critical thinking techniques

Equipment: Upstream B2 Student’s book, HOs

     Procedure

I.  Introduction

 1. Warm up

 Do you think we are happy inhabitants on our planet Earth? Why (not)?

 Do we face any problems leading our way of life?

 What environmental problems can you think of?

(Students go to the board in turns and write the problems they know. For example: overpopulation)

    overpopulation

 Do you think we can do anything before it’s too late?

II. Main Body

 So today our task is to be able to write an essay providing solutions to problems.

1. Do you know anything about writing essays?

Let’s read the tip and be ready to answer some of the questions.

(Meanwhile 2 students with higher level have an individual task. Their task is to read the text do multiple choice and be ready to speak about the main idea of the text. It’s about endangered species)

All the rest are answering the questions using the information from the tip.

1. What should we write about in the essays providing solutions to problems? (We should present the problem and its causes then discuss suggestions and speak about the expected results)
2. How many paragraphs should the essay consist of? (3-5)
3. What should we write in the first/second/third etc. paragraph?
4. What can help us to make our essay more interesting for the reader? (some techniques)
5. What techniques do you know? (addressing the reader directly, using quotes, rhetorical question)

 2 students who were working individually are ready with their task, they hand in their papers and speak about the main idea of the text. It’s about endangered species.

 So, we are going to read text in Ex.1 p.64

 Reading

• pre-reading

  Read the rubric, underline the key words and discuss your ways of solving the problem: How can we make our planet a safer place for animals?  Work in pairs.

What words can you think of related to the title of the article?

• While reading

   Read the article and put the paragraphs in the correct order.

  - Post-reading

  Answer the questions.

  Ex. 3 p.65

  Work in pairs. Read the extracts below. Which are beginnings? Which are endings? Which writing technique has been used in each?

A What would you like to lean about in school? In my opinion schools should focus on practical skills as well as on academic subjects. (beginning – addressing the reader               directly)

B  All in all, I think that banning cars from the city centre is an excellent idea. It will make shopping safer and healthier for pedestrians as well as reducing traffic jams. What more               could the people of this city want? (ending – rhetorical question)

C As Thomas Jefferson said, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press.” However, nowadays with celebrities claiming that their private lives should remain private the issue is no longer so straightforward. (beginning/ending – using a quote)

 Writing

  - pre-writing

  Read the rubric and under line the key words.

  Your teacher has asked you to write an article for the school magazine entitled: “How can we reduce air pollution levels in our cities?” (120-170 words)

• while-writing

Work in groups, collect ideas and write 1group- beginning, 2 group- ending of the article in the rubric. (5-10 min)

Present your pieces of writing to the class.

 Speaking

  Let’s have the competition between two groups. The quicker group is the winner. Match the causes of the pollution to the suggested solutions and results. And complete the table                             on the board.

  S’s

  T’s

  Look through useful vocabulary.

  Try to speak about the problems, their solutions and results using the information from the table on the board and useful vocabulary.

  e. g. There are many ways to reduce the level of air pollution in our cities. The situation  can be improved by creating an industrial park. This would…

III. Conclusion

 So, one group has the beginning, the second one – the ending, you can exchange the ideas. The  main body is here on the blackboard. You can take a photo of it with the help of your phones.

 At home you are suggested to use all necessary information from our lesson and write an essay  about air pollution and the ways to reduce it.

 Thank you for participation. You worked really hard so your marks are …