Урок "Nature. Water Pollution"

Form 9                                                                                                  

Topic: “Nature and Weather. Water in Our Life.”

Aim:

• The students justify the key role of water in human life.

Learning objectives: by the end of the lesson students will be able to:

• identify core vocabulary;
• understand the text and the video about water and its pollution;
• describe causes and effects of water contamination;
• explore the steps to control water pollution.

Materials: V. Burenko “English 9”, exercise from the Wordwall, video from the YouTube, pictures from Google, self-assessment cards, the presentation    

Procedure

1. Greeting

2. Aim

T: We are going to continue our topic “Nature and Weather”. Today we’ll speak about the role of water in our life. By the end of the lesson you will be able to: identify core vocabulary; understand the text and the video about water and its pollution; describe causes and effects of water contamination; explore the steps to control water pollution.

3. Warming up

T: Which words do you associate with the word “nature”. Let’s make the mind map.

-Is it important to live in harmony with nature?

-What will happen if we don’t live in harmony with nature?

-Is our nature in danger?

-Why do you think so?

4. Vocabulary practice

T: Our nature is in danger because people pollute the environment. There are three main types of pollution: air pollution, water pollution and land pollution. Let’s identify them doing the exercise from the Wordwall. This test is not mine, it’s created by Matthewphillips .

Pollution - Open the box (wordwall.net)

T: Match the question with the answer. Show me your result.

5. Reading

   5.1.  Pre-reading activities:

• Presenting new vocabulary

 T: Now we’ll learn more about water pollution. Wikipedia says:

Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. It is usually a result of human activities.

T: Open your books on p. 184, find exercise 4. Let’s learn some new vocabulary. Listen and read the new words and their definitions.

1. essential - completely necessary

2. ice cap - a large area of ice that covers the land and sea around the North and South Pole

 3. glacier - a very large mass of ice that moves slowly

4. to poison - to create pollution that damages part of the environment; to have a bad influence on something; to make someone very ill by giving poison

5. habitat - the type of a place that animals normally live in or plants grow in

6. to damage - to have a negative effect on someone or something; to harm something physically

7. congestion - a situation in which a place is covered with people or vehicles

8. sewage - waste substances, especially waste from people’s activities removed from houses and buildings by a system of large underground pipes

9. to pour - to cause any liquid to flow from something to something

10. to cause - to make something happen, usually something bad

11. effect - a change that is produced in one person or thing by another

• Skimming

T: Find and read the sentences with the words “essential”, “ice cap” in the text of ex. 5 p. 185.

   5.2. While-reading activities (ex. 5 p. 185):

T: Read the text.

T: Look through the text again. Find and read the sentences with the word “contamination”.

   5.3. Post-reading activities:

T: Complete the sentences of ex. 6 p.186

1. Water is … for people in more ways than you might think.

2. Fresh water is the water of … .

3. Other sources of water contamination are … .

4. Evidence of … can be found everywhere.

T: Discuss. Answer the questions:

-Why is water essential for people?

-What do we need water for?

-How many per cent of the earth’s water is fresh water?

-What is the great problem?

-Which rivers are the most polluted in Ukraine?

-What do you think about our river the Southern Buh?

-What should we do to reduce water pollution?

T: Watch the video from YouTube and sort out natural causes, human causes and effects of water pollution

Link: https://youtu.be/Om42Lppkd9w?si=5gSXg6fvEroKL01c  :

6. Group work.

T: Make a poster “Steps to control water pollution” in groups. Watch the end of the video from 1.50 min. Add your ideas. Present your poster.

7. Reflection. Self-assessment.

T: Tick (V) the box in your self-assessment card.

8. Homework

T: Complete the table in writing form in your SB on p. 185 ex. 5

T: Additional task: add your ideas of possible solutions to the problems