Grade:7

Theme of the lesson: Plants and animals

Aims of the lesson: 1) to speak about plants and  animals

                                    2) to understand oral speech;

                                    3) to understand and love the nature;

Type of the lesson: Discussing

Method of the teaching: pair, group work

Visual aids: pictures, cards, an interactive board

Connections with the subject: Geography

                Procedure of the lesson

I Organization moment

-Good morning pupils! How are you?

-Who is on duty today?

-Who is absent?

-What’s the weather like today?

-What season is it now?

-What day is it today?

So, the theme of our lesson is “Plants and animals” We shall speak about animals today. You know that we can divide all animals into two groups : domestic and wild. Name me domestic animals, please

                           Domestic animals

A cow, a horse, a sheep, a camel, a dog, a cat

                              Wild animals

A fox, a wolf, a rabbit, a squirrel, a bear, a tiger, an elephant

II Checking up the home task

1. To complete the chart about animals
2. To put questions for discussion

-What is your favourite  animals?

Animals

Colour

Size

Habitat

Characteristics

Food

a fox        a rabbit         a wolf       a squirrel

( pupils come up to the screen and finish the sentences)                        flowers                                          trees

 III Presentation of the new material

What associations do you have with the word animals and plants

         domestic                                                                       dog, cat, duck, goose

                                                                                                           wild                                     

fox, wolf, bear, elephant                                                                                    

• Look at the screen. You see a picture of a desert and tropical forests.
• Do you know anything about life in the desert?
• Is there water?
• What kind of animals live there?
• Do you know anything about life in the tropical forest?
• What animals live there?

 IV Explanation of the new material

Remember the words: practice the pronunciation

Cool[ku:l]         Insects[‘insekt] -             Lifeless[‘laiflis]-  

Hide[haid]-         Seed[si:d]-                    wither[‘wi ә]-               

Read and remember

a wolf-wolves

a fox-foxes

a squirrel-squirrels

a rabbit-rabbits

a zoo-zoos

V Work with a book.

 Read the text about  ”Life in the tropical forest”, ”Life in the desert”

1. Reading
2. Complete the chart

 Desert

Tropical rain forest

Plants     Animals

Temperature

rain

 ( pupils come up to the screen and finish the sentences)

 VI. Riddles. Game” Who is quicker?”

1.      It lives in India or Africa. It is a large animal. It has four legs and two big ears. It helps people to carry things.

2.      It is a wild animal. It has four legs, a long tail and very sharp teeth. It is very dangerous. It can be red or white with black stripes.

3.      It is a wild animal. It has four legs, a long tail and very sharp teeth. It is very dangerous. It is considered to be the king of animals.

4.      It is a wild animal. It has four legs, a strong tail and very sharp teeth. It is very dangerous. It lives in the lakes and rivers.

5.      It has kind eyes, four legs and a long neck. It eats leaves.

6.      It is very funny. It has four legs, a long tail. It can jump and climb the trees.

7.      It is a wild animal, but it is not dangerous. It’s black and white. It has stripes.

8.       It is a wild animal. It has four legs and very sharp teeth. It is dangerous. It lives in the forest. It is a symbol of our region.

9.      It is a wild animal, but it is not dangerous. It can run and jump very fast. It can be white or grey.

10.  It is a wild animal, but it is not dangerous. It has four legs and a very fat tail. It can climb the trees.

Work in pairs answer the questions               

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About animals

Animals in danger

1.Vast

2.Depths

3.Survival

4.Exactly

    Amazingly

5.Fur

    Feathers

6.Scale

       Creature

7.    Despite

8.    Feature

9.    Cell

10.                 Alive

11.                 Fuel

12.                 Run out

13.                 Nerve

14.                 Sense

Surrounding

15.                 React

Extinction

Endanger

1.    Where do animals live? /They live everywhere/

2.    What can you say about the animal kingdom? /It is amazingly varied/

3.    What do animals often have? /They have eyes, ears and legs/

4.    What is difference between plants and animals? /Animals need to eat/

5.    Which animals can react more quickly than others? /mammals, birds/

6.    Why? /They’ve complicated nervous system/

7.    How do you call the long period of animal’s development? /evolution/

8.    What has happened to many species during evolution? /They’ve become extinct/