Festivals around the world

Unit 3:  Entertainment and Media

 Entertainment&Media

Teacher’s name

Amirkhanova L.N.

Date:

21.11.2023

Grade: 8 Г

Number present:

Number absent:

Theme:

Festivals around the world. Фестивали по всему миру

Learning objectives(s) that/this lesson is contributing to

8.4.2.1- understand specific information  and detail in texts on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics, including some extended texts;

8.5.3.1- write with moderate grammatical accuracy on a growing range of  familiar general and curricular topics;

8.3.3.1- give an opinion at discourse level on a wide range of general and curricular topics;

Lesson objectives

At the end of the lesson students will be able identify the main points of two festivals

Planned timings

Teacher activity

Learner’s activity

Assessment           

Resources

Beginning

5 min

Organizational moment

Begin with a discussion about festivals. Ask students if they have ever attended or heard about festivals in their country. Direct Ss’ attention to the pictures and elicit what they think of them

The theme of the lesson is  Festivals around the world. Today you will learn about 2 festivals

Ss greet teacher

 Ss answer

Verbal assessment

Board

Excel 6 Student’s book Grade 8, p.37

Middle

Activity 1.  Vocabulary Introduction:

Introduce or review relevant vocabulary using flashcards. Include words like parade, celebration, tradition, culture, etc.

Activity 2.   Reading Activity. INSERT

Divide Ss into 2 groups, assign each group a  text and ask students to read the text silently. Encourage them to underline any words or phrases they find challenging.

Ask Ss to make a table and fill it. Then discuss in a class

Activity 3.2 Finding  specific information (Comprehension Questions)

Read the questions aloud one at a time and ask Ss to read the

texts again and answer them. Check Ss’ answers.

Answer Key

1 He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon.

2 He/She carries ‘the quill’.

3 The mayor puts flowers on Shakespeare’s grave.

4 It is held in Astana.

5 They can try food and traditional crafts and attend music

and dance performances.

6 It is the only festival in the world that celebrates

traditional nomadic culture.

Activity 4. Sentence Building

Have students create sentences using the vocabulary

 1) in/Stratford-upon-Avon/ was born/ 1564/ William Shakespeare/in.

2) theatre/ London’s/ 1576/ first/opened/in.

3) in/ Shakespeare/ London/as an actor/ worked.

4) wrote/Romeo and Juliet/a tragedy/ Shakespeare.

5) all over/ people/ his/the world/ like/masterpiece.

  Ss read and write new words

Ss  work in group,  read the text and fill the table, then discuss in the class

Ss answer the questions

Ss put words in sentences in correct order

Verbal

assessment

Group  assessment

Individual assessment

Individual assessment

Excel 6 Student’s book Grade 8, p.37

Excel 6 Student’s book Grade 8, p.37

handouts

Excel 6 Student’s book Grade 8, p.37

handouts

End

5 min

REFLECTION   Self-assessment.  

"Message". Pupils tell 5 words of the topic of the lesson.

 Home task is  ex. 3 p. 37 (complete the table)

https://wordwall.net/play/64198/841/988

At the end of the lesson, learners reflect on their learning.

Self assessment

Excel 6 Student’s book Grade 8, p.37

Online resource

ü I know

+ That’s new

-          I disagree

? I wonder