Конспект урока для 10 класса по теме Global Warming
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (10 класс) на тему

Form: 10

Topic: Global warming

Aims: by the end of the lesson students will be able

1. to speak about:

1. reasons and consequences of the global warming:
2. things that must be done to improve the condition of the environment and reduce global warming:
3. the animals that are affected by global warming.

2. to use new vocabulary speaking about global warming.

Materials:

1. Presentation
2. Video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAbATJCugs
3. Handouts
4. Textbook “Starlight 10”, p.124

The procedure:

1. Greeting
2. Warm up

Presentation (slide 1)

1. In Nature there are  neither   rewards nor punishment – there are consequences

Let’s comment the saying.

How do you understand it?

Presentation (slide 2)

2. Revising the vocabulary

At our last lesson we began to speak about environment problems. Let’s revise them

Today I want to draw your attention to one of these problems.

3. Listening

Now, we’ll watch a video.

1. Pre-listening

• What type of video will you watch?

a) the news                b) a documentary                c) an extract from a film

• Which process will be described in the video?

2. Listening I

Watch the video and decide if your predictions were right or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJAbATJCugs

3. Listening II (handouts)

1. Enumerate the elements which have released greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution.    Presentation (slide 3)

2. Note down the consequences of global warming mentioned in the video: Presentation (slide 4)

3. Tick the right boxes.       Presentation (slide 5)

To keep the Earth cooler, consumers should:                 

• recycle their waste
• save energy
• use fluorescent light bulbs
• save water
• drive fewer miles

4. After-listening

                 Let’s speak about global warming (checking the task)

1. Factories, power plants, cars, burning fossil fuels
2. rising sea levels;

 floods;

weather patterns could change;

 hurricanes more frequent;

 severe droughts;

some species would face extinction;

ice melting.

      III.  To keep the Earth cooler, consumers should:                 

recycle their waste

• save energy
• use fluorescent light bulbs
• save water

• drive fewer miles

IV.  Reading

We have learnt that one of the consequences of the global warming is the extinction of some species

1. Pre-reading

Open the books at page 124

Look at the picture and the title of the article.

What do you think the article is about? (prediction)

2. Reading

• Ex.2, p.124 (Starlight 10)

Read the article and decide if the statements are TRUE (1), False (2) or NOT STATED (3)

ANSWERS:

1. 1
2. 3
3. 2
4. 1
5. 3
6. 2

• Vocabulary*

Ex.3, p.124 (Starlight 10)          

             ANSWERS:

precisely: exactly

uncertain: unclear

increased: gone up

repercussions: consequences

species: types

reduction: lessening

food intake: amount of food

decreased: became less

summer fast: period when food is absent

sustain: maintain

receding: shrinking

alarming rates: disturbing speeds

cataclysmic: disastrous

maternity dens: places where a wild animal gives birth

collapse: fall down

emission: discharge

conditions: states

3. After-reading

• Answer my questions:

1. What are the reasons that can cause the extinction of polar bears?
2. What effect has warmer weather on female bears and their maternity dens?

And do you know other animals that are affected by global warming?

V.  Homework: Research another animal that is affected by global warming. Prepare a short presentation to share your                                             findings with the class. You can visit this website: http://www.greenpeace.org.

VI.  The results of the lesson

Let’s draw the line of our lesson today.

What have learnt at the lesson today?