Nature of Almaty. Medeu

Grade: 10
The theme of the lesson: Step 4. Nature of Almaty. Medeu
Aims
a) educational: to increase pupils knowledge about nature of Almaty and about Medeu, continue shaping the skills in using lexis on the theme “Medeu”
b) Developing: to develop pupils skills and habits in speaking, in reading, in listening, in writing
c) Bring - up: to bring up pupils to be more kind and friendly.

Type: travel lesson, demonstrative and new lesson
Method: explanation, question - answer, individual work, “travelling by Almaty game’ “Leader of XXI century” intellectual game.
Visual aids: interactive board, slides, pictures.
The outline of the lesson
I. Organization moment.
a) Greeting
b) Checking - up list
c) Checking – up homework
What was your homework?
Review Step 3. Sights of Almaty

You see map of Almaty. Where is Almaty?
Have you ever been to Almaty?
Ok, Dear pupils I will check your homework by “Travelling to Almaty”
We will travel to Almaty by bus. We have four bus stop in every stop you should find tasks. I will your guide. Who find tasks I’ll give you score. Who get so many score at the end, will be a winner or “Leader of XXI century”.
Our first travel to squares of Almaty.
Our fourth travel to Medeu.

II. Main part.
Explanation.
Our new theme: step 4. Nature of Almaty. Medeu

Brainstorming.

Talk to your partner first then have a class discussion.
a) what do you know about Medeu, Shymbulak, Peak Talgar, Khan Tangri and Kokzhailau?
b) You are going to read the texts about the rivers, lakes, mountains, peaks of Almaty and Almaty region. Before you read, see if you can predict some of the words (verbs, nouns and adjectives). Write your prediction below:
Verbs Nouns Adjectives.
______ ________ __________
______ ________ __________
2. As you read try to find
• How many of the words you predicted above actually appear in the text?
• The sentences which describe the rivers, lakes and mountains in the text?

Pre - reading text.

- Have you ever gone to Almaty?
- Have you ever been to Medeu?
What do you know about it?

Doing exercise

Listening and Reading
Exercise 3 a) Read and find out the information about Medeu which is new to you.
First read and practice the pronunciation of the following words. Listen and repeat the English words.

Vocabulary and Pronunciation.
Gorge - шатқал
Refrigerate – суыту, мұз қатыру
Birch - аққайың
Dike – бөгет
Landslide – көшкін, қар көшкіні
Capacity – сыйымдылығы

Exercise 3 b) Listen to the text and read it.
Medeu
The world’s famous skating rink Medeu was built in 1972 in a picturesque gorge located 15 km. from Almaty. Its 10, 500 sq. meter ice area is the best place for outdoor world competitions in speed skating, Russian hockey figure skating and other sports events. Special refrigerating equipment provides the ice - cover of the skating field 8 months a year and ice tracks are kept ready for skating all year round. Over 120 world records have been set there by the world’s strongest skaters. It is open for public skating December through March. Admission: about US $ 4. Skaters rent is available on the first floor outside of the rink.
A hotel is located near the rink. At 1691 - meters above sea level, nature lover will find beautiful mountain scenes surrounding the skating rink. The Medeu Gorge is bordered by mountain ridges: Kim asars on the west, Kabyrgatau on its east. A road runs through Medeu gorge towards the Mynzhylky gorge. The gorge has 21, 000 hectare of forests with birches, Tien Shan spruces, and mountain ashes.
One of the attractions is a dike built in the valley of the Kishkene Almaty river to protect the city from landslides. The dike’s collector has an impressive capacity of 6, 000, 000 cubic meters of water. It is this dike that has kept back a disastrous landscape in 1973.

Speaking.
Answer the questions.
 When was Medeu built?
 How much Medeu’s ice area meter?
 What does equipment provide the ice - cover?
 When is it open for public skating?

Writing drill.

Write what do these numbers refer to?
1972 4 10, 000 120
8 15 1973 21, 000
6, 000, 000 1691

True (T) or F (F)
1. The world’s famous skating rink Medeu was built in 1972.
2. Special refrigerating equipment provides the ice - cover of the skating field 6 months a year.
3. Over 120 world records have been set there by the world’s skaters.
4. It is open for public skating December through April.
5. A hotel is located in front of the rink.
6. The gorge has 21, 000 hectare of forests with birches.
7. The dike’s collector has an impressive capacity of 6, 000 000cubic meters of water.

Group work/ Jigsaw reading
Divide the class into two groups.
Group A: read the text and make up the questions
Group B: read the text and make up the questions then they exchange questions and answer the questions.

Watching video. About “Medeu”
III. Conclusion.
A) Homework
Retell the text “Medeu”
Project work. Collect information about Medeu.

b) Evaluation. Who is a winner? Who gets a lot of score?
 You were very active. Thank you very much.
“You are Leader XXI of century” My congratulations!
Have a nice day! The lesson is over!