Typical Kazakhstan animals

Grade: 8
The theme: Typical Kazakhstan animals
The aims of the lesson • To give information about Kazakhstan animals: koulan, falcon and snow leopard;
• To teach them to learn about abovementioned animals and learn to speak about them;
• To teach them to give feedback in groups and individually.

The expected result
• The students will know about Kazakhstan animals: koulan, falcon and snow leopard;
• They will learn about falcon, koulan and snow leopard and will be able to speak about them;
 They will be able to give feedback in groups and individually.

The main idea
1. Create “Vocabulary bank” according to the theme
2. Create “Concept map” about three animals inhabiting in Kazakhstan
3. Feedback: complete the “semantic map” about all these three animals

Steppes 1. Warm - up
2. Check up the homework
3. Pair work “Knowledge rating scale”
4. Team work “Reading for gist”
5. Individual work “Semantic map”
6. Self assessment

Assessment
1. Smilies
2. Knowledge rating scale
3. Criteria and description
4. Assess with using correct answers. Windshield Check
5. Two stars and a wish (teacher gathers all materials)

Homework Essay about favourite pets and animals

IV. Team work “Think and feedback”
*Teacher gives short briefing information about animals inhabited in Kazakhstan.
*Show the presentation
*Give them their part of the text about three different animals like: falcon, snow leopard and koulan. They should work in teams and present their team work in front of the class.
Today the wildlife of Kazakhstan includes 158 species of mammals, 458 species of birds, 52 species of reptiles, 12 species of amphibians, and 150 species of fish, 19 species of animals and 23 of birds. They are included into the International Red Book of rare or endangered animals. In the mountains of the Zailiiski Alatau alone, there are about 50 species of mammals, 141 species of birds and 3 species of fish. In the steppes herds of koulans and jeirans (Asiatic antelope) graze.
Deserts are inhabited with giant lizards, snakes and spiders. On the peaks of its mountains snow leopards - mountain turkeys occur. Kazakhstan is inhabited with birds, marmots, wild sheep, the Tien Shan brown bear, flamingoes, and swans.

TYPICAL KAZAKHSTAN ANIMALS
Snow leopard
In Kazakhstan, people always respected this leopard as the strongest and proudest animal. The beautiful wild cat is a perfect rock climber and its favourite habitat is on mountain peaks of the Tien Shan. The snow leopard (Panthera uncia syn. Uncia uncia) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because as of 2003, the size of the global population was estimated at 4, 080 - 6, 590 adults, of which fewer than 2, 500 individuals may reproduce in the wild.