I want to visit Astana

I want to visit Astana
educational: to enrich students’ vocabulary stock with words concerning the theme, talk about the sight seeings of Astana.
developing: to develop speaking, reading and writing habits.
bringing – up: to motivate childrens’ interest in learning English, to educate the feelings of patriotism, to make students feel themselves rich and.
Type of the lesson: Introduction of new material.

Methods of the lesson: Critical thinking, question - answer, reading, listening, work in pairs, groups, new words and speaking.

The contents of the lesson.

1. Organizational moment
Greeting.
Teacher’s activity Pupils’ activity
- Good, morning children!
- Good morning, good morning
Good morning too you
Good morning and teacher
How are you?

- I’m very well, thank you! And you? - We are fine.
- Sit down, please
- Who is on duty today? - I’m on duty today.
- Who is absent? - All are present.
- What day is it today? - Today is…
- What date is it today? - Today is the …

The visual aids:
The interactive board
Video clip, slides reflecting sightseeings of Astana

2. Checking – up the homework.
Now, children let’s check up your homework
- What is your homework?
Your homework was to read the text and to learn new wopds.
- Are you ready?

3. New task.
Today we’ll work on a very interesting theme.
T: What is the capital of our country?
P: Astana is the capital of our country.
We’ll learn a lot of interesting things about Astana
T: Have you been Astana?

6. Work with the text.
And now ______________ wants to tell you a few words about city.
Listen to ______________ with attention and be ready to answer my questions.

_______________: “ Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. It is big and modern. The population of the city is over 800 thousand people. Astana is a centre for business and for tourism. There are many theatres, museums, cinemas in Astana. There are many beautiful large parks. You can have a very good time there. I want to show you some pictures of Astana city.

7. I offer you to see the Presentation about Astana.

8. One speaker from each group protects the presentation (slide project)

You can visit here a 3D cinema, a bowling, cafes, a theatre and an aqua park. There is a large aquarium with real sea sharks. It opened in 2006. ( Duman)

This tower is the main symbol of Astana and its visiting card. It is very popular with tourists. Here you can see our President’s handprint. This tower is 105 metres high. (Baуterek)

This Palace is the official residence of Nursultan Nazarbayev - the President of Kazakhstan. It is a very beautiful building with white columns. ( Ak - orda)

This Palace was built by British architect Lord Norman Foster. It looks like a very big pyramid. The pyramid is 62m high. ( The Pease Palace)

Khan Shatyry is a giant transparent tent currently under construction in Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan. (Khan Shatyry)

T.: Thank you for your story ________. And now I want to see how attentive you are. Answer the questions, please.

Astana is a young city. There are many modern buildings in Astana. They are “Baiterek”, “The house of Parliament ”, “Khan Shatyr”, “Ak - orda”, The President’s residence and many green parks. There are universities, colleges and secondary schools, gymnasiums in our capital.

- Have you been “Khan Shatyr”, “Baiterek”…?
- Have you seen “Duman”?

9.
1). Complete the crossword.
B A Y T E R E K
D A S T A N A F
F K S D U M A N
H O E G T U H I
E R A G M G Y Z
H D R T Y N K L
P A J G A F G O

T: The next game.
9. 2). Fill in the gaps this the letters.
R__ver. Ast__na. C__pital. Pr__sedent. C__ty. Fl__g. W__rld. T__wn

10. Reading. Work in groups.( work with flip charts, clasters)
a) Claster: your association with the city Astana
On the blackboard you can see some key words. Use them.
b) I give you some pictures of Astana sightseeings. You should write a title of the popular buildings under each picture.

11. Fastening.
Pupil 1: Astana is the capital of our country.
Pupil 2: Astana is the most beautiful city in the world.
Pupil 3: Astana is famous for the Baiterek Tower.
Pupil 4: Astana was twelve years old in 2010.
Pupil 5: Astana became the capital in 1998.
Pupil 6: Astana is the place where our President lives.
Pupil 7: Astana is the city where I would like to live. Astana is the city, where I would to visit.
12. Fill in the last column of the table: What did you know about Astana?
13. Summarizing.
You work well, good. Your marks are: excellent, good.

14. Homework: Ex 16 p. 34 Ask and questions.
15. Conclusion: Giving marks Thank you for your activity at this lesson. Now I will give you marks pupils, the lesson is over “Good – by, pupiles”.