КСП «Reading: natural disasters» по английскому языку, 8 класс

• Students will read and understand a non-fiction text about natural disasters (with reference to Kazakhstan’s seismic risk) and identify cause-effect relationships.
• Students will use feedback from a peer to set one personal learning goal for reading longer texts.
• Students will spell/write key topic words (drought, flood, earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, tornado) correctly in a written task.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge of Kazakhstan’s national symbols and express a positive attitude toward the Motherland while discussing how engineers help their native region.

Teacher: “Let’s start with a riddle. It makes the ground shake, it destroys buildings, but it cannot be seen. It happens suddenly. What is it? Write your hypothesis in one word on your mini-whiteboard.”

Teacher walks and checks, then asks 2–3 students to read their guesses aloud.

Possible student responses: “Earthquake!”, “Tornado?”, “Explosion?”

Teacher confirms the most logical answer: “Earthquake. Today we’ll explore natural disasters and how engineers help us survive them.”

• Students listen and write a one-word guess on the whiteboard.
• Students raise the whiteboard for the teacher to see.
• Volunteers say their answer aloud and explain briefly.

Descriptors:

• Writes a plausible guess connected to natural disasters.
• Verbally participates in the discussion without fear of mistakes.

No points – only descriptive feedback.