Geographical position of the USA
The aim of the lesson:
- Pupils learn the grammar rules, discuss about the geographical position of the USA
The results:
- А: Pupils discuss about the geographical position of the USA
- В:Pupils tell their opinion about the theme.
- С: Pupils learn the grammar: Present Perfect Continuous.
Criteria:
- А: I discuss about the geographical position of the USA
- В: I tell my opinion about the theme.
- С: I learn the grammar: Present Perfect Continuous.
Visualizations:
Presentation, projector, netbook, papers with tasks
Organization moment
- Goodmorningpupils
- Who is on duty today?
- Whoisabsent?
- What date is it today?
- What day is it today?
- Let`s check up your home.
Brainstorming
- Answer the questions:
- Do you like travelling?
- If it were summer now, where would you like to go?
- Would you like to visit the USA?
- Is this country big or small?
- Is it bigger than Russia?
- Where is the USA situated?
- What is it washed by?
- What is the longest river?
- What is the capital of the USA? …
Before you make a new theme let's me introduce you with new words:
- Copper [ ˈkɒp.ər ] мыс
- lead [ liːd ] бастау, басшылық ету
- diversity of landscape [ dɪˈvɝː.sə.t̬i əv ˈlændskeɪp] ландшафттың алуан түрлілігі
- national boundary [ ˈnæʃnəl ˈbaʊn.dər.i ] ұлттық шекара
- sharp [ ʃɑːp ] өткір , үшкір
- Rugged [ ˈrʌɡ.ɪd ] күшті
- Situate [ ˈsɪt.ju.eɪt ] орналастыру
- exclude [ ɪkˈskluːd ] шығару, алып тастау
- north [ nɔːθ ] солтүстік
- west [ west ] батыс
- east [ iːst ] шығыс
- South [ saʊθ ] оңтүстік
- border [ ˈbɔːdə(r) ] шекара
- river [ ˈrɪvə(r) ] өзен
The USA»:
the Pacific Ocean
АҚШ»:
the Atlantic Ocean
Тынық мұхиты
Hawaii
Атлант мұхиты
the District of Columbia
Гавайи
Колумбия округі
the Rocky Mountains
тау жоталары
the Sierra Nevada
the Missouri
Сьерра-Невада
Миссури штаты
the Rio Grande
Рио-Гранде
Chicago
Чикаго
Lake Erie
Эри көлі
LakeMichigan
LakeSuperior
Мичиган көлі
LakeOntario
LakeSuperior
LakeHuron
Lake Ontario
LakeHuron
The USA is situated in the centre of North America excluding the territory of Alaska (north – west of Canada) and Hawaii (in the Pacific ocean). It is washed by the Pacific ocean in the west and the Atlantic in the east. The USA borders on Canada in the north, Mexico in the south. It has a sea-border with Russia. It is the Bering Strait. The main rivers of the USA are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Colorado and others.
Mainpart Pupils read the text about the USA.
- Geographical position of the USA
- The USA is the 4 th largest country in the world (after Russia , Canada and China ). It is situated in central North America and stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. It borders on Canada in the north and Mexico in the south and has a sea-border with Russia. It also includes Alaska and Hawaii.
- The total area of the country is 9.4 million square kilometers. The enormous size of the country influences the diversity of landscape, climate and even people.
- The West is a mountainous area of the Rocky Mountains , the Cordillera and the Sierra Nevada . The highest peak is Mount McKinley in Alaska (6,000 meters).
- As compared with the Appalachians in the east, the Rocky Mountains are sharp and rugged, over 4,000 meters high, rich in gold, copper, lead, silver and other minerals.
- The longest rivers are the Mississippi (6,400 kilometers), «the father of waters», the Missouri (1,600 kilometers), the Colorado wild, restless and angry, the Columbia full of quiet dignity and the Rio Grande (3,200 kilometers), a national boundary between the USA and Mexican sizes. The largest state is Alaska.
- The Colorado forms the Grand Canyon , which strikes one's imagination as a fabulous phenomenon of nature. Its perpendicular walls go up to 1,500 meters above the river level. The USA has thousands of lakes of all kinds
- The Great Lakes make up the largest group; they are the greatest collection of fresh water lakes in the world with the total area equal to that of Great Britain. They are Lakes Huron, Erie, Ontario, Michigan, Superior. Here the famous Niagara Falls precipitate from the height of 50 meteres. Among salty lakes the Great Salt Lake in Utah and the Salton Sea in California are the most famous. They are rich in salt (6,000 million tons).
Task “True” or “False”. You should say these sentences “True” or “False”.
- 1.The USA is the 10 th largest country in the world.
- 2.It borders on Kazakhstan in the north and Mexico in the south and has a sea-border with Russia.
- 3.The longest rivers are the Mississippi (6,400 kilometers), the Missouri(1,600 kilometers)
- 4. Mississippi (6,400 kilometers) is «the mother of waters».
- 5.The USA situated in the central North part of America.
- 6.The total area of the country is 10 million square kilometers.
- 7.The famous Niagara Falls precipitate from the height of 50 meters.
- 8.The USA has hundreds of lakes of all kinds.
- 1. false
- 2. false
- 3. true
- 4. false
- 5. true
- 6. false
- 7. true
- 8. false
- 1. Present Perfect Continuous Tense Формула: S + have + been + V4(PI) Осы шақтағы ( Present Indefinite ) have көмекші етістігі + been ( be – Participle II ) мен мағыналы етістіктің осы шақтағы есімшесі ( Present Participle – V4(PI) ) арқылы жасалады. Баяндауыштың бірінші етістігі болып табылатын have көмекші етістігі бастауышпен жақ бойынша байланысады. Баяндауыштың формуласы: have + been + V4(PI)
- Осы уақытқа дейін басталып, әлі де жалғасып жатқан оқиға туралы айтқанда қолданылады.
- We have been using this method for some time. – Біз бұл әдісті талай уақыт бойы қолданып келеміз.
- The level of water has been rising all the time. – Су деңгейі көтерілуін жалғастыруда.
Pupils say their opinion about the lesson.
Home task: Write 5 sent – s to PPCT To retell the text learn by heart the new words Marking: you are good today. Thank you for the lesson.
