7 form p. 104 L4 The Tunguska mystery

7 form p.104 L4 The Tunguska mystery

	Teacher	Children			Blackboard
Warm up	Do you know any mysterious places in Russia? Who investigates these mysteries? Scientists also study UFOs. They think that UFOs may be the reason why some objects explode in the sky.		Фронтально		Scientists Science Explode Explosion
Ex.1a reading for gist	Open your SB. Read the name of the lesson, look at the photo/picture and say what we are going to speak about? What do you know about this mystery? What would you like to learn about it?	Tunguska Answers in Russian ---	Фронтально		The Tunguska mystery I write the questions on the board: When? Who exploded? Where?
	Look at the newspaper article from ex.1a. Pay attention when it was written. Now you are going to read the text and answer the question before the text. Has anyone explained the Tunguska explosion in 1908? Do you guess the meaning of the words “fireball – шаровая молния , region - район, glowing silver clouds –ярко светящиеся серебристые облака “	On the 10th of July 1908 No. nobody could explain the explosion in 1908.	Индивидуально
1b . to practice reading for specific info and taking notes	Now we are going to read the text again and fill in the first part of the table with the information from the text.	A huge fireball exploded On the 30^th of June 1908 In a place in Siberia called Tunguska White nights	в парах		Раздаю таблицу, которую они должны заполнить
1c. to introduce new vocabulary.	The next question is: What do you think exploded in Tunguska? A meteorite / / Say after me. An asteroid / / Say after me. A spaceship from another planet What is an asteroid? It is one of the many small planets between Mars and Jupiter. A meteorite is a piece of rock or metal that has come from space and has landed on Earth.
Expressing opinions	Don’t forget that you are going to express your own opinion, not scientific facts. That’s why it is good to start with I think / I believe (that)…				I think I believe that
Ex.2a	Let’s read one more text – a magazine article. And answer the question before the text. How did you translate the words “Soviet”, crater - , comet - комета? Theories - theory	In 1927			Theories - theory
Ex.2b	Read the text again and fill in the 2^nd part of the table. Note down the main points only and leave out the unimportant details.	Leonid Kulik. /Soviet scientists In 1927 Looked for a crater and a piece of asteroid or meteorite A meteorite, an asteroid, a comet, a spaceship from another planet
Ex.3a listening for gist	Was the Tunguska explosion explained later? What do you think? When? Listen to the radio news programme . tell me the date the news was broadcast. Listen and answer the question.	The 5^th of November 2003 --------------- No, it wasn’t. it’s still a mystery.
Ex.3b listening for specific Information	Listen again and complete the table	It was a stony asteroid 40m in diameter In 1933 They used a computer to find it out. No
Ex.4. Summar ising	This is the summary. ( ) . To summarise the information you shouldn’t just write out whole sentences from the text. You should make your own notes leaving out all unimportant details. The table will help you to do this task.	30 June 2 .1908 3. exploded 4. Siberia 5. Tunguska 6. Hundreds of animals 7.40,000 trees 8. silver clouds in the night sky 9. Soviet scientists 10. 1927 11. a crater 12. A piece of asteroid or meteorite 13-15 a meteorite/an asteroid/a comet/a UFOs/ a spaceship 16. 1993 17. A computer 18. Asteroid
	Now look at the questions you wrote on the board at the beginning of the lesson . Can you answer them now?	Yes
Ex5	At home you should read the text 5. Note down the main facts from it. You should complete the table as much as possible.