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8/13/2019 Lesson Plan3 CLIL

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CLIL LESSON PLAN

School:Learners age: 16ySubject: GeographyTopic:Volcanos

Aims:Content: finding out about volcanos based on Ss interest, practising informationprocessing,Language: finding out about important new terms, practising reading, infering,explainingThinking skills: understanding reactions to natural phenomena, observing, reporting

and classifying, sequencing, summarizing and justifying.Social skills: cooperation.

Ref.No.of

Activ.

Time Workform

Activity Materials

Lead-in:

1 5 IndividualWhole

class

T asks Ss to think about what theyalready know about volcanos and what

they would like to find out while s/heplays a video of volcanos(www.nationalgeographic.com) withsome music in the background.(Students background knowledge isactivated.)1st T asks how Ss found the video.(Ss emotional reaction toimages+music) T puts Ss

vocab/adjectives on board.(eg. formidable,

ComputerProjector

CD

Core part:

2 5 Wholeclass

T collects Ss ideas on the board.Thens/he asks them to agree on an outlinefor the lesson based on what they wantto find out, e.g. where v. can be found,how dangerous they are, how theywork, etc. T sets time limit. T checksthe outline and may suggest otheraspects to find out.

3 3 Groupwork Ss are grouped into threes or

fours.(Max. 5 groups.)Ss come to the front of the class andchoose from the materials that are

Maps, photos,

texts, diagram


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displayed there, e.g. a map with thelocation of volcanos in the world +text explaining their location, adiagram showing one way oferuption procedure + text aboutdifferent types of eruption, photos ofdifferent shapes/types of volcanos+text

4 10 Groupwork T tells students that they need to workwith the information so that they canpresent it to the others and sets timelimit.Ss process information andproduce notes, diagrams, shortened

texts. They also produce word cards(max. 5) of the most important newwords, eg. crust, divergent andconvergent tectonic plates, vent,hotspots, dormant, active, extinct,mantle convection.

Maps, photos,texts, diagram

5 15 Wholeclass

Each group puts on the board whatthey have prepared and tells the others

what theyve found out. They followthe outline they agreed on at the start

of the lesson. Ss take notes. Teachermonitors, corrects, provides essentialinfo that Ss might have overlooked,explains when necessary.

One group will be responsible forputting the outline with all the selectedmaterials (texts, photos, diagrams) onthe common LMS the same day.

Maps, photos,texts, diagram

Closure:

6 7 Wholeclass

T presents multiple choice test at thewebsite and whole class tries toanswer the Qs. They check theiranswers in the answers page. Theyrevise new terms with the word cards.T will put a link on the LMS to themultiple choice test so that Ss can do iton their own before coming to the nextclass. T puts the word cards into the

box of words, where they collect

important, new vocabulary items.(Extra material: volcano crosswords)

Computerwith Internet+ projectorOr:Interactive

whiteboard


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References:Websites:

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/volcanoes/volcano-eruptions.html

http://www.worldvolcanoes.info/map.html

wikipedia

How Volcanoes Work- Educational resource on the science and processes behindvolcanoes, intended for university students of geology, volcanology and teachers of earthscience. Crosswords: http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html

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