Good afternoon boys and girls! Today the topic of our lesson is " mother nature" and we will devote it to one of the serious problems on the planet- the problem of ecology and environmental protection.Our environment is changing.So we'll speak about ecology and discuss many urgent problems connected with this topic.

Warming up activity:

Who is in charge of the planet? учащиеся отвечают на вопросы и выражают свое мнение по проблеме

1 What is ecology?

2 What are global environmental problems?

3 How do people influence the environment?

4 What can children do to help the earth?

5 Why do we have to protect nature?

6 What ecological organisations help to protect the environment?

Now would you tell me if you have seen any of these signs. What do they mean? (на доске рисунки с изображением знаков - keep Britain tidy, please keep off the grass и т д)

Do you follow all these signs?

- And now tell me what we should do to keep our country tidy.Grammar in focus: modal verbs must, should, can. (используя те же самые рисунки, учащиеся составляют предложения с модальными глаголами и предыдущими фразами)

- Thank you. let's get to your hometask, you were to prepare reports about environment, let's listen to them. (выступление нескольких учеников с докладами: air pollution, water pollution)

- good job! Now i suugest to find out words characterising the weather, let's work with vocabulary.Would you please open your books at page 44. Let's read the words and see what they are in Russian.

- Well done! You will be given cards where you are to fill in the gaps with the given words.(раздаются карточки, незнакомые слова представлены на доске).You have 3 or 4 minutes to complete the task.

Аудирование

- Now you will listen to a very interesting text about the Taiga. Please listen attentively.

- Answer my questions please

1 Which countries does the Taiga cover?

2 How low can the temperature in the Taiga be?

3 Are summers long there?

4 What can you say about the trees of the Taiga?

5 What animals and birds live there?

6 Why is the Taiga in danger?

- Dear friends, today we have the opportunity to talk to the represantative from Greenpeace organisation, Please welcome ___________

(учитель обращается к представителю) Thank you for coming.We'd like to ask you some questions concerning the work of your organisation. So why does Greenpeace exist?

- How old is Greenpeace?

- Who founded Greenpeace?

- How many supporters does Greenpeace have?

- How is it organised?

- How can we help Greenpeace?

Any other questions? Ok , thank you very much.It was a great pleasure to talk to you and learn so many things.

- So we came to a conclusion that all people in the world are in charge of the planet. We must take care of our planet and be sure that it will make us happy.Thank you for the lesson, you were great. All of you deserve best marks. Please write down your hometask for the next lesson. (p 56 read the text, ex.1-4 p.57) The lesson is over.