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«Права людини та дитини»



                                   Конференція Клубу Глобальної турботи
                                   середньої загальноосвітньої спеціалізованої школи № 12
                                   I-III ступенів з поглибленим вивченням іноземних мов
                                   імені С.Ковальчука м. Житомира

                                   на тему:
                                                    «Права людини та дитини»

                                   Учасники: учні 10-11 класів, вчителі
                                    англійської мови школи та міста

                                   Керівник Клубу Глобальної турботи: Арютова Л.О.

                                  Session plan

The Theme: Do children have rights too?
The level:    students of the 10-11th forms, school and town English teachers.
Material:     a copy of Simplified Version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
                    A copy of the Convention on the rights of the Child

Objectives: for developing Human Rights Skills:
1.      to determine the difference between wants and needs
2.      to understand the rights
3.      to realize that children have different rights than adults do
4.      to identify what some of these rights are( by introducing the Convention of rights
5.      to realize that every right has a corresponding responsibility
                    for developing Language Skills
1.      to practice language skills
2.      to share and compare information
3.      to explain and justify decisions
4.      to combine positive and negative ideas


1.   Warming up: Students and teachers introduce themselves.
                   My name is…
                   I want to…
                   I need to…
      Group activity “Making Rain” that gives the opportunity to understand each other and the
      goal of  joint action. They will have to listen, respect, lead, follow each other.

2.  The teacher writes the words:   wants and needs and asks the audience-
      What is the difference between a want and a need?

     The teacher elicits examples of their wants (a new car, a warm winter, etc)
                                                                 Needs (family, clothes, etc)
  1. Group work.
      The students and teachers are split into two or three groups (mixed)
The task: to create a group list of wants – group 1
                to create a group list of needs – group 2
                to create and make presentation of ideas – both groups
  1. Speaking. The teacher reads a class list of wants and needs and asks: Can you think of any other    wants and needs which are not represented on your flip charts?

  1. Critical thinking. The teacher asks the Ss to consider what the difference between needs and wants is.
                         What are rights? ▼↓
                                                           The most basic needs are considered rights.The most basic needs are considered rights
  
  1. T asks Ss to analyze their list of needs and to answer:
If you were asked to create a list of basic human rights would it differ from your list of basic human needs?
                     
  1. Reading. Task: Read over UDHR and note how your list of human needs differ or is similar to the rights included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  1. Discussion: T asks Ss: Do Children Have Rights, too?
The teacher draws a line on the blackboard representing life time from age 5 (at the end) to age 30 (at the other end) and asks Ss write the age on the time-line where a person in Ukraine can:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

●buy alcohol
●work full time
●vote
●any type of films
●get married without a parent’s permission
●join the military
●convicted of a crime
●a car
●pay full price on public transport
●etc
            Ss are asked to stick the definitions to an age time line. Ss are asked:
Why don’t children have the same rights as adults?
The teacher tells Ss that a child is a person under the age of 18 (according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child)

  1. Listening.
In 1989 the United Nation made a list of rights and wrote a legal document to protect children’s rights called the Convention on the rights of the Child. The children’s rights can be divided into three categories:
Participation- the right to participate in society (freedom of speech and opinion, school, family, culture, religion, language)
Protection- the right to be shielded from harmful acts and practices (physical and mental abuse, commercial or sexual exploitation, separation from parents)
Provision – the right to possess or have access to certain things or services (name, nationality, health care, education, rest, play, care for disable and orphans)

  1. Groups’ presentation of the ideas.
      Students and teachers are asked to discuss in groups and decide which three rights are
      the most important for Ss and Ts. They select them from the UDHR and CCR.

11. Teacher’s presentation of the ideas of the session:
                           Wants  ►◄ needs
                     Needs  ►◄ rights
                     Rights ►◄ responsibilities

       12. Discussion. The teacher involves Ss for discussion of Article 12 from the Simplified
version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Article 12   “The right of the child to express his or her opinion and to have this taken
                            into consideration”
Task: Answer the questions – Is this also a student’s right?
                                                Is this also a teacher’s right?


If the student has the right                      Who is responsible to protect that right?
to express his or her opinion        -----     What is their responsibility?
                                                           ▼
                                                            ↓
●be treated in the same way
●not speak when others are speaking
●to tell Ts when they think something is unfair
●to others

If the teacher has the right
to assess the Ss presentation ------------ Who is responsible to protect that right?
                                                                  What is their responsibility?
● - ? ? ?
● - ? ? ?
● - ? ? ?

13. Critical thinking. The whole group is split into two groups and asked to identify the following:

It is the students’ right to…
It is the students’ responsibility to….

It is the teachers’ right to…
It is the teachers’ responsibility to….

14. The teacher puts the lists on the wall and draws Van diagram. Then everybody decides:

 Which teachers’ and students’ rights are the same?
The participants present their ideas.

15. Wrap up.
Identifying the whole session by answering the crucial question:
How can human rights be defined?

        Human rights can be defined as those basic rules without which people cannot live in dignity as human beings.
  
Human rights are the foundation of   FREEDOM
                                                                JUSTICE
                                                                 PEACE

  The basis of human rights – such as respect for human life and human dignity –   
              can be found in most religions and philosophies.


 Respecting human rights allows the individuals and the community to fully develop.

Lesson plan (9th form)

Life on other planets

Topic: Space exploration to find habitable planets, call of the wild

Aims:
Educational (виховна):
           To bring up the future leaders and citizens of the 21st century with deep awareness of their essential role in the solution making process of human life not only on the Earth but in the whole Universe in comparison with their daily life today.
Developing: (розвиваюча):
  • To help students understand a text about space exploration
  • To develop students’ vocabulary on the topic of astronomy and space exploration
  • To develop students’ communication and discussion skills
  • To learn about the planet’s problems
  • To learn how to help the planet, wild life
  • To teach students to compare and analyze and to make their own conclusions
Learning (навчаюча):
  • To review the use of modal verbs (must, have to, should/ought to, mustn’t)
  • To increase Ss knowledge in other school subjects: Physics, Biology, and Astronomy.
  • To develop reading and speaking skills
  • To learn new vocabulary ( the names of planets)

Level: Pre-Intermediate

Introduction

This lesson looks at recent developments in the search for habitable planets, opens up the topic of the possibility of life on other planets, summarises the topic “Call of the wild” based on unit 2, textbook Upstream – level B1+

Procedure

1. Warming up:                                        / 5 min. Individual work/

A teacher asks students:
                   Do you know the names of the planets in our solar system?                                                
                   (Students could shout them out or discuss the names in pairs).
A teacher hands out the worksheet (task 1).
T. –             You have to put the planets on order in Worksheet Task 1       and do it in pairs.                                                                                                                       Pay attention that the clue is a mnemonic.
           My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas.
     The first letter of each word represents a planet - in the correct order.
T - Let’s quickly drill the planet names now.                                                                What do you know about Pluto? (It’s been reclassified as a dwarf planet or ‘plutoid’).


Worksheet Task 1
These are the planets that orbit the sun:

      Earth  Jupiter  Mars  Mercury  Neptune  (Pluto)  Saturn  Uranus  Venus

Can you put the planets in order? Here’s a clue: My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas


T. –Let’s use a map of the Solar system. Point out to the planets.
Students – The eight planets that orbit the Sun are (in order from the Sun): Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Another large body is Pluto, now classified as a dwarf planet or plutoid.

2. Pre-reading activities.            /5 minutes, Individual and pair work/
 Speaking.

T. -   You have to look at the word cloud in Worksheet Task 2 and underline the planets (there are 3 – Earth, Neptune and Mars).
        All these words are from a text that you are going to read later.
        Circle the largest words (these are the ones that occur most frequently in the text) and tell them
Ss – They tell the words
T -    Could you guess what it is “Kepler?”
Ss - It’s the name of a telescope and space mission as well as a person.
T –   Do in pairs, complete the sentence ‘I think the text is about…’ with your ideas.
       Write up the different ideas/predictions on the board to refer to later.
(A teacher uses the Internet connection and a projector to display the word cloud on the screen: http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1893302/Untitled)

Worksheet Task 2
Look at the word cloud. The words are from a text. Circle the biggest words then complete this sentence:

I think the text is about ………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………








The word cloud was created here: http://www.wordle.net/






3. Reading                         /10 minutes. Critical thinking, work in pairs /

T. - I give you a time limit of 2 minutes to read the text in Worksheet Task 3 (they’ll read it again in more depth later) and check whether any of the predictions on the board were correct.

Ss – They read a text silently and then aloud (in order to work independently and then practise better pronunciation)

Worksheet Task 3

T. - Now read the text. Was your prediction in Task 2 correct?

How many planets are there in our galaxy? That’s a tricky question to answer. Are there other planets that support life? That’s exactly what the Kepler mission hopes to discover.

NASA launched the Kepler space telescope, designed to find habitable planets, in 2009. So far it has discovered five new Earth-sized planets beyond our solar system. These planets are hotter than the Earth – much too hot for life as we know it. The Kepler team predict that they will need at least three years (and possibly longer) to find an Earth-like planet.

The simplest requirement for a planet to have life (carbon-based life like on Earth) is for there to be liquid water (not frozen or gas) so the distance from the planet’s sun and therefore temperature are important. There also needs to be the correct amount of air. If a planet is as small as Mars (half the size of Earth) its weak gravity means that it can’t hold on to air molecules. If a planet is Neptune sized (four times bigger than Earth) it has very strong gravity and too much air. So size matters too.

The cost of the mission is approximately six hundred million dollars. It is scheduled to observe until 2013 but this could be extended. Will we be sad if we discover we are alone in our galaxy or happy if we find that we share it with other life forms?

Glossary
tricky – difficult
at least three - three or more
weak – the opposite of strong
size – dimension, if a thing is big or small
alone – with no other people




  1. – Could you do the matching activity in Worksheet Task 4 and then compare answers with a partner.

Answers: 1d, 2a, 3f, 4b, 5b, 6e

  Ss. - They read their answers


Worksheet Task 4

Read and match 1-6 with a-e to make sentences about the text.

1 The Kepler space telescope      
a) are not in our solar system.
2 Kepler has found five planets that   
b) will not have enough air.  
3 A planet can support life if it     
c) will have too much air.
4 A very small planet                  
d) is looking for life on other planets.
5 An extremely big planet          
e) about $600 million.
6 The Kepler mission will cost    
f) has water and air.






4.      Follow up reading activities.  Peer discussions and writing
                                                               / 8 minutes. In groups/


T.      - Find and underline the numbers in the text in Worksheet Task 5.
        First cover the text and then try to remember what the numbers refer to.
You could do this in pairs Look at numbers written on the board. I allow you to have a sneaky look at the text if necessary. Then check your answers by looking back at the text and write them down in your copy-books

Ss - Answers:
2009 - This is the year that NASA launched the Kepler space telescope
5 – The Kepler telescope has discovered five new Earth-sized planets beyond our solar system
3 – the number of years that the Kepler team predict that they need to find an Earth-like planet
½ - Mars is half the size of Earth
4  - Neptune is four times bigger than Earth
600 000000 – The cost of the mission in dollars
2013 –The mission is scheduled to observe until 2013

Worksheet Task 5

A) Underline these numbers in the text:

2009 - This is the year that………………………………………………………….
5 - …………………………………………………………………………………….
3 - …………………………………………………………………………………….
½ - ……………………………………………………………………………………
4  - ……………………………………………………………………………………
600 000000 - ……………………………………………………………………….
2013 - ……………………………………………………………………………….

B) Cover the text. Work with a partner and try to remember what the numbers refer to. Make notes then look at the text to check.



5. Discussion (in pairs, in groups, personal opinions)
                                                     / 10 minutes. Group presentation/
A teacher asks students the question in the last paragraph of the text
 ‘Will we be sad if we discover we are alone in our galaxy or happy if we find that we share it with other life forms?’ as a lead in to the discussion in Worksheet Task 6.
Students - discuss the question in pairs or small groups.
T. – I can give you a few minutes to make notes of what you want to say before you speak.
Ss – Write down and make notes

(A teacher circulates around the room and makes notes of any common errors and pronunciation problems for class correction later. A teacher also notes any particularly good use of language they hear, puts this on the board at the end of the activity and draws students’ attention to it).

T. – Let’s ask a few students to report their discussions back to the class.

Worksheet Task 6

Discuss these questions with a partner:

Do you think the Kepler mission will find life on other planets?
What other things do you know about space exploration?
Is it a good idea to spend $600 million on space exploration?
Why do you think NASA wants to find habitable planets?


  1. -  Why do you think that NASA (an imaginary NASA!) has chosen the items in Worksheet Task 7 to represent Earth for the new planet?
          In pairs you have to add more items to the list.
(A teacher splits Ss in groups of 4 and asks them to justify their choices then monitors and notes common errors and ‘good ‘language for feedback to the class as above).


Worksheet Task 7

Imagine that the Kepler mission finds life on a distant planet. NASA wants to send some objects representing Earth to the new planet. Add more items to NASA’s list of objects:

an encyclopaedia
a computer
photographs of world leaders
a bottle of sea water
…………………………………….
……………………………………..
…………………………………….
……………………………………..


5.      Wrap up. Summerizing.
                             / 5 minutes. The whole class/
T.      - I want to draw your attention to everything what had been done during our lesson and I want you to try to remember the language in the text , which is closely connected with the topic of our lesson–ex 1,4 p.20 (as an     example of a grammar focus exercise – modals: must, have to, should/ought to , can, mustn’t…) What have  we learnt today?
                                                           What did we learn yesterday?
                                                           What was the same during the
                                                           lessons?
Ss – We should save our planet in order…
        People must take care of … because
        We must protect….
T. -   You could underline examples of ex 4, p. 28 as an example of active   
         attitude
Ss -  (Choosing the answers) Helping the environment doesn’t really require
               Enough/ too much / not have enough/ too much effort.
              Let’s the three Rs be our guide: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
      T. - How to write a letter asking for information? We talked about it at the   previous lesson. Are you interested in protecting the local wildlife?
            You saw such a poster on your school notice book. Ex 4,p 24
     Ss -  share their ideas on this question paying attention to conditionals:
   We will be sad if we discover….
     Ss- They do the tasks of the exercises in Worksheet Task 8, 9,10

7. Self-studies                 / 2 minutes. Individual tasks/

Project:   home task-    1. Collect information about our planet (Power
                                                  Point Presentation)
                                2. Prepare a three-minute speech about the ‘3 rs’.
                                       (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) p.28, ex.3, 5 (using
                                        Model verbs)         

                                 3. Write a letter asking for information p.24 ex 1-                                                                                                                                                                

Урок англійської мови


               Урок англійської мови
                          в 9 класі
за темою:
         «Що дійсно є цінністю для нас?»
Підручник: Opportunities, module 2
 Вчитель вищої кваліфікаційної категорії,
 вчитель-методист ЗОШ № 12 м. Житомира
  Арютова Людмила Олександрівна
                                                            

 Урок «Що дійсно є цінністю для нас?» є програмний матеріалом згідно вимогам  Міністерства освіти і науки України на підставі підручника 9-го класу Opportunities модуль № 2, тема: "Герої". Програма "INTEL Навчання для майбутнього" розширює межи творчої діяльності як вчителя так і учнів, дає можливості ефективного застосування комп`ютерних технологій, вчить учнів до самостійної дослідницької  діяльності під час розв`язування практично-спрямованих завдань.
План уроку подається під час вчительської презентації.
     Технологія вчительської презентації як метод побудови плану уроку, а також як презентація навчального матеріалу:

Під час презентації вчителя учні з`ясовують мету і завдання проекту, дізнаються про те, що вони повинні повторити як домашнє завдання, про логічну структуру проекту, про систему самостійної роботи, про вибір своєї особистої точки зору на вирішення ключового питання, про порядок підготовки та захисту проекту, про подальшу  реалізацію розробленого проекту в навчальному процесі. Термін-два уроки.
Основне завдання - розробити навчальний проект, обговорити в групах, знайти кращі рішення, зробити презентацію з опорою на комп`ютерні технології: Power
Point, Publisher, Web sites, Internet.
Презентація вчителя має: планування, мозковий шторм, презентація тем і ключового питання, демонстрацію та обговорення цілей, учні отримують групове завдання та  проводять дискусію  по обговоренню тем.
Теми, які представлені учням : Мої цінності
                                                    Моє минуле
                                                    Моє сучасне життя
                                                    Моє майбутнє
 Учні розробляють проект згідно п`ять ох основних ключових питань, проводять обов’язково дослідницьку роботу, яку демонструють в графічних роботах як  результат опитування.
Наприклад, за темою "МОЇ ЦІННОСТІ" учням пропонується відповісти на приблизні питання, які вони можуть змінювати, якщо бажають, на кращі
                    1. Люди завжди думають про мене....
                    2. Що я ціню більш за всього в моєму житті...
                    3. Що я більш за всього бажаю в своєму житті(опитування )
                    4. Які перешкоди мають трапитись у житті будь якої людини?
                    5. Як ми маємо подолати ці перешкоди?
  Учні проводять дослідницьку роботу, підбирають матеріал з підручника, переробляють, доповнюють власними висновками,повторюють граматичні правила, лексичні одиниці, застосовують мультимедійні матеріали, обговорюють, працюють в Інтернеті та  на базі освітянських програм в   пошуках нової інформації.
 Дуже важливий аспект-це вміння учнів робити само оцінювання та оцінювання  проекту, звертаючи увагу на зв`язок між плануванням і самою презентацією, тобто   вміння реалізації.

     Результативність та підсумки уроку:
Проектна робота учнів «Що дійсно є цінністю для нас?» сприяє розвитку особистості.
Учні більш уваги приділяють самостійній роботі при підготовці до презентації
Створення і презентація проекту - це є особиста яскрава творчість учня. Учні завжди бачать результат своєї творчості, яка є також результатом роботи команди.
Новітні технології дають можливість розкриття особистості
Учні мають навички навчання методом аналізу, критичного мислення, порівняння,що має бути у нагоді у їх майбутньому житті

Учні стають більш відкриті один до одного після презентації особистих проектів.