TEDU EDUCATION FACULTY

ELE 403 Practice Teaching 1

Lesson Plan
Student Teacher Fatıma Elif ŞİRECİ
Mentor Teacher Belgin Aydın & Ermeral Yaşar
Level of the student A2+
Number of the students 30
Subject of the lesson Natural disasters
Date 16.12.2019
Time 40 minutes
Materials Worksheets

Objectives
Students will be able to;
 define the natural disaster.
 interpret the meaning of vocabularies related with natural disasters.
 practice the natural disaster within a reading text.
 create their own story following the cohesion of writing.

Warm-up (5minutes)
T: Hi, everyone! How are you today?
S: Fine teacher, you?
T: I am good. Thank you.
S: Today, we will talk about natural disaster. Do you know what is natural disaster?
S: Yeees, earthquake.
T: Yes, earthquake is one of them. Do you know anything else?
S: Kasırga, sel.
T.: Yes, but in English please.
S: Flood. Başka bilmiyoruz hocam.
T: Okay. Let’s look together.
S: Okay.

Introduction (5 minutes)
T: Do you know the first one, in English or in Turkish? (There are posters of some natural
disaster on the board. Teacher teach them one by one.)
S: Yess, earthquake.
T: Yes, it is earthquake. Repeat it “EARTHQUAKE”
S: Earthquakee.
T: Do you know the second one?
S: Kasırga galiba.
T: Yes, it is. It is hurricane. Repeat it please. “HURRICANE”
S: Hurricane.
T: Does anyone do not know what is it?
S: We know teacher.
T: Okay. Let’s look at the third one do you know it?
S: Snoww.

T: Yes, İt is snowing heavily. But snow is a whether condition. This is a disaster called
blizzard. Say it please. “BLIZZARD”
S: Blizzard.
T: So, it is blizzard not snow okay. Let’s look at this one. (Showing the poster.) Do you know
it?
S: Fireee, treeee, forest.
T: Right, it is forest fire. Say it “FOREST FIRE”
S: Forest fire.
T: What natural disaster it is?
S: Flood.
T: Yes, you are right. Let’s say “FLOOD”
S: Flood.
T: The last one! Does anyone know that?
S: Kar var gene.

T: Yes, there is snow and look a mass of snow falling down a mountainside. Do you know
that in Turkish?
S: Çığ mı hocam?
T: Yesss. It is avalanche. Say it “AVALANCHE” (Teacher write each word under the poster)
S: Avalanç
T: “AVALANCHE”
S: Avalanche

Earthquake Hurricane Blizzard

Forest Fire Flood Avalanche

Pre-reading (7minutes)
T: Okay. Now we will read two different texts. Before it, I will distribute you a worksheet.
(Showing worksheet to student) There are eight words in that column and their definitions are
in other column. The definition part also includes some pictures. (Showing the columns and
pictures) So, you can look the picture and match them easily. Now I will hand out them.
(Teacher distribute the worksheets) So you will match them individually okay? Then you will
compare their answers with your friends I mean pairs Okay? (Showing the people sit together
as pair.=
S: Yes teacher we match them.

T: I will walk around if you have any questions please ask me. (Teacher will control each
student and answer their questions.)
T: Time is up! Does everybody finish?
S: Yess.
T: Let’s answer it. Who wants to do the first one? Yes, please.

S: One, rainfall is e the amount of rain that falls in a particular area during a
particular period of time.
T: Yes, well done! (Each one will be answered by students. Teacher will introduce the
controversial ones and make it clear for student with more explanation and using her body
movements. Teacher will also write each answer on board and students can follow it easily.)

1. Rainfall (noun) a) to make lots of quick small movements up

and down, or side to side

2. Storm (noun) b) move first in one direction and then in

the opposite direction (many times)

3. Uproot (verb) c) very bad weather with a lot of rain, snow

and wind

4. Blow off (phrasal verb) d) a thin shell on the outside of the Earth

5. Damage (noun) e) the amount of rain that falls in

a particular area during a
particular period of time

6. Shake (verb) f) physical harm caused to something so

that it is broken, spoiled, or injured
7. Swaying back and forth g) to pull a tree or plant out of the ground
 8. Earth’s crust h) to remove and destroy something by
shooting it or making it explode

T: Okay. Does anyone have question about that activity?

S: Nooo.

While-reading (10minutes)
T: Okay, we can read our texts now. We have two texts. One is about an earthquake and other
is about hurricane. Okay?
S: Okay.

T: I will separate you as student A and B. This row will be student A and this row will be
student B. Student As will read Hurricane and student Bs will read earthquake. (Teacher
labels each row as A and B and distributes their readings.)
T: Does everybody get their text?
S: Yeesss.

T: Okay! Listen to me please. First you will read your text. You have 3 minutes then I will
explain what are we going to do.
S: Okayyy.
T: Are you done? Do you need extra time?
S: Nooo. We are doneee.

T: Okay look at the chart please. It is under the text. Are you with me? Okay. Now students
Bs, you will ask the question here. The ones which is about hurricane okay? And students As,
you will ask the same questions to student B for earthquake okay? Then you will complete the
chart. Does everybody understand.
S: Teacher we will answer our reading right?
T: Yes your friend will ask you and you will answer the questions according to your text then
you will ask your friend and s/he will answer them according to his/her text. Is everything
Okay.
S: Okay.
T: I will go around and listen to you. You have 5 or 6 minutes okay. (Teacher will walk
around and listen to students. She will answer their questions if they have any.)
T: Are you done?
S: Yeess.
T: Let’s answer them. Who wants to answer the first one for hurricane? Yes, please.

S: What are they? Hurricane is heavy storm and rainfall. Its speed is over 74 miles per hour
and it damages people.
T: Yes, good job. About earthquake? Who will answer it for earthquake. Yes, please.

S: It is a sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result
of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action and it causes destroying of the
buildings.

T: Yes, you are right. You can just say that it is a violent shaking of ground. Both are okay.
(They will answer each questions like that. If there is a misunderstanding, teacher will explain
it in detail.)

Student A

One autumn, I was in Florida with my family. There was a morning of that holiday I will
never forget. We woke up around 6 a.m. There were heavy rainfall and a violent storm. That
storm is usually named as a hurricane when the wind speed reaches over 74 miles per hour. A
hurricane also follows heavy rainfall. The hurricane causes damages. For instance, most of the
trees were uprooted, roads are blocked because of fallen trees and the roofs of houses blow
off. Luckily, that summer in Florida, my family left the city before the hurricane become
stronger. I was never so scared in my life. But other people were not lucky enough. In history
on October 7th - 16th in 2018, İt caused 74 people deaths and $25.1 billion damages.

Questions Student A/ Hurricane Student B/ Earthquake

 What are they?
(Their definitions)

Where do they happen?

When do they happen?

How do they affect people?

Student B

On October 23rd, 2011, we organized a party to celebrate my sister’s birthday. We invited our
friends and we had fun. Suddenly, the building started to shake. We did not realize it at first
but someone told us that the lamp and the furniture were swaying back and forth. It was an
earthquake. We went out and found a safe place. We were scared because the earthquake is a
sudden violent shaking of the ground, typically causing great destruction, as a result of
movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action and it causes destroying of the
buildings. In history, on October 23rd, 2011, the earthquake hits Van, Turkey. It caused over
600 people deaths and ₺5 billion damages.

Questions Student A/ Hurricane Student B/ Earthquake

 What are they?

(Their definitions)

Where did they happen?

When did they happen?

How did they affect people?

Post-reading (12 minutes)

T: If you do not have any question, I will go on.
S: Nooo teacher. We do not have questions.
T: Okay. Now we will make a group work activity.
S: Oleeyy. Neee ne yapacağız?

T: Okay. Be quiet please. Now I will put you into groups. Then I will give you a worksheet.
(Showing one of them) As you see, there is a photo and the beginning and the end of the
writing is given. But, look there is something missing, blank right? I want you to read it and
complete the story.
S: Hocam nasıl yapacağız?

T: Okay. Listen to me. Let me explain it. Each story is about a disaster, okay? You will read it
and complete the missing part according to story and disaster. For instance, that one is about
blizzard. Do you remember it? Look at the board! What is it?
S: Kar fırtınasııı.

T: Yes, it is kar fırtınası or tipi in Turkish. They had a car crush because of a blizzard and you
will complete the missing part for example how the crush happened what happened how
blizzard get stronger you will write something like that okay?
S: Herkesin aynı mı?
T: No, there are some other disaster also. Hey listen to me. First I will put you into groups
then I will give them your worksheet then I will visit each group and I will give some advice
to you and I will answer your questions. It is not hard. You all can do this Okay? Just believe
yourself and think creatively. You will have 8 minutes. It is enough okay?
S: Okay.
(Teacher decides the groups and give the worksheet to each group. According to number of
students the numbers of group can change. Each group will have 5 or 6 students. Teacher will
also explain the same thing to each group again and if they need she will help them to design
their story.)
T: Are you done or do you need extra time?
S: Yess, we need 2 more minutes.
T: Ok. You have one more minutes. Hurry up!
T: Are you done?
S: Yess.

T: Okay. Who wants to come here and read their story? Yes, come to the board please. Please
show the photo to your friends. Yes, you can read it. Everybody, listen to your friends please!
(According to time, each group will present their story.)
1)

Last December, I and my father had a car crash. My school is far from our house and it takes
around an hour. So my father drives to take me to school. That day we left the house at 7a.m
as usual. When we were on the school road, suddenly, a heavy snow started, ____________
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nobody got injured. But we were really scared. After that crash, we learned that the blizzard
is a huge natural disaster and we should drive slowly when there is a heavy snow.
2)

Last summer, we went camping with our teachers and classmates. We were very excited; it
was our first camp experience. Unfortunately, our camping experience turned a disaster. That
night we made a fire and we had fun. At 11p.m everybody got tired and we went to sleep.___
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It was a terrible day for us. We never forget to put out the fire again to prevent forest fire.
3)
I heard that flood is a common natural disaster in Istanbul but I did not know that I will
experience it. We moved İstanbul and we rented a house on ground floor. I was a heavy
rainfall, ____________________________________________________________________
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The flood damaged our furniture and we were sad. We decided to move and we never rent a
ground floor again.
4)

In 2016, I and my family visited my grandparents in Ordu. My grandparents were living a

highland. After our one-week holiday, we decided to come back. However, There was a
heavy snow _____________________________________________________________
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It was the first time, that I saw avalanche. Luckily, the people who are living in Ordu were
familiar with avalanche and they cleaned the snow quickly.