Lesson 2
Topic: Seasons of the Year
Objectives: by the end of the lesson pupils will be able to
·
name
the months of the year, to describe the seasons,
·
ask
and answer questions about their favourite seasons using simple structures and
appropriate intonation,
·
understand
oral and written description of the seasons using visual aids;
·
pupils
will have got practised in operating a pairwork activity, will have improved
their confidence as speakers.
Materials/aids: textbooks by Alla Nesvit “English. 2”, workbooks, a
teacher’s Power Point presentation “Seasons of the year”, a computer, a
projector, pictures of the weather, cards with words, tables ( handouts ), a
song “Months of the year”, a song “With my foot I tap, tap, tap” ( MP4 ).
PROCEDURE
I. WARM-UP
1. Teacher
greets Ps and proposes them to do a mood forecast. He gives Ps pictures of the
sun and the cloud. If Ps have a good mood, they add some sun beams to their sun
and if they have a bad mood, add some raindrops to the cloud. Then Ps show
their pictures to the teacher and he sums up that most of the Ps have a good
mood and are ready to work.
2. Teacher
introduces the topic of the lesson and proposes Ps to read the words on the
blackboard ( sunny, windy, snowy, frosty, hot, rainy, cloudy, cold ) and match
them to the pictures ( Додаток 1, додаток 2 )
3. Teacher asks questions:
What season is it now?
What is the weather like
today?
Is it cold today? Is it
windy today? Is it cloudy today?
II. PRESENTATION OF NEW
MATERIAL
Teacher asks Ps to look at
the slides, listen and repeat the names of the months of the year ( teacher’s presentation ):
Winter months: December,
January, February.
Spring months: March, April,
May.
Summer months: June, July,
August.
Autumn months: September,
October, November.
III. PRACTICE
1. Singing a song
Teacher proposes Ps to
listen and sing a song about months of the year:
January, February, March and
April,
May, June, July and August,
September, October,
November, December –
These are the months of the
year.
2. Find the odd word
Teacher asks Ps to look at
the slides ( teacher’s presentation ), read the names of the months, find and
say the odd word from the winter, spring, summer and autumn months.
3. Anagrams “What month is
it?”
Teacher asks Ps to look at
the slides ( teacher’s presentation ) and unscramble the words “May”, “July”,
“April”.
4. Reading
1). Pre-reading activity
Teacher asks Ps:
- What is your favourite
season?
Possible answers:
- My favourite season is
summer.
- My favourite season is
winter.
2). While-reading activity
Teacher proposes Ps to
listen to the sentences of exercise 3 at page 66. Ps read the sentences after
the teacher all together. Then Ps read again individually:
There are four seasons in a year. My
favourite season is winter. December, January and February are winter months.
It is cold and snowy in winter. I can play snowballs and ski. I like winter.
3). Post-reading activity.
True and false statements ( slide 13, teacher’s presentation )
Ø
Dan’s
favourite season is winter.
Ø
It
is cold and rainy in winter.
Ø
Dan
can play football in winter.
Ø
Dan
can ski in winter.
5. Relaxation activity.
Teacher proposes Ps to sing
a song and dance.
With my foot I tap, tap,
tap.
With my hands I clap, clap,
clap.
Right foot first, left foot
then,
Round and round and back
again.
6. Speaking
Ps work in pairs. They look
at the pictures of exercise 4 at page 67, make up dialogues using the words
under the pictures.
Dialogue 1.
-
Do
you like summer?
-
Yes,
I do.
-
Why
do you like summer?
-
It’s
hot in summer. It’s sunny. I can swim.
Dialogue 2.
-
What
can you do in spring?
-
I
can ride a bike .
-
What
do you wear in spring?
-
I
wear jeans and a jacket in spring.
7. Writing
Ps write down the words into
the table ( handouts ).
|
IV. SUMMARY
What did you do at the
lesson?
What did you like?
V. HOMEWORK
Do exercise 2, page 45 (
workbooks ) - choose the words according to the pictures and write about your
favourite season.
Комментариев нет:
Отправить комментарий