Dates English Teacher

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed
Method of the lesson: group work, pair work
Equipment: Pupil‟s Book; the DVD; a set of cards with the phrases in Activity 3b

The Procedure of the lesson:

1. 
   Organizing moment: - Greeting.
   

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  Checking theregister
  
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  Checkinghomework
  

2. 
   Pre-Activity
   

Activity 1 Listen and sing. 9 min
Objectives: to warm up by singing the song; to check homework
STEP 1: Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen to the song and sing it. Look at Unit 6 Lesson 1 Activity 1 for the DVD script.
STEP 2: The pupils work in pairs to check their homework.

3. 
   Mainpart
   

Activity 2a Work in pairs. Read the years. Put the years in order. 8 min
Objectives: to raise awareness of how to say years; to practise writing years in chronological order
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to open the Workbook to Page 98 and look at the years. Remind the pupils to divide the years in half when they read them, for example, eighteen seventeen.
STEP 2: In pairs the pupils write the years in chronological order.
Answer key: 1817, 1870, 1885, 1888, 1920, 1960, 1980 today

Activity 2b Listen and repeat. 2 min

Objective: to pronounce the years correctly
The pupils listen and repeat the years after the DVD.

Activity 3a Work in pairs. Read and find the meaning of the new words in the Wordlist. 8 min

Objectives: to pronounce the new words correctly and establish their meaning; to practise working with the Wordlist; to practise reading for the main ideas
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to look up the new words marked with „*‟ in the Wordlist and write them and their meaning in their exercise books.
STEP 2: Ask them to listen and repeat the new words after you.
STEP 3: Ask the pupils to read the text about the history of bicycles quickly.