English Teacher: Grades

The Procedure of the lesson:

1. 
   Organizing moment: - Greeting.
   

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  Checking the register
  
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  Checking homework and asking words from previous lesson
  

2. Pre-Activity

Activity 1 Listen and sing. 5 min

Objective: to warm up

Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen to the song and sing together with the DVD. DVD script:

3. Main-Part

Activity 2 Read and choose a title. 5 min

Objectives: to read for detailed information; to prepare for the next activity.

Ask the pupils to read about swallows silently. The text does not contain new vocabulary, so it should not be difficult for the pupils to cope with it. If they feel difficulty, help with the vocabulary. After that ask which of the offered titles can be best for the text. Elicit the answer. Answer key: a (Swallows)

Activity 3a Work in groups. Look and write about birds. 23 min

Objectives: to read for detailed information; to develop the pupils' creative abilities; to prepare for the next activity. STEP 1: Prepare contour pictures of the following birds beforehand: penguin, ostrich, peacock, eagle, sparrow.

STEP 2: Divide the class into five groups and allocate birds one for each group. Make sure that there is a pupil who is good at drawing in each group. STEP 3: Ask the pupils to open their Workbooks at Page 33 and find information about their bird in the table. After the pupils look through the information, explain that they must discuss and write a text about their bird like the one in Activity 2 on a sheet of paper. STEP 4: When the text is ready, the groups write their texts on flip chart paper stick and color the contour pictures you have given them.

4. Post-activity

Activity 3b Make a presentation about birds. 10 min

Objectives: to make a presentation about a bird; to develop the pupils' presentation skills.

The groups make a presentation about their bird that they prepared in Activity 3a. You can put the groups' posters around the classroom, and if time allows, ask the groups to go and read the other groups' posters.

5. 
   Giving homework 3 min Ask the pupils to revise Unit 6 and get ready for the revision lesson.
   
6. 
   Evaluation. Giving marks according to pupils participating in classwork activities 2 min
   

REVISION 3

The aim of the lesson:

Educational: -to recycle all the learnt material about birds and insects

Developing: - to develop the pupils' writing and speaking skills; to develop the pupils' creative abilities; to enable pupils to assess their knowledge, skills and overall progress

Competence: SC6, PC and FLCC in asking answering questions

Learning outcomes: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to: speak about the birds and insects; the degrees of adjectives in speech; make a booklet about insects.

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed

Method of the lesson: group work, pair work

Equipment: Pupil‘s book, Workbook, the DVD, model books enough for each pupil in the class; word cards or flashcards: birds and insects

The Procedure of the lesson:

1. 
   Organizing moment: - Greeting.
   

• 
  Checking the register
  
• 
  Checking homework and asking words from previous lesson
  

2. Pre-Activity Warm up 5 min

Ask the pupils if they can remember and sing the songs which they learnt during Units 5&6. Ask them to choose one of the songs and sing it all together.

3. Main-Part

Activity 1 Look and make a book.

Objectives: to develop the pupils' creative abilities; to give freer practice in writing about insects.

STEP 1: Make beforehand model books enough for each pupil in the class. Give the model books out. STEP 2: Draw and color a ladybird on the first page of your model book beforehand. You must demonstrate first: 'This is my book. This is the cover. Open your books,' open the first page and say: 'This is the first page. This is a ladybird. It's small and beautiful. It's bigger than an ant. I like it.' STEP 3: Then ask the pupils to draw any insect they like on the first page and write a similar text on the next page. Explain that the pupils draw, color and write as many as they can in the class and can finish the task at home. They must bring their finished model books to school next lesson to show to each other and put on a display.

Activity 2 Work in pairs. Point and say.

Objective: to consolidate the vocabulary related to birds and insects using the structure ―there is a/an‖

The pupils work in pairs. As usual, Pupil A points to a hidden bird or insect. Pupil В says it using the construction ‗there‘ s a/an‘. Then they change roles.
Activity 3 Work in pairs. Play "Guess the insect / bird".

Objective: to consolidate the vocabulary related to birds and insects using the structure "Is there a/an ...?" "Yes, there is/No, there isn't."

STEP 1: Demonstrate with 1 pupil at first. Give a word card to the pupil, for exp, "grasshopper" and ask the question: 'Is there an ant?' The pupil answers: 'No, there isn't.' Then ask: 'Is there a grasshopper?' The pupil says: 'Yes, there is.'

STEP 2: Put the pupils in pairs and give each pair a bunch of word cards or flashcards. Set a time limit of three minutes for the pupils to guess as many insects as they can, asking and answering as shown in the example.

4. Post-activity

Activity 4 Work in pairs. Do the quiz "I can... "

Objectives: to revise the material studied in Units 5&6; to train

pupils to be able to assess their knowledge, skills and overall progress; to let pupils see how much they can do in

English; to encourage them into revising the material they have not learnt properly The pupils work in pairs. This quiz does not test memory - it is a learning opportunity, so the pupils should be allowed to use their Pupil's books and Workbooks.

They discuss the answers and, where necessary, write them in their "I can ..." exercise books. You can go round and check what pupils have written.

5. 
   Giving homework 3 min
   
6. 
   Evaluation. Giving marks according to pupils participating in classwork activities 2 min