English Teacher: Grades

Lesson 2 My favourite season is ….

The aim of the lesson:

Educational: -to practice Classes 1 and 2 vocabulary and structures (seasons and actions

Developing: - to enable pupils to ask, talk, write and interview about seasons

Socio-cultural: - to raise awareness of the use of adverbs of frequency; to raise awareness of the word order in English

Competence: SC4, FLCC and PC in telling about seasons

Learning outcomes: By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to: use the vocabulary and structures they learnt in Classes 1 and 2 on the theme of seasons; interview about seasons; use the adverbs of frequency

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed

Method of the lesson: group work, pair work

Equipment: Pupil's book, Workbook, the DVD, 5 sets of word flashcards (Act 4b)

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 & sing together with the DVD: Unit 5 Les 1 Act 1 for the DVD script.

3. Main-Part

Activity 2 Play "Interview". 10 min

Objectives: to revise the questions & answers from Yrs 1 & 2; to provide an opportunity to express own sentences. STEP 1: Ask the pupils to watch the DVD video with the children playing "Interview" activity.

STEP 2: Ask all the pupils to repeat the questions and answers after the DVD in chorus.

Activity 3a Find the words in the wordlist. 5 min Objective: to introduce the new vocabulary

Ask the pupils to find the four words and their translation in the wordlist at the back of the Pupil‘ s Book.

Activity 3b Look, listen and repeat. 5 min

Objective: to introduce the new vocabulary

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to look at the first picture and the words "the rain". Ask what "the rain" is in mother tongue.

Then ask them to look at the sentence "The rain pours." Elicit what the translation can be in mother tongue. Then do

the same with the other three pictures.STEP 2: After the pupils get the meaning, you can ask them to repeat the words and sentences after you in chorus,rows and individually.

Activity 4a Read and complete the sentences. 5 min

Objective: to consolidate the adverbs of frequency

Ask the pupils to open their Workbooks at P 26 & look at Act 4a. Explain that now they must complete the sentences

with the words in the cloud as shown in the example. Tell them that their sentences must be logically correct. Answer key: The rain often pours in spring. The snow usually falls in winter. The snow never falls in summer. The sun always shines in summer. The wind sometimes blows in autumn.

4. Post-activity

Activity 4b Work in groups. Play "Make Sentences". 10 min

Objectives: to consolidate the adverbs of frequency; to practise making a correct word order; to develop presentation skills.

Make sets of word flashcards enough for 4 groups of 4 beforehand as shown below. The words must be on

separate flash-cards. 1st set: never, The rain, in summer., pours 2nd set: sometimes, The wind, in autumn., blows 3rd set: always, The sun, in summer., shines 4th set: never, The snow, in summer., falls 5th set: usually, The snow, in winter., falls

5. 
   Giving homework 3 min
   

Ask the pupils to open their Workbooks at Page 26 and look at the first activity. Explain that they must match the English sentences with their translations as shown in the example.

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

Lesson 3 It's a thunderstorm.

The aim of the lesson:

Educational: - to draw a conclusion from a story

Developing: - -to enable pupils to predict events from a context; to enable pupils to role play a story Socio-cultural: to raise awareness of the moral of a story: Always be kind and warm to others Competence: SC2, SC and LC in speaing about bad weather

Learning outcomes: By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to: use the vocabulary and structures learnt during the unit; arrange the pictures according to the story; role play the story

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed Method of the lesson: group work, pair work Equipment: Pupil's book, Workbook, the DVD