The aim of the lesson

The aim of the lesson:

Lesson 1 What were you doing?

Unit 12 The world of fairy tales

Educational: - to learn how to make the “-ing” form of verbs; - to learn about the Past Continuous Tense.

Developing: - to enable pupils to talk about stories; - to enable pupils to make sentences in the Past Continuous Tense;

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  to practise reading for gist and for detailedinformation.
  

Socio-cultural: - to raise awareness of the geography of Australia.

Competence: SC1, SC2, LC, FLCC

Learning outcomes: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to: - make the “-ing” form of verbs; - make sentences in the Past Continuous Tense; - read for gist and for detailed information.

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed Method of the lesson: group work, pair work Equipment: Pupil‟s Book; the DVD of thebook

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  TECHNOLOGICAL MAP OF THE LESSON:
  
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№	Part of the lesson	Tasks	Time
1	Organizational Moment	-to greet pupils. - to check up the register	5 min
2	Repeating last lesson	- to give pupils some questions about last lesson. – to ask words from previous lesson	5 min
3	Explaining new theme	- to explain to pupils new vocabulary and theme	20 min
4	Consolidating new theme.	- to consolidate new theme and new words of the theme.	10 min
5	Marking.	- To mark pupils	5 min
6	Homework.	- Giving homework.

The Procedure of the lesson:

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   Organizing moment:-Greeting. - Checkingtheregister - Checkinghomework
   
2. 
   Pre-Activity
   

Activity 1 Listen and repeat. 5 min

Objectives: to introduce the unit topic; to warm up

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to listen to the song and say what this song is about. Play the DVD.

STEP 2: Play the DVD again and ask them to repeat the song.

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   Main part . Activity 2 Work in pairs. Look and match. 5min
   

Objectives: to help establish the meaning of words; to practise the pronunciation of words

STEP 1: In pairs the pupils look at the pictures and match them and the words in their exercise books. STEP 2: Say the words one by one. The pupils should repeat in chorus, then in rows and/or individually. Answer key: 1b; 2c; 3a; 4e; 5d

Activity 3 Work in pairs. Write the verbs. 5 min

Objective: to revise the “-ing” form of verbs

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to look at the way the “-ing” form of the verb is formed. Let them tell you what they notice in the verb (answer: the silent „e‟ at the end of the verb is omitted when „ing‟ is added to it).

Note: Look at the grammar information about Gerund on Page 123 in Pupil‟s book for the rules of adding „-ing‟ to verbs.

STEP 2: Then the pupils should copy and write the “-ing” form of the six verbs in their exercise books.

Answer key: take – taking / sweep – sweeping / work – working / dust – dusting / clean – cleaning / do – doing / work – working

Activity 4a Read Aziz‟s story and answer the question. 7 min

Objectives: to present the new structure (Past Continuous Tense); to practise reading for gist

STEP 1: The pupils read the text silently.

STEP 2: When they finish, ask them to answer the question. The answer may be: “The children were busy because their rooms were untidy, and they were tidying them up”. You can accept any answers with correct information, even if there are mistakes in the language. The pupils may also want to add what each of the children was doing.

Activity 4b Work in pairs. Complete the sentences. 7 min

Objective: to reinforce the Past Continuous Tense

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to open their workbooks to Page 110.

STEP 2: In pairs they write the sentences in the Past Continuous about the children in activity 4a.

STEP 3: Ask one of the pupils to read the first sentence aloud and translate it. Ask the class to compare the original sentence and the translation. Repeat the procedure with the other sentences.

STEP 4: Ask the pupils to write the translations in their exercise books.

Activity 5 Chain Drill. 5 min

Objective: to practise the structure

This is a normal Chain Drill activity. The pupils practise the Past Continuous. Note that the word you in the question should be stressed.

Activity 6a Work in pairs. Read and put in order. 6 min

Objective: to practise reading for detailed information

The pupils should read and put the parts of the story in order. Help them with the new words.

Answer key: 1b; 2e; 3d; 4a; 5c

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   Post-activity
   

Activity 6b Answer the questions. 3 min

Objective: to practise talking about the story

The pupils read and answer the questions. Hopefully the answer to the second question will be: “It is better to smile.” You may want to ask them one more question: “Why is it better to smile?” A possible answer is: “Because you can have more friends if you smile.”

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   Homework 2 min
   

Ask the pupils to look at the homework on Page 110. Check that everybody understands what to do with the 2 tasks. If necessary, explain how to do the homework.

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   Evaluation. Givingmarks
   

Lesson 2 An accident

The aim of the lesson:

Educational: - to learn more about the Past Continuous Tense.

Developing: - to enable pupils to talk about what was happening in the past; - to enable pupils to read for detailed information; - to practise making questions and answering in the Past Continuous Tense.

Competence: SC1, SC5, PC, FLCC

Learning outcomes: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to: - ask questions and answer in the Past Continuous Tense; - talk about what was happening in the past; - read for detailed information

Type of the lesson: non-standard, mixed Method of the lesson: group work, pair work Equipment: Pupil‟s Book; the DVD of thebook

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  TECHNOLOGICAL MAP OF THE LESSON:
  
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№	Part of the lesson	Tasks	Time
1	Organizational Moment	-to greet pupils. - to check up the register	5 min
2	Repeating last lesson	- to give pupils some questions about last lesson. – to ask words from previous lesson	5 min
3	Explaining new theme	- to explain to pupils new vocabulary and theme	20 min
4	Consolidating new theme.	- to consolidate new theme and new words of the theme.	10 min
5	Marking.	- To mark pupils	5 min
6	Homework.	- Giving homework.