Методическое пособие к учебнику Rainbow 4 класс

Lesson 3
what is the weather like?

Цели: тренировка произносительных навыков при декламации стихотворения во время фонетической зарядки; развитие умений и навыков устной речи (диалогическая речь), аудирования.

Stages

I. Introduction.

II. Warming-up.

Pupils answer the following questions.

1) What is the weather like today?

2) What is the weather like in Great Britain in winter?

3) What is the weather like in Russia in winter?

4) Which season does the Frog like?

5) What is the weather like in Volgograd in summer?

III. Phonetic activities (ex. 13, p. 9).

Teacher. Listen to Tiny’s poem and learn it.

IV. Lexical activities (ex. 7, p. 4 (WB)).

Pupils translate the following phrases.

1) снежная зима (a snowy winter);

2) жаркое лето (a hot summer);

3) теплая осень (a warm autumn);

4) холодная весна (a cold spring);

5) тепло, но ветрено (It’s warm but it is windy.);

6) холодно и дождливо (It’s cold and rainy.).

V. Speaking.

1. Ex. 14, p. 9.

Teacher. Guess what the weather is like in summer in:

a) Antarctica;

b) Great Britain;

c) Africa;

d) Russia.

Example: P₁. It is cold and clean in Antarctica.

P₂. It is hot in Africa.

P₃. It is rainy in Great Britain.

2. Ex. 15, p. 10.

Teacher. Say what you can do in different weather. Use the words from the box.

Example: P₁. When it’s cold, I can draw pictures at home.

P₂. When it’s snowy, I can ski and skate.

P₃. When it’s warm, I can walk in the park.

P₄. When it’s hot, I can dive and swim. Etc.

VI. Listening/Reading.

Teacher. Create a dialogue. Put the sentences in the correct order (1–6). Listen and check the order.

Pupils put the sentences in the correct order, then they listen to the tapescript and check the order. After that they read the dialogue with the correct intonation.

Key: 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6.

VII. Role-playing (ex. 17, p. 10).

Teacher. Imagine that you and your friend live in different countries. Tell about the weather in these countries.

Example. The dialogue:

African boy (P₁). Hi! I am from Africa. Where are you from?

American boy (P₂). Hi! I am from America.

African boy (P₁). What is the weather like in America in winter?

American boy (P₂). It’s cold and windy. And in Africa?

African boy (P₁). It’s hot and sunny.

American boy (P₂). That’s great! I like the African winter very much.

VIII. The conclusion of the lesson.

Homework: ex. 3, p. 18; ex. 8, p. 4 (WB).