What season is the best?

Form: 2 «А»

The theme: What season is the best?

Aims of the lesson:

1. to practice and lexical materials on the topic “Seasons”;

2. to develop pupils’ speaking, reading and listening skills on the topic Seasons through games; develop group work cooperative skills;

3. to educate pupils to love and take care of nature

Type of the lesson: revision and consolidation.

Equipment: Interactive board, personal computer, overhead projector, activity cards.

Expected results: Pupils will be able to work in teams, share their opinions and speak on the topic “Seasons of the year”.

The course of the lesson:

1. Organization moment

a) Greeting

Teacher: Good morning, children. How are you? I’m very glad to see you.

b) Introducing the theme of the lesson

Teacher: The theme of our lesson is “ What season is the best”.

Teachers: - Today we shall have a talk about seasons and weather. Вы уже можете рассказывать о погоде, о временах года, о связанных с ними видах спорта. Какую цель урока следует нам поставить? What must we do at the lesson?

Pupils: -We must *repeat the English words

*answer the teacher’s questions

*make up a story about seasons.

*play a game

*sing a song

Everybody has his/her favourite season. What is your favourite season? (Выступление детей с рисунком).

2.Oral practice.

Phonetic drill

Let’s sing a song «Four seasons». (видео)

3. Revision and consolidation

1) True or False?

T: Now I’m going to check up what you know about seasons. I’ll read sentences; you’ll say if they are true or false.

1 There are 10 months in a year.

2 Winter months are December, January and February.

3 February has 30 days.

4 Spring comes after winter.

5 June, July and August are spring months.

6 It often rains in spring.

7 It is cold and snowy in summer.

8 We don’t play snowballs in summer.

9 School starts in autumn.

10. Summer month are September, October and November.

2. Translate the sentences.

1. There are four seasons.

2. It is winter.

3. It is hot in summer.

4. Is it warm or cool in autumn?

5. December, January and February are winter months.

6. Children like to skate, ski, make a snowman in winter.

3 Tests.

Guess what season it is.

1. The season when the sun is hot.

a) winter b)spring c) autumn d) summer

2. The season when trees and flowers are blooming.

a) spring b) summer c) winter d) autumn

3. The season when it is cold and there is a lot of snow.

a) summer b) autumn c) winter d) spring

4. The season when children go to school.

a) spring b) autumn c) summer d) winter

4. Underline the odd word in each row.

1. May, summer, winter, spring.

2. sunny, warm, cold, yellow, rainy.

3. December, January, Monday, February.

4. white, blue, red, apple, green. (смайлики)

2) Jeopardy game: The battle of the Seasons

Dividing pupils into 4 teams, giving the names and badges to the teams.

T: Today, we are going to play a game “ The battle of the seasons”. Divide into four teams, get your badges. ,, , .

Team 1 – Winter snowflakes

Team 2 – Spring clouds

Team 3 – Summer children

Team 4 - Autumn pumpkins

Four teams will compete showing their knowledge of seasons. (Slide 3)

Choosing categories and answering the questions

There are 10, 20 and 30 points questions. Choose the category and give the right answer. Good luck! (Slide 4)

10 10 points questions: (Vocabulary) (Slides 5-8)

1) What are the spring months?

2) What is the weather like in summer?

3) What are the winter months?

4) What is the weather like in autumn?

20 points questions: (Riddles) (Slides 9-12)

1) What season is it?

This is a season when snowdrops bloom,

When nobody likes to be in the room,

This is a season when birds make their nests

This is the season we all like best. (Spring)

2) What season is it?

This is a season when fruit is sweet,

This is a season when school friends meet,

This is a season when leaves fall down. (Autumn)

3) What season is it?

This is the season

When children ski

And Father Frost brings

The New Year Tree! (Winter)

4) What season is it?

This is the season when we have fun,

We play all day and swim and run.

There are lots of sunny days

This is the season of holidays (Summer)

30 points questions: (Speaking) (Slides 13-16)

1) Speak about spring (months, weather, activities)

2) Speak about summer (months, weather, activities)

3) Speak about autumn (months, weather, activities)

4) Speak about winter (months, weather, activities)

3) Unscramble the words on topic “Autumn” (Work with cards)

larlebmu – umbrella

doclu – cloud

ronevbm – November

olscoh – school

nira – rain

4. Conclusion.

1) Announcing a winner.

Teacher: All seasons are beautiful and nice and so are you. In every season we can find good moments and do some interesting things. So we should be grateful to each season. We should take care of our nature.

2) Singing a song “ Seasons”

5. Giving marks and home-work.