When the weather is fine

when the weather is fine

Цели: тренировка чтения слов в транскрипции; ознакомление с новой лексикой по теме «Каникулы»; развитие умений и навыков устной речи, аудирования и чтения.

Stages

I. Introduction.

II. Warming-up (ex. 25, p. 13).

Teacher. Create two dialogues putting the sentences in the correct order (1–4).

Dialogue I. Key: 2), 1), 4), 3).

Dialogue II. Key: 2), 4), 3), 1).

III. Phonetic activities.

Teacher. Read the transcription of the following words.

holidays hide-and-sick ham;

picnic favourite sandwich

to fly season tasty

a kite weather warm

slippery foggy cloudy

Teacher. Do you remember Tiny? When does he like to walk? Let’s sing the song about him.

In winter it’s snowy, slippery, foggy.

In summer it’s sunny and fine.

In autumn it’s cloudy, windy and rainy.

In spring you may jump up to the sky.

IV. Lexical activities.

Teacher. How many new words about winter and summer can you find in these wordchains? Write them below.

skatewhitesnowskisnowycoldhockeywindy

divekiteswimpicnicholidayshotsunnyhideandsick

V. Listening.

1. Pre-listening activities (ex. 35, p. 16).

Teacher. Look at the pictures on p. 16 and guess what the weather will be in different cities tomorrow.

Key: In Pskov it will be rainy tomorrow. In Moscow it will be hot. In Tomsk it will be cloudy. In Kazan it will be windy. In Yakutsk it will be sunny.

2. Listening activities (ex. 36, p. 16).

Pupils listen to the tapescript and check up their weather forecasts.

3. Post-listening activities (ex. 37, p. 16).

Teacher. Say what the weather will be in your home place
tomorrow.

Example: P₁. I think the weather will be sunny in Volgograd.

P₂. I think the weather will be windy in Volgograd.

P₃. I think the weather will be cloudy in Volgograd.

VI. Reading (ex. 38, p. 16).

1. Pre-reading activities.

Teacher. Look and learn the new words.

holiday – праздник, выходной;

holidays – каникулы;

to have a picnic – выезжать на пикник;

to fly a kite – запускать воздушного змея;

to play hide-and-seek – играть в прятки.

Teacher. Read Jill’s letter and answer the question: “Does Jill like winter?”

2. Reading activities.

1) Pupils read the text and try to find the answer to the question given before reading.

2) Pupils read the text aloud and try to get as much new information as they can.

3. Post-reading activities.

1) Pupils answer the question given before the text.

Key: Jill does not like winter.

2) Ex. 39, p. 17.

Teacher. Choose the correct answer and read it aloud.

Key: 1b; 2a; 3a; 4b; 5a.

3) Ex. 40, p. 17.

Teacher. Complete the sentences using information from the text.

Key: a) Dad and Jim will fly a kite.

b) Mum and Jill will play hide-and-seek.

c) They will have cheese and ham sandwiches.

4) Ex. 41, p. 17.

Teacher. Read Jill’s letter again and answer her questions.

– What is your favourite season?

– What do you like to do in this season?

– What will you do next winter?

Example: My favourite season is summer. I like to swim in the river in summer. I will skate and ski next winter.

5) Ex. 42, p. 17.

Teacher. Tomorrow you and your friends will have a picnic. Say what you will do.

VII. Writing.

Teacher. You will have a test next lesson. Let’s prepare for it.

1. Ex. 14, p. 7 (WB).

Teacher. Read the questions and circle the necessary letter.

Key: 1c; 2b; 3c; 4b.

2. Ex. 15, p. 7 (WB).

Teacher. Put special questions to the necessary words.

Key: 1) Who will read the letters tomorrow?

2) Where will Tiny go next year?

VIII. The conclusion of the lesson.

Homework: ex. 7, p. 19, learn the words on p. 19.