Разработка по английскому языку на базе учебника Straightforward

SFE Unit 1A

Lesson 1 The new person

Communication aim: By the end of the lesson students should be able to introduce themselves and other people and say hello and goodbye.

Focus on: introduction and practice personal pronouns, the verb “to be” in the Present Simple Tense (affirmative, negative).

h/o – handout; ex.- exercise; H/W – homework; Q – question; Qs – questions, tt - tonguetwister; Ss – students; SB – Student’s Book; WB – Workbook; TB – Teacher’s Book; T-S – frontal work; S-S – pair work; group work; S→S→S one by one ; S-Ss – student-group; Ss-T – students-teacher.

Teaching Notes (Straightforward Elementary)

Remember

Be aware of the clarity of your speech and the tone of your voice during every lesson. Showing students your interest, enthusiasm and excitement about teaching them is very important. Maintain eye contact with all students as much as possible. Make smooth, logical transitions between different stages of your lesson. Make sure to get to the classroom 10 minutes before the beginning of the lesson to check/set up the Audio/Video equipment.

Unit 1 – Lesson 1

I. Warming up

1) Greet ss individually as they come in. Let them know that you are glad to meet them.

2) Explain ss the meaning of the name of the centre REWARD. Tell ss about additional opportunities for English studying in REWARD. Give ss your phone number.

a) Explain that it’s one of the most well-known and successful language school in Volgograd.

b) Say a few words about the course: it will take 8 months / 64 lessons to complete the course.

c) There will be 3 tests during the course, the first one is at the 8^th lesson. Explain that ss should never be afraid of the test, because it’s the means to help the T and ss find out if ss understand the material pretty well.

d) Tell ss that to achieve good results it’s necessary to work hard, to become a team, not to miss classes. Explain that doing homework is an essential part of the course.

II. Phonetics

1. Tell ss about features of the English pronunciation. Compare English peculiarities with Russian ones. Distribute the handouts. Don’t confuse:

1. short vowels with long ones:

ship – sheep, fit – feet, sit – seat

1. voiceless consonants with voiced ones:

cap – cab, dock – dog

1. vowels: pan – pen, Pat – pet, sat - set

2. consonants: think – sink, sin – sing, wet – vet

1. Introduce the consonant letters and comment on the sounds they give.

2. Speak about the types of syllables. Say that there are 4 types of syllables in the English language. Explain the differences. Pay more attention to the first type of syllables.

3. Introduce the letters: Aa, Ee, Oo in the open syllable. Say that we read the vowels in the open syllable like in the alphabet. Ask ss to repeat the words then to read them themselves.

HW: learn the peculiarities, practice reading of the words. Explain the hometask to ss: Read the words according to the rule.

III. Listening and reading (First meetings – Ways of greetings/saying goodbye)

1. Introduce ways of greetings/saying goodbye (ex. 6 Handout 1). Explain the usage of the phrases “Good morning!”, “Good afternoon!”, “Good evening!” and the difference between saying “Hello” and “Hi”. Ask ss to repeat the phrases.

2. Introduce and practice Classroom expressions. (SB ex.1,2,3 p.8). Ask ss to repeat the words from the box, then to match the pictures with the verbs.

3. Introduce the topic of the lesson. SB p.12 ex.1. Look at the pictures. This is Alyssa. She's new. It's her first day at work. She meets new people.

4. Do ex.2 p.12 SB. ask ss to listen and match the dialogues to the pictures, then to listen and repeat.

5. Do ex.8, 9 (Handout 1). Read the phrases, translate them if necessary before doing the task Ask ss to listen and match the dialogues to the pictures, then to listen and repeat. Ask ss to put the phrases into the logical order, encourage them to work in pairs. Listen and check. Ask ss to read the dialogues in pairs, then act out the dialogue using their own names.

H/W: SB p.12 ex.3 ex.7 Handout 1. Explain the hometask.

IV. Grammar (personal pronouns, the verb to be in Present Simple, word order)

1. Introduce personal pronouns.(ex.10 Handout1). Ask ss to look at the table and repeat the pronouns after you, translate them.

2. Introduce the verb to be in the Present Simple. Work with the table. Say ss that there are three forms of the verb to be. Ask them to repeat the forms with the pronouns. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the short forms of the verbs and intonation of the questions.

3. Distribute the handouts. Do ex. 11 (Handout 2). Frontal checking: Ask ss to complete the sentences according to the example.

4. Do ex.12 (Handout 2) Frontal checking.

5. Introduce the word order. Ask students to look at the examples and find the difference between Russian and English word order.

6. Do ex. 13 (Handout 2) Do 2-3 sentences with them, all the rest are for their homework. Frontal checking: Ask ss to rearrange the words to make up sentences.

H/W: WB p.4 ex.2, ex. 13 (Handout 2). Distribute the h/o from the workbook.

VI. Vocabulary and Speaking (Names, jobs, cities)

1. Introduce the target vocabulary: Names of celebrities. Work with the table. ex. 13 (Handout 2). Say words and ask ss to repeat and translate. Promptly help with translation to clarify the meaning if necessary.

2. Introduce the names of the jobs. Work with the table. ex. 13 (Handout 2). Ask ss to repeat the names of the jobs, then read them themselves one by one.

3. Introduce the names of the cities. Work with the table. ex. 13 (Handout 2). Ask ss to repeat the names of the cities, then read them themselves one by one.

4. Guessing game. Read the model in h/o ex/15. Work according to the model. Give the example and encourage ss to guess who you are, then let them work in pairs. Come up to ss while they are working in pairs.

H/W: Work with the table. Learn the names of the jobs and cities. (Handout 2)

V. Video “Messages -1” My family (01:40 – 2:46)

1. Pre-viewing: It's time for working with video. Study the vocabulary: ex.1 Handout 2 Repeat after me. Comment on the vocabulary. Read and translate the phrases. Then read the questions. Make your predictions.

2. While-viewing: a) Answer the questions: ex.2 Handout 2 .Watch the extract for the first time and answer the questions. b) Do ex.3 Handout 2. S-S: Fill in the missing words ('m/is/are). Watch again and check. Let the ss discuss in pairs.

3) Post-viewing: Read and answer the questions for discussion: Who is your friend? What's your favourite film? Encourage ss to speak about themselves.

H/W: (ex.5 Handout 2)

H/W The home task must be given after each stage of the lesson. At the end of the lesson sum up all the home task, thank the students for their work, ask about their impressions, what was the least or most difficult, if the tempo and the speech is okay or too fast/slow, etc.

Straightforward Elementary

Lesson 1

Handout 1

1. Phonetics

1. Особенности английского произношения:

1. Важна разница долгих и кратких гласных:

ship – sheep, fit – feet, sit – seat

1. Нельзя оглушать согласные в конце слова:

cap – cab, dock – dog

1. Нужно различать открытые и закрытые гласные:

pan – pen, Pat – pet, sat - set

1. В английском языке есть звуки, которых нет в русском языке:

think – sink, sin – sing, wet – vet

1. Согласные буквы и звуки:

k-g - [k]-[g]

t-d - [t]-[d]

p-b - [p]-[b]

f-v - [f]-[v]

1. Типы слогов

В английском языке существует 4 типа слогов:

1 тип — открытый — заканчивается на гласную (согл. + гл. или гл. + согл. (кроме r )+ гл.): Kate, me, rose, blue, my.

2 тип — закрытый — заканчивается на согласную (согл. + гл. + согл. (кроме r): map, pen, big, dog.

3 тип — заканчивается на r ( гл. + r + согл.): car, bird, fork.

4 тип — гл. + r + гл. care, here, fire, more, pure.

1. Чтение ударных гласных в открытом типе слога

Все гласные в открытом типе слога читаются как в алфавите.

Aa – [ei] Kate, date, lake, name, safe

Ee – [I:] me, he, we, Pete

Oo – [ǝu] rose, nose, bone.

1. Read the words: name, game, late, fate, home, hope, nose, note, eve, me, we, he.

1. Listening and reading

6. Study the following phrases:

Ways of greetings

Good morning!

Good afternoon! 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Good evening! 6:00 pm

Hello! (formal) Hi! (informal)

Ways of saying goodbye

Goodbye! Bye! See you tomorrow!

1. Translate from Russian into English.

1) Откройте ваши книги.__________________________________.

2) Посмотрите на картинку.________________________________.

3) Напишите слова._______________________________________.

4) Прочитайте текст. _____________________________________.

5) Послушайте CD. ______________________________________.

1. Put the phrases in the right order. Listen and check.

__ - Good morning, Charles.

__ - Sorry.

__ - My name isn't Alison. It's Alissa.

__ - Good morning, Julian.

__ - Nice to meet you, Alison.

__ - What?

__ - I'm not Alison.

__ - Nice to meet you, Alyssa.

__ - Julian, this is Alison.

9. Put the phrases in the right order. Listen and check.

__ - Hello, Baasim!

__ - Yeah. Bye.

__ - Alyssa!

__ - I'm fine, thanks. How are you?

__ - How are you?

__ - Fine. Good to see you. Good bye.

1. Grammar

10. Personal pronouns and the verb to be in the Present Simple Tense.

(Личные местоимения и глагол to be в настоящем времени)

Straightforward Elementary

Lesson 1

Handout 2

III Grammar

11. Complete. Use pronouns.

e.g. _____He______ is happy (Pete)

1) ____ is a student. (Mary)

2) ______ are good friends. (Mike and Kate)

3) ____ isn't a manager. (Jane)

4) _____ are in the office. (Steve and I)

5) _____ is in the hotel. (Peter)

6) _____ is new. (flat)

7) _____ aren't teachers. (Sue and Katy)

8) _____ are fine. (Alex and I)

12. Put in am/is/are.

1) She ____ a student.

2) They ____ in the hotel.

3) We _____ new.

4) Steve ____ a good manager.

5) I _____ fine, thanks.

6) What ____ your name?

7) How ____ you?

8) It _____ very interesting.

13. Word order. (Порядок слов в предложении)

Alice likes Tim. Алисе нравится Тим. Тим нравится Алисе.

Tim likes Alice. Тиму нравится Алиса.

O I II III IV

Подлежащее Сказуемое Дополнение Обстоятельство

e.g. Rosa drinks lots of tea every day.

14. Write sentences from these words.

1) am/I/thanks/fine.

2) is/She/a student.

3) Alice/My/is/name.

4) managers/They/aren't.

5) Steve/new/is.

6) interesting/The film/isn't.

IV Vocabulary

15. Model:

• I am a designer. I am from Moscow.

• You are Kira Plastinina.

• Yes, I am.

1. Video “Messages -1” My family”

1. Study the vocabulary:

How are you?

I'm not bad.

This is my friend.

This is my assistant.

Where is Paul?

What's your favourite film?

1. Answer the questions:

1) Is Paul Emily's friend or Dad?

2) What is Paul's favourite film?

1. Fill in the missing words ('m/is/are) Watch again and check.

Emily: Hello, Mr Harvey.

Mr Harvey: Oh, no.

Emily: How ___ you?

Mr Harvey: I__ not bad, Emily.

Emily: Where __ Paul?

Mr Harvey: Paul!

Paul: Hi, Em.

Emily: This__my friend Paul.

Paul: Hi.

Emily: Paul __ my assistant.

Paul: What?

Emily: My video assistant.

Paul: Oh, OK.

Emily: Paul, what___ your favourite film?

Paul: The City of Zombies.

1. Discussion: Who is your friend? What's your favourite film?

1. Learn the dialogue. Be ready to act it out.