Урок по английскому языку для 5 класса “Seasons”

                                                    “Seasons” 

   Objectives:

-  to  practise speaking about seasons,

-  to  revise lexis on the topic,

-  to improve grammar skills and  listening comprehension skills, reading skills,

-  to develop  monological and dialogical speech,

-  to develop students’ memory, logical thinking, quick reaction,  creative  abilities; 

-  to develop the culture of behaviour 

   Equipment: textbooks, cards

                                                    Procedure                                                                                                 

1.     Starting point. Greeting.    

T: To prepare us  for speaking let’s revise the English  poems connected with four

seasons (SLIDES  1-4). 

         

             

             

T: What seasons do you like? Why?

2.     Checking  up  home-assignment

T: Your home task was to prepare the weather-forecast in different cities around the world. Read your weather-forecast.

    4.    Lexical activities

 T: Find 6 words about the weather in spring, summer, autumn and winter in their puzzles and make up your own sentences:

Word search “Spring”.

m      e        l         t        a        b       c        d        s

f        k       n        w       a        r        m      e        u

r        p       o        u       s        t        u       w       n

a        p       c        l        o       u       d       l         n

i        e        m       n       o       k       d       s        y

n       a        b        c        d       e        k       l         e

f        e        l         p       o       u       r        n        m

P1: The first word is to melt. Snow usually melts in March (etc).

Word search “Summer”.

g        i        h        k       s        u       n       s        h       i        n       e

l        n       m       o       p       k       l        s        a        b       c        d

o       e        f        l        o       w       e        r        t        e        w       o

v       a        v        w       x       y       z        a        c        f        g        v

e        p       q        r        s        t        u       v        w       x       y       h

l        z        h        o       l        i        d       a        y       s        a        o

y       v       w       a        b       c        d       e        f        g        h       t

s        i        g        j        k       l        m      n        o       p       q       r

a        m      a        r        v       e        l        l         o       u       s        s

Word search “Autumn”.

a        c        l         o       u       d       s        t        u       m      a        v

w       b       c        t        u       f        k       l         f        o       b       r

e        p       a        w       f        u       l        s        o       t        c        a

t        v       s        i        g        p       g        s        g        u       l        i

a        b       d        h       n       m      o       a        g        b       e        n

w       e        r        t        y       u       y       i         y       o       f        y

d       r        e        a        d       f        u       l         x       y       g        z

Word search “Winter”

a        b       s        n       o       w       s        t        o       r        m      s

f        r        o        s        t        n       m      o        p       q       r        k

r        l        r        u       d       e        f        o        e        s        e        m

e        p       q        s        t        v       w       k        z        k       a        t

e        a        b        d       c        o       l        d        c        a        d       f

z        p       o        i        u       y       t        r        e        t        w       q

e        a        s        n       o       w       s        d        f        e        g        h

T: There are a lot of proverbs and sayings about seasons, weather and nature. What equivalents have you found to these English proverbs and sayings:

Everything is good in its season.

It never rains but it pours.

April showers bring May flowers.

After rain comes fair weather.

One swallow does not make a spring.

A snowy year is a rich year.

Make hay while the sun shines.

5. Reading (ex. 2, p. 155)

T: Read and say where Ann’s father is and what the weather is there.

6.  Speaking

Look through the roles and act out a conversation.

- Your friend wants to invite you to the cinema but the weather is cloudy and rainy.

According to the weather-forecast it  is  going to  be  sunny  on  Sunday. Ask your friend to go to the cinema on  Sunday.

7. Home-assignment.                           

T: Make up your own dialogue about your favourite seasons.