2. Form: 5 “D”
Date: 11.11.2015
Theme: “Everything is good in its season”
The aims: - to introduce and practice new vocabulary to describe seasons
- to develop oral speech of pupils using questions
- to develop thinking and imaginations
The equipment of the lesson: cards, textbook, posters and pictures of seasons
Lesson plan include the following points
I. Motivation – warm up – 5 min
II. Introducing the new vocabulary – 12 min
III. Doing exercises – 8 min
IV. Evolution – 15 min
V. Marking – 2 min
VI. Homework – 2 min
VII. Conclusion – 1 min
I. The beginning of the lesson
a) Greetings:
-Good morning!
-Who is on duty today?
-Who is absent?
-What season is it now?
-What is the weather like today?
b) Mark the register.
3. Interrogation of the homework:
a) to check up homework
b) to make points
II. Introduce the lesson
c) to introduce a new theme
Tell pupils that day will be learning about the seasons.
Before conversation, pre-teach vocabulary about seasons.
Phonetic drills
Spring is green
Summer is bright
Autumn is yellow
Winter is white
II. Conversation questions
1) What is your favourite season?
2) Do you like snow?
3) Do you have snow in your country?
4) What season is it now?
5) What is the coldest season in your place?
6) In your opinion, which season is the most beautiful?
7) What time of year is the best weather where you live?
Practice game
I’ll show pupils some pictures and they should guess what season is it?
4. It is summer. It’s hot. It is autumn. It’s cool.
It is spring. It’s warm. It is winter. It’s white.
Now I’ll give you papers. You should write the words. I’ll divide pupils into 4
groups.
The 1st
group is “Summer”
The 2nd
group is “Autumn”
The 3rd
group is “Spring”
The 4th
group is “Winter”
Connected with seasons you will find in your team.
Winter: cold, January. February, December, snow, ski, sledge.
Summer: hot, June, July, August, sun, shine, swim, run.
Autumn: cool, September, October, November, rain, blow, wind.
Spring: warm, March, April, May, blow, green, grass, flower.
5. Good. Take your card. Let’s read.
Questionaring:
I use the game say the opposite. For example:
cold - hot
warm - cool
long - short
good - bad
right - wrong
day - night
Make up sentences with new
words:
For example: The weather is cold in winter.
Spring
Summer
green trees
flower
warm
green grass
shine
run
holidays
sun
hot
swim
6. Autumn
Winter
cool
rain
wind
fruits / vegetables
sledge
ski
cold
snow
a happy New Year
SPRING
March, April and May are spring months. In spring it is cold and warm.
The weather is fine. You can see flowers in the fields and trees are green.
SUMMER
June, July and August are summer months. It is hot and the days are fine
in summer. The days are long but the nights are short. The fields and
trees are green. The children don’t go to school in summer.
AUTUMN
September, October and November are the autumn months. In autumn it
is cool. The weather is bad. The gardens are yellow. There are many
vegetables in autumn.
7. WINTER
December, January and February are winter months. The weather is cold
and icy. The trees, gardens and fields are white with snow in winter.
Do the puzzles. Remember the words using in each season.
1. I can ski. I can skate. What season is it?
(It is winter).
2. I can run. I can swim. It is hot. What season is it?
(It is summer).
3. The school year begins. Schoolchildren can go to school. What season
is it?
(It is autumn).
Find 13 weather words in the crossword. Can you find more?
D Q R W A R M D I L
O J B A D F I N E J
B A F X I O S Q W E
C U R Z C N T D K W
O N E C A O Y S U P
L I E L H C D U F O
D K Z O I I C O O L
U D I U R I L K G P
W I N D Y L I L G E
A M G Y S U N N Y S
(hot, windy, sunny, cloudy, cool, fine, ice, warm, freezing, rainy, foggy, cold, bad).
Evaluation: Evaluate pupils according to their answers.
8. Homework: Write a short essay about seasons. Learn the new words by
heart.