Theme: Seasons. Objectives: by the end of the lesson pupils will be able to

name the months of the year, to describe the seasons,

ask and answer questions about their favourite seasons using simple structures

and appropriate intonation,

understand oral and written description of the seasons using visual aids;

practise in operating a pairwork activity, will have improved their confidence

as speakers.

Materials : textbooks “English World 2”, workbooks, a teacher’s Power Point

presentation “Seasons of the year”, a computer, a projector, pictures of the weather,

cards with words, tables ( handouts ), a song “Months of the year”, a song “With my

foot I tap, tap, tap” ( MP4 ).

PROCEDURE

I. WARM-UP

1. Teacher greets Ps and proposes them to do a mood forecast. He gives Ps pictures of

the sun and the cloud. If Ps have a good mood, they add some sun beams to their sun

and if they have a bad mood, add some raindrops to the cloud. Then Ps show their

pictures to the teacher and he sums up that most of the Ps have a good mood and are

ready to work.

2. Phonetic drill.

But first of all to make it easier for our guests to understand us let’s train our tongue. This tongue – twister will help us. Look at the blackboard. Read the poem.

When the weather is wet

We must not fret.

When the weather is warm

We must not storm.

Do you know what letter is distinguished? W

And sound? [ W ]

Let us train a little bit.

[W] will, work, when, which, what, weather

3. Teacher introduces the topic of the lesson and proposes Ps to read the words on the

blackboard ( sunny, windy, snowy, frosty, hot, rainy, cloudy, cold ) and match them

to the pictures ( Додаток 1, додаток 2 ).

4. Teacher asks questions:

What season is it now?

What is the weather like today?

Is it cold today?Is it windy today?Is it cloudy today?

II. PRESENTATION OF NEW MATERIAL

Teacher asks Ps to look at the slides, listen and repeat the names of the months of the

year ( teacher’s presentation ):

Winter months: December, January, February.

Spring months: March, April, May.

Summer months: June, July, August.

Autumn months: September, October, November.

III. PRACTICE

1. Singing a song

Teacher proposes Ps to listen and sing a song about months of the year:

January, February, March and April,

May, June, July and August,

September, October, November, December –

These are the months of the year.

2. Find the odd word

Teacher asks Ps to look at the slides ( teacher’s presentation ), read the names of the

months, find and say the odd word from the winter, spring, summer and autumn

months.

3. Anagrams “What month is it?”

Teacher asks Ps to look at the slides ( teacher’s presentation ) and unscramble the

words “May”, “July”, “April”.

1. Game

Teacher asks pupils to stick pictures to the names of seasons on the board (Додаток 3).

SPRING AUTUMN

SEASONS

WINTER SUMMER

2. Matching.

Teacher asks pupils to match seasons to their descriptions (Додаток 4).

spring summer autumn winter

It’s very cold and it snows. Christmas is in this season.

It’s hot and sunny. People go on holiday.

It’s cold and foggy. Trees lose their leaves.

It’s rainy and wet. Trees and flowers start to grow.

6. Reading

1). Pre-reading activity

Teacher asks Ps:

- What is your favourite season?

Possible answers:

- My favourite season is summer.

- My favourite season is winter.

2). While-reading activity

Teacher proposes Ps to listen to the sentences. Then Ps read individually:

There are four seasons in a year. My favourite season is winter. December,

January and February are winter months. It is cold and snowy in winter. I can play

snowballs and ski. I like winter.

3). Post-reading activity.

True and false statements ( slide 13, teacher’s presentation )

Dan’s favourite season is winter.

It is cold and rainy in winter.

Dan can play football in winter.

Dan can ski in winter.

7. Relaxation activity.

Teacher proposes Ps to sing a song and dance.

With my foot I tap, tap, tap.

With my hands I clap, clap, clap.

Right foot first, left foot then,

Round and round and back again.

8. Speaking

Ps work in pairs. They look at the pictures, make up dialogues using the words under

the pictures.

Dialogue 1.

- Do you like summer?

- Yes, I do.

- Why do you like summer?

- It’s hot in summer. It’s sunny. I can swim.

Dialogue 2.

- What can you do in spring?

- I can ride a bike .

- What do you wear in spring?

- I wear jeans and a jacket in spring.

7. Writing

Ps write down the words into the table ( handouts ).

shorts, warm, hot, boots, ski, fly a kite, swim, a raincoat, frosty, ride a bike, rainy,

a jacket

Spring Summer Autumn Winter

Weather is…

I wear…

I can…

IV. Summing-up

Teacher sums up:

Quiz. What season is it?

1. The weather is fine. The sun shines brightly in the blue sky. It is hot. The

days are long and the nights are short. There are many flowers in the parks

and gardens. Children like this season very much. (summer)

2. The sky is blue. The birds come back from the South and sing songs. You

can see first green leaves and green grass. It is warm. The weather is usually

fine. (spring)

3. It snows and it is cold. The nights are long and the days are short. Children

can skate and sledge. They make snowmen. People celebrate one of the best

holidays of the year. They buy and decorate fir-trees. They give each other

presents.(winter)

4. The sky is grey. It often rains. The leaves on the trees are yellow, red and

brown. The birds fly away to the South. The sun doesn’t shine brightly.

(autumn)

3 4 2 1

ДОДАТОК 1

ДОДАТОК 2

ДОДАТОК 2

ДОДАТОК 2

raining sunnycold windycloudy snowinghot frosty

ДОДАТОК 3

ДОДАТОК 4

spring summer autumn winter

It’s very cold and it snows. Christmas is in this season.

It’s hot and sunny. People go on holiday.

It’s cold and foggy. Trees lose their leaves.

It’s rainy and wet. Trees and flowers start to grow.