At the Birthday Party

Lesson plan

Form: 4

Topic: Leisure Time

Microtopic: At the Birthday Party.

Objectives: by the end of the lesson students will be able to

• speak about their birthday party, say birthday wishes;
• use specific examples in the dialogues to illustrate an aspect of human behavior at the table; to offer, to ask for permission, to accept and refuse the offer using the grammar patterns What would you like, Can I have, Can I ask for more,

I’d love to and so on;

• develop communicative skills using the active vocabulary;
• develop their writing and listening skills;
•  work cooperatively in pairs and groups.  

Vocabulary: birthday person, a gift, a birthday cake, to light a candle, to blow out a candle, to bake a cake, to blow up a balloon, make a wish, to bring gifts

Grammar items: Present Simple

Materials to be used: flashcards, text for listening, text for reading, the Internet recourses, a projector, Power Point Presentation, handouts

Procedure

I. Introduction

1) Greeting

The teacher greets the pupils and has a short conversation with them.

T: Good morning, good morning,                                                                                     The best to you this morning.

 How are you? How are you?

I hope you feeling fine

And happy all the time.

T: Birthday is such a wonderful day for everybody! Many people like to celebrate it. On this day you are in the centre of attention. You can spend time with your parents, friends and relatives and get a lot of presents. People like their birthdays because of the presents, too. On this day you can always hear “Happy Birthday!”
“Many happy returns of the day!”

And today we’ll describe the things around us on the birthday party: food, presents.

2) Warming-up and checking up the homework.

Phonetic drill. Find the odd word

[e] egg, bread, breakfast, vegetable.

[i:] tea, cheese, please, ice-cream.

[a:] are, banana, tomato.

[?] salad, ham, jam, have, apple.

[ai] rice, like, ice-cream, pie.

[Λ] supper, butter, cucumber.

[u:] soup, food, would, juice.

[i] chicken, fish, milk, dinner.

[?] coffee, orange, sorry, porridge, yogurt.

[ei] potato, tasty cake.

[כּ:] water, cornflakes, always.

-Little mice, little mice!

Would you like a piece of ice?

-No, but we would like a piece of cheese!

-O.K., then. Say “please”!

T: What would you like, boys and girls?

Ps: - I would like to have a banana, an apple…

II. Main part

1. Presentation of new material

T: But before going to the birthday party let’s remember some things. What are your associations with the words ”Happy Birthday!”?  (a birthday person, a gift, a birthday cake, to light a candle, to blow out a candle, to bake a cake, to blow up a balloon, to send birthday cards, to bring gifts)

The pupils look at the screen, answer the teacher’s questions

Fill in the gaps:

When is your mother’s____________?

My grandmother bakes a ____ on my birthday.

I ____out the candles in my birthday cake.

I like ____________ to my friends.

My friends help me to__________ the balloons.

2)Practice of new material                     

T: Now we are at Winnie’s birthday party on Saturday. Of course, you have some presents and you want to give them to Winnie. But don’t forget to congratulate him. Let’s do it with a help of the song « Happy birthday».

Come to this place. Who wants to be Winnie?

So Winnie is in the center. We are around him. Take each others hands and sing all   together.

Now give your presents to Winnie. Let me be the first.

• Happy Birthday to you, Winnie. This is my present for you.
• Winnie- Thank you.

Let`s look at the birthday card, read and say the wishes to Winnie.

Have a lot of fun today.

Enjoy your holiday.

Have a magic day.

Stay healthy.

Have a wonderful day.

I wish you luck.

Be your own light.

Wish you happiness.

Wish you many friends.

Best wishes.

Many happy returns of the day.

Be kind!

Be clever!

Be happy!

T: What do you wish Winnie?

P1: Winnie, be clever! (Write your wishes)

Say the wishes to each other-P1-P5

Listening.

The teacher suggests the text for listening

T: Let’s listen how father congratulates his son on his birthday.

http://www.esl-lab.com/birthday/birthdayrd1.htm

Father: Hi Michael. Happy Birthday! How old are you today?

Son: Seven.

Father: Alright. Well, let's sing Happy Birthday:

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Michael,
Happy Birthday to you.

Father: Alright. So what should we do first?

Son: How about cake and ice cream?

Father: Okay. Well, uh let... let's light the candles. Okay, and make a wish! Don't... don't tell me.

Son: Don't tell you?

Father: Yeah, don't tell me. Okay, and go ahead and blow out the candles. Okay, let's cut the cake, and then we can have cake and ice cream. And what do you want to do after the cake and ice cream?

Son: Play freeze tag.

Father: Now, how do you play tag?

Son: Um... one person is it, and the person who is it tries to tag everyone [Alright. And then... ] before I tag someone and then, another person tags me.

Father: Oh, wow. And whose coming over later today for your birthday?

Son: Well, everyone. Uh, my cousins, all my aunts and grandmas, grandpas.

Father: Alright. Well, Happy Birthday, Michael.

1. What is the boy's name?
A. Matthew
B. Michael
C. Mitchel

2. How old is the boy turning in the conversation?
A. seven
B. eight
C. nine

3. What does he want to do first?
A. play outdoor games
B. open presents
C. eat cake and ice cream

4. Which statement is true about the game at the party?
A. You have to catch a large ball without dropping it.
B. You need to chase children around and touch them.
C. You need to hide somewhere so no one can find you.

5. Who is coming to the party?
A. aunts, grandparents, and cousins 
B. grandparents, cousins, and uncles
C. friends, cousins, and grandparents

1. Michael

2. seven

3. eat cake and ice cream

4. You need to chase children around and touch them.

5. aunts, grandparents, and cousins

Group work

T: So, you are at the table now. Everything is very tasty.

- Would you like … It’s very nice.

- Help yourself. This … is very tasty.

- Try this … Mum makes.

- Mineral water or juice?

- This … is very fresh.

- I’d love to. I like … very much.

- Yes, please. I think it is very nice.

- Yes, I like … I always eat …

- No, thank you. Can I have …

- No, thank you. I don’t eat …

- No, thanks. I’m not hungry.

- Can I have …

- Can I ask for more …

- This … is so delicious. Can I have more?

- This … is so fresh. Can I have one more?

- Can I have … from that big dish?

- Yes, please/ Very good/ Ok

Reading

T: Let’s read the text about the cat’s birthday party..

The Cat and the Mice

                          The cat lives in a small house. In the kitchen of the cat’s house live little mice. The cat is very big and every day she eats one or two mice. But on her birthday the cat does not eat mice. Every year all the mice in her house come to the cat’s birthday party. Of course, the cat is very glad to see the mice. They usually give her birthday presents: cakes, bottles of milk and interesting toys. The toys are made of paper and cotton. The cat likes the cakes and milk. She likes the toys too.

                          This year the mice come to the cat’s birthday party and say, “here is a blue ribbon with a small bell for you”.

                          The ribbon is very nice. It is made of silk. The cat takes the ribbon, puts it on and says, “thank you. I like the ribbon with the bell very much. I am going to wear it all the time’.

                          The mice are very happy. Now they know the cat comes. When the mice hear the bell they run away.

Task 1   1F    2F     3F    4T     5F

Task 2  1b    2d    3e     4c   5a

Reading and writing.

T: Look at the animation and answer the questions.

Keddi's birthday

http://home.nordnet.fr/~rmaufroid/pupitre/scavengerhunt/keddibirthday.swf

T: Then, answer the questions

http://www.quia.com/sh/32763.html?AP_rand=1438583330

III Summing-up activities. Homework.

T: Let’s sum up the results. Thank you for being active and enthusiastic. I have really enjoyed working with you. You deserve the highest marks.

2) Homework. 

The pupils are arranged in two groups.

T: Let’s make a poster about the holiday. There is a paper for each group, pencils, felt-tip pens, glue, pictures. You have some phrases there. Fill the gaps.

1. The first group will help Winnie to tell about his birthday
2. The second group will tell about Winnie’s birthday as his friend.

1. I had…….

My friends gave me…….

We sang songs,…….

We ate a lot of ………

It was very……

I liked the party.

2. Winnie had……….

We gave Winnie……

We sang songs, ……

We ate a lot of ……..

It was very ….

I liked the party.

At home make a poster about birthday celebrating.

Additional task

T: When you have a birthday party you send invitation cards. Winnie, a birthday person, wants to invite his friends by the phone. Do you remember how to do it? So do it in pairs.

- Telephone …..? Could I speak to Nastya, please?

- This is Nastya. Hello!

- It’s Winnie here. I’m having a birthday on Saturday. Can you come?

- I’d love to.

- Great! See you here. About 6 o’clock.

• Hello.
• Hello. It's Ben. Can I speak to Bob, please?
• Hi, Ben, it's me. How are you?
• Fine, thanks. And you?
• I'm OK. I'm having a party on Friday. Would  you like to come?

Agree:)                                             

• I'd love to! When and where?
• At my place at 5 pm.
• Great! Thanks for invitation! Bye!
• Bye!

          Disagree:(

• I'm sorry but I can't. I'm busy on Friday.
• It's a pity. Then see you at school! Bye!
• See you. Bye!

Someone's Birthday
(to tune of London Bridge)

Someone's birthday is today,
Is today, is today.
Someone's birthday is today, 
And it's ______!

Let's prepare a birthday cake,
Birthday cake, birthday cake.
Let's prepare a birthday cake,
Just for __________!

Add a candle for each year, 
For each year, for each year.
Add a candle for each year,
Just for __________!

Make a special birthday card,
Birthday card, birthday card.
Make a special birthday card,
Just for ___________!

Sing a happy birthday song,
Birthday song, birthday song.
Sing a happy birthday song,
Just for ________!

Tune--"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle goes this song.
It's your birthday all day long.
Last year you were ____ years old.
This year you are ______ we're told.
Happy birthday, little star.
Now we know how old you are.

The Birthday Cake 

Today is my birthday. 
I think I'll make a cake. 
Mix and stir, stir and mix, 
Then into the oven to bake.

Here's the cake so nice and round, 
I'll put icing on so white. 
I'll put on all the candles 
To make my birthday bright!

Happy birthday to me