Is chess a sport? Revision of the usage of some and any

Plan of the English language lesson

For 6^th-grade pupils

on the topic ˝Is chess a sport? Revision of the usage of some and any˝

Aims:

1.      Information and skills gaining: to learn new lexical units and apply them in speech; to learn how to express one`s own opinion on a specific topic; to generalize and systematize the knowledge of the rules some and any.
2.      Development: to develop thinking skills, self-analysis skills, speaking, listening, reading and translation skills, creativity, ability to debate and prove one`s point of view, ability to compare and analyze everything in details, ability to work under pressure, ability to generalize the information and make appropriate conclusions;
3.      Education: to cultivate culture of communication, develop an interest to learning a foreign language and self-confidence.

Lesson type: mixed

Methods of organizing the lesson: team, pair and individual work, conversation, illustration method, information method.

Teaching aids: technology tools, Student`s book and Workbook.

References:

1. Rod Fricker. Wider World 2 Students' Book / Pearson Longman, 2017. – С. 144

2. Rod Fricker. Wider World 2 Workbook / Pearson Longman, 2017. – С. 129

3. Rod Fricker. Wider World 2 Video / Unit 6, Unusual sports.

4. Baamboozle game. https://www.baamboozle.com/classic/127494

LESSON PLAN

1.             Organization part (10 m.)

1. Check the presence of the pupils. One of the students is writing the date on the whiteboard.

-Who is absent today? (Name), please, write the date on the whiteboard!

2. Warming-up:

-Good morning, students! How are you today? It is already spring today. What do you like the most about spring?

3. Сhecking of homework.

What is your homework for today? (To translate the text in Wider World SB p. 80 [1]; to find the main points in this text and generalize it; to learn all unknown phrases.

-Quick checking of the new vocabulary (activities, competition, fit in mind, race, muddy ground, fall off, dirty, crowd, traditional, throw, carefully).

-Defining the main ideas of the texts: What is this text about? What is chess boxing/makepung/haggis hurling?

                                     Photo 1. Wider World SB p. 80

-Students should find out the name of the game according to its description (SB p. 81, ex, 3).

Open your books at the page 81. Here you have exercise 3. Your task is to find out the name of the game described. You have 2 minutes to read through the text again.

                                              Photo 2. Ex. 3 p. 81 SB [1]

2.             The main part of the lesson (30 m.)

1. Informing the students about the topic and purpose of the lesson.

-Look at the whiteboard. You had the possibility to read the text about strange kinds of sport at home. And today we will discuss it in details. Be ready to speak a lot, listen a lot and read a lot. In addition, we will check your knowledge of some and any.

2. Developing of speaking and listening skills (Using Student`s book).
   1.           Speaking. Students answer the questions:

-Do you do any sports? Do you do them for fun or for competition? Do you want to connect your life with sport?

-Do you think that chess is a kind of sport? Why is it so?

-Do you know a person who does a strange kind of sport?

2.           Listening 1. Pre-listening stage [3].

Teacher is writing new phrases on the whiteboard. Every pupil should put them down in their exercise books. After that, students make up one sentence using two new phrases in it. When one student is reading his/her sentence, another one is translating it.

-Now we will discuss the unknown phrases from the video. You should quickly write them down together with the translation.

Part 1

*definitely – звісно, звичайно;

*race – гонка;

*mud – грязь, багно;

*backwards – у зворотному напрямку;

*slim – стрункий;

*advice – порада;

Part 2

*be bored – нудьгувати;

*imaginative – наділені багатою уявою;

*slanted table – похилий стіл;

*net – сітка;

*it is encouraging – це надихає (прикметник)

*world cup – чемпіонат світу;

Part 3

*couple – пара;

*heavy – важкий;

*cheer – аплодувати.

After that, make up one sentence using 2 new phrases.

Let`s check. Start reading. I will choose any person to translate the sentence, so be attentive.

For example: Everybody was cheering when he won the race.

Listening 2. While-listening stage.

-The first time - students are watching the videoclip about strange kinds of sport. Teacher may stop the video any time and ask a student to retell the events in a specific part of the video. Exercise 6 and 9, page 81.

                                                         Photo 3. Ex 6 and 9 p. 81 SB 

Listening 3. Post-listening stage.

-Memory check. Ask students to translate unknown words that were mentioned in the pre-listening part.

-Work in pairs. Everybody is choosing one kind of sport from the video. One pupil is speaking about the benefits of this sport, another one about the drawbacks of this sport. Every person should introduce convincing arguments to prove his/her opinion.

3. Grammar revision (some/any).
   1.           Theoretical part.

The teacher asks students the following questions to make them quickly remember the previous material:

-In what sentences do we use some?

-Can we use any in affirmative sentences?

-What is the role of some and any in sentences?

-When do we use some in questions?

2.           Practical part. Exercises.

Students are divided into two teams. They do exercises in an entertaining way – using an app Baamboozle [4]. The first player from the first team chooses the number, then he/she tells the right answer. If the answer is true, the team earns some points. Only the cleverest win!

                                   Photo 4. Example of the game in Baamboozle

3. The final part of the lesson (5 m.)

1. Homework for the next time:

Task 1. Learn unknown phrases from the video.

Task 2. Divide into 3-4 groups, choose one unusual kind of sport, create a presentation, which should include the following points:

-Why did you choose this kind of sport?

-Interesting facts and rules of this game/sport.

-Advantages and disadvantages of this game/sport.

-New vocabulary usage (minimum 10 phrases)

2. Reflection. There are questions on the whiteboard:

*What did we revise and learn today?

*What was new for you today?

*What was not new for you?

*What did you like the most?

*What didn`t you understand?

A teacher names any student. He/she chooses the question to answer.

The last stage of the lesson is putting marks.

The lesson is over! Have a great day! Good bye!