Lesson `Free Time` Form 5

Form 5 Topic: `My free time`

Outcomes: Students will be able to talk about their free time; to use the adverbs of frequency in oral and writing speech

• to improve their speaking and writing skills

Materials and resources: New Challenges Students` Book, Workbook, handouts, SDs

Procedure

I. The beginning of the lesson

1.Greeting

Good day, everyone! I`m glad to see you. How are you getting on?

2. Aims

Today we`re going to speak about your and your friends` free time

II. The main part

1. Warm up (Students choose the card and answer the questions one by one)

• How many hours do you usually spend at school?
• What time do you usually go home after school?
• What do you usually do after school?
• What do you like doing when you have free time?
• Do you prefer watching TV or reading books?
• How often do you stay in all day and play computer games?
• How many hours of homework do you do every day?
• Where do you go in your free time?
• Where are your favourite places in town?
• Do you spend your free time with your friends or your parents?
• How often do you go for a walk?
• Are you interested in sport? Do you do your morning exercises?

2. Revising the place vocabulary. Explanation work.
   1. Each of students come and chooses card and has to explain the word without naming it. Other students have to guess the word.

CARDS:

Café, library, bus station, railway station, hospital, shopping centre, cinema, car park, swimming pool, theatre, post office, bowling alley, museum, Internet café, snack bar

3. Worksheet.
   1. Sort the letters to make place and spell the word.

Spell it. W-A-T-E-R    P-A-R-K

3.2 Using the adverbs of  frequency  complete the sentences.

Example:

I always go to the ….

I usually go to the ….

I often go to the …..

I sometimes go to the …..

I hardly ever go to the ….

I never go to the …..

4. Moving break
5. Listening and writing. Ben`s story

5.1 Ben tells about his habits and free time. Listen and fill the gaps.

                                            Ben`s story

Hi! I`m Ben. I`m ____1___ years old and I`m a student.

My day starts at __2________. I get up early on Monday, ____3____, Wednesday, _____4_____, Friday. At the weekends I ___5______ get up late.

I ___6__have  breakfast with my family. I love bacon and eggs.

I like playing tennis with my friends on Mondays and Saturday. I _7____ play tennis with my friends in our  free time.

I don`t  like going swimming. I __8_______ swim in the swimming pool.

I hate dancing. I ___9____ dance. These all about me.

Answers:

1. 11         2. 9 o`clock            3.Tuesday        4.Thursday     5. usually   6.always           7.often          8.hardly ever            9. Never

5.2 Answer the questions:

- How old is Ben?

- What time does Ben start his day from Monday to Friday?

- When does he get up at the weekend?

- What does he never do?

- Does he like dancing/going swimming?

- How often does he go to the swimming pool?

         6. Pair work. Handouts cards.

Use the 1^st column and ask questions to the partner. Use `useful tips` . Write down the partner`s answers.

Example:

III. The end of the lesson

1.Summing up

What have we done at the lesson?

2.Home assignment

Write 10 sentences about your free time