LESSON PLAN “Seasons and Typical Weather” (Form 2)

Teacher:

Class: 2

Level: Elementary

School:

Rayon and oblast:

Date:

Class profile (brief description of learners; how many, age, level, etc):

There are 13 students in the second form:  7 boys and  5 girls. They are 7-8. The children have been learning English for two years. There are two quick learners (Maxym, Vadym) and some slow learners   (Marharyta, Arina, Yana, Vladyslav). The class is alive, active and attentive at the lessons but the most children need the set of activities with drillings to remember new words.

Timetable fit/Topic (why are you giving this content at this point of the course):

Topic: “Seasons and Typical Weather”

Timetable fit: the lesson is the first one of the unit “My Favourite Season” and is conducted according to the course planning “English 2”

Lesson aims:

Objectives:

• to present  new vocabulary “Seasons. Weather”(10 words);
• to teach the students to use the language chunk “ What is the weather today? – It is…”;
• to develop students’ speaking and reading skills;
• to use Present Simple.

Outcomes:

By the end of the lesson students will be able:

• to identify and label 4 seasons and different weather;
• to  recognize typical weather for each season;
• to reproduce short dialogues about weather.

Materials/resources used:

DVD player, DVDs,  flash-cards (“ The Parts of the Body ”, “Colours”, phonetic cards ), HO1 (individual cards for reading with the list of new words), the board, signal cards, a computer

LESSON PROCEDURE

Time

Teacher Activity

Learner Activity

Interaction

T-S/S-S

Stage Aim

2 mins

Greeting. Topic. Learner’s Outcomes

The teacher greets the pupils.

Writes down the date, the topic of the lesson and learners’ outcomes on the blackboard and notifies them to the students

Pupils greet the teacher with the song “Hello!”(Form 1, №9), answer the question

 “How are you today?” – I’m fine/ well /great/ so-so…

TPs

TPs

to organize and motivate the class for the work

2 mins

Phonetic warm-up

Phonetic cards [w],[  ]

Fairy-tale about Mr Tongue

The teacher demonstrates to the learners the cards with the needed English sounds in order to practice their pronunciation

Look at the cards and pronounce  the sounds after the teacher

TPs

to remind the correct pronunciation of English sounds

2 mins

Lexical warm-up

T presents the rhyme and asks to repeat after him

Seasons

Whether the weather is warm,

Whether the weather is hot,

We have to put up with the weather,

Whether we like it or not.

Repeat the rhyme “Seasons” after the teacher

TPs

to stimulate students' interest in a topic

3 mins

Language presentation

1. Lexical Flash-Cards “Seasons. Weather”

 (choral drilling, individual drilling)

Step1 Listen and repeat  new words (3times)

Step2  Listen and repeat with a voice if you are happy /sad /sleepy (3 times).

Step3 Listen and repeat whispering.

Step4  Listen and  read the words on my lips

Watch, listen and repeat

Try to hear and pronounce the right words

TPs

TP1,P2,P3

to present to the students target vocabulary of the  lesson

2 mins

 2.Word Game

 “What’s Missing”

Instruction: look at the blackboard and remember the cards position. When you close your eyes, I take one card out – you should name the  word of the missing card.

Play the game “What’s Missing”

TPs

TP1,P2,P3

to elicit responses from the students

2 mins

Energizer

Game “Simon Says”

Instruction: Listen to the trainer’s commands. Play the action if you hear the words “Simon says”.

Play the game

The whole class

to  teach students to be attentive, to create relaxed atmosphere

3 mins

Sight Reading

Lexical Flash-Cards “Seasons. Weather”

Step 1 T. presents the cards with the written words – names of the seasons and weather, reads and sticks them under the appropriate pictures

Step 2 Leaves the pictures but takes away the cards-names. Asks the question “What season is it? / What weather is it?”

Step 3 Aural Recognition

Leaves the cards-names but takes away the cards-pictures. Asks a student to go to the blackboard and show the word the teacher pronounces.

Participate in the activities conducting by the teacher

TPs

TP1,P2,P3

to form the skills of sight reading

2 mins

Game “Green or Red”

T name the pictures – students ‘vote’ using voting tool: green – agree, red – disagree.

vote

TPs

TPs

to check the understanding

3 mins

Game “Find the Pair”

Instruction: move around the room and find the partner (picture - word) -  mingle activity.

move around the room and find the partner

P1P2, P3P4…

to get feedback to the previous activities

4 mins

Consolidation activity

Game “The Merry-go-round”

The teacher gives the clear Instructions: Students stand into two circles (inside and outside). The children of the inside circle have the pictures illustrated the types of weather and they should ask the question “What weather is it?” The students who are in the outside one should look at the picture and answer this question. They make one step to the right hearing the teacher’s  signal. Only the outside circle may move. The teacher should observe  and listen to the students.

Inside circle: show the pictures and ask the question “What weather is it?” Stand still.

Outside circle: look at the picture and answer the question. Should move

whole group

to practise using

target structure

2 mins

Time for Rest

Song ‘Spring is green...’

Instruction: asks his learners to  listen and sing. Then students colour the pictures HO1

Listen and sing aloud

T, Ps

to practice

understanding

3 mins

Small groups work  HO2

T splits the students into 4 groups

(pictures of seasons).

Instruction: match the weather types and their names.

Do the matching

4 groups

(3 learners)

to stimulate learners’ interest for understanding target language

2 mins

Memory game

Computer game “English with Smiley 2””

Play the game

Whole class

to develop learners’ working and long-term memory skills

2 mins

Extension activity

1.Game «Smart Echo»

Instruction: teacher says the name of any weather type. The students have to say a sentence using a phase “It is …in …(season)”

Listen to the teacher and make up sentences about themselves

TP1,P2,P3

to encourage learners to produce language using the target content freely.

2 mins

2. Game “Move to the picture”

Instruction: teacher names the weather type, which picture is stuck somewhere on the wall in the classroom. Students should move to the appropriate picture - mingle activity

Listen to the hero’s descriptions with a great attention and choose to what picture they should move

TPs

to practice

understanding of new vocabulary

1 mins

Hometask Setting

- to read and pronounce new words correctly;

- WB,  task 1,2 (p. 59)

Write down into the day-books

TP1,P2,P3

to organize learners’ afterschool learning

1 min

Outcomes

Ask questions according to the learner’s outcomes

E.g “Can you name the …? ”

Answer the teacher’s questions

TP1,P2,P3

to check the achievement of the lesson’s aims

1 min

Evaluation

Evaluate learner’s work giving comments

Listen to the teacher’s marks and comments

TP1,P2,P3

to show the learners their progress, to motivate and stimulate them

1 mins

Feedback

Asks students to move to one of the symbols ,, to show their feelings after the lesson

Move to one of the symbols ,, to show their feelings after the lesson

TP1,P2,P3

to help the teacher to understand  whether the lesson was interesting for students

spring

summer

autumn

winter

It is cold.

It is hot.

It is windy.

It is sunny.

It is rainy.

It is snowy.