Урок "English Holidays"

Demonstration  Lesson

English language lesson

Form 4 A

Teacher Podarunok M.M.

18.12.08

PLAN  OUTLINE

Theme:                           Leisure

Topics:                            English Holidays

Aims:                            1.SWAT speak about English holidays

                                      2.SWAT read the story “English Holidays” part 3  PB p.6.

                                      4.TWAT educate appreciation of the English traditions to

                                      celebrate holidays

Resourse Materials:    Kuchma M.O., Plahotnik V.M. English: підручник для 4-го

                                  класу, Hopkins F. Get Ready 1, Журнал “Граємо в

                                 англійську” №14, 2005.

Aids:                   a board, handouts  (cards  for  a matching activity), sound

                            flashcards, seasonal pictures,  phrase charts.

Procedure  of  the  Lesson:

I. Warming up activities.

The teacher:

1.Hello everybody. Our lesson is going to be about English holidays.(the teacher  points at the board on which it is written “Thursday, the eighteenth of December. English Holidays”)

2.Pupils, let’s greet each other with the song “Hello” (the teacher plays the song from Get Ready 1)

3.How are you children? (the teacher asks 5 pupils the same question throwing a ball to him/her) Possible answers:  I’m fine/ I’m great/wonderful/so-so/OK.

4. The teacher asks the pupils some questions about the date and gives them stickers  for the right answers:

   What day is it today? (the teacher  points at the day on the board to help with the

    answer)

   What date is it today? (the teacher  points at the date on the board to help with

  the answer)

   What month is it now?(the teacher  points at the month on the board to help with

   The answer)

   What season is it now?

   What are winter months? .(the teacher  points at the winter seasonal picture on

   the board to help with the  answer)

II. Pronunciation & Phonetics.

The teacher:

Children, let’s do a phonetic drill. Look at the phonetic cards on the board, repeat the sounds and the words after me in chorus.(the teacher  points at the cards and

words  on the board)

[   ]   Father’s Day, clothes, that;

[   ]   June, July;

[ ei]   celebrate, vocation, cake;

[ r ]   present, relatives;

[   ]   people, sea-coast, Halloween, treat, sweets;

[   ]   country, pumpkin, money;

[ou]   coast, most, also, October;

[   ]   autumn, draw.

III.  Speaking on the topic “English Holidays”.

The teacher asks the pupils some questions:

1.What English holidays do you know? .(the teacher  points at the names of the holidays on the door to check the answer, the pupils repeat them again in chorus after the teacher)

2.When do English people celebrate Christmas?

3. What do people do at Christmas?

4. What’s winter like? (the teacher  points at the phrase chart on the wall to help

    with the answer)

5. Do you remember any English Christmas poems?

6. What is the most popular Christmas song? (the teacher plays the song “Jingle

   Bells”the pupils sing)

IV. Reading “English Holidays” part 3  PB p.65

Pre-Reading Questions:

1. What are summer months? (the teacher  points at the chart on the board to help with the answer)

2. What are winter months? (the teacher  points at the chart on the board to help with the answer)

While-Reading Task:

Pupils open your books at page 65 . Find the words in the text “English Holidays” part 3  and read aloud:

Father’s Day, clothes, that;

 June; celebrate, vocation, cake; present, relatives; people, sea-coast, Halloween, treat, sweets;

 country, pumpkin, money;  coast, most, also, October; autumn, draw.

Post-Reading Task:

Pupils make up as many sentences as you can using the table. Exercise 7 p. 65.

V. Home Assignment:  Read the text “English Holidays” part 3  PB p.65 and write . Exercise 7 p. 65.