Урок "School Life. Our Favourite Subjects"

 

School Life.

Our Favourite  Subjects.

 Конспект уроку в 6 класі

 

 

 Вчитель англійської мови

вищої категорії,

«Учитель-методист»

Устуянова Марія Іллівна

 

 

Class 6. School Life. Our Favourite  Subjects.               Date ________________                                                                                   

 

Time:45min.

Lesson Objective:

Language Skills: to develop fluency through a range of speaking activities, to  form  communicative  skills, to develop  pupils’ reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.

Life Skills: to teach pupils to collaborate with others, to develop their  life skills  such as flexibility,  initiative,  social skills,  productivity and leadership, to develop the abilities of the pupils considering their types of intelligence.

Tasks: to revise grammar on modal verbs, to check the knowledge on lexical material on the topic “School Life”, to teach the  pupils to express their opinions on the topic “ School Life”, to organize conditions for individual work, work in pairs and groups.

Materials:   cards on grammar, cards  the method “know, want to know, now I know”,  anagrams, tables “joyful, creative, successful” ,  cards for pair work,    the scheme “Modal Verbs”,   models of clothing, scissors, glue, cards for  group work.

Equipment:  computers, audio recording of the song “Hello”, text books.

Stages of the Lesson

I.Warm Up/Review

1. Introductory talk.   Вступна бесіда

Teacher: Hello, friends! I’m glad to see you happy in our class and ready to continue our talk about your studying at school, your favourite school subjects.

2. Warm – up.  Exercise “Echo”. 

Teacher: Do you know what echo is? You can hear it in the mountains, in the forest or in an empty room. Imagine you are my echo, so repeat after me:

•           I am very good today;
•           I’m happy;
•           I’m clever;
•           I’m full of energy;
•           I will be very active at the lesson  today;
•           I will get a good mark today;
•           I’ll learn a lot of new facts today;
•           I will use all my knowledge today;
•           I’m the cleverest pupil in the world!

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, внутрішньоособистісний.

II. Presentation

1. Aims.  Оголошення теми, цілей та завдань уроку.

Teacher: I’m glad that you are full of energy and ready to work at the lesson. At our lesson we are going to  develop our communicative skills, to revise grammar on  modal verbs,to check the knowledge on lexical material on the topic, to practice reading and listening skills.

Teacher: So, let’s begin.

Teacher: What is school for you?

For me it’s a place of my work. I spend here most of the time. I like children, I like English and I can’t imagine myself in other place.  (Pupils’ answers)

Do you like school? Do you like your school uniform? What are your favourite school subjects? We’ll speak all about this at our lesson today – School Life  

Teacher: But first let me see what you probably know on this topic and what you want to learn more.

2. Method “know, want to know, now I know” Метод «ЗХД»  «Знаю, хочу знати, дізнався»

I know…

I want to know…

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, внутрішньоособистісний.

III. Practice

1.Practise the vocabulary.  Активізація в усному та письмовому мовленні назв шкільних предметів  

Teacher: Unjumble these anagrams.       

        1 STORYHI

        2 GRAGEOPHY

        3 THAMS

        4 SICUM

        5 LISHNGE                   

Answers: 1 History, 2 Geography, 3 Maths, 4 Music,

5 English

Teacher: Do you have a favourite or least favourite subject at school? (She could tell the pupils what she liked and didn’t like (and why) when she was at school)

Teacher: I think that our school is the school of Joy, Success and Creativity. Today at the lesson we are going to discuss all three aspects: what brings us joy at school, what successes we have here and how creativity helps us to achieve them.

Teacher: What school subjects are joyful, creative and successful for you?

joyful	creative	successful

(Учні заповнюють таблицю в зошитах та озвучують отримані записи)

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, внутрішньоособистісний, логіко-математичний.

2. Pair work. «Find your pair. Match. Make up sentences»

Парна робота. Вправа «Знайди пару. З'єднай.  Склади  речення»

Teacher: And now I propose you to play a game. The rule is to find your pair and match the subject and the activity that you do at this lesson.

Maths                           do the sums

Literature                     learn poems by heart

Nature Studies              study the planets in the

      Solar System

Music                           sing folk songs

History                         read about Ukrainian hetmans

P.T.                              play football

Geography                   show different countries

                                    on the    map

Art                               draw funny animals

Ukrainian language       write compositions

Computer Studies         learn to use a computer

Science                        mix up chemicals together

English                         study British culture

Example: Maths, do the sums. - At the Maths lessons we do the sums.

Teacher: You found your pairs, now we continue to work at the computers.

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, міжособистісний.

3.  Listening. Computer graphics. (Pair work)

 Аудіювання тексту. Комп'ютерна графіка.

(Парна робота)

     3.1. Pre-listening work.

Teacher: Listen to my story and try to understand what I am describing. (Перше прослуховування)

The classroom is large. There are three white windows in it. The walls are green in the classroom. There is a brown blackboard with the words “Knowledge is power” on the wall. In front of the blackboard there is a yellow desk and a light-blue chair. There are four pencils on the desk. They are brown, red, green and blue. The floor is brown. There is a red ball on the floor under the blackboard. There are three textbooks on the floor. History is grey. English is purple. Maths is orange.

(A classroom)

     3.2. While-listening work.

Teacher: Now, children, take your seats at the computers, listen to my story again and try to remember as many details as you can. (Друге прослуховування)

     3.3.  After-listening work.

Teacher: Work in pairs and colour the picture. After finishing send your drawing by e-mail. (По окончании работы всеми  парами проверка выполненных работ на большом экране, сравнение с образцом)

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, міжособистісний, просторовий, кінестетичний.

4.  Checking on the home task.  Role-play.  Перевірка домашнього завдання.

Teacher: We continue to work in pairs. Let’s check on your home task. It was to prepare dialogues about our school, Sport school and Arts’ school.

Teacher: You are welcome to play your dialogues. 

1. a correspondent – a teacher
2. a correspondent – a school director
3. a correspondent – a sport school’s director
4. a correspondent – an arts school’s director
5. a correspondent – a parent
6. a correspondent – a  pupil

 Орієнтовна тематика питань:

1. A correspondent – a school director:

How old is your school?

How many teachers work in your school?

How many students do you have at your school?

What rules are the most important in your school?

2.  A correspondent – a teacher:

What subjects do you teach in your school?

What subjects are compulsory?

 Can your students choose subjects?

 Are there optional subjects in your time-table?

3. A correspondent – a  pupil:

Do you like your school?

What is your favourite subject?

What are your teachers like?

What are your classmates like?

4.                A correspondent – a parent:

When do lessons start in your school?

How often do you come to school?

What do you think about your teachers?

Does your child like school? Why?

5.                A correspondent – a sport school’s director:

Is sport popular in your school?

          What sportsmen are the strongest?

What sport clubs can your student join?

Do you often win competitions?

6.           A correspondent – an arts school’s director:

What classes do you have?

What activities do you organize?

How many students attend your school?

How often do your students take part in concerts?

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, міжособистісний, кінестетичний.

  5. Relaxation.  Фізхвилинка

 Teacher: We’ve worked hard and now let’s have a break, sing a song and dance. Звучит песня “Hello”.

 Активний тип інтелекту вербальний, музичний, кінестетичний.

6. Reading in groups.  Вдосконалення навичок читання.

Teacher: Read and complete the texts. Use the words from the box given below. Work in groups: G 1: ex. 6, p. 162; G 2: ex. 5, p. 166; G 3: ex. 4, p. 176.

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, міжособовий, логіко-математичний.

7.  Grammar revising. Writing.  Повторення граматики. Вдосконалення навичок письма.

Teacher: There is no English without grammar. We continue to work in groups.

Tasks for groups:

 Group 1.  Look at the scheme and formulate the rule.Посмотрите на схему и сформулируйте правило.

•           Modal verbs express…                           
•           They are used to express…

Modal	Concept	Example
Can	Ability: Permission:  Offers :	Julie can swim. Can I come with you? Can I help you?
Could	Possibility: Past ability : Permission : Requests :	That story could be true - who knows! Charlie could swim when he was four years old. Could I use your phone please? Could you tell me the way to the station please?
Should	Advice : Logical deduction :	You should take an umbrella in case it rains. I've revised so I should be ready for the test.
To have to	Necessity:	As I was to be there at 5 sharp, I had to take a taxi.

 

Group 2.  Choose and write the correct modal verb. (Ex. 4, p. 179)

        Group 3.  Create models of clothing for boys and for girls.

         Розробка дрес-коду для школи з використанням модального дієслова should. 

      Teacher: Now I suggest you to create models of clothing for boys and for girls. You are working in groups and getting ready to represent your models. Think over who will speak - either one of you or everybody. Show your creativity.  (Роздати заготовки для моделювання одягу, клей, опорні картки для висловлювань).

Учні готують моделі та коментар до них з опорою на фрази:

We think that girls should wear…

We suggest that boys should wear …

We think in winter we should wear …

We think in autumn (in spring) students should wear …

Teacher: Your models are very nice and comfortable. They will bring us joy. You are very creative. Thank you for your active work!

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, міжособистісний, логіко-математичний, просторовий, кінестетичний.

 

IV. Evaluation

1. Hometask.   Домашнє завдання.        

  Your class has to   publish an issue of school newspaper. Your home task depends on your taste. Choose one of these points:

1. Take photos of the lessons

2. Interview your teachers

3. Interview pupils

4. Design the page of your newspaper

5. Make up the time-table of your dream

6. Write an article about your school life or favourite lesson.

 Усі типи інтелекту

2. Reflection. Making up cinquanes.  Рефлексия. Составление синквейнов.

And now let’s see what you think about our today’s lesson and how creative you are.  We’ll make poems.  Here’s the rule how to make it:

Line 1: a noun (Today’s lesson)

 Line 2: 2 adjectives

 Line 3: one sentence

Line 4: 1 participle

Line 5: synonym to the noun in Line 1

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, внутрішньоособистісний.

 3. Summarizing.  Підбиття підсумків уроку. Оцінювання

Teacher: Fill in the table “Now I can…”  (Self-assessment (p. 180)

 Активний тип інтелекту: вербальний, внутрішньоособистісний.