Урок "Seasons and weather"

Topic. Seasons and weather.

Aims: by the end of the lesson my students will be able

• to practise vocabulary and grammar skills;
• to develop speaking and listening and reading skills;
• to encourage pupils to work in pairs;
• to revise grammar structures;
• to describe their favorite seasons.

 Equipments: flash cards, handouts, tape recorder, CD the textbook by O.Karpiuk.

Procedure

I. Greeting

II. Warm-up

1. Phonetic drills

1. Look at the screen and listen the poem.

In winter it’s cold and snowy .

In summer it’s sunny and fine.

In autumn it’s cloudy and rainy.

In spring  I can jump up to the sky.

ІІІ. The main part.

1. Repeat this poem one by one and look at the card and name what season is it.

Answer the questions about the poem.

• What is this poem about?
• When is it cold and snowy?
• When is it sunny and fine?

2. Grammar revision.

 Let’s divide into 2 groups and write the tasks .

The task for the first group:

1. Write opposites to the words

1. summer –
2. hot –
3. dark –
4. warm –
5. day –
6. black –

2. The task for the second group:

What is the weather like in your area? Complete the sentences.

1. It’s hot in ...
2. It’s rainy in ...
3. It’s snowy in ...
4. It’s cold in ...
5. It’s sunny in ...

3. Speaking.

1. Ask and answer in pairs.

1. What season is after spring?
2. What season is before winter?
3. What season is between spring and autumn?
4. What …?

IV.  Relaxation using the TPR.  Listen and do after me.

We can swim in summer.

We can walk under  the umbrella in autumn.

We can play snowballs in winter.

We can smell the flowers in spring.

4. Reading.

Read the text and guess what seasons do the children like.

Post reading:  tell are the sentences true or false.

The next task is to describe your favorite season using the words and grammar structures:

I like…

I don’t like…

I can…

I enjoy…

V. Summarizing and home task.

Our lesson is coming to the end. You worked hard today and got good marks. Was it intresting for you to speak about seasons and weather?

Your home task will be to prepare the project about your favorite season.