Урок "Sport in our life"

Sport in our life ( 4th Form)

   Objectives:   to enrich pupils' vocabulary ;

                         to develop pupils’ skills in listening, reading, speaking and writing;

                         to  develop pupils’ critical thinking;

                         to provide interactive work in pairs and small groups;

                      to arouse interest of the lesson and to broaden pupils’ outlook.

Equipment:  pictures , cards, crosswrds, video"Ukrainian sportsmen"

Procedure

І. Greeting

Good morning, pupils. How are you today? Are you all healthy?

EVOCATION

2. AIM

Today we are starting to learn a new unit and we are going to speak about sport and its place in our life.

 3. Warming up

a) We'll begin our lesson with a poem about sport but you have to make up it. (the poem is cut into strips)

Sport is fun for girls and boys,

It's much better than the toys.             

You can swim and play football!

Hockey, tennis, basketball.

You can jump and you can run, 

You can have a lot of fun!                   

Teacher:   - Do you have a lot of fun going in for sport? 

•       What kinds of sport were mentioned in this poem?
•       Do you like to go in for sport?

b) Role Play

Today we have a guest. I want to introduce her to you. Miss Myroslava, Ukrainian by birth, now a citizen of London, a well-known journalist of   Sport   News. She wants to ask you some questions.

Questions:- Is sport very important in your life?

•       Do you go in for sport?
•       Is there a swimming pool in your school?
•       Do you like to swim?
•       What kinds of sport are popular in your school?
•       Who is the best sportsmen in your form? \
•       What is your trainer's name?
•       What is your favourite kind of sport?
•       What sport competitions took place in your school last time?

REALIZATION OF MEANING

1. Vocabulary Practice

Lets make two teams and make a competition

I Task

Both teams have to write as many words as they can to the topic "Sport" in 2 minutes.

II Task ( Writing essay)

The teams exchange their word list. Then each team chooses 5 words from the list and writes a short story using the words. Another team has to guess the words which have been used.

2. Listening

T: Look at the blackboard and let's name these pictures, (different kinds of sport)

You'll listen to the description of some kinds of sport. Your task is to guess them.

Text l

 It is a team game. Both men and women can play it. The players have a ball.They play it with their hands. There are six players in every team. {Volleyball)

Text 2

It is the most popular game in England and in Ukraine. It was first played in

England. Both men and women can play it. The game lasts 90 minutes. It has two

halves. The players kick the ball and run after it, the players try to score a goal.

(Football)

Text3   

It is one of the most popular games in the world. It was first played in Canada. It

is a team game. It is a winter game. Only men and boys can play it. Many people

like to watch this game on TV. The players don't run on the field. They skate.

They have sticks in their hands.   (Hockey) \

Text 4

This kind of sport is very beautiful. It gives the sportsmen strength, rhythm and

grace. The sportsmen do some exercises or dance to the music. The sportsmen

have skates and beautiful costumes on. (Figure - skating)

Text 5

This game is played everywhere at schools, universities and sports clubs. It was

first played in the USA. The team has five players. They bounce the ball on the

floor up and down with one hand. They try to throw the ball into a basket.

(Basketball)

Text 6

This kind if sport is very popular in Ukraine. Two brothers Klychko go in for it

and have the best results in it.   (Boxing)

3. Pair's Work

Game  "Word Chain"

Find the words

a) (skiing, hockey, shooting, tennis, golf, boxing, chess,)

b) (gymnastics, basketball, yachting, boxing, tennis, golf, chess, skiing)

4. Speaking

Exercise 2 page 162

5. Reading

1) Pre- reading Activity
Conversation

•       What kinds of sport are the most popular in our country?
•       What sports are the least popular?
•       What kinds of sport are the most unusual?

2) While-Reading

Технологія з розвитку критичного мислення «Джигсоу»

Teacher gives cards to pupils with some missing information. The task is

in pairs find the missing information

A. Text.

A Letter About Sports in England

37. High Street, London, S. E. 9 June 4th 2022 Dear Lena,

I greatly enjoyed your letter in which you told me about     ______ in your town.

I'll try to tell you now about the games we play in England.

First of all, I must tell you that_______is played in England in winter, and

not in summer. Football is the most popular game in England, because England is the home of football. Schools and towns have football teams, and of course the English team is well known in the world.

We do not play_______much in England, because the winter is not very

cold. But we play field hockey. There are men's teams and women's, and many schools have teams too.

Other games which we play in England are tennis,________and volleyball.

We have gymnastics every week in our school gymnasium. We run and jump and play basketball, volleyball and other games. In summer we have gymnastics in the playground.

Well, I end my letter for today.

I wish you all the best and hope to receive another letter from you soon. Your friend, Mary Smith.

B. Text.

A Letter About Sports in England

37. High Street, London, S. E. 9 June 4th 2022 Dear Lena,

I greatly enjoyed your letter in which you told me about sports in your town. I'll
try to tell you now about the games we play in________. 

First of all, I must tell you that football is played in England in winter, and not in summer. Football is the most popular game in England, because England is

the        _______. Schools and towns have football teams, and of course the

English team is well known in the world.

We do not play ice hockey much in England, because the winter is not very cold.

But we play_____________. There are men's teams and women's, and many

schools have teams too.

Other games which we play in England are tennis, basket-ball and volleyball.

We have_________ every week in our school gymnasium. We run and jump

and play basketball, volleyball and other games. In summer we have gymnastics in the playground.

Well, I end my letter for today.

I wish you all the best and hope to receive another letter from you soon. Your friend, Mary Smith.

3) Post-Reading

True or False 

1. This letter is about sports in Ukraine. False
2. Football is played in England in winter. True
3. England is the home of football. True
4. English team is not well known in the world. False
5. The winter is very cold in England. False

 6 English people play field hockey. True

7.   Mary has gymnastics every week in her school gymnasium. True
8. In summer they do not have gymnastics. False
9. Mary lives in London in Low Street. False

10. This letter is from England. False

6. Writing

Scrambled sentences

1. Sport is very important in our life.
2. The most popular winter sports are hockey, skiing, skating and figure-skating.
3. Some people enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping.
4. Summer gives excellent opportunities for swimming, boating and many other sports.

5. We can play badminton, volleyball and basketball in the yard.

6. All boys like to play football.
7. Many girls go in for athletics, gymnastics and swimming.

8. Ukraine has a lot of famous sportsmen in different sports.
9. We are proud of brothers Klychko, A. Shevchenko, Lilia Podkopaieva and others.

10. Sport helps people to be healthy.

REFLECTION

Summing up

Watching a video 

Game "Do you know these sportsmen?"

Children watch the video and name the sportsmen and kinds of sport in which they
are famous of 

Brothers Klychko - boxing ,    Andriy Shevchenko - football

Yana Klochkova - swimming, Serhiy Bubka- athletics

T: I want to finish our lesson with the well-known English proverb "A sound mind in a sound body". So, if you want to be healthy go in for sport

Homework

I group -Ex. 3 p. 162 - to do the survey

II group - Ex. 5 p. 163 For boys- to write 5 sentences with the words from Ex. 2,p