Урок "Travelling to Toyland"

Olha Marchuk,

 teacher of English,

 school 4,

 Zmerynka, Vinnytsia region

Suggested level – starter

Topic: Travelling to Toyland

Objectives:

• to revise vocabulary related to the topic;
• to develop pupils’ reading and speaking skills;
• to practise the use of possessive case of the nouns;
• to develop pupils’ skills in using descriptive adjectives;
• to develop pupils’ attention.

Learning Outcomes:

children will be able to:

• express and exchange their opinions about the land of their forefathers (8-10 sentences);
• ask and answer the questions about themselves (2-3 sentences);
• ask and answer the question “Whose house is this?”  using possessive case;
• describe their toys using descriptive adjectives .

Equipment: toys, text “My Doll” (HO1), a computer, PowerPoint

                      presentation of the lesson , songs “The Rainbow  Color Song”, “Toys for

                         Me…”, “If You Are Happy…”, paper doors, a toy house, a toy box.

Procedure

І. Introduction

1. Greetings

T: 1) Let’s greet each other with the song “Hello! Hello!”

      Hello! Hello!

      How are you?

      I’m fine,

      I’m great,

      I’m wonderful.

     2) Now let’s work in pairs and ask each other “How are you?”

2. The aim of the lesson

T: Children, what do you think we will do at the lesson?

Ps: - sing songs;                                        - recite rhymes;

      - play games;                                       - read;

      - write;                                                 - guess;                                    

      - recollect the colours;

T: All these things we’ll do travelling to Toyland. So, by the end of the lesson you       will be able to tell about your toys and describe them.

II. Warm-up.

1. Phonetic Drills. Tongue Tale

T: Let’s train our tongues and lips, and revise all the sounds of the English language

    with the help of the “Tongue Tale”.

2. Situation “Let’s Get Acquainted”

T:  Children, visiting some other country you must be able to introduce yourself to other people. So, let’s make up dialogues.

• What is your name?
• My name is …
• Where are you from?
• I’m from Ukraine.
• How old are you?
• I’m seven.

III. Main Part

1. Vocabulary Review

T: I think it’s high time to travel to Toyland, where we can find many different toys.

     You agree with me that children like to play their toys.

1) Rhyme “Ball and Dolls”         Balls and dolls,                 Boys and girls,

                                                           dolls and balls,                  girls and boys,

                                                                 I have got                         Like to play

                                                                 many toys.                        With their toys.

2. Guessing Game “What toy is behind the door?”

T: Children, try to guess the toys hidden behind the doors.

(Children name the toys which are hidden behind the doors made of paper)

3. Grammar Point. The use of the possessive case. Pair Work.

T: Ask and Answer “Whose house is this?”

4. Rhyme “A Car, car, car…”

T: In the Toyland toys do not stay only in their houses. We can find them also in other  places. Do you remember the rhyme “A Car, car, car…”? Let’s recite it.

      A Car, car, car                                              A kite, kite, kite

     In the park, park, park.                                 In the sky, sky, sky.

     A cat, cat, cat                                                       A frog, frog, frog

     On the mat, mat, mat.                                   On the log, log, log.

5) Colours. The Rainbow Colour Song

T: Our Toyland is full of different colours. We can see a rainbow of colours. Let’s      sing a “The Rainbow Color Song”

Red, orange, yellow, green,| 2t

Blue, purple, pink.              |

It’s a rainbow | 2t                        | 2t

A beautiful rainbow in the sky.  |

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink.  

Red, orange, yellow, green,| 2t

Blue, purple, pink.              |

It’s a rainbow | 2t                        | 2t

A beautiful rainbow in the sky.  |        

5. Game “I See”

T: Imagine that you are a captain of a big ship. Look through binoculars and say:

“I see a big brown teddy bear./ I see a lovely pink bunny…”

2. Speaking. Dialogues

1. T: Listen and repeat the dialogue:

• I have got a new toy.
• What’s this?
• It’s a ball. Let’s play together.
• Let’s play! What colour is it?
• It’s blue.

2. Acting out dialogues. Pair Work

3. Relaxation. Song “Toys for me…” (Children stand in a circle and move to the

 music)

Toys for me,                                            Toys for me,

Toys for you,                                           Toys for you,      

Toys for everyone.                                  Toys for everyone.                    

A pink ballerina,                                     A brown teddy-bear, 

A blue toy-soldier,                                   A yellow doll,                                 

We are all having fun.                             We are all having fun.

4. Game “Put Your Toy Into the Toy Box”

T: Let’s collect your toys into the toy box and describe them.

Ps: I have got a brown bear.  It is big. It is nice and lovely. It can run …

5. Reading

T: Children, I’ve got a letter from my niece. In her letter she describes her new doll. Let’s read her letter together.

My Doll     (HO1)

I’ve got a very lovely doll. Her name is Ann. She isn’t tall. Her blouse is beautiful.

She’s got a dress like Cinderella. I love her very much.

6. Song “If You Are Happy”

IV. Summarizing. Assessment.