Урок з англійської мови "A trip to Canada (Reading)" (5 клас)

Topic: A trip to Canada
Focus: Reading skills
Materials:

• Flashcards / images of Canada
• Short reading text
• Worksheet with pre-reading and post-reading tasks
• Map (optional)

1. Warm-up

Goal: Activate background knowledge, arouse interest

Activities:

• Teacher greets class and asks:
  • Have you heard of Canada?
  • What do you know about Canada?
• Show pictures: maple leaf, flag, Niagara Falls, mountains, snow, hockey
• Brainstorm on the board: cold, snow, English, French, big country, nature

2. Lead-in

Goal: Introduce topic and target vocabulary

Activities:

• Teach key words from the reading text using pictures:
  • flag, mountains, lake, nature, French, capital, travel, cold, moose
• Use repetition and matching: match word to image
• Short mini-quiz:

What is the capital of Canada? (Ottawa)
Is Canada hot or cold in winter?

3. Pre-reading

Goal: Prepare for understanding the text

Activities:

• Predicting task:

What do you think we will read about? A city, a country or a person?

• Pre-reading questions (learners answer orally):
  • Do people speak English in Canada?
  • Is Canada a small or big country?
• Read a few sentences from the text aloud as a teaser.

4. Reading

Goal: Develop reading comprehension

Activities:

• Learners read a short adapted text "A Trip to Canada" (approx. 6–8 sentences).
• Reading text example (simplified):

Canada is a big country. It is in North America. The capital is Ottawa. People speak English and French. Canada has beautiful lakes and mountains. It is very cold in winter. Many people like playing hockey. I want to visit Canada one day.

Reading formats:

• First reading: individually (silent)
• Second reading: chorally (whole class)

5.  Post-reading

Goal: Check understanding and extend the topic

Activities:

• Comprehension questions:
  • Where is Canada?
  • What languages do people speak?
  • What is the capital?
  • What sport is popular?
• True or false:
  • Canada is a small country.
  • People speak Spanish.
  • Hockey is popular.
• Find and underline: Learners find key words in the text

6. Homework

Task:

• Write 3–5 sentences about what you remember about Canada
  Use words from the lesson (big, English, mountains, cold, Ottawa)
• Optional: draw something about Canada and describe it

7. Feedback and reflection

Activities:

• Teacher asks:

What did you learn about Canada today?
Was the text easy or difficult?

• Self-assessment:
  • “Today I could read and understand about...”
  • Rate with smiley faces or thumbs up/down
• Praise active readers and encourage shy learners