Date _____
Form 9
Theme: The life of Youth
Objectives: to practice student to use active vocabulary on the topic “Youth’s life”; to improve speaking skills; to teach students to take part in the discussion; to express thoughts; to encourage students to work on projects; to develop listening and speaking skills; to broaden outlook
Materials: a textbook by O. Karp’uk, handouts for listening
Procedure
T. Good morning, students! I am glad to see you. How are you today? I hope you are OK. Today it is very fashionable to speak about teenage problems. But the life of youth is very interesting. It is the time of happiness from one hand and the time of conflicting feelings on the other hand. So, as you have already understood, we’ll continue speaking about “The life of Youth”. Today we are speaking about your hobbies. At the end of the lesson you will be able to understand and use new words and word combinations on the topic in your speech.
Brainstorming
Let’s think and say how teens can spend their free time.
Go hiking |
Have a picnic |
Play computer games |
Listen to music |
Entertainments |
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Go to the disco |
Read books |
Chat with friends on phones and on-line |
Watch TV |
PP. Teens can … in their free time.
T. You are right. Now if you put all the words in the proper order, you will name the theme of our lesson (Ukrainian, teenagers, hobbies, of)
P. The theme of our lesson is “Hobbies of Ukrainian teenagers”
T. Yes, you are quite right. Hobbies differ like tastes. I wonder if you know the meaning of the word “hobby”. Hobby is something that you do very much in your …(free time) e.g. making models, growing flowers, collecting things.
Vocabulary work
T. You have to sort out the hobbies given in the cards into the correct columns. Note that one and the same hobby can have several characteristics.
Football, horse riding, cooking, skating, camping, music, skiing, reading, collecting, playing cards, watching TV, knitting, painting, chess, windsurfing, gardening, travelling, fishing, playing musical instrument |
Listening
T. Listen to the story about different hobbies and fill in the gaps with words from the box
People(2), hobbies, travelling, stamps, interesting, history, special, thematic, fish, badges, pictures, sport(2), coins, dolls, music, gardening |
Hobbies (TS 13)
Different people like doing different things. Different _________ have different ___________.
My brother is fond of collecting ________. He’s got a very good collection and he is very proud of it. His stamps can tell you about different people and different countries. My brother often says that his hobby is popular with people of all ages. Collecting stamps is easy and ________________. It is real fun. You begin to learn many interesting facts about _____________and famous ____________ when you start to collect stamps. And first people collect every kind of stamp but soon they began to make ____________ collections. Sometimes they specialize in stamps of one subject only. For examples birds, animals, flowers or sports. This kind of collecting is called ___________. My theme is ________.
My best friend Bob is a collector too. He is fond of collecting __________. His collection is thematic. His theme is _________. He keeps his badges on the wall. When you come to his room you can see them all here at once.
My grandfather collected __________ when he was a small boy.
Some people collect _________. My uncle does. When he travels he always brings home dolls from different countries.
Some people collect pictures, cups, toys, toys soldiers, books, pencils and many other things. But collecting things is not the only hobby people have.
Some people are fond of __________ or ___________. There are many boys and girls are fond of _________ and that is their hobby.
My aunt’s hobby is taking ____________. And my mother is fond of __________.
T. Listen to the text again and answer the questions
1. What things do people usually collect?
2. What is the thematic collection? It has some theme.
3. Do collectors specialize in one subject or more?
4. Name other hobbies you know.
Group work
T. Hobbies are usually chosen according to the interests. So today we have two groups, according to the last class survey our students divided into “Computer games mad” and “Music mad”. Every group have a questionnaire “How mad you are about…” Ask questions each other and make a conclusion about their hobby. Present your conclusions.
PP. The group “Computer games mad”…
The group “Music mad”…
III. Summing up
Reflection
T. Dear students! I hope you’ve learnt lots of interesting things at our today’s lesson. It’s time to sum up the lesson. Give your opinion on the following question. Is it interesting to have a hobby? Use some expressions in the card
To develop a person’s creative potential, imaginative To develop practical skills To keep fit To help to relax To improve knowledge on different subject To be an interesting personality for everybody |
T. Thank you for your hard work. Your marks are …
Homework
Write a letter to your pen friend about your hobby
People(2), hobbies, travelling, stamps, interesting, history, special, thematic, fish, badges, pictures, sport(2), coins, dolls, music, gardening
Different people like doing different things. Different _________ have different ___________.
My brother is fond of collecting ________. He’s got a very good collection and he is very proud of it. His stamps can tell you about different people and different countries. My brother often says that his hobby is popular with people of all ages. Collecting stamps is easy and ________________. It is real fun. You begin to learn many interesting facts about _____________and famous ____________ when you start to collect stamps. And first people collect every kind of stamp but soon they began to make ____________ collections. Sometimes they specialize in stamps of one subject only. For examples birds, animals, flowers or sports. This kind of collecting is called ___________. My theme is ________.
My best friend Bob is a collector too. He is fond of collecting __________. His collection is thematic. His theme is _________. He keeps his badges on the wall. When you come to his room you can see them all here at once.
My grandfather collected __________ when he was a small boy.
Some people collect _________. My uncle does. When he travels he always brings home dolls from different countries.
Some people collect pictures, cups, toys, toys soldiers, books, pencils and many other things. But collecting things is not the only hobby people have.
Some people are fond of __________ or ___________. There are many boys and girls are fond of _________ and that is their hobby.
My aunt’s hobby is taking ____________. And my mother is fond of __________.
T. Listen to the text again and answer the questions
1. What things do people usually collect?
2. What is the thematic collection? It has some theme.
3. Do collectors specialize in one subject or more?
4. Name other hobbies you know.