Урок по английскому языку для 5 класса “Seasons”

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"Seasons"

Objectives:

- to practise speaking about seasons,

- to revise lexis on the topic,

- to improve grammar skills and listening comprehension skills, reading skills,

- to develop monological and dialogical speech,

- to develop students' memory, logical thinking, quick reaction, creative abilities;

- to develop the culture of behaviour

Equipment: textbooks, cards

Procedure

1. Starting point. Greeting.

T: To prepare us for speaking let's revise the English poems connected with four

seasons (SLIDES 1-4).

T: What seasons do you like? Why?

2. Checking up home-assignment

T: Your home task was to prepare the weather-forecast in different cities around the world. Read your weather-forecast.

4. Lexical activities

T: Find 6 words about the weather in spring, summer, autumn and winter in their puzzles and make up your own sentences:

Word search "Spring".

m e l t a b c d s

f k n w a r m e u

r p o u s t u w n

a p c l o u d l n

i e m n o k d s y

n a b c d e k l e

f e l p o u r n m

P1: The first word is to melt. Snow usually melts in March (etc).

Word search "Summer".

g i h k s u n s h i n e

l n m o p k l s a b c d

o e f l o w e r t e w o

v a v w x y z a c f g v

e p q r s t u v w x y h

l z h o l i d a y s a o

y v w a b c d e f g h t

s i g j k l m n o p q r

a m a r v e l l o u s s

Word search "Autumn".

a c l o u d s t u m a v

w b c t u f k l f o b r

e p a w f u l s o t c a

t v s i g p g s g u l i

a b d h n m o a g b e n

w e r t y u y i y o f y

d r e a d f u l x y g z

Word search "Winter"

a b s n o w s t o r m s

f r o s t n m o p q r k

r l r u d e f o e s e m

e p q s t v w k z k a t

e a b d c o l d c a d f

z p o i u y t r e t w q

e a s n o w s d f e g h

T: There are a lot of proverbs and sayings about seasons, weather and nature. What equivalents have you found to these English proverbs and sayings:

Everything is good in its season.

It never rains but it pours.

April showers bring May flowers.

After rain comes fair weather.

One swallow does not make a spring.

A snowy year is a rich year.

Make hay while the sun shines.

5. Reading (ex. 2, p. 155)

T: Read and say where Ann's father is and what the weather is there.

6. Speaking

Look through the roles and act out a conversation.

- Your friend wants to invite you to the cinema but the weather is cloudy and rainy.

According to the weather-forecast it is going to be sunny on Sunday. Ask your friend to go to the cinema on Sunday.

7. Home-assignment.

T: Make up your own dialogue about your favourite seasons.