Никоненко Тамара Петрівна

SCHOOL LIFE
5th-form
Level – starter;
A 1 (elementary)
Topic. School Life
Objectives.
Practical (skills-forming): to teach students listening comprehension, speaking on the topic, answering questions on the content of the text.
Educational: to enrich students’ topical conversational vocabulary; encourage students to learn English-speaking culture.
Developing: to improve students’ listening, reading, speaking and grammar skills; to enhance their cognitive abilities and memory; pairs and group co-operation.
Moral values: to cultivate the aesthetic taste, sense of friendship and desire to work   hard to achieve great success in the life.
Equipment: handouts (cards, text for reading), tape-recorder.
Plan of the lesson
I. Lead-in (1min.)
II. Warming up: Vocabulary revision (5 min.)
III. Listening comprehension. Quiz: “School Subjects” (5min.)
IV. Group work (card: “Favourite Subjects” (5 min.)
V. Communicative activities. Dialogues: “It’s Lunch Time” (3 min.)
Dialogue: “Extracurricular activities” (3 min.)
VI. Communicative activities. Monologue: “My School week” (3min.)
VII. Relaxation (2min.)
VIII. A minute of Grammar. / Book work. Ex. 3, p.39 (5min.)
IX. Communicative activities. Monologue: “Schools in Ukraine” (5min.)
X. Reading comprehension. Text: “Willy Jackson”. Group work (5min.)
XI. Hometask setting (1min.)
XII. Summary (2min)
Procedure
I. Lead-in (1 min.)
(The theme of the lesson is on the board)
T: Good morning, children! I’m glad to see you. How are you?
Ps: I’m fine! I’m very good! I’m so-so! I’m bad! I’m very bad!
T: Who is on duty today?
P1: … is.
T: Who is absent?
P2: … is. / All are present.
T: At our lesson we are going to talk about School Life, your favourite subjects, time table, Schools in Ukraine.
II. Warming up: Vocabulary revision (5 min.)
1. T: Now, make up the word from the jumbled words and remember their meanings (Teacher puts on the board the table) (Див. тут)
2. Odd One Out (Див. тут)
1. Friday, Maths, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday.
2. History, PT, English, Friday, Ukrainian, Handicrafts.
3. Headmaster’s Office, Nurse’s Room, Nature Study, Cloakroom, Library.
4. An exercise-book, a ruler, a pencil, a dog, a pencil-box.
5. Breakfast, lunch, School Canteen, dinner, supper.
Keys: 1. Maths; 2. Friday; 3. Nature Study; 4. a dog; 5. School Canteen
III. Listening comprehension
Quiz: “School Subjects” (5min.)
Pre-listening activity
T: We shall listen to the Quiz: “School Subjects”, you will guess what subjects are spoken about in every short text.
(Teacher gives handouts with the list of active vocabulary and task). (Див. тут)
T: First look at the new words and expressions. Let’s read them. Mind the translation.
Vocabulary:
orally                 [‘o:rәlı]        усно
to describe       [dıs’kraıb]   описувати
to count           [kaunt]         рахувати
to do sums       [sΛmz]        робити задачі
to grow            [‘grou]         вирощувати
in the open air   [εә]            на відкритому повітрі
Test in Listening “School Subjects”

1.     We write, read, listen and speak at this lesson. We do exercises orally and in writing. We ask and answer questions, make up dialogues. Sometimes we describe pictures. At these lessons we speak about weather, our school our families. We also speak about our working day, our flats and about our friends. We don’t speak Ukrainian, we speak a foreign language.

2.     At this lesson we write much. We write on the blackboard and in our exercise-books. We count, we do sums and problems. This subject is very difficult.

3.     We do physical exercises at this lesson. We run, jump, play ball. We have the lesson in the gymnasium when it is cold and at the sports ground when the weather is warm.

4.     We study nature at these lessons. We read about the life of different animals and birds. We learn how flowers grow. Sometimes we have lessons in the open air.

5.     At this lesson we listen to music. We also sing songs and study notes. We like this lesson very much, it is always very interesting.

IV. Group work (card: “Favourite Subjects” (Див. тут) (5 min.)

T: What is your favourite subject?

What is your favourite activity?

Now join 4 groups A, B, C, D. You will get handouts with the list of children’s names and their favourite subjects. Follow the arrows and see what their favourite subjects are (handouts).

Keys: Luke – Art and Ukrainian; Lisa – PT and History; John – History and English; Peter – PT and English; Simon – Music and Maths; Sally – Music and Art; Bob – Nature Study and Ukrainian; Susan – Maths and Nature Study.

V.  Communicative activities. Dialogues: “It’s Lunch Time” (3 min.)

T: When do you have the first lesson?

P1: At half past 8.

T: When do you have the long break?

P2: At 5 past 11.

T: Where do you usually have lunch?

P3: At our School Canteen.

T: What do you usually have for lunch?

P4: A bun and a cup of tea.

T: Let’s act out the dialogues “At the School Canteen”.

1.     P1: May I help you?

P2: Yes. I’d like a chicken soup, please.

P1: What kind of salad would you like?

P2: I’ll have the tomato salad.

P1: Anything to drink?

P2: Yes. I’ll have diet Pepsi.

2.  P1: May I help you?

P2: Yes. I’d like a mushroom soup, please.

P1: What kind of salad would you like?

P2: I’ll have the cabbage salad.

P1: Anything to drink?

P2: Yes. I’ll have apple juice.

Dialogues: “Extracurricular activities” (3 min.)

T: What do you usually do after classes?

P: I usually join some clubs.

T: Let’s act out the dialogues which we read at our last lesson.

1.  P1: Are you going home right after classes, Roma?

P2: No, I’m not. I’m having a meeting at the literary Club. Will you join me?

P1: With pleasure.

2.  P3: I think I will join the Nature Study Club this year. How about you?

P4: I’d like to attend the school orchestra.

P3: That’s a good choice.

3. P5: Welcome to our school Drama Club!

P6: Thank you.

P5: How do you like this year programme?

P6: It’s very nice, but we will have a lot of work to do.

P5: And we will also have lots of fun.

VI. Communicative activities. Monologue: “My School week” (3min.)

T: Do you have new subjects in the time table this year?

P1: Yes, we do. We have some.

T: What are they?

P2: They are: Russian, History and Nature Study.

T: What subjects do you have from Monday till Friday? Tell the story about your school week.

(Monologue)

P3: I’m in the fifth form now. At my school we have six lessons a day, three in the morning and three in the afternoon. This year we study thirteen subjects! Monday morning is terrible. We have Maths for two lessons and then the Nature Study lesson. Monday afternoon is nice: we have two lessons of English and then Music. Tuesday is my favourite day. We have History and English in the morning and then Computer Studies and Art. On Wednesday we have the PT lesson in the afternoon. It’s my favourite subject. I like Wednesday afternoon! Thursday is difficult. I don’t like German but it’s useful. Friday is OK because it is the last day of the school week. Saturday and Sunday are great fun!

VII. Relaxation (2min.)

T: Hands up. Clap. Clap. Hands down. Shake. Shake.

VIII. A minute of Grammar. / Book work. Ex. 3, p.39 (5min.)

T: Let’s practice English Grammar.

P1, P2, P3 …

IX. Communicative activities. Monologue: “Schools in Ukraine” (5min.)

T: At what age do Ukrainian children start school?

P1: At 6.

T: Do you wear any school uniform?

P2: Yes, we do. We have our school uniform.

T: Let’s speak about schools in Ukraine.

(Monologue)

P3: My name is Iryna Bulava. I’m 11 and I go to our Gymnasium in Varva. It is a large school with about 700 pupils. In Ukraine we start school at the age of 6. We go to school from Monday to Friday. Our lessons start at half past eight in the morning. We study English, Maths, English, Art and other subjects. There is a thirty minute break at 5 minutes past 11, after the third lesson, and we have lunch in the school canteen. Some of my friends bring packed lunch from home, but I don’t. Afternoon lessons start at 25 minutes to 12 and finish at 10 past 2. After school we can join the Drama Club or the Sport Club.

I like school but I don’t like the school uniform we have to wear.

X. Reading comprehension. Text: “Willy Jackson”. Group work (5min.)

Pre-reading activity

T: Now we’ll read the text: “Willy Jackson”. Now join 4 groups A, B, C, D. You will get handouts with the list of active vocabulary, text and tasks. First look at the new words and expressions. Let’s read them. Mind the translation.

(Teacher gives handouts with the list of active vocabulary, text and tasks). (Див. тут)

Willy Jackson

Vocabulary:

Farm              [‘fa:m]       ферма;

by bus           [bΛs]         автобусом;

by bicycles    [‘baısıkl]    велосипедом;

the bell          [bel]          дзвінок;

rings              [rıŋz]         дзвенить;

the bus stop   [stop]       автобусна зупинка;

hurries           [‘hΛrız]      поспішає

Proper name:

Greenwood – c. Грінвуд;

Sandford – м. Сендфорд.

(While students skim the text, teacher turns on the light music to encourage students).

1. Read the text.

Willy Jackson lives on a farm near the village of Greenwood. There is no school in the village and Willy goes to `school in Sandford by bus. Many children come to school by bicycles. At 9 o’clock the bell rings and the lessons begin. Every day Willy has got six lessons. At 11 o’clock there is a break for 20 minutes. Children drink milk and eat cakes in the school canteen. After break the children have got two more lessons and then come the break for dinner in the school canteen. After classes Willy does not stay at school for clubs. He runs to the bus stop and hurries home, because he must help his parents on the farm. Willy is a good pupil and a good son; he studies well and always helps his parents.

Post-reading activities

Group work:

1.     Read the text again and put the sentences in the correct order.

1.     ___At 11 o’clock there is a break for 20 minutes.

2.     ___Willy goes to school by bus.

3.     ___At 9 O’clock the bell rings and the lessons begin.

4.     ___Willy has got six lessons every day.

5.     ___Willy lives on a farm.

6.     ___Some pupils go home for dinner.

7.     ___After classes Willy hurries home to help his parents.

8.     ___Willy has dinner in the school canteen.

Keys: 1-5; 2-2; 3-3; 4-4; 5-1; 6-7; 7-8; 8-6.

XI. Home task setting (1min.)

T: Review ex. 2, 34, new words.

XII. Summary (2min)

T: At our today’s lesson we have revised and learned the words and word-combinations on the topic “School Life”, discussed various preferences, got some new information about schools in Ukraine. I suppose you’ve realized that school plays a great role in our life and makes it more colorful and efficient.

(Give marks and motivate them).

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