Introducing the topic

Teacher can use the computer presentation or prepare pictures, or use ex. 1, p. 98 from the text-book to introduce the topic.. Student^ listen to the words and repeat them:

□ Cloud / cloudy, cold, hot, fog /foggy, wind/windy, rain/rainy,

snow / snowy, storm, sun / sunny, warm.

Vocabulary practice. To practise new vocabulary, students have to think and act (selectively) short dialogues as in the example (ex. 1, p. 98). Then the teacher divides students into pairs, and they talk about the weather as in the example (ex. 2, p. 99).

Reading

Students read three postcards (1-3) and match them with the pic­tures (A, В and C) from ex. 3, p. 100.

After-reading activity. Students read the sentences and choose right items to complete the sentences (ex. 4, p. 100).

Answers: 1 London; 2 cold; 3 can; 4 didn’t like; 5 is; 6 sometimes.

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Relaxation

The teacher makes movements with the students. Teacher uses any rhyme for physical exercises. For example:

Head and shoulders Knees and toes (3 times)

Head and shoulders

Knees and toes

Eyes and ears, and nose.

Speaking

Work in whole class. Students look at the pictures (ex. 5, p. 100) and say what children can do on such a day using the word-combinations below the pictures. Students speak one by one till everyone answers. Example is in the exercise.

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Homework

Ex. 6, p. 101; to repeat vocabulary.LESSON 50

Seasons. My Favourite Season

Aims and objectives: to introduce and practise vocabulary; to develop stu­dents' listening and speaking skills; to develop students' skills of giving opinions.

Sequence

Warm up

The teacher's greeting. Good morning, students! I’m glad to see you. How are you?

Phonetic exercise

Students revise homophones. First, the teacher reads homophones, and students repeat them. They have to find the word that does not sound the same as the others in one line. Then students check them­selves. Teacher gives the definitions of the homophones if it is neces­sary. The words is on the blackboard, too:

• Here — hear — hare □ Meat •— meet — met

• Soon — sun — son

Checking on homework

Students read their works (selectively).

Introducing the topic

The teacher gives students to listen to the weather forecast. Stu­dents’ task is to complete the table (ex. 1, p. 101) using the vocabulary words. The teacher can use any report like this:

The Weather Forecast

And now about the weather. In the beginning of the week northern and eastern Ukraine will start cold with snow. The temperature will be 15 °С below zero. It will be slippery on the roads. The strong wind will occur. On Tuesday cold and windy weather will continue, snowfall will die out, but it will stay cloudy. On Wednesday the temperature will rise to 5 °С below zero. It will turn out sunny and bright. It will be slippery like before.	Temperature	Weather
Monday	- 15°	Snowfall, strong wind; cloudy, slippery
Tuesday	-15° •	Strong wind; cloudy
Wednesday	- 5°	Sunny; slippery

То introduce the topic of the lesson, the teacher draws students’ attention to the pictures (ex. 2, p. 101). Their task is to look at the pic­tures, remember the names of the seasons, and talk about the weather in Ukraine using the questions and the example.

Relaxation

The teacher makes movements with the students. Teacher uses any rhyme for physical exercises. For example:

Big boots and little boots Travel on together,

Merrily go splashing through Autumn rainy weather.

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Reading

Students read the text (ex. 3, p. 101-102) and make the task. First, they have to match pictures and paragraphs of the text.

After-reading activity. Students express agreement or disagreement with the statements (ex. 4, p. 102). They have to express their opinion and explain why they think so.

Answers: 1 Agree; 2 Disagree (in winter); 3 Agree; 4 Agree; 5 Agree; 6 Disagree (in spring).

Speaking

Work in whole class. The teacher proposes students to think about one oa the seasons and describe it shortly. The rest of the students have to guess what the season is.

Homework

Ex. 6, p. 102.LESSON 51