The Weather in England and in Ukraine

Aims and objectives: to practise students' speaking skills; to practise students'

listening skills; to practise pronunciation and vocabulary; to develop ge­neral culture and etiquette.

Warm up

The teacher's greeting. Good morning, students! I’m glad to see you. 1 low are you?

Phonetic exercise

Students have to listen and repeat the sentences. After that they write them down into exercise-books with the full forms. The teacher puts the sentences on the blackboard after writing for checking.

1. His bag is on the table.

2. He’s (he is) my best friend.

3. He’s (he has) got a dog.

Checking on homework

Students read the sentences from the text in turn and check their works.

Answers: 1 warm; 2 a T-shirt; 3 sunny; 4 season; 5 weather; 6 hot (sunny); 7 sunny (hot); 8 degrees.

Game "What season were you born?"

Students ask each other this question and arrange the groups ac­cording to their answers. They have to present “their” season and prove (in turns) it’s the best (in some sentences):

51. We were born in winter.

52. It’s the best season of a year.

53. There is much snow in winter.

54. We can skate, ski and sledge.

55. We celebrate a New Year holiday in winter.

Introducing the topic

Teacher presents the topic of the lesson with the listening and repeating (ex. 1, ex. 2, p. 103). First, students have to match the sen­tences (1-4) to the thermometres (A-D). Then students talk about the pictures.Listening

То present some facts about the weather in England, the teacher gives students to listen to the text “Seasons in Great Britain”. After listening, the teacher divides students into two groups A and В and they start reading their parts of the text. After reading students have to share the information from two parts (to retell the text one by one).

Grammar

To repeat degrees of comparison, students do ex. 4, p. 104) and com­plete the sentences with the correct forms of the adjectives.

Answers: 1 long/short; 2 tastier; 3 the coldest; 4 warmer/sunnier;

5 hotter / drier; 6 driest/hottest; 7 windiest.

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Reiaxation

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

Ten little fingers Ten little toes Two little ears And one little nose Two little eyes They shine so bright One little mouth To say that’s right.

Speaking

Work in class. Students look at the weather map (ex. 5, p. 104-105) and talk about the weather in different places around Great Britain as it is in the example.

Reading

Students read the tasks A and В (ex. 6, p. 105), and read the exam-1 pie. The teacher explains the aim of the exercise (a dialogue).

Homework

Ex. 7, p. 105; to prepare a dialogue (ex. 6, p. 105).LESSON 52

Writing a Letter Reply

Aims and objectives: to practise vocabulary; to develop students' writing and reading skills; to develop general culture; to develop students' creativity.

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Warm up

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

Phonetic exercise

Students revise intonation. The teacher reads the exclamations, and students repeat them and mark the stress. The exclamations are on the blackboard (or in the handouts):

□ Fantastic! ♦ Lucky you! * Brilliant! * Great! ♦ Wowl * Amazing!

Checking on homework

Students present dialogues (selectively).

Game

Students answer the questions:

1. Is it warm in summer?

2. Can it be warm in winter?

3. Is it cold in winter?

4. Can it be cold in summer?

5. What is the warmest season of the year?

6. What is the coldest season of the year?

Students have to add “In Ukraine” for some answers, “In the southern countries like...”, or “In the northern countries like...”