The theme of the lesson: “How is the weather like in…?”
Form 5
The objectives:
- to enrich the pupils’ vocabulary notes on the theme “Weather”;
- to develop the pupils’ speaking and writing skills;
- to teach them to love their country and its nature.
The type of lesson: combined
The visual aids of the lesson: presentation on POWER POINT, slides, pictures
The procedure of the lesson:
I. Орг. Момент.
- Good morning, pupils! I’m glad to see you again! Today we have guests, let’s greet our guests and
say «Hello!» OK, sit down, please.
- Who is on duty today?
- Who is absent today?
- What is the date today?
T: Let’s begin our lesson.
- How are you? … I’m fine too.
I. Check up h. t.
At first let’s check up your home task/ you were given to describe Asel’s island using the grammar
construction There is/there are according to the ex 6 on p 142
By the way what do you know about this construction?
P1: the construction there is/are express where the things are placed.
P2: there is for singular, there are is for plural
Reading the ex. 6
My dear friends, today we are going to speak about different seasons and weather. I hope you’ll
work well.
II. Warming – up activities.
T: Look through the window!
- What is the season now?
- It’s spring.
- What seasons do you know in the year?
- There are winter, spring, autumn, and summer.
- What a lovely day! Isn’t it?
- Yes, it is.
- Do you like spring?
- Yes, I like spring.
T: Do you know any poems about seasons? Will you tell us?
Spring is green!
Winter is white!
Autumn is yellow!
Summer is bright!
III. Vocabulary target. Read and repeat!
Сloud - cloudy Sun - sunny Rain - rainy Snow - snowy Fog - foggy Wind - windy Frost - frosty
Storm - stormy Hot Wet Cold Dry Warm
What is the weather like today?
It’s snowy. It’s sunny It’s rainy.
Weather conditions.
Look at this list of common weather words. Notice that it is very common to form adjectives by
adding - y.
Зат есім Сын есім
sun - күн ---------------- sunny – шуақты
cloud – бұлт ----------- cloudy – бұлтты
fog – тұман ----------- foggy – тұманды
wind – жел ------------ windy - желді
frost - аяз -------------- frosty - аязды
storm - дауыл -------- stormy - дауылды
Rain - жаңбыр -------- rainy - жаңбырлы
Snow - қар ------------- Snowy - қарлы
Look at the picture! What is the season now? And describe it!
1. It’s winter. It’s cold, ( snowing, frosty, stormy)
2. It’s summer. It’s hot, (sunny, foggy, windy, rainy, dry )
3. It’s spring. It’s warm (foggy, windy, cloudy
4. It’s autumn. it’s wet, (rainy, wet, foggy, cloudy, stormy )
Do the tasks with the card about weather and seasons.
Now, pupils, we read the text about an English girl Ann, who also likes to play different games and
try to answer the question: «About seasons …»
“My name is Anar. My favourite season is autumn. The trees are brown, yellow and red. It’s foggy,
rainy, wet and cloudy. Children go to school. We like to ride a bike on a warm autumn day.
It’s winter now. Children like to play snowballs. The houses and trees are white. I don’t like winter,
because it’s cold and snowy.
Then spring comes. It’s warm and sunny. I like spring, because children play in the park. Birds
comes. The trees are green.
Summer comes. We swim in the river. It’s bright, funny and hot. We listen to music, play computer
games, read books or watch TV. I like to draw pictures.”
1) You’ve listened to the text and now be ready to do the following task. Say true or false.
1. Ann likes autumn very much.
2. Ann can ride a bike in winter.
3. She likes winter.
4. Ann doesn’t like to draw pictures.
5. The children play computer games, read books or watch TV in summer.
5) Conversational moment. Make the dialogue:
1.- What is the season now?
- it’s spring
What is the weather like today?
- it is warm today.
2 - What season do you like?
- I like summer
What is the weather like?
It’s hot, sunny or rainy
3.- Hello! Do you like winter?
- yes. It is frosty and snowy. we play snowballs. And you?
- I don’t like winter. It’ cold.
6) Put the extra word away and guess the season:
a) rain, foggy, yellow trees, snow, cloudy (autumn)
b) warm, green trees, first birds, May, New Year (spring)
c) snow, frost, flowers, skate, cold, January (winter)
d) sunny, July, snowman, swim, hot (summer)
7) Relaxation: the song “How is the weather”
8) Listening: “Seasons” (read the texts and the pupils point the correct numbers of them )
№1 The weather is fine. The children go to the yard and play in the street. The trees, forests, field
are green. The birds come back. There are many flowers in the street.
№2 The days are short, the nights are long. The children play in the streets play with the snowballs,
ski and skate. The weather is cold, sometimes it is snowy.
№3 This kind of season is full of vegetables and fruits. The months are September, October and
November. The weather is rainy, cloudy. The trees are yellow, brown and red.
№4 It is hot and sunny. Sometimes it is rainy. The children have long holidays. They swim in the
river and enjoy at the camp. The days are long, the rights are short.
Text ---- “Summer” -----“Autumn” -----“Spring” -----“Winter”
№1
№2
№3
№4
POINTS
NAME: ------------9) Project: “The weather map of Europe”. Competition for the best announcer.
The voice from the tape: “Attention! We declare the competition for the best announcer on the TV
program title “FORECAST”. Please, everybody welcome to this competition!”.
(the pupils come up to the blackboard one by one with the flag of each country which he wants to
say the weather information of this country)
England: hello my name is Helen. Today is cloudy, rainy and wet in England. The temperature in
London is + 20.
France: It’s me, Zhannel. In Paris it’s sunny, not windy. The temperature in Paris is + 22.
Italy: hi, my name is Ricardo. It’s No rain, it’s sunny and hot in Italy. The temperature in Rome is
+30?.
Russia: Hello, I’m Andrei. It’s Warm, but windy in Moscow. The temperature is +20
Korea: hi, my name is Lee Yan. It’s rainy and wet in Seul. The temperature is - 14. But it is nice
weather. welcome!
Now pupils, let’s choose our best announcer. Please show me your flags! Thanks a lot! The best
announcer is …
10) Do the test “There is/are”:
This is my town.
There … a river near the river Ural.
a) Is b) are
There … many shops in the town.
a) Is b) are
There … mountains.
a) Is b) Are
There … a big Ramstore in the centre.
a) Is b) Are
There … fine parks in my town.
a) Is B) are
H/t: topic on the theme: «My favourite season»