WORK & PLAY
4 FORM (SPOTLIGHT-4)
AGE: YOUNG LEARNERS
LEVEL: pre-intermediate
LESSON TOPIC: “WORK AND PLAY”
LESSON AIMS: 1) TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ LISTENING SKILLS;
2) TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS;
3) TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILLS.
MATERIALS: Audio and tasks and image http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/the-busy-buzz-song
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/songs-the-busy-buzz-worksheet-final-2012-10-09.pdf
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/fun-games/whats-the-time
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/make-the-sentences/telling-the-time
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/my-dad
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/stories-my-dad-worksheet-final-2012-11-29.pdf
http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/players/player-interviews/heroes
http://premierskillsenglish.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/learning/1798/downloads/playerinterviewsheroesworksheet_0.pdf
Stage
Warming-up
Stage aim
To develop
students’
listening skills
and improve
psychological
atmosphere in
the class
Procedures
Teacher says/does
Students (Ss) do
Hello, dear students!
Today we’re going to
have an unusual lesson.
Yesterday my Uncle
Harry presented me with
a
club-card
to
Stonebridge
Sports
Centre. I’m going to join
it just now. I want you to
do the same. Will you?
On our way let’s sing a
funny “sporting” song,
called “The Busy Buzz”.
Take the words to the
song. Let’s watch, listen
and then sing together
and do the actions. Well
done, thank you. Now - Ss watch, listen,
let’s do some activities repeat the song after the
for the song. Look at speaker and then after
your handouts. The first the teacher, do the
task for you is to write activities for the song.
the word under the
pictures. I give you 1
minute to do this task.
The second one is to
match the sentences from
the song. You have 1
minute to do it. And the
last task will be to draw
your favourite activity.
You have 2 minutes.
Now I want you to name
your favourite activity
aloud, completing the
Timing
Interaction
Comments and
materials
http://learnenglishkids
.britishcouncil.org/en/
songs/the-busy-buzzsong
http://learnenglishkids
.britishcouncil.org/site
s/kids/files/songs-thebusy-buzz-worksheetfinal-2012-10-09.pdf
5 min
1 min
1 min
Singing the song “The
Busy Buzz” and doing the
activities.
Vocabulary
To develop
students’
vocabulary and
speaking skills
sentence “My favourite
activity is … ”. Thank
you! Super work!
-We’re already at the
Sports Centre. Today
there’ll be an online
translation of famous
football stars’ interviews.
They’ll tell you about
their heroes in football
and in life. I hope it’ll
motivate you for your
training. So, how did you
like the interview? Now,
please, do some activities
and maybe you’ll win a
special prize from our
club.
Let’s look at the schedule
(ex.1
p.30).
What
activities can you see
there? Let’s listen and
repeat.
The
teacher
shows some pictures
which will help the
students to guess the
meanings of the words.
- Ss listen to the tape,
and then repeat the
words after the speaker
and the teacher, in
group,
then
individually.
After repeating the
words, they should
guess their meanings.
(They may use the
pictures from the book
or the pictures shown
by the teacher.)
The
students
are
studying a schedule and
discussing it to decide
-The teacher asks the how often they want to
students to read the visit the Sports Centre.
2 min
15-20 min
5 min
2-3 min
5-7 min
Listening to the interview
http://premierskillsengl
ish.britishcouncil.org/p
layers/playerinterviews/heroes
Doing the tasks and the
quiz
http://premierskillsengl
ish.britishcouncil.org/s
ites/default/files/learni
ng/1798/downloads/pl
ayerinterviewsheroesw
orksheet_0.pdf
Studying the schedule.
sentences from the box,
translate them and in this
way to guess the
meanings of the words
“once, twice…” (p.30).
-Now you’ll have to
decide what timetable
will be OK for you. Let’s
learn to name the time in
English (ex.3 p.30 – The
teacher shows a clock
model to the students and
explains the words: half,
past, quarter, o’clock).
-To make sure that all the
students can tell the time
now, the teacher suggests
playing
the
game
“What’s the time?” Well
done!!! Let’s count your
score.
Reading
To develop
students’
reading skills
-Oh, children, look!
Uncle Harry is coming.
He’s going to train with
us. I want to tell you a
few words about him.
Ex.4 p.31 will help us.
Let’s read and translate
the text. Work in chain,
please,
sentence
by
sentence.
-Thank you! Good job!
Now let’s do some
(ex.2 p.30)
The students read the
example, translate it
and name the time.
5 min
Studying the clock model.
The Ss play an
interactive game
“What’s the time?”
Divide into 2 teams and
take part in the
competition.
10 min
Playing the game “What’s
the time?”
http://learnenglishkids
.britishcouncil.org/en/
fun-games/whats-thetime
http://learnenglishkids
.britishcouncil.org/en/
word-games/makethe-sentences/tellingthe-time
The Ss read the text in
chain and translate each
sentence. Besides, they
should choose the
correct form of the verb
in the text. After
10 min
Reading the text “My
Uncle Harry” and doing
the activities.
Speaking
To develop
students’
speaking skills
Listening
To develop
students’
listening skills
activities. I’ll read you
some sentences and your
task is to say TRUE or
FALSE. So, we are ready
to start.
1) Uncle Harry is 30
years old. (F)
2) He’s short with dark
hair and green eyes. (F)
3) Uncle Harry is a
mechanic. (F)
4) He works at the
Animal
Hospital
in
Stonebridge. (T)
5) Uncle Harry likes
playing basketball. (F)
-Let’s make up a story
about Uncle Harry all
together. Each of you
should say only 1
sentence. So, in this way
we’ll describe Uncle
Harry.
-Now, imagine that Larry
and Lulu met his friend
Lottie in the Sports
Centre. She usually visits
it with her father. Lottie
told us about her father.
Larry made some notes.
This is the story. Listen
to it. After listening,
please, compare the girl’s
father and your own
father. You’ll listen to
the text twice. So, we are
ready to start. Listen to
reading the text, the Ss
do the task.
Ss try to make up a
story about Uncle Harry
Ss listen to the story
about Lottie, answer the
teacher’s question and
compare the girl’s
father with their own
7-10 min
Making up a story about
Uncle Harry.
10 min
Watching and listening to
the story about Lottie’s
father. Doing the
activities.
http://learnenglishkids
.britishcouncil.org/en/
short-stories/my-dad
http://learnenglishkids
.britishcouncil.org/site
s/kids/files/attachmen
t/stories-my-dadworksheet-final-201211-29.pdf
the text for the first time. one.
-Now, I’ll give you
handouts with the task.
Look through all the
points. Let’s discuss the
difference
between
Lottie’s father and your
father (The teacher asks
the children questions).
Listen to the text for the
second time. Please, do
the tasks.
Speaking
Home task
To develop
students’
speaking skills
To explain the
home task to the
Ss listen to the text for
the second time and do
the tasks.
Ss tell the teacher about
Lottie’s father and then
try to describe one of
their relatives using the
stories as the example
and translating the
teacher’s sentences
-Please,
tell
me
everything
you
remember about the
girl’s father.
- I hope, children, you
are able to speak about
your relatives. Let’s try
to make up a story about
one of your relatives. Use
the texts about uncle
Harry and Lottie’s father
as the examples. I’m
eager to help you to
describe your relatives.
That’s why I’m going to
tell you some sentences
in Russian and you’ll
have to translate them
into English.
Well done, children! At Ss write down the home
home you should write task.
10 min
Preparing a story about
Lottie’s father.
Describing relatives.
Translating the teacher’s
sentences.
2-3 min
Making notes.
students
Reflection
To help students
to realize the
studied material
down your story into a
special form – Portfolio,
you know. You should
write down not less than
7-8 sentences.
The teacher hands out Ss fill in the cards with
special forms to the reflection.
students and asks to fill
them in to find out if the
lesson was successful.
2 min
Filling in the special
forms.