LESSON PLAN TEACHER’S NAME: Nagy Katalin DATE: 17th February 2010 TEXTBOOK: ENGLISH AGENDA STAGE OF COURSE: Unit 5, Lesson 1 The Four Seasons CLASS: Vth H NO. OF STUDENTS: 20 TIME: 50 minutes AIMS OF LESSON: - Review the vocabulary related to the seasons - Describing weather - Learning the months of the year AIDS/MATERIALS: - textbook notebook handouts picture flashcards blackboard Coloured pencils VOCABULARY: - seasons, spring, summer, autumn, winter, weather, cold, warm, hot, chilly, foggy, rainy, snowy, stormy, the twelve months… No 1. Stages of lesson Warm-up 2. 3. Practice - charades 4. Introducing new vocabulary Students’ and teacher’s activities - give Ss handouts - to find out if they with the wordsearch remember last classes vocabulary- Ss are asked to present the words they’ve found - T shows flashcards to Ss, they have to tell what’s the weather like Practice - to check their knowledge of the taught material - T gives a handout with an English poem about the months of the year - in pairs Ss fill in the blanks with the suitable words Material Handouts with wordsearch handouts Time/ Interaction 5-8’ Group work T-Ss - to practise weather related vocabulary ex. What’s the weather like? - Ss come 1 by 1, - practising vocabulary pull out a flashcard and mime the weather, the others try to guess - T put the name of - to learn the months of the the month on the year blackboard, Ss have to arrange them in order - T writes the name of the four seasons on the bboard, Ss have to arrange the months to the correct season 5. Reasons for activities - flashcards 10’ S–S T-S - flashcards - blackboard - notebooks -to practise the new words 8-10’ T – Ss - to practise the taught vocabulary - Handouts - notebooks 10’ Ss 6. 7. 8. Production Feed-back Homework assignment - T reads the poem, then Ss - Ss illustrate and copy one stanza of the poem - reading practice - to check if they can pronounce and use notebook, coloured correctly what they’ve pencils (not been thaught necessarily) - Ss have to answer - to create feed-back questions about the seasons - ex. 6 page 47 - to practice describing their favourite season 8-10’ Ss S–S 2’ notebook 1’ Handouts 1. WORDSEARCH Find and circle the words you had to learn. (6 words) S E A S O N S H J Y U Q S P R I N G K U M W R G H J K L O P M A A U T U M N M D E D R W I N T E R G R W E A T H E R H F 2. The Months of the Year December, January, Sledge down the hill! February, wintertime, Time to chill. March, April, Plant pretty flowers! May, springtime, Time for showers. June, July, Let’s eat a peach! August, summertime, Time for the beach. September, October, Go to school! November, autumn time, The basket is full. (the words in italics are missing from the Ss handouts, they have to guess the words and fill in the blanks.) The Months of the Year The Months of the Year The Months of the Year The Months of the Year …………,…………. Sledge down the hill! …………, wintertime, Time to chill. …………,…………. Sledge down the hill! …………, wintertime, Time to chill. …………,…………. Sledge down the hill! …………, wintertime, Time to chill. …………,…………. Sledge down the hill! …………, wintertime, Time to chill. …………,…………. Plant pretty flowers! ………., springtime, Time for showers. …………,…………. Plant pretty flowers! ………., springtime, Time for showers. …………,…………. Plant pretty flowers! ………., springtime, Time for showers. …………,…………. Plant pretty flowers! ………., springtime, Time for showers. …………,…………. Let’s eat a peach! ………., summertime, Time for the beach. …………,…………. Let’s eat a peach! ………., summertime, Time for the beach. …………,…………. Let’s eat a peach! ………., summertime, Time for the beach. …………,…………. Let’s eat a peach! ………., summertime, Time for the beach. ………..,…………. Go to school! ………….., autumn time, The basket is full. ………..,…………. Go to school! ………….., autumn time, The basket is full. ………..,…………. Go to school! ………….., autumn time, The basket is full. ………..,…………. Go to school! ………….., autumn time, The basket is full.