Счастлив ли ты в школе?

A Good Start In Life. Are You Happy At School?

Цели:

• Тренировка чтения слов в транскрипции по теме «Школа».

• Тренировка произносительных навыков при чтении стихотворения во время фонетической зарядки.

• Повторение и активизация лексического материала по теме; применение ранее изученного лексического материала в новых ситуациях общения.

• Развитие навыков чтения и говорения.

• Практика в восприятии речи на слух и выполнение определённых заданий во время аудирования.

Ход урока

I Introduction. (The objectives of the lesson)

II Warming-up activities.

Pupils answer the following questions:

• Do you get excellent marks?

• Do you have any hobby groups, clubs at school?

• What kind of school do you go to?

• What equipment does you school have?

• What subjects do you dislike? Why?

• Is there a strict discipline in your school?

• What exams did you take at school?

• Do senior pupils help juniors in studies at your school?

• Do you collect waste paper and scrap metal?

• Did you change school?

III Phonetic activities.

1. Read and listen to the poem written by Roger McCough.

A millionbillion willion miles from home

Waiting for the bell to go (To go where?)

Why are they so big, other children?

So noisy? So much at home they

Must have been born in uniform.

Lived all their lives in playgrounds.

Spent the years inventing games

That don’t let me in. Games

That are rough, that swallow you up.

What does a lessin look like?

Sounds small and slimy.

They keep them in glassrooms.

Whole rooms made out of glass. Imagine.

I wish I could remember my name.

Mammy said it would come in useful.

Like willies. When there’s puddles.

Yellowwillies. I wish she was here.

I think my name is sewn on somewhere.

Perhaps the teacher will read it for me.

Tea-cher. The one who makes the tea.

1. Ex. 3 (B), p. 10.

T: look through the poem again and answer these questions:

• Can you see any unusual words in this poem?

• Why do you think the words are like this?

• What words do they stand for?

• What are the feelings of the child?

• What other evidence of the child’s feelings can you see in the poem?

Examples of answers:

P1: there are a lot od unusual words in this poem, such as: lessin, glassroom, millionbillion willion, yellowwellies, tea-cher. To my mind, they mean lesson, classroom, yellow wellingtons, teacher.

P2: as for me, these words are new for the small child, he mixed them as he doesn’t know exactly what they mean. Besides, he is confused and nervous.

1. Read and translate the words.

Gym choir

Canteen international friendship club

Metal workshops orchestra

Assembly hall student exchange

Chemistry lab to be good at

Headmaster’s office to be bad at

Medical room to cheat

Cloakroom to prompt

Director of studies pilot school/textbook

Form master academic year

Security guard curriculum

IV Lexical exercises.

Pupils translate the phrases.

• Сдавать экзамен по математике. (Take an examination in Maths).

• Провалить экзамен. (Fail an exam)

• Сдать экзамен. (Pass an exam)

• Выставить отметки. (Put marks)

• Экспериментальная школа/учебник. (Pilot school/textbook)

• Поступать в школу. (Enter school)

• Окончить школ. (Finish school)

• Прогуливать школу. (Miss school)

• Окончить университет. (Graduate from University)

• Программа обучения. (Curriculum)

V Speaking (Monological speech)

T: Have you prepared your report? So, let’s listen to them. Are you happy at school?

P1: I can say that I’m happy at school. I like my school the first day I came into the building. You know that appearance is very important. Our school is not big. On the grand floor you can see a gym, a canteen, metal workshops. On the first floor you can see a library, an assembly hall, a computer lab. The headmaster’s office, the medical room, the teacher’s room are also on the first floor. Our school has everything for the pupils. In every classroom you can see flowers and posters on the walls, nice curtains on the windows. But I love my school not only for building. There are many good teachers in my school. They are clever, self-possessed and democratic. Our teachers offer us many interesting activities: we stage plays in our school theatre, visit theatres together, make posters, wall newspapers. My friends study at the same school. Our class is very friendly. I usually invite all my classmates to my birthday parties. That’s why I can say that I am happy at school.

Then pupils ask questions.

P2: What kind of school do you go to?

P3: How many floors are there in your school?

P4: How many lessons do you usually have?

P5: What exams did you take at school?

VI Listening.

1. Ex. 2 (B), p.9.

T: listen to these Russian kids and guess which class they are in. during listening you should fill in the chart.

1. Ex. 2 (C), p. 9.

1. Pre-listening activities.

T: Listen again and say how each speaker feel. You should use new expressions in your answers (be nervous, be bored, be delighted, be proud, be frustrated).

1. Listening.

2. Post-listening activities.

Pupils answer the question giving before listening. They tell about the feelings of speakers.

P1: Tanya is delighted to see all her friends again after the summer holidays.

P2: Dmitri is nervous about English lessons.

P3: Katya feels excited because she likes working hard at school. She was bored at home during the holidays.

VII Reading (Ex. 5 (A), p. 10.)

T: Read some extracts from a diary and learn about diary style. Use this language support.

Pupils read the extract from a diary and find some stylistic peculiarities of diary writing.

P1: I started a Feeling Diary. I can’t believe that.(Diaries are often written in the first person)

P2: Woke up early. Felt nervous. (No tenses or mostly Past Simple).

VIII The conclusion of the lesson.

Homework. Ex. 5 (B), p. 10.