Level: elementary
Time: 45 minutes
Language: Talking about school life, school timetable and
subjects
Lesson plan
Lesson aim:
- to activate pupils’ vocabulary and develop skills in using the words on the topic;
- to practice in listening and reading;
- to develop pupils’ language skills using interactive forms;
- to develop pupils’ thinking, imagination and creativity;
- to educate to be a tolerant person.
Equipment:
·
Handouts
(cards) with different activities.
·
Photos
on the topic “School Life”.
·
Presentation
“School Life” by Liliya Gluschenko.
·
Pupils’
project for homework.
PROCEDURE
Greeting
Teacher: Good morning, dear children! I’m glad to see you.
Pupils: Good morning, teacher! We are glad to see you too.
Pupils: Good morning, teacher! We are glad to see you too.
Teacher: How are you?
Pupils: We are fine, thanks. And you?
Teacher: I’m fine, thank you. You
look nice today.
Introducing the topic
Teacher: Look at the board and
try to unscramble the words and guess the theme of our lesson today.
Pupil 1: Talking about school
life.
Teacher: The theme of our lesson is Talking about school life.
Today we’ll speak about our school, your favourite subjects and we’ll
try to describe people.
Warming Up
Teacher: That’s right. And tell me please, do you like school? Be
honest.
Pupil 1: Yes, I do.
Pupil 2: I like school.
Pupil 3: I like to go to school
because school life is interesting.
(Pupils' answers)
Teacher: Look at this picture.
What place is it? How do you think?
Pupil 4: It’s Hogwarts school.
Teacher: That’s true.
Would you like to visit this place right now?
Pupils: Yes, of course.
Teacher: Let us visit this place.
(Presentation of the video - Harry Potter Trailer)
II. Main part
1. Listening
Teacher: Look at this photo. Who is he?
Pupil 1: He is Harry Potter.
Teacher: Who read about Harry Potter?
Raise your hands. (Children are raising their
hands).
Who saw films about Harry Potter? (Children are
raising their hands).
Teacher: Very well. I’ve got a letter
from Harry Potter. Listen to me attentively.
Hello,
My name is Harry Potter. I am
from London.
I’m 11. I have no parents, but I have two good friends.
We go to Hogwarts school. It
is big and old. We learn magic there. Our school uniform is black.
We have three holidays:
Christmas, Easter and summer holidays.
I like playing quidditch with
my friends and flying on my broom.
People say I’m kind, funny and
brave. But I think I’m a normal boy who loves adventures.
T e a c h e r : Look through the text again and fill in the blanks. Take
your pencils and your cards and answer my questions.
T e a c h e r : Now look at the screen and check up your work.
T e a c h e r : You’ve got smiles on your desks. Now, please, evaluate
your work.
2. Game “A magic hat”
T e a c h e r : As you remember there was a magic hat. To get to one of
some faculties of Hogwarts school you have to take the exam. Well, I’ve got a
magic hat, too.
I’m going to ask you questions one by one.
What’s your name? - My name is …
How old are you? - I am
11.
What are your
characteristics? - I am friendly, brave,
clever.
Do you like school? - Yes, I do. No, I don’t.
Is your school big or
small? -
It is big.
Do you have a school uniform?
Yes, we do.
What is your hobby? - My hobby is
drawing, football, reading, music.
What foreign language do you
speak? - We speak English and German.
Where do you live? - I live in Vilnyansk.
What is your favourite school
subject? - My favourite school subject
is English, Maths…
Who is your favourite
teacher? - My favourite teacher is …
Who is your best friend? - My best friend is …
3. Speaking using phrases
T e a c h e r : Look at the screen. This is the
coat of arms of Hogwarts school. Let’s read the motto of the school.
We are
strong when we are united,
we are
weak when we are divided.
Can these words be the motto of our class,
our school and our country?
Please, tell me your opinion using these
phrases:
I agree
I disagree
I think so
I don’t think so.
That’s true.
I’m against it.
4. T e a c h e r : Now
let’s stand up and relax to the relaxing music.
Imagine you are in a magic
forest.
You are like a magic river,
floating very far.
You are magic birds. You are
flying.
You are magic trees.
You are magic flowers.
5. T e a c h e r : Look at the
board. What things can you see in Harry Potter’s classroom? Choose one.
Pupil 1: I can see a magic broom in HP’s classroom.
Pupil 2: I can see a magic book in HP’s classroom.
Pupil 3: I can see a wand in HP’s
classroom.
Pupil 4: I can see a gown in HP’s classroom.
T e a c h e r : Take cards and let us describe our classroom. What can
you see in our classroom? You can use these structures and words.
We have got… a
multimedia projector
We can see… flowers
pictures
a lot of desks
many chairs
windows
a board
lamps
a door
6. T e a c h e r : Now you can
see the subjects of Harry Potter.
Let’s translate them all together. Take green cards and match a subject
with its definition.
Flying At this lesson students learn to fly on
the broomstick
Herbology At this lesson students learn magic plants
and flowers
Transfiguration At this lesson students leаrn to transform
into somebody
Potions At this lesson students leаrn to mix
different magic ingredients
Divination At
this lesson students use a magic ball
and
leаrn to predict future.
T e a c h e r : What school subjects do you have? What’s your favourite
school subject?
Pupil 1: We’ve got English, Maths, Science, Art.
Pupil 2: My favourite subject is
Maths.
7.
Group Work
T e a c h e r : You will work in
groups. Each group has got a card. You
see that some days have a timetable, the
others - do not.
► Your first task is to write down
what you should do at the lessons that you can find on the desk. For example,
you have Literature on Monday, so next to it you should write — read funny
stories and discuss them.
► When the first task is done, you
should raise your hand to let me know you are ready.
► Your second task is to
complete the timetable of the week. To do it you will ask questions like this:
What should you do at the first lesson on Tuesday? The other group will answer
without giving the name of the subject. For example, "We should do sums at
the first lesson on Tuesday".
► The first group writes down the
subject into the grid, in this case it will be Math. You should not check your
answers at this moment.
► Then there is the second group's
turn to ask a question.
► When you complete the timetable of the week, we will
check it together.
8. T e a c h e r : Is HP a good
student? Are you good students? Show me your smiles.
Be honest.
T e a c h e r : Now you can see a very good saying of professors of Hogwarts School:
Your teacher can open the door,
but you must enter by yourseves.
Please, answer my question: Do you agree with this saying?
9. Interactive game “Magic
spin”.
T e a c h e r : Let’s play a game “Magic spin” and give the names of our
classrooms.
Circle the spin, read the
descriptions and guess what classroom is this: (TRIPTICO PLUS)
·
A room where you have lunch (CANTEEN)
·
A room where you play games and do sports (GYM)
·
A room where you sing songs and listen to the music
(MUSIC CLASSROOM)
·
A room where you leave your jacket, shoes (LOCKERS)
·
A room where you can draw pictures (ART CLASSROOM)
·
A room for teachers (STAFF ROOM)
·
A room for our headmaster (HEADMASTER’S ROOM)
10. Work in pairs
T e a c h e r : Here it is a school plan, but there aren’t names of all
the rooms.
Will you work in pairs? Read the text and write the words on the plan of
this small school.
TEXT
(from “Bright English - 5”
workbook by Oksana Karpyuk and Svitlana Blazhevych)
The science lab is next to the
toilets, and the workshop is opposite the toilets. The gym is opposite the
science lab and it is between the changing room and the workshop. The computer
room is opposite the staff room. The headmaster’s office is between the canteen
and the staff room. The lockers are opposite the canteen. The library is
between the computer room and the science lab. The changing room is opposite
the library. And there is one more classroom. It is music classroom. Where is
it?
It is
______________________________________.
11. T e a c h e r : How
do we name good traits of character?
Pupil 1: Positive ones.
T e a c h e r : And bad?
Pupil 2: Negative ones.
T e a c h e r : Let us divide positive and negative characteristics.
TRIPTICO (Word Magnets)
https://tripticoplus.com
T e a c h e r : Look at these
pictures and what can you say about Harry Potter?
What can you
say about Draco Malfoy? TRIPTICO (Word
Magnets)
Pupil 1: Harry is kind.
Pupil 2: He is brave.
Pupil 3: Harry Potter is friendly.
Pupil 4: Draco Malfoy is selfish.
Pupil 5: Draco Malfoy is unkind.
12. Game “Magic Ball”
T e a c h e r : I’ve got a magic ball and your task is
to pass the ball and say a compliment to each other.
Pupil 1: You are kind.
Pupil 2: You are brave.
Pupil 3: You are is friendly.
Pupil 4: You are romantic.
13. T e a c h e r : Now
we are in a magic school. So let’s imagine that we are students at Hogwarts. Come
here, please. So what questions would you ask?
T e a c h e r : Who wants to tell us about yourself and your school
life?
14. Cinquaine
T e a c h e r : Let’s make up a cinquaine, short poem, about a good student.
Student
Clever, friendly
Learn, help, read
A student must learn
Human
T e a c h e r : Отже, діти, якщо ви
будете такими ж добрими, розумними, ввічливими учнями – то станете гідними
людьми, гордістю своєї родини, гідними
громадянами своєї країни.
15. T e a c h e r : Your
home task will be to make a school album. It will be our project. Each group will
get one page of the school album.
This group is going to prepare a page about our school.
This group is going to prepare a page about our classroom.
This group is going to prepare a page about our class.
This group is going to prepare a page about school clubs.
(Decorate
your school pages with your photos, pictures.)
III Summing up.
T: Did you like today’s lesson? Show me your smiles.
What was easy (difficult) for you?
