Stage of the lesson

Procedure

Purpose of the stage

Classroom management

1. Warm-up

-Good morning, dear boys and girls! I’m glad to see you. Let’s start our lesson. What’s the date today? What the day today? Today we are going to revise adjectives, to learn some new grammar material, to work in pairs and groups, to learn to describe people. But now let’s do some tongue-twisters.

- Let’s work at a sound “B”:           A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.

Big black bugs bleed blue blood.        

Betty Better bought some butter (Ss repeat it after the T, then one by one)

- Now open your textbooks p. 40

- Do you know this girl? (T shows Linda’s portrait p.40) Of course, this is Linda Silvester. And what do you know about her? Let’s remember this exercise and the following dialogue. We read them last time.  Now tell us what you know about Linda.

(Ss tell what they know about Linda, they use: ... to be a student at.., to speak French, to play the guitar, to have got a lot of friends).

1. Now look at the pictures of Linda’s family –p.43. Let’s listen to the dialogue and get more information about Linda’s family. But before learn some new expressions. (T translates the meaning of the expressions: a close family, to get on well with each other). Let’s write down these words into your exercise-books. Now listen and tick new information about Linda’s family with the help of your pencils. What can you say about Linda and her family? What are they?
2. (Ss possible answers: I think her mother is a doctor I think her father is a manager and her brother is a student, etc).

-Are they a close family? Do they get on well? Find the answers in the text and read.

To greet pupils, work at a good pronunciation

To activate Ss’ prior knowledge

To establish a link with the previous lesson of the unit

To brainstorm ideas

Whole class

Whole class

2. Phonetic skills

- We know what the members of Linda’s family are.  

-  Now let’s remember the adjectives that help us to describe people. Listen and then repeat after the speaker (ex. 7 p. 43). And let’s translate these words into Russian.

- Remember the words that gives personal characteristics (ex. 10 p. 44) Well-done. (Ss do this exercise using new words)

Practice the new words

Whole class

3. Vocabulary

-How would you describe Linda’s family, I mean what are their main characteristics?

(Ss’ answers: I think her mother is kind.., etc.)

-Let’s make a table.

T makes a table on the blackboard. Ss put down the information in their copy-books.

To introduce and practice the new vocabulary

Whole class

4. Language work and grammar

-I see, you know a lot of words to describe people, to name their main characteristics. And I have got a special task for you. Look! There are 4 cards:

in-    im-     non       un-

I am going to attach them to the words. (T sticks the cards to the written on the blackboard adjectives).

Non-athletic     unfriendly        impolite        infamous

-Do you see any changes? What is the difference between athletic and non-athletic? Guess the meaning of non-, im-, in-, un- .

(Ss translate the words which have the opposite meaning).

-Find out the meaning of these words. Let’s listen to the tape (ex. 8 p. 44). And now we are going to do ex.9, p.44 and use the dictionary if necessary. You can use these words to describe someone’s character.

To present and practice the suffixes with negative meaning

Whole class

Individual

5. Speaking skills

- And now I invite you to a magic shop. Here you can choose any traits of character you like. You are welcome in the groups of four.

-Personal characteristics are written on the cards, take any three of them. There are 16 cards. You may change the card if you don’t like the trait. And you may exchange cards. So, the first group of four pupils – you are welcome!

(The first 4 Ss come to the blackboard, take cards, exchange them if they want to have another card and comment:

-I would like to be...

-I’m happy to be...

-I wouldn’t like to be...)

-OK. I see most of you would like to be friendly, athletic... By the way, do you remember the opposites of these words? Let’s see and find out.

I think you need some rest. Let’s have a break.

To practice adjectives

Work in groups

6. Speaking

- And now we can already speak about different traits of character and give personal characteristics. Say what people you like and don’t like.

Example I like………

               I don’t like….

Let’s have a look at these pictures (T shows some pictures from “Shrek”)

- What can you say about these persons?

T shows a poster with some portraits  (or Ss watch photos in the presentation).

Ss’ possible answers: I think Shrek is independent, rude, ugly, impolite, unfriendly...

                                   I think Fiona is nice, brave, athletic....Etc.

                                   I think Lord Farquard is ugly, unfriendly, cunning...

                                   I think Donkey is talkative, has a good sense of humor....

Practice oral fluency

Whole class

Individual

And what about you? What are your main characteristics?

(Ss possible answers: I think I am independent, athletic, etc.

-Thank you. What can you say about your families? Do you get on well with each other? I hope you do. Use ex.6 as a model.

(Ss tell about their families)

Practice speaking about themselves, their families

Individual

7. Listening and reading

- Let’s listen to the song about us. We are so different! Ss listen to the poem ex. 15 p. 46, and then they read it one by one.

- I must say now we know we are all of different traits of character. But they can be positive and negative.

Practice listening and reading

Whole class

Individual

8. Dialogues

-Your hometask was to think about your favourite fairy hero.  Let’s role-play some dialogues and get to know what fairy heroes you like and why. (Ss  role – play a dialogue with their classmates)

Example    I like…..

                  Why…

                   He\ she is…..           And what about you?

                   I like ……..       because he\she is……..

Practice speaking using new words

Pairs

9. Round –up

Writing

Thank you very much. Today you have learnt many new words; you have spoken about yourselves and your families. What are your personal results?

 (Ss possible answers: I know the words...., I remember in-, im-, non-,un-... I can give one’s personal characteristic, etc).

Look at the blackboard, please. There is a special task for you. You can see two bags: a good bag and a bad bag. Let’s put our good characteristics into the good bag and bad – into the bad one.

(Ss come to the blackboard and write down the adjectives on the “bags”)

And now to memorize the words better let’s make a small table.

OK. Let’s tight the bad bag and put it away, name our good characteristics all together.

(Ss name their good characteristics like a chant: We are kind,

                                                                              We are intelligent, etc).

Reflect on the objectives of the lesson

Whole class

10. Hometask

Thank you for the lesson. Your marks are...Your hometask will be ex.16 p.46.

(T gives a short gist of the homework).

The lesson is over, good-bye.

Give hometask

Whole class