Разработка урока

Module №4 . Lesson №30

Theme: News stories

Objectives:

- to introduce and practice new grammar material ;

- to develop students’ writing, speaking and reading skills ;

- to involve students into communicative activities by means of working in pairs, playing games;

- to develop students’ logical mind and creative abilities

- to promote knowledge about types of media.

Equipment: a pupil’s book, cards, a blackboard

Procedure

1. Introduction

1) Greeting and Aim (1min.)

Teacher (T): Good morning, girls and boys!

Pupils (Ps): Good morning, teacher!

T: How are you today?

Ps: We are fine, thank You!

T: The topic of our today’s lesson is News Stories. We continue speaking about different types of media. You’ll also revise your vocabulary, learn some new grammar tense and practice it in pairs.

2) Warming up (3min.) Talking. Teacher - Class (3 min.)

-What types of media do you know? (blackboard – Press, TV, Internet, Radio)

-What media do you prefer? Why?

2. Main Part (33 min.)

1) Check on Homework. Ex.4, p.36.P1, P2, P3… (2-3 min.)

T: Have you prepared your notes under the headings who –when – where- what? You can use your notes to tell the class what each news item is about. Let’s listen to our reporters attentively.

2) Vocabulary Practice. Game Lottery. Students are divided into two teams. They take cards from the box one by one and get 1 point for each correct translation. The team which gets more points is a winner. (3-4min.)

T: Let’s play game Lottery to revise your vocabulary.

*daily horoscope *weather reports

*headings *an article

*advertisement *celebrity gossip

*documentaries *fashion and beauty advice

*nursery rhyme *porridge

*eventually *ran off

*safety *to recover

*to break a record *local news

3) Presenting and Practice Grammar (16 min.)

a) Introduction of the Past Continuous tense. Ex.5, p.37

T: So, you’ll learn the Past Continuous tense. What does it mean? (discuss the meaning of this tense in native language). Let’s read the rule on page 37 and find examples of the uses in texts B, C, D.

b) Making up the table.

T: Open your copybooks, write the date. Let’s make up a table of the Past Continuous tense.

+ S + WAS/WERE + Ving.

- S + WAS/WERE + NOT + Ving.

? WAS/WERE + S + Ving?

+ I was reading.

- I was not (wasn’t) reading.

? Was I reading? – Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.

c) Practice. Ex.6, p.37 (P1, P2, P3...)

*Was John reading magazine at 6 o’clock? - No, he wasn’t. He was reading a message.

*Was Sue sending text messages on her mobile phone at 6? – No, she wasn’t. She was watching TV.

*Was Tony sending emails at 6? – No, he wasn’t. He was reading a newspaper.

*Was Marry watching TV at 6? – No, she wasn’t. She was reading a magazine.

4) Speaking (5-6 min.) Ex.7, p.37. Work in pairs.

T: Now, let’s make up your own exchanges using the Past Continuous tense, write them in your copybooks and practice in pairs. Read the task of ex.7 and the example. (T. listen to the students and correct their mistakes)

• What were you doing at 5 o’clock on Saturday evening?

• I was watching TV.

5) Playtime (4 min.) Guess What I was doing.

T Are you tired? Let’s play game Guess what I was doing last Sunday. Choose the leader. The leader says where he/she was last Sunday. In teams the class try to guess what he/she was doing there.

Leader :Last Sunday I was at the park.

Team A S1: Were you having a picnic?

Leader: No, I wasn’t. etc.

3. Conclusion.

1) Home Assignment (2 min.)

Learn the rule on p. 37, write a story My family yesterday at 7.

2) Summarizing (1min.) Thank You ever so much for a well-done job! ( students get marks for their work during the lesson)