Lesson 6. DESCRIBING A PLACE

Цілі: вдосконалювати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць; навички письма, усного мовлення й читання; розвивати мовну здогадку; виховувати відповідальне ставлення до школи, атакож зацікавленість у розширенні своїх знань.

Procedure

1.Warm-up

Complete the sentences about your school subjects.

1. I really enjoy ... .

2. I’m extremely interested in ... .

3. I’m quite interested in ... .

4. I’d like to know more about... .

5. I don’t know anything about... .

6. I’ve always wanted to learn something about... .

7. I’m not very interested in ... .

8. I don’t much like ... .

9. I don’t like ... at all.

10. I’m bored with ... .

11. I hate ... .

12. I think ... is a complete waste of time.

2. Vocabulary practice

Complete the sentences.

Gym, janitor, bus driver, subjects, headmaster’s office, water fountain, library, math class, playground, canteen, nurse’s office, lockers

1. Students drink out of the ... .

2. We play basketball in the ... .

3. We learn to multiply and divide in ... .

4. Students put their books and coats in their ... .

5. The ... drives us home after school.

6. The ... cleans the school.

7. When a student gets hurt he goes to the ... .

8. There are many books in the school... .

9. When students do something wrong they have to go to the ... .

10. Math and history are ... we study in school.

11. Young students go outside to play in the ... .

12. Students eat in the ... .

Key: 1 water fountain; 2 gym; 3 math class; 4 lockers; 5 bus driver; 6 janitor; 7 nurse’s office; 8 library; 9 headmaster’s office; 10 subjects; 11 playground; 12 canteen.

3. Reading

Fill in the gaps.

Music, teacher, water fountain, subjects, classroom, playground, canteen, lockers, corridor

Today is my first day of school. I am so excited. I am going to be in the 6th grade this year.

When I first get to school in the morning I will go into the (1) ... where Mrs. Johnson is. Mrs. Johnson is going to be my (2) ... . She will give us (3) ... to put our coats and bags in. Mrs. Johnson will start the morning off by telling us about the different (4)... we will study this year. I hope we have a long (5)... class. Singing and playing the piano are my favorite things to do.

At 12:00 PM we will have lunch in the (6) ... . To get there the entire class will walk in a straight line down the long (7) ... outside of our classroom. After lunch we will go outside to play on the (8)... . When we come back in the school we will all get a drink at the (9)... .

School is going to be great this year. I can’t wait!

Key: 1 classroom; 2 teacher; 3 lockers; 4 subjects; 5 music; 6 canteen; 7 corridor; 8 playground; 9 water fountain.

4. Reading and speaking

Do ex. 1, p. 21.

5. Writing

Work in pairs

Discuss the lay out and complete it.

I study in ... School. It consists of .... Our school has all the facilities of a modern school, such as ..., ..., a ... with a huge collection of books, a ... and a ... .

Our school building is situated in .... There is ... St. leading from the main entrance. The playground is .... When you enter the building, the headmaster’s room is ... and the staff room is ... it. There are ... classrooms. Our laboratories are on ... and the gym is on .... The canteen is ... the lockers. There is a modern ... where we have Computer Studies. We also have different... in different classrooms.

Our school has prescribed a uniform for us. The boys have to wear ... . The girls have to wear ... .

We have a lot of activities at and after school. I like my school very much and am proud to be a student of that school.

6. Summary

Work in pairs

Practice the questions and the answers.

1. How many students are there in your class?

2. How many classrooms are there in the school?

3. How many classrooms are there on the first floor..

4. How many floors does your school have?

5. Which grade are you in?

6. Where is your classroom?

7. Homework

Do ex. 2, p. 21.

Lesson 7. AFTER SCHOOL

Цілі: вдосконалювати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць; навички аудіювання, усного мовлення й письма; розвивати мовну здогадку; виховувати зацікавленість у позашкільній діяльності.

Procedure

1.Warm-up

Here is a list of activities which are offered in an American school. Predict how the students participate in these clubs, what they do there.

Example:

• I think the students who participate in Philatelia Club collect stamps, swap them and learn something new different countries, outstanding events and famous people.

• In my opinion, the students who participate in JETS Club make airplane models and hold competitions among the club members.

WEEK I CLUBS WEEK II CLUBS
Arts & Crafts Current Affairs
Brain Crackers Drama II
Chess French Culture
Drama I Information Technology II
Health & Recreation JETS
Information Technology I Music
Literary National Cake
Maintenance Philatelia
Star Gazers Young Farmers
Table Tennis Speech and Debate
Hausa Culture The Chef and Homemakers
Geography Library
Youth against AIDS Behavioural Healthcare
Photography Barbers

2. Vocabulary practice

Do ex. 1, p. 22.

3. Speaking

Work in pairs

Complete the dialogue, make your own ones and practise the words from ex. 1, p. 10 and ex. 1, p. 22 in them.

— Are you going home after school?

— No. I have ... (singing practice) in the ... (school choir).

— Let’s ... (ride bikes) a bit later then.

— Yes, sure. I’d love to.

4. Writing

Write some sentences what activities you, your friend and American students have after school.

Example:

• After school I participate in Drama Group where we perform different plays.

• My friend participates in Film Club where he shoots films.

• Some American students participate in Star Gazers Club where they study stars, planets and our Earth.

5.Listening and speaking

Tom’s school has got a lot of extra-school activities. Look at the timetable and listen to the text and say which activities Tom has, in your opinion.

Timetable

Monday table tennis, cricket, swimming pool
Tuesday Spanish club, choir, cooking club
Wednesday orchestra, basketball, school theatre
Thursday film club, design, swimming pool
Friday football, orient dancing, fashion shows
Saturday disco, choir, school theatre

Tom. I like a lot of things. Most of all I enjoy sports but only team games. I am fond of singing and listening to music. I can’t play any musical instrument but I would like to learn. Our school often holds different performances and I like to take part in them. I like dancing too but only break dancing. I also love drawing and learning languages.

Example: I think that on Friday Tom plays football (because he likes team games), but he doesn’t have orient dancing (because he likes break dancing).

6. Speaking

Do ex. 2, p. 23.

7. Speaking and writing

Do ex. 3, p. 23.

Complete the following sentences.

1. Someone who drives a car is a ... .

2. Someone who translates is a ... .

3. Someone who builds is a ... .

4. Someone who teaches is a ... .

5. Someone who dances is a ... .

6. Someone who sails is a ... .

7. Someone who bakes is a ... .

8. Someone who makes shoes is a ... .

9. Someone who creates computer programmes is a ... .

10. Someone who designs is a ... .

11. Someone who gives lectures is a ... .

12. Someone who presents news on TV is a ... .

13. Someone who reads books is a ... .

14. Someone who writes books is a ... .

8. Summary

What extra-school activities did you have during the last school year?

9. Homework

Write a short paragraph about your after school activities.

Start like this:

• I like... most of all, so I participate in... We...

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