HOLIDAYS. PRESENT. 5 FORM

Objectives: to enrich the pupils' knowledge with the information about ways of having birthday parties, to involve them into the collaboration with each other; to enrich the pupils' vocabulary with new lexis, phrases how to express complements; to develop the skills of speaking, writing, scanning reading; to develop the pupils' communication skills and speech conjecture; to develop the skills of cooperation in a group; to bring up pupils' respect for each other's viewpoints, culture and language of the people they study; to work upon the ability to behave yourself in similar situations.

Equipment: textbook, blackboard, a poster with an invitation, pictures of a town's places of interest, a picture of a cake.

PROCEDURE

1. Introduction

2. Greeting

(A teacher enters with a colorful bright box in his hands.)

T. Good morning, children. I'm glad to see you. You may sit down. Look, what I have. Try to guess what it is.

(Children give all possible answers.)

T. You are right. It's a magic box. Can you guess what there is inside?

(The teacher opens it and takes out the pictures depicting a cake with candles, balloons, greeting, cards, flowers, guests, presents, toy-clowns)

T. What can you see?

P1→P2→P3→Pn

I can see…

(The teacher sticks all the pictures to the black-board.)

T. Can you guess what holiday we're going to talk about today?

P1. Birthdays.

T. How clever you are. You are quite right.

II.Warming up

T. When do you celebrate your birthday?

(Pupils name the dates of birth.)

P1→P2→P3→Pn

I have my birthday on the 15^th of September.

T. What is the typical way of celebrating a birthday?

P2. Of course, it's a party. We invite guests to the party.

T. Let's train how to write an invitation in English.

(The teacher gives a sample of an invitation to the students.)

You have invitations, but there is something wrong with them. A postman jumbled the lines of the invitation and your task is to put everything in order.

Example of the invitation

Dear Ann, I'm writing to invite you to my birthday party which will take place on the 15-th of September at the café «Gloria». It will begin at 4 p.m. See you soon. Hope you'll make it. Love, Peter

T. We've learnt to write invitation cards. How do we greet our relatives or friends? Imagine that your partner has a birthday. Greet him(her).

Phonetic drills

T. «Many happy returns of the day».

We can't imagine a birthday without complements. Let's compose complements using the patterns written on the blackboard.

Pattern 1

• You are so charming / smart / marvellous / fantastic.

• Thank you, so are you.

Pattern 2

• You look wonderful / fantastic / stylish / cool/charming / trendy.

• So do you. Thanks a lot.

II.Main part of the lesson

T. The next step at a birthday party is giving presents. I've got a magic box in which there are many things which can be given as present. Make mini-dialogues: one of you is haven a birthday party, another one is a guests. Find pleasant words and explain what your present will be useful for.

Example: Dear Tony, I've brought a photo frame for you. I know that you are fond of talking pictures so, I hope that this frame will emphasise your best work.

(Students act out similar mini-dialogues)

T. The most interesting part of parties is making fun that is singing songs, playing games, visiting interesting places, eating tasty food. Why don't we make fun as well?

(The teacher prepares a picture of a cake or a pizza cut in ten pieces. There is a task at the reverse side of each piece. Students take pieces one by one and carry out tasks.)

Example:

Piece one:	Clap your hands five times
Piece two:	Bend your knees three times
Piece three:	Turn around yourself ten times
Piece four:	Nod your head five times
Piece five:	Stand on your left leg for thirty seconds
Piece six:	stamp your feet five times
Piece seven:	Touch your neighbour's ears
Piece eight:	Touch your neighbour's nose
Piece nine:	Name five words beginning with «b»
Piece ten:	Name ten school ten school subjects

T. It's fashionable to spend holidays not only at home, but to visit some theme parks. What's the most popular theme park in your town / city?

P3. Dendropark.

T. I invite you to visit it.

(The teacher distributes cards with the texts about Dendropark.)

Reading

Pre-reading

T. I'm sure that you've visited this park many times. Let's have a look what you know about it.

Say whether the following statements are true or false.

1. The Dendropark was founded in 1980.

2. There are more than 60 kinds of trees in the park.

3. The park is famous for beautiful flowers.

4. There are park is good only for children.

(Students read the text.)