Lesson 28. It's time for reading

Цілі: вдосконалювати навички вживання нових лексичних одиниць й навички вимови; вдосконалювати навички читання й усного мовлення; розвивати логічне мислення; виховувати почуття відповідальності і любов до праці.

Procedure

1.Warm-up

What should teenagers do to stay at a healthy weight?

• never skip breakfast

• always have lunch

• do exercise

• be active at the weekends

• eat much fast food

• often keep diets

• take pills

• spend a lot of time on television and computer games

2. Grammar practice

Do ex. 5, p. 81.

3. Reading and writing

Do ex. 6, p. 82.

4. Reading and speaking

Do ex. 7, 8, p. 82-84

5. Speaking

Make up short dialogues on everyday situations.

1. You haven’t washed the cups yet! — I have. Look into the cupboard, I’ve put them right away.

• the plates

• the pots

• the dishes

2. I need a spoon. Where can I take a clean one? — I’m afraid nowhere. We’ve used up all of them.

• a fork

• a glass

• a cup

• a napkin

3. I’m so tired today to wash all these plates and dishes. — But you have to. You shouldn’t pile knives and forks them all around, cups and glasses

• pans and frying pans

• vases and ashtrays

• kettles and teapots

6. Listening

Do ex. 9, p. 84.

How to make a vegetable soup

• Take and wash some potatoes, carrots, a cabbage and an onion.

• Wash the meat and put it into the pot.

• Cut the vegetables.

• Put some salt into the soup.

7. Reading

Do ex. 1, p. 85.

Ask pupils to read the text for gist and answer the questions.

1. Who wrote the story?

2. What is the story about?

3. What are the main characters?

Ask pupils to read the story again and give English equivalents to the following Ukrainian words and expressions.

Жити самотньо; почуватися голодним; залишити до наступного вечора; бути вдвічі голодним; забирати часу вдвічі довше; складати в купу; бути повним; виявляти; попільничка; увесь, цілий; вантажівка; газова плита.

Practise the vocabulary

Write out all the items which can be used to make food and to eat meals.

A game

A pupil names one of the dirty items which has been mentioned in the story. The next pupil repeats it and names his own one. The third person names the two previous and name his own one. The winner is that one who would repeat all the items correctly.

Start like this:

• He piled dirty vases everywhere.

• He piled dirty vases and a kettle everywhere.

8. Speaking

Do ex. 2, p. 87.

9. Summary

Do ex. 5, p. 87.

10. Homework

1. Retell the story from the part of the main character (ex. 4, p. 87). Start like this:

• I live alone and I have to do everything myself. One night I was so hungry that...

2. Do ex. 3, p. 87.

3. Write a short summary of the story using the answers in ex. 2, p. 87 like cues.