Lesson Plan English 6 - Unit 13: Activities and the seasons - Section A, Lesson 1 (A1,A2, A3) - Pham Ngọc Lai

UNIT 13: activities and the seasons
SECTION A – THE WEATHER AND SEASONS
LESSON 1: A1, A2, A3 (P.134, 135)
Objectives:
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
ask and answer about the weather and seasons they like.
develop listening and speaking skill.
be aware of the weather and seasons in a year.
Language contents:
Vocabulary:
season (n)
weather (n)
summer (n)
spring (n)
fall (n)
autumn (n)
winter (n)
cool (adj)
warm (adj)
Grammar:
What’s the weather like in the ... ?
It’s hot/cold/cool/warm.
What weather do you like?
I like ...
Techniques:
questions and answers, brainstorming, guessing.
Teaching aids: 
textbook, pictures, markers, papers, cassette recorder.
Time:
 45 minutes
Procedures:
Steps
Teacher’s activities
Students’ activities
Warm up
(3’)
Ask students “Is it hot today?”
Show the pictures and ask students to guess the topic of the lesson.
Call a student guess the topic.
Check.
Lead in: Today we will learn about the weather and seasons in a year. Let’s start unit 13 – Activities and the seasons, section A – The weather and seasons.
Answer “Yes”.
Look at the pictures and guess the topic.
Presentation
(15’)
Vocabulary:
Teach new words by using pictures and conveying the meaning.
Ask students to guess the meaning of “weather”
There are four seasons in a year in Vietnam. Can you guess what “season” mean?
Call a student to give the meaning.
New words:
season (n)
weather (n)
summer (n)
spring (n)
fall (n)
autumn (n)
winter (n)
cool (adj)
warm (adj)
Ask students to repeat new words.
Check Ss’ memories:
Show the pictures one by one and ask students to read aloud the appropriate words.
Ask students to look at the pictures and play the tape.
Play the tape the second time and ask students to repeat.
Show 4 pictures on p.134 with 4 word cards under each picture.
It/hot/summer.
It/cold/winter.
It/cool/fall.
It/warm/spring.
Ask students to look at these pictures and word cards and read aloud the complete sentences.
Grammar:
Ask students “Is it hot in the winter?”
“Is it cold in the summer?”
To ask about the weather in the summer, I will say: “What’s the weather like in the summer?”
And the answer will be “It’s hot in the summer.”
Give the structure
“What’s the weather like in the spring/ summer/fall/winter?
It’s hot/cold/cool/warm in the spring/ summer/fall/winter.”
Answer.
Answer.
Write down new words.
Repeat the new words.
Read aloud.
Listen to the tape and repeat.
Read the sentences.
Answer “No”
Write down the structure.
Practice
(5’)
Let students work in pair to practice the structure.
Call some pairs to perform.
Practice.
Presentation
(10’)
Grammar:
I like warm weather. How about you?
Call some students to answer.
To ask the weather you like in a year, I will ask “What weather do you like?”. And the answer will be “I like...”
Ask students to write down the structure in their notebooks.
Say “I like warm weather.”
Call a student and ask “What weather do you like?”
I and you like warm weather, so I will say “We like warm weather.”
He likes cool weather. She likes cool weather. So I will say “They like cool weather.”
Call a student and ask “What weather do you like?”
Call another student and ask “What weather does he/she like?”
Answer.
Write down.
Answer.
Answer.
Listen.
Answer.
Answer.
Practice
(5’)
Let students work in groups of three to practice the structure about another person.
Call students to perform.
Practice.
Production
(5’)
Play “Making sentences”
Divide class into 2 groups.
Give each group a set of key words.
From these key words, ask students to make complete sentences (questions and answers) as many as possible.
Key words: What – the – weather – is – you – spring – fall – summer – winter – hot – cool – cold – warm – do – like – in - ?
Let students write down their sentences in group boards then stick on the board. The group with many right sentences will be the winner.
Check.
Do the task.
Homework
(2’)
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Practice the structures.
Prepare Unit 13 – A4.