What's the best transport?

Form: 6

The theme: What’s the best transport?

The aims of the lesson:

Educational : to learn about different kinds of transport and caravans

Developing: to develop pupils’ reading, writing, listening and speaking skills

Pedagogical : to enable pupils to talk about different kinds of transport and use superlatives;

Learning outcomes for competence in English:

-By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to

-talk about different kinds of transport;

- use superlatives;

- talk about animals people can use for work and transport.

Linguistic competence: Listening and speaking, reading and writing

Type of the lesson: new theme

Method of the lesson: interactive

Equipments: textbook, workbook, DVD, worksheets, Power point Presentation

Technological map of the lesson:

1. The beginning of the lesson- 3min.

2. Checking home task and revision of the previous lesson- 7min.

3. New theme- 15min.

4. Consolidating- 15min.

5. Evaluation- 2min.

6. Giving home task- 3min.

1. The beginning of the lesson:

1) Greeting

2) Warm up (making English language atmosphere)

2. Checking home task and revision of the previous lesson.

1) Checking home task and marking

2) Asking the previous lesson

How do animals help people?

How do people help animals?

Are animals important for you?

3. New theme:

1) Ac.2 Look, listen and match. 5 min

Objective: to revise the words for transport and their pronunciation

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to match the words and pictures.

STEP 2: After they have finished, say the first word in the list and ask the pupils to repeat it after you all together and in rows. Repeat the procedure for the rest of the words in the list.

1) car 2) tram 3) bus 4) bicycle 5) metro

6) train 7) plane 8) ship 9) helicopter 10) boat

2) GRAMMAR REVISION

3) Ac.3 Chain Drill. 5 min

Objectives: to revise superlatives; to practise the words for transport

In this Chain Drill the pupils practise the superlatives. Tell them they can use the adjectives in the cloud when they talk about the transport in activity 2.

e.g. Boats are the slowest transport.

Planes are the fastest transport.

4) Ac.5a Look at the picture and answer the questions. 5 min

Objectives: to practise talking about caravans; to prepare for the next activity

Ask the pupils to look at the picture, read and answer the questions.

Answer key: 2) In eighteen hundred; 4) As the question is rather difficult and the general knowledge of pupils can be different, the answers can be given in pupils’ mother tongue.

4. Consolidating

1) Ac. 5b Read the text and give a title. 5 min

Objective: to practise reading for gist

STEP 1: The pupils read the text silently and think of a title.

STEP 2: Accept all titles, write them on the blackboard.

STEP 3: Ask the pupils to choose the best title.

For many years, in the desert camels were the only kind of transport. Before the age of modern trains, camel trains carried all the things between Central Asia and Europe. People made camel trains with 10,000 to 15,000 animals. Each camel could carry approximately 200 kilos and could travel twenty miles* a day. This kind of transport was so important that people called camels the ‘ships of the desert’.

2) Working with worksheets

5. Evaluation.

6.Giving home task: activity from workbook.

TRANSPORTATION SONG

You can drive a 1) ____________,

You can drive a 2) ____________,

You can ride on a 3) _____________ or in a 4) ____________.

H ow do you get from “A” to “B”

O ver land , through the air or on the sea.

You can ride a scooter,

You can ride a 5) _____________,

You can ride a unicycle if you 6) ___________.

How do you get from “A” to “B”

Over land , through the air or on the 7) ___________.

You can sail a yacht

If the 8) ______________ is right

Or inside a 9) _______________

I f it´s watertight.

Y ou can fly a 10) ____________

Way up in the 11) ____________

Or a 12) ____________ if you want to try

How do you get from “A” to “B”

Over land , through the 13) ___________ or on the sea.

Y ou can catch a 14) _____________

If you have the fair

Or you can 15) _____________

From here to there

How do you get from “A” to “B”

Over 16) __________ , through the 17) ___________

o r on the 18) _____________.

You can 19) ____________ a rocket ship

I f you have been taught

But first you have to train to be an astronaut.

How do you get from “A” to “B”

Over 20) __________ , through the 21) ___________

or on the 22) _____________.

How do you get from “A” to “B”

Over 23) __________ , through the 24) ___________

or on the 25) _____________.

TRANSPORTATION SONG

Y ou can drive a car,

You can drive a truck,

You can ride on a train or in a bus.

How do you get from “A” to “B”

O ver land , through the air or on the sea.

You can ride a scooter,

You can ride a bike,

You can ride a unicycle if you like.

H ow do you get from “A” to “B”

Over land , through the air or on the sea.

Y ou can sail a yacht

If the wind is right

Or inside a submarine

If it´s watertight.

You can fly a plane

W ay up in the sky

Or a helicopter

If you want to try

How do you get from “A” to “B”

Over land , through the air or on the sea.

Y ou can catch a taxi

If you have the fair

Or you can walk

From here to there

How do you get from “A” to “B”

O ver land , through the air or on the sea.

You can fly a rocket ship

If you have been taught

But first you have to train to be an astronaut.

H ow do you get from “A” to “B”

Over land , through the air or on the sea.

How do you get from “A” to “B”

Over land , through the air or on the sea.