A Sound Mind in a Sound Body

                                                   Form 7

               A Sound Mind in a Sound Body

Objectives:

    To revise and expand pupils’ vocabulary on the topic;

    To develop pupils’ skills in reading and practice dialogical speaking;

      To practice listening activities on topic;

      To revise grammar: modal verbs;

      To develop pupils’ creative and critical thinking skills.

      To encourage pupils to go in for sport.

Equipment: a blackboard, a CD-recorder, computers, CDs, hand-outs, maps, textbooks, copy-books.

                                        Procedure

1.   Greeting and Aims:

T.:  Good morning, friends!

Ps.: Good morning, teacher!

T.:  I am glad to meet you.

Ps.: We are glad to meet you too.

T.:  Are you O’K today?

Ps.: We are fine. Thank you!

T.: Today we are going to continue learning the topic “Sport”. You can see a sand clock at the blackboard. Let’s put our tasks for the lesson on the top of it.

1.    to revise vocabulary;

2.    to practice reading;

3.    to listening about cricket;

4.    to discuss if sport is useful;

5.    to revise modal verbs.

After lesson we will see, if we manage with our tasks.

 2. Warm- up:

 Let’s remember what English proverbs about sport you know. Every next pupil must repeat the previous proverb.

     Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.

    A sound mind in a sound body.

    All men can’t be first.

    Learn to creep before you leap.

    Stumbling is not falling.

    There are no gains without pains.

    They can because they think they can.

3. Check on Homework.

Your home task for today was to prepare project work “My Favourite Sport”

(Pupils present their projects.)

4. Practise the Vocabulary.

Look at the screens of your computers. You can see a picture with some activity. You must name the activity. We‘ll do it one after another.

5. Listening.

a)    pre-listening activities:

Listen to the text “Cricket”.

     Do you know something about this game? What?

      Do you know the difference between a professional player and an amateur?

At your screens you can see an essential vocabulary.

                              (a level, an empire, an amateur).

 It can help you better understand the text. After listening you will answer the question:

What qualities of character a player should posses to play cricket?

b) listening.

Cricket is an English game. It is a difficult game and is loved by many people, but others are bored by it. Some games go on for five days. It is played in many countries which were once a part of the British Empire, but nowhere else.

       There are amateur cricket clubs all over England, but there is a big difference between an amateur and a professional cricketer. The amateur cannot get money for the game (he is not paid). The professional cricketer has a higher level. He has to learn many kinds of skills. He has to be an athlete, to run fast, jump and turn like a gymnast. He must be patient, and must not let other players be dishonest with him.

      Above all, he has to be very brave. This is what a professional cricketer said after being hit on the head by a ball, 'Cricket is hard, it hurts. It takes a special sort of person to be good at it. But we don't want the danger to be taken out of the game." (It took him eight moths to recover.)

c) after-listening activities:

 Ex. 2, p. 126.Tell, if the statements are true or false.

     6. Grammar and Writing. (Modal Verbs).

         I want you to revise Modal verbs. Look at the table on computers and say, what modal verb do you know, what is their meaning?

         

         Which of them need particle to and which of them needn’t?

     If you want to do certain sports, you need certain traits of character and skills. What skills should different sportsmen have?

        There are three columns with words, word-combinations and modal verbs at the blackboard. Go to the blackboard one after another and make up as many sentences as you can.

                                                                                               

A football player A tennis player A swimmer A cricketer A weight lifter A    jumper

needs to doesn't need to must has to doesn't have to

run fast be patient be strong be clever think clearly be fit have a lot of energy have great wish to win be brave

              

                 Let’s write down true sentence in your copy-books.

        Find the modal verbs and underline them in your copy-books. Divide them into to columns.

     7. Reading and Discussion. (Group work).

    Let’s move to the reading. Ex. 1, p. 135.

Read Mike’s opinion and say what way he proves his point of view?

           I'd rather watch sports competitions. I can't stand¹ those silly contests at school. To be a good sportsman doesn't suit everyone. Many people simply like to support their favourites. What are the competitions for? In early times they were held to entertain people. And if everybody takes part in competitions nowadays who will have fun? And I think that it is much better to watch sports programmes on TV. You needn't go to a cold wet stadium and buy tickets. You can sit in a comfortable armchair and enjoy yourself.

     At the screens of computers you can find an essential vocabulary.

                                        ( I can’t stand…, to suit).

I would like to know your opinion. We shall do some group work and discuss this theme. You’ll be divided into two teams.

              Team 1 – shares Mike’s opinion.

              Team 2 – Has got an opposite point of view.

            You get handout that can help you to do the task.

    (The teams discuss. Then a captain of team 1 and team 2 says arguments for and against doing sports. The winner is the team with most  arguments).

              So, we can make conclusion.

               Do you like PT lessons at school?

          How many PT lessons should be at school?

          What do you like team games or individual activities?

          Sport is very useful but takes a lot of time and energy. On the one hand it helps people to be healthy; on the other hand sport can cause some troubles. But in general sport is useful and necessary.

         8. Home assessment. 

          Do Ex. 1. p. 68 in your workbooks. Complete the rules of the most popular sports in Ukraine with the words from the box.

         9. Summarizing.

        Look at our sand clock. Let see if we managed with our tasks.

Did we revise vocabulary?

Did we practice reading?

              Did we listen about cricket?

Did we discuss if sport is useful?

              Did we revise modal verbs?

       You can see that we have managed with all our tasks. I’d like to say that you are great and I am proud of you.