Couch Potato, Telling a story

Unit 1: Hobbies and leisure

School #12

Lesson 10

Date:

Teacher's name:

Class:

  7 grade

№ of present

№ of absent

Theme of the lesson

Couch Potato, Telling a story

Learning objective (s) that this lesson is contributing to

7.4.1.1 understand the main points in texts on a limited range of unfamiliar general and curricular topics;

7.3.2.1 ask complex questions to get information about a limited range of general topics and some curricular topics;

7.3.6.1 begin to link comments with some flexibility to what others say at sentence and discourse level in pair, group and whole class exchanges;

Lesson objectives

All learners will be able to demonstrate the main idea of the text and explain them

Most learners will be able to apply new vocabulary in their speech and discuss the theme.

Some learners will be able to experiment and create the new ideas.

Assessment criteria

• Express own idea concerning the theme of the lesson

Value links

Self-development

Cross curricular links

Physical education

Plan of the lesson

Stages

Teacher's activity

student's activity

Assessment

Resources

G ood day dear boys and girls. How are you?

Ss respond to greeting and take their places

Pre-learning

Teacher suggests singing a song as a warm-up for the lesson.

Learners are informed about the lesson objectives

Learners sing A Free Time Song (Hobbies + Pastimes)

W ell done!

Super!!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfLGtb258fM

Middle

What do you think someone can do to stop becoming a ‘couch potato’?

Task 1:

- Draw attention to the box with the definition. Read the definition.

Couch potato [kaʊʧ pəˈteɪtəʊ] –

(n) someone who watches

a lot of television and

does not get enough exercise

- Elicit answers from Ss around the class.

T ask 2: Read the text and fill in the missing information.

- Give Ss time to look up the words in check these words box and elicit their meanings.

Task 3: To personalise the topic and give advice ask students the question:

How can someone avoid being a couch potato ?

- allow Ss some time to prepare their answer.

- Ss can work in closed pairs.

- Monitor the activity

- Invite various students to tell the class.

Suggested learners answer:

To stop becoming a couch potato you can do some exercise in your free time. If you go cycling or play basketball with your friends, you will have fun and it will help you to become fit.

Answer key:

1. Become a healthy teen

2. feel happy

3. go cycling or play basketball with your friend

4. biscuits, sugary soft drinks.

5. a bowl of fruit with a glass of juice.

6. dancing

Suggested answer:

- To avoid being a couch potato, you can exercise in your free time.

- You can have a bowl of fruit and a glass of juice instead of biscuits and sugary soft drink.

- You can also dance to the music.

verbal evaluation

M utual assessment

Excel 7 for Kazakhstan.

Ex 2 p 14

Ex 3 p 14

 Feedback and home task

(2 stars and a wish)

1.positive

2.should improve

3.reccomendation

Ss’ writes their home task to diary

Descriptor: A learner

1.uses vocabulary: hobby and leisure time.

2.interacts with peer while collecting information;

3.works cooperatively in a group

H ome task: learn the new vocabulary

Workbook:

Ex 2 p 10