I. Vocabulary and Speech
Text
My Summer Holidays
Hi! My name is Helen and I want to tell you about my favorite time of the year. I think the best time of the year is summer holidays. Pupils
are free from school and may
forget about textbooks, lessons, homework for all three months. They don’t have to wake up early every day and have all this routine. So children just have the
opportunity to
relax and
enjoy perfect summer time.
As for me, my summer is typical from year to year. I usually
spend June at home. I get up late all the time and try to be outside with my friends as much as possible. I really enjoy summer evenings when my friends and I can
go for a walk in the park or
ride around the city on our bikes. If the weather is bad I
stay at home playing computer games or just surfing the Internet.
July and August I usually spend in the countryside with my grandparents. I have a lot of friends there as well. We often
go to the lake for swimming or sunbathing. It’s always active time and we have a lot of things to do together.
Active Vocabulary
1. To be free from быть свободным от чего-либо
2. To forget v. забывать
3. An opportunity n. возможность
4. To relax v. расслабляться
5. To enjoy v. наслаждаться
6. To spend v. проводить (время)
7. To go for a walk ходить гулять
8. To ride v. кататься
9. To stay at home оставаться дома
10. To go to the lake ходить на озеро
11. To be outside быть на снаружи
Vocabulary Activisation and Speech Exercises
1. Warming up exercise. Listen to the text and read it together with the speaker (as many times as you need to do it at the speed of the speaker). Mind your pronunciation2. Fill in the missing words 1. I think the best time of the year is summer ... 2. Pupils are … from school and may forget about …, …, … for all three months. 3. They don’t have to … up early every day and have all this annoying routine. 4. So children just have the opportunity to … and … perfect summer time. 5. As for me, my summer is … from year to year. 6. I usually spend … at home. 7. If the … is bad I stay at home playing computer games or just surfing the Internet.
3. Complete the sentences by quoting the text 1. Hi! My name is Helen and I .... 2. I think ... 3. Pupils are ... 4. They ... 5. So children just … 6. I usually spend ... 7. I get up ….
4. Answer the questions by quoting the text1. What is Helen’s favorite time of the year?
2. What opportunity do children have in summer?
3. Is Helen’s summer typical from year to year?
4. How does Helen spend June?
5. How does Helen spend July and August?
5. Translate the following sentences 1. Я хочу рассказать о своем любимом времени года. 2. Я думаю, что самое лучшее время года — это летние каникулы. 3. Ученики могут забыть об уроках и учебниках на все три месяца. 4. Дети имеют возможность отдохнуть и насладиться прекрасным летним временем. 5. Обычно июнь я провожу дома. 6. Июль и август я провожу на даче с бабушкой и дедушкой. 7. У меня там много друзей.
6. Copy the text (in writing)7. Reproduce the text8. Read, look up and say“What’s your favorite time of the year?”
“I think summer is the best time ever!”
“Oh, I like summer, too! No textbooks, no teachers…”
“And no homework for all three moths!”
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9. Listen to the text and say what the text is about
10. Make up your own sentences in writing using the Active Vocabulary
11. Make up your story (based on the text, in writing). Make sure there are no mistakes in it. Consult the teacher. Then reproduce the story in one-minute timeSpeech Patterns Exercises
I.Meeting People and Introductions
What is your name?
Hello! My name is …
I’d like to introduce my friend … to you.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
1. Listen and read the speech patterns at the speed of the speaker.
2. Be ready to read the speech patterns:
- in chorus;
- in chain (one by one).
3. Copy the speech patterns
4. Translate into Russian
5. Make up your own sentences (a short story) using the Speech Patterns
II. Grammar. Pronunciation
Grammar
Making Questions
Drill
Ex I.
What? Model:
What is Helen’s favorite time of the year?
Helen’s favorite time of the year is summer holidays. 1. What is the best time oft he year?
2. What is typical for Helen from year to year?
3. What opportunity do children have in summer?
4. What does Helen do in June?
5. What does Helen do in July and August?
Ex II.
How? Model:
How does Helen spend summer holidays?1. How does Helen spend June?
2. How does Helen spend July?
3. How does Helen spend August?
4. How does Helen spend time outside?
5. How does Helen spend time at home?
Ex III.
Does she? Model:
Does Helen enjoy summer holidays?
Oh yes, she does. Helen enjoys summer holidays.1. Does she spend June at home?
2. Does she go for a walk with her friends?
3. Does she play computer games at home?
4. Does she spend July and August in the countryside?
5. Does she go to the lake for swimming and sunbathing?
Ex IV.
Do they? Model:
Do pupils enjoy summer holidays?
Oh yes, they do. Pupils enjoy summer holidays.1. Do they spend June at home?
2. Do they go for a walk with their friends?
3. Do they play computer games at home?
4. Do they spend July and August in the countryside?
5. Do they go tot he lake for swimming and sunbathing?
Additional Exercises
Ex V. Make questions using the question words in parenthesis I think the best time of the year is
(What) summer holidays. Pupils are free
(Are they) from school and may forget about textbooks, lessons, homework for all three months. They don’t have to
(Do they) wake up early every day and have all this routine. So children just have
(Do they) the opportunity to relax and enjoy perfect summer time. As for me, my summer is
(Is it) typical from year to year. I usually spend June at home
(How).
Ex VI. Answer the following questions to the text 1. What is Helen’s favorite time oft he year?
2. What do children do in simmer?
3. Is Helen’s summer typical from year to year?
4. How does Helen spend June?
5. How does Helen spend July and August?
Ex VII. Make as many questions to the following sentences as you can1. The best time of the year is summer holidays.
2. Children have the opportunity to relax and enjoy summer time.
3. I usually spend June at home.
4. I have a lot of friends there.
5. We often go to the lake for swimming and sunbathing.
Pronunciation
The main text should be worked on as many times as necessary to obtain the best possible results. Pronunciation drill should be used as in:
- the main text;
- the text exercises.
III. Reading. Writing. Free Speech
My Winter Holidays
Every year I have winter holidays. They usually last for two weeks. Holidays give me the opportunity not to get up early in the morning, so I sleep till 9 o’clock.
When the weather is cold, I prefer to stay at home and read something interesting, play computer games or surf the Internet. As I spend lots of time at home, I have to help my mom with cooking or cleaning. In the evening I usually visit my friends or go out with them to the cinema or cafе.
Of course, winter holidays are not so long and joyful as summer holidays, but in any case winter holidays is the time of rest.
My Day Off
My name is Alissa. I’m six years old. I’m from Moscow. I study five days a week that’s why I try to spend my two days off merrily and interestingly. In the morning I wake up later than usual. I like to lie slugging a bed and to watch TV. Television shows many interesting programmes on Sunday. My mother cooks something delicious at the weekend. She bakes cakes or sweet buns. We have breakfast together and then walk around the town. I like my day off very much because I can have a good rest and collect my strength for a whole week.
Holidays in Great Britain
British people like any other nation like holidays. It is a time to rest and spend with relatives and friend. One of the most popular holidays in Britain is St. Valentine’s Day. Every Febru-ary 14th, boys and girls tell each other about their love and thank each other for the support and understanding. People send Valentine cards.
Most people in England like Pancake Race on Shrove Tuesday. At home families have pancakes for dinner. At school teachers and children have pancakes for school dinner. Eve-ryone knows that pancakes are tasty, but not everyone knows that in England on Shrove Thursday, people race with them, fight for them.
American Holidays
There are many holidays in the USA which are celebrated from year to year. American people enjoy having holidays, especially if they are public. During such holidays children don’t go to school and adults don’t work. The most favourite public holidays in the USA are Christmas and New Year. Christmas season starts on December the 25th and continues till New Year celebrations. It’s also the time of present exchange.
Another important American holiday is Independence Day on July the 4th.
Thanksgiving Day is another interesting American holiday. It is celebrated every fourth Thursday of November.
Ways of spending Holidays
In my opinion there is a great number of different ways of spending summer holidays. It depends on person, on his culture, education, age, social level and personal tastes. So, everyone likes his own way of summertime spending.
It is a great pleasure to have a rest after a whole year of hard work or study. People like to travel during their summer holidays.
Some people go abroad to see new countries, some people prefer to go to the country-side to enjoy country-life far from noise and fuss of big cities. Other people like staying at home doing nothing, but watching TV and playing computer games.
Some people like to spend their holidays in cities, visiting theatres, museums and going sightseeing. But a great number of people go to the seaside.
Exercises
Reading1. Read the text (silently, aloud, in chain, in parts, other variants).
2. Translate the text.
3. Ask questions to the text.
4. Give the gist of the text.
5. Reproduce the text. Learn the text by heart.
Writing1. Copy the text (some parts of it, the whole of it)
2. Make questions to the text.
3. Write the reproduction of the text.
4. Write the dictation.
5. Make a plan of the text.
Free speech1. Get ready for a 1-minute monologue based on one of the texts.
2. Talk on the topics (could be prepared):
- ways of spending holidays;
- my day off;
- holidays in the UK;
- holidays in Russia;
- holidays in the USA.
3. Discussion on the topic "Holidays. Day Off" (could be unprepared):
- my day off
- my favourite holidays;
- ways of spending holidays;
- other topics.
IV. Distance Learning. Audio and Visual Aids
Дистанционная программа Школы-ВУЗа "Современное образование" называется ППС - педагогика, психология, спорт. Разрабатывается с 16 марта 2020 года, со дня перехода Школы-ВУЗа "Современное образование" на дистанционное обучение. Суть - проводить видео уроки, максимально приближенные к реальной жизни, а так-же обеспечить психологическую поддержку ученику.
Педагогика делит образовательный процесс человека на форму и содержание. Часть "содержание" образовательного процесса в Школе-ВУЗе "Современное обра-зование", а также его связь с формой обучения, иначе - технологиями, описаны в нашей концепции (см."Наша концепция" на сайте и ОСНОВЫ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНО-ГО ПРОЦЕССА. КЛАССИКА И ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ).
Дистанционное обучение отличается от "обычного, реального" - по форме, фор-мату. Здесь и следует искать пути решения обучения человека в дистанционном, он-лайн режиме.
Занятие в начальной школе (40') делим на две части - 25+ 15. Первая часть - "общее занятие", в котором участвует весь класс, вторая часть - конкретный индиви-дуальный подход: учитель работает с каждым учеником в индивидуальном режиме. Содержательная часть обучения (тексты, упражнения) изложена в частях I (Vocabu-lary and Speech), II (Grammar. Pronunciation), III (Reading. Writing. Speech) данного по-собия. Наш дистанционный формат требует от учителя умения работать на компью-тере, а также умения переосмыслить материал в сторону организации занятия в ин-дивидуальном режиме и с помощью комплексного метода обучения.
В этом большую роль сыграют
Audio and Visual Aids
Человек познаёт мир через глаза (зрительное восприятие), уши (слуховое вос-приятие), руки (моторика), другие органы восприятия, и это следует знать и помнить при обучении человека. Комплексный метод обучения, к которому пришла педагоги-ка к концу прошлого века, предполагает использование всех названных выше средств познания действительности с помощью разнообразных приёмов и способов. Таковыми приёмами и способами являются многочисленные упражнения данного по-собия, которые включаются учителем в работу по мере необходимости.
Все упражнения прорабатываются как с помощью зрительного восприятия, так и на слух (записаны на аудио носитель). Таким образом дистанционная программа ППС предполагает использование инновационных технологий в специальном режи-ме: монитор + печатные материалы + аудио носители.
Для развития навыков продуктивной свободной речи, а также в целях воспитания всесторонне развитой личности
в эту часть пособия включены соответствующие темам видео материалы - слайды, кинофильмы, видеофильмы и фрагменты из них.
Audio AidsI. Vocabulary Activisation and Speech Exercises. Ex. 1. - 8.
II. Grammar. Pronunciation. Ex. 1. - 2.
III. Reading. Writing. Free Speech. Texts 1. - 5.
Visual AidsWorking with:
- pictures;
- slides;
- films.
