Sport. The Role of Sport in our Life.
Level – A2 Pre –Intermediate
Oksana Faryna
teacher-methodologist
a teacher of English
English specialized
secondary
school №3
Sokal, Lviv Region
Objectives:
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to promote discussion on the given topic/situation;
to develop pupils’ communicative skills using active vocabulary on the topic;
to develop pupils’ skills in pair work and role play;
to improve writing skills;
to develop pupils’ logical thinking, creative abilities, imagination.
Equipment:
 In Touch 2 SB;
 handouts with a poem for pupils;
 handouts with activities to practice writing skills.
The procedure
I. Warm up.
1.Reading a poem.
T: I’d like to start a lesson from reading a poem. ( Teacher reads the poem, pupils listen)
2.Answer the questions.
-What is the poem about?
-What sports are mentioned in the poem?
-Why do children play sport every day?
T: Let’s make a conclusion. The poem is about sports and why the children do such sport
activities. So, this will be the subject of today’s lesson. In other words, the subject of the lesson is:
Sport and its role in our life.
II.The Main Part.
T: Do you agree that sport plays a great role in our life? Why is it important? To answer this question, we
are going to do the following activity.(T. explains)
1.Give a character sketch of sport. Write a word combination ( phrase), which characterizes sport and
then answer the question why it’s important.
( Pupils come to the board and write the necessary phrases.)
Sample sketch:
keeps us fit
makes us
healthy
keeps us slim
Sport
gives
energy
gives
pleasure
is
interesting
to watch
2. Answer the questions.
a) Where can people play sport?
b) How often is it useful to play sport?
c) If people are good at sport, where they can show their skills?
d) Are sport competitions organized in all countries of the world?
e) Are sport competitions organized in Ukraine?
f)What competitions are held every 4 years?
g) Where did the last Olympic Games take place?
h) What’s your favourite kind of sport? Why?
i) Do people in Sokal have opportunities to play sport? Provide some examples.
3. Pair work.
T: I haven’t asked you about your PT lessons. Now we’ll have a chance to speak about them. So, we start
pair work.
P1 thinks that PT lessons are very interesting in our school.
P2 thinks that the lessons are boring.
4. Press Conference.
T: Are there any good sportsmen in your class (school)? Would you like to meet famous Ukrainian
sportsmen? Today you have such an opportunity. The thing is, I have invited some well known sportsmen
to our school. I think you’ll be lucky to ask them questions about their sport career and achievements. Let
me introduce you our guests ……………….
5. Writing.
5.1. Write in play |go |do.
____________
tennis
_____________ windsurfing
______________ judo
____________ fishing
_____________ yoga
______________ waterskiing
____________ karate
_____________ jogging
______________ baseball
5.2. Match a sport with the equipment it uses.
0.
football
football
1.
skiing
_________________________________
2.
swimming
__________________________________
3.
skating
__________________________________
4.
skateboarding
__________________________________
5.
basketball
__________________________________
6.
volleyball
__________________________________
7.
windsurfing
__________________________________
5.3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
important
sports
playground
fit
wealthy
regularly
competitions
1.A good English proverb says : ”If we are healthy, we are _____________________
2.Sport helps people to keep _______________________
3.There are winter and summer _____________________
4.Sport plays an _______________________ role in our life.
5.Children can play games on the ____________________ near our school.
6.It is useful to play sport __________________________
7.When people are good at sport, they take part in __________________________
III.Homework.
T: Your homework is to read a short text ” Camp Adventure” (PB Ex.2, p.30). The text is about a summer
camp where children can do a lot of sport activities. After reading you are to complete with sentences a to d .
IV. Summing up.
T: Our lesson is over. I’d like to thank everybody for active work at the lesson. As for your marks, you get
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