Тема:»The kind woodpecker»

Theme: The kind woodpecker
Main aim of the lesson: To provide practice in reading for gist and details and to develop oral fluency.
Aids: Slides, audio track, worksheets
Today we shall talk about the phrase ‘to be kind’, how do you understand these words.
Warm-up (5) Aim: To create interest and establish the theme.
A student present the main character of the text – the woodpecker. (slide)
lefttopThe woodpecker
Answer the questions: What colour is the bird’s coat? (black, white, and red)
What does the woodpecker eat? (insects)
What kind of bird is it? (clever, kind, a tree doctor)
Presentation (10-15) Aim: To practice reading skills
First Reading Aim: Students will be able to read the text for the gist.
Students read the 1st and the last paragraph of the text. Then make their predictions.
Students read the 1st sentence of each paragraph and summarize the whole text.
Second Reading Aim: Student will be able to read the text for details.
Yes, No questions: ( if ‘No’, correct the sentence)
Once upon a time birds did not know how to sing. Yes.
Every bird wanted to get the most beautiful song. Yes.
Only the grey nightingale did not ask for a song. Yes.
They didn’t leave a song for him. Yes.
The woodpecker didn’t get a song too. No.
The woodpecker saw that the nightingale was happy because he had no song. No
The woodpecker gave his song to the seagull. No.
When he wanted to hear a song he would listen to other birds. Yes.
The nightingale had the longest & the most beautiful song. Yes
So all the birds in the forest didn’t like him. No.
Have you ever heard any songs of the nightingale? Let’s enjoy one of them.
Follow-up (15) Aim: To practice new vocabulary. To develop fluency.
Role play. Act out the story:
Group #1 woodpecker, bird, bird, nightingale, author (1-2 автора )
Group #2 2-3 birds are talking to other animals in the forest about this story, the animals put 2-3 questions & say how kind, good, real friend, clever и т.д. the woodpecker is.
Group #3 But all the birds in the forest like him. Do you know WHY?
Wrap-up (3-5) Aim: To give the students practice at home
Will you give your song to another bird if you are the woodpecker?
The kind woodpecker
When you are in a forest, you sometimes hear tap-tap-tap. What’s this? It’s a woodpecker, a big bird with a beautiful coat, black, white and red.
The woodpecker eats insects. It has a very sharp beak. It can run up and down the tree because it has claws on its feet.
The woodpecker is a clever bird. The woodpecker is a tree doctor. But it is a kind bird too.
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Every bird has its song. Do you know why?
Once upon a time it was very quiet in the forest.’ In those days birds did not know how to sing. One day, someone came to the forest and began to give out songs among the birds. They made a big noise. Every bird wanted to get the most beautiful song.
“Can you give me a beautiful song?” asked a bird.
“And I want a beautiful song too,” said another bird.
All the birds of the forest came to ask for songs.
Only the grey nightingale sat quietly in the tree. He did not ask for a song. “I hope they will leave one song for me,” thought he.
The woodpecker came later that day because he had much work in the forest. He asked for a song too: “Give me a beautiful song, please,” he said. “I shall meet the sun with it.”
The woodpecker got a song too. The longest and the most beautiful. The woodpecker thanked and then he saw the nightingale.
“And what song did you get?” he asked the nightingale. “Sing it for me, will you?”
“There’s no song left for him,”1 the birds said. “He sat there quietly and didn’t ask for anything.”
The woodpecker saw that the nightingale was not happy because he had no song. So the woodpecker gave his song, the longest and the most beautiful, to the nightingale.
“I’ll listen to other birds when I want to hear a song,” he said.
And so the kind woodpecker does not sing, he has no song.
But all the birds in the forest like him.
1 There’s no song left for him. – Для него не осталось песни.
II. A .1
Every bird has its song. Do you know why?
Once upon a time it was very quiet in the forest.’ In those days birds did not know how to sing. One day, someone came to the forest and began to give out songs among the birds…
And so the kind woodpecker does not sing, he has no song.
But all the birds in the forest like him.
II. A.2
Every bird has its song. Do you know why?
Once upon a time it was very quiet in the forest.’ In those days birds did not know how to sing. One day, someone came to the forest and began to give out songs among the birds...
They made a big noise. Every bird wanted to get the most beautiful song.
Only the grey nightingale sat quietly in the tree. He did not ask for a song. “
The woodpecker got a song too.
The woodpecker saw that the nightingale was not happy because he had no song.

And so the kind woodpecker does not sing, he has no song.
But all the birds in the forest like him.

II.B
Every bird has its song. Do you know why?
Once upon a time it was very quiet in the forest.’ In those days birds did not know how to sing. One day, someone came to the forest and began to give out songs among the birds. They made a big noise. Every bird wanted to get the most beautiful song.
“Can you give me a beautiful song?” asked a bird.
“And I want a beautiful song too,” said another bird.
All the birds of the forest came to ask for songs.
Only the grey nightingale sat quietly in the tree. He did not ask for a song. “I hope they will leave one song for me,” thought he.
The woodpecker came later that day because he had much work in the forest. He asked for a song too: “Give me a beautiful song, please,” he said. “I shall meet the sun with it.”
The woodpecker got a song too. The longest and the most beautiful. The woodpecker thanked and then he saw the nightingale.
“And what song did you get?” he asked the nightingale. “Sing it for me, will you?”
“There’s no song left for him,”1 the birds said. “He sat there quietly and didn’t ask for anything.”
The woodpecker saw that the nightingale was not happy because he had no song. So the woodpecker gave his song, the longest and the most beautiful, to the nightingale.
“I’ll listen to other birds when I want to hear a song,” he said.
And so the kind woodpecker does not sing, he has no song.
But all the birds in the forest like him.