Открытый урок "Америка. Символы и праздники страны"
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (5 класс) на тему

Открытый урок в 5классе по теме «Америка. Символы и праздники страны»

Цели урока:

• Тренировать учащихся в употреблении лексических единиц по теме «Америка»
• Развивать навыки устной речи по теме урока.
• Развивать навыки аудирования связного текста и навыки устной речи на основе прослушанного текста.
• Обобщить изученный материал по теме «Америка».
• Ознакомить с дополнительным  страноведческим материалом по теме «Символы и праздники в Америке».
• Развивать творческие способности детей.
• Воспитывать уважение к традициям других народов.

Оборудование:

• Верещагина И. Н., Афанасьева О.В. Английский язык: учебник для 4 класса школ с углубленным изучением английского языка – урок № 51-52
• Звукозапись № 90,78,
• Картинки, рисунки детей по теме «День Благодарения в Америке», «Символы России», сувениры – символы России и Америки
• Презентация «Америка. Символы и праздники»

Ход урока:

Оргмомент. Постановка цели.

• Today we’ll go on an imaginary journey to America. We shall sum up what we have learnt about America, its symbols, holidays and everyday life.
• Slyde 3

There is a very popular  song in America.

    Some people want it to become the national anthem.

    The song praises the whole country.

    Katherine Lee Bates is the author of the song.

    She was impressed by a wonderful view of the mountains and the sky while travelling in Colorado.

O beautiful for spacious skies,

 for amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

above the fruited plain.

America! America! God shed

 His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea.  

Основная часть урока:

• Let’s review what we know about the history of the country.  
• Slyde 5

• What does the word America mean?
• Who discovered America?
• Who was the first president of the country?
• Have you ever been to America?
• Would you like to go there?

• If you have a chance to go to America, what present – the symbol of our country will you give your American friend?

• While speaking about America, mind your pronounciation.
• Slyde 6

America, Central America, North America, South America, the USA, the United States of America, Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Plymouth, the Mayflower, Native Americans, San Francisco, Levi Strauss, the Stars and Stripes, the Statue of Liberty, France, New York, Liberty Island, eagle, national hymn.

• What do you know about Columbus?
• Slyde 7
• Correct the sentences

23. Christopher Columbus was born in Spain.
24. He wanted to discover America.
25. He discovered a new land in 1692.
26. People began to speak about the new land as “New England”.
27. The second great voyage of Columbus began in 1496.

• Why America is not Columbia if Columbus had found it?
• Slyde 8

Until the end of his life Columbus thought that he had discovered a new way to India.

That is why the American mainland was called West Indies at that time.

In 1507 the mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller named South America after Amerigo Vespucci.

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian businessman. He made three voyages to America from 1499. He proved that the land called India by Columbus was not India at all. It was a new continent.

• What do you know about the first English settlements? Make up a story.
• Slyde 9

• 21st September 1620
• Plymouth
• On board the “Mayflower”
• To start a new life
• 21st November 1620
• 74 men, 28 women
• Set up a colony
• “New England”
• Full of Danger
• First harvest
• Thanksgiving Day

• Date Game
• Slyde 10

• 20 000 years ago
• 1492
• 1493
• 1620
• 1621
• 1733
• 1884
• 1782

• France gave America the Statue of Liberty
• There were 13 colonies in America
• Columbus discovered America
• The eagle became the official national symbol
• Native Americans travelled across the land between Siberia and Alaska
• Columbus made his second voyage
• Pilgrims reached America
• The first Thanksgiving dinner

• Let’s have a rest. We shall sing one of the most famous song in America “We Shall Overcome”
• Slyde 11, tape 78

We shall overcome,

We shall live in peace,

We shall all be free,

We are not afraid today!

Oh, deep in my heart

I do believe,

We shall overcome some day!

• Do you like holidays? What is your favourite holiday?
• Slyde 12 – National holidays in the USA

• New Year’s Day
• Slyde 13

1. What is special about New Year’s Day in America?
2. Do you make promises for the New Year?
3. What old Scottish song do Americans sing at midnight?

• Independence Day
• Slyde14

1. When did the US become independent from England?
2. How do Americans celebrate this day?

• Thanksgiving Day
• Slyde 15

• When did we celebrate Thanksgiving day ?
• What did you do for that day?

Make up sentences:

• To draw pictures
• To make a model of the “Mayflower”
• To prepare traditional dishes and eat them
• To learn poems
• To make presentations
• To send musical cards
• To thank smb. for smth

• Let’s have a rest. Look at and listen to a musical card.
• Slyde 17

• Christmas Day
• Slyde 18

• What do Americans do for that day ?

1627329536. Holiday Game.
1627329537. Slyde 19

Look at the picture  name the holiday and say when the Americans celebrate it.

• Symbols of America.
• The American flag.
• Slyde 20

Complete the sentences.

• The American flag is often called …
• There are … colours: …, …, … on the flag.
• There are … stars because … .
• There are … stripes for … .
• Americans are … of their flag and … it … .

• The Statue of Liberty
• Slyde 21

1. Who gave the statue to America?
2. When was it?
3. Where is it now?
4. Do you know what size it is?

• Slyde 22-23

Look at the picture and learn what the size of the Statue is.

• Great Seal of the United States
• Slyde 24

Make up the sentences:

1. Became, 1782, the, official, in, the, eagle, symbol, national.
2. Symbol, the, olive, peace, of, an, branch, is.
3. Strength, symbols, are, arrows, the,
4. Back, the, of, eagle, can, a, bill, seen, the, be, on, the, dollar.

• Eagle
• Slyde 25

The American bald eagle was adopted as the official emblem of the United States of America in 1782.

 The bald eagle was chosen because of its beauty, great strength, long life, and because it's native to North America.

In the wild, an eagle will live 30-35 years (up to 50 years in captivity).

A full-grown Bald Eagle has a wingspan of up to 7 foot. They fly up to 30 miles an hour and can dive at 100 miles an hour!

• Uncle Sam
• Slyde 26

Historians are not sure how the character “Uncle Sam” was created.

Many think it was named after Samuel Wilson.

Samuel Wilson of Massachusetts (1766-1854) served as a drummer boy and then as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Later he was a businessman and in 1812 supplied the US army with beef in barrels. On the barrels letters “US” were written. One of the workers once said that US stood for Uncle Sam Wilson. So the nickname “Uncle Sam” appeared.

• Official Flower
• Slyde 27

The rose was designated the official flower and floral emblem of the United States of America in 1986.

• The Motto
• Slyde 28

In 1956 the President approved  IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States.

Find out what president was it?

• Mount Rushmore
• Slyde 29

Mount Rushmore is in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It show the faces of the four American Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. It is a memorial designed by an American sculptor, Gutzon Borglum. It is taller than the Great Pyramid of Egypt and is the world's greatest mountain carving.

• The White House
• Slyde 30

The White House is the home of the President of the United States. Whoever is President lives and works there until someone else becomes President.

 It is located in Washington.

 President and Mrs. John Adams became the first family to live in the White House in 1800.

The British burned the mansion down during the War of 1812, but it was rebuilt.

Throughout the years, 43 presidents have made some of the most important decisions in history while living in the White House.

• The President of the USA
• Slyde 31

• The President of the United States Barack  Obama was born on 4th August  1961, in  Hawaii.
• When did he become the president of the USA?

47644696. The 9/11 event
47644697. Slyde 32

• 9/11 is how the worst terrorist attack on the USA is called. It happened on September 11th, 2001.
• Two planes with terrorists on board flew into the Twin Towers in New York.
• Almost three thousand people were killed in the attack.
• It was a great shock for people not only in America.
• A week later president George Bush declared war on terrorism.

1623200768. What other symbols of America do you know?
1623200769. Slyde 33

1623200770. Symbols of the UK
1623200771. Slyde 34

1623200772. Russian Symbols
1623200773. Slyde 35 - 45

What does the average American does every day?

What is the capital of the USA?

If you want to know, listen to the tape 90 and read exercise 5 on page 157 at home.

Открытый урок в 8 классе по теме «Чтение в твоей жизни»

(Enid Blyton “Five on a Treasure Island”)

Цели урока:

• Тренировать учащихся в употреблении лексических единиц по теме «Чтение. Книги.»
• Развивать навыки устной речи по теме урока.
• Развивать навыки аудирования связного текста и навыки устной речи на основе прослушанного текста.
• Обобщить изученный материал по теме «И. Блайтон и ее произведения».
• Ознакомить с дополнительным  страноведческим материалом по теме «Жизнь и творчество Блайтон»
• Развивать творческие способности детей.
• Прививать любовь к печатному слову и потребность в чтении художественной литературы.
• Воспитывать уважение к читательским традициям других народов.

Оборудование:

• Афанасьева О.В., Михеева И.В. Английский язык: учебник для VII класса школ с углубленным изучением английского языка – урок 4, Книга для чтения
• Звукозапись интервью И. Блайтон
• Картинки, рисунки детей по теме «Герои произведений Блайтон, зарисовки пейзажей и сцен из ее рассказов»
• Презентация «Чтение в твоей жизни»

Ход урока:

• Начало урока, постановка цели.

The epigraph of the lesson is: “Every one is special by being different.”

1. How can you comment on it?
2. What is your opinion?
3. Are you for or against this statement?

Discussing the topic - textbook, ex. 61, p.120

1. We have different hobbies, don’t we?
2. Can we say that reading is our hobby?

Today we shall speak about the role of reading in our life. Then we sum up what we learnt about E. Blyton and her book “Five on a Treasure Island”. And at last we’ll learn how to describe the characters of the books.

• Основная часть урока.

• Reading in your life
• Slide 3

• Are you fond of reading?
• How much do you read?
• Do you read books only for your Russian Literature classes or do you  do any extra reading?
• If you could choose between reading a book or seeing the same story as a film, which would you prefer?
• Do you sometimes borrow books from a library?
• Have you got a lot of books at home?
• Do you think it is good to have a home library?
• What famous English and American writers do you know?

• A survey on your reading preferences
• Slides 4, 5

1. You read books

1. Once a week
2. Once a month
3. Once a year

2. Reading is for

1. Homework
2. Pleasure
3. Knowledge

3. What is most important when choosing a book

1. The vocabulary
2. The subject
3. The pictures

4. You read only if

1. You want
2. The teacher asks you
3. The friend advises

5. You choose a book that

1. Looks easy
2. Is just above your level
3. Has a good ending

What is your favourite type of story?

1. A thriller
2. An adventure story
3. A historical novel
4. A true-life story

7. Who in your family likes to read most of all?

1. Grandparents
2. Parents
3. Brothers, sisters

8. When do you usually read?

1. Every day
2. On weekends
3. On holidays

9. What activities do you prefer to reading ?

1. Watching TV
2. Playing computer games
3. Walking with friends

• What kind of books  do you prefer reading?
• Slide 6

• A novel
• A historical novel
• An adventure novel
• A fairy tale
• A science fiction book
• A classic
• A detective story
• A humorous story
• A love story

• Famous English and American writers
• Slides 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

MARK TWAIN

• WAS BORN:
• November 30, 1835
• DIED:
• April 21, 1910 (aged 74)
• NATIONALITY:
• American
• PEN NAME:
• Mark Twain
• TRUE NAME:
• Samuel Clemens
• THE BEST BOOK:
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

• It is a fascinating history of a true friendship between madcap Huckleberry the Finn and the fluent slave.

RUDYARD KIPLING

• WAS BORN:
• 30 December 1865
• DIED:
• 18 January 1936 (aged 70)
• NATIONALITY:
• British
• Notable award:
•  Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1907)
• THE BEST BOOK:
• The Jungle Books

The Jungle Book

• Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 Dysney film based on the Mougli
  The Jungle Book

• The Jungle Book brings the primeval forest to life. Animals have human powers of speech and action

• Enid Mary Blyton (1897 – 1968)
• Slides 12, 13

What do you learn from the interview?

• What was her best desire?
• What kind of child was she?
• What did she use to do in her childhood?
• What did her father want her to be?
• When did she begin to play the piano?
• Did she like playing the piano?
• When did she start to write?
• How many daughters did she have?
• Did she tell them her stories?
• Who is her famous character?
• What kind of girl was George as she described her?
• Was her characters imaginary or were they real persons?

• Five on a Treasure Island
• Slide 14

Good books:                        Bad books:

Boring,badly-written, slow-moving, unoriginal, heavy-going, depressing, interesting, enjoyable, original, amusing, funny, exciting, true-to-life, well-written, easy to read

• Describing a person
• Slide 15

• Describing the main characters of the book
• Slide 16
• Fill in the chart:

• The Main Characters
• Slides 17 – 21

George

Georgina is a tomboy and insists that people call her George and not Georgina. With her short hair and her boy's clothes she is often mistaken for a boy and this pleases her enormously. Like her father, Quentin, George has a fiery temper. She is fierce, headstrong and very loyal to those she loves. George is a cousin to siblings Julian, Dick and Anne.

  Julian

Julian is the eldest of the five, cousin to George and elder brother to Dick and Anne. Tall, strong and intelligent as well as caring, responsible and kind, he is the leader of the group.

       Dick

Dick has a cheeky sense of humour, but is also dependable and kind in nature. He is the same age as         his cousin George, a year younger than his brother Julian and older than his sister Anne.

        Anne

Anne is the youngest in the group, and generally takes care of their domestic duties during the Five's various camping holidays. She is more likely than the others to become frightened and famously dislikes the adventures the Five constantly encounter

Timothy

Timmy, sometimes called Tim, is George's dog. Timmy is very clever, affectionate and loyal to the Five and to George in particular; he provides physical protection for the children on multiple occasions. George adores Timmy and thinks that he is the best dog in the world. In the first book of the series, George's parents have forbidden her to keep Timmy and George is forced to hide him with a friend in the village. After the end of the Five's first adventure she is allowed to keep him.

• Kirrin Cottage
• Slide 22
• Complete the text:

It stood on the low (1)__ overlooking the (2)__ , and was a very old (3)___ indeed. It wasn’t really a (4)__, but quite a big house, built of old white (5)___ . (6)___ climbed over the front of it, and the garden was (7)__ with flowers. It is about (8)__ hundred years old!

The room for boys was with low (9)__ at the top of the house. It had a wonderful (10)__ of the bay.

The girls were to sleep in a smaller room, the windows of the room looked over the (11)___ at the back of the house. One side (12)___ looked over the sea.

At the entrance to the blue bay lay a curious rocky island with what looked like an old ruined castle on the top of it.

_______________________________________________

Ceilings, cottage, moors, bay, roses, cliff, window, gay, house, three, view, stone.

• The Main Adventure
• Slide 23
• Make up the sentences:

• Summing up
• Hometask:

Write down a composition about your favourite Blyton’s character.

• Additional Material

• Teacher’s card

The Secret Seven

(After Enid Blyton)

• Training exercises

Part I A Secret Seven Meeting

1. Отметьте в колонках соответствующими номерами услышанные слова в той последовательности, в которой они звучали.

Key: 1.weekly 2.place 3.bottom 4.shed 5.spaniel 6.companion 7.rabbits 8.badge 9.report 10.necessary 11.mystery 12.adventury 13. honey 14.Red Indians 15.game

2. Прослушайте предложения и укажите элементы, которые исключаются из него при каждом сокращении.

1. The Secret Seven Society meeting place was down in the old shed at the bottom of the garden belonging to Peter and Janet.
2. The Society meeting place was down in the old shed at the bottom of the garden belonging to Peter and Janet.
3. The meeting place was down in the old shed at the bottom of the garden belonging to Peter and Janet.
4. The place was down in the old shed at the bottom of the garden belonging to Peter and Janet.
5. The place was down in the shed at the bottom of the garden belonging to Peter and Janet.
6. The place was in the shed at the bottom of the garden belonging to Peter and Janet.
7. The place was in the shed in the garden belonging to Peter and Janet.
8. The place was in the shed in the garden belonging to Peter.
9. The place was in the shed in the garden.
10. The place was in the shed.

• Test exercises

Key to ex. I

1.F  2. T  3. F  4. F  5. F  6. T  7. T  8. T.  9. F  10. T

Part II A Red Indian Afternoon

1140850432. Найдите и выделите в ряду написанных слов услышанное слово.

1.began 2. a boy 3. arrived 4. society 5. caught 6. wore 7. bang 8. cautiously 9. case 10. tiresome 11. whispered 12. headdresses 13. fortunately 14. except 15. both 16. hatchet 17. thicket 18. tree 19. arrows 20. plenty 21. faces 22. collection 23. a mile 24. separated 25. anyone 26. prisoner 27. right 28. branches 29. bushes 30. man

Текст для чтения:

They arrived by ones and twos. Jack wore the badge again. Everyone said the new password cautiously. They had bought Red Indians suits and headdresses. Peter’s hatchet was made of wood. The children went to Little Thicket. There were plenty of places to hide. The two parties separated. Colin climbed up into the thick branches and sat himself there. Six Red Indians began to move silently through the bushes and long grass.

1140850433. Прослушайте пары сходных предложений и установите, чем они отличаются друг от друга.

1.a) It was a mixture of tall grass and bushes.

   b) It was a mixture of small grass and trees.

2. a) There were plenty of places to hide.

    b) There were a lot of places to seek.

3. a) The two parties separated, and went to each end of Little Thicket.

    b) The three parties separated, and went to each side of Big Thicket.

4. a) There was a high fence on one side.

    b) There was a low fence on each side.

5. a) Then he suddenly saw that Peter, or one of the others, was very near the place where the man had gone to ground.

    b) Then he suddenly saw that Peter, or one of the others, was too near the place where a man had gone to the ground.

3.В списке русских слов отметьте очередность восприятия на слух иноязычных эквивалентов.

453253376. Susie threatened that she would shout the password.
453253377. Everyone said the new password cautiously.
453253378. Tiresome Susie was anywhere about.
453253379. He had a most terrifying-looking hatchet.
453253380. Colin was against tying him to trees and shooting off arrows at him.
453253381. Anyone could stalk a person if he crawled carefully along on his tummy.
453253382. As for the man, he was horrified.
453253383. Peter was so amazed that he didn’t even follow!

1. ужаснуться, 2. осторожно, 3. живот, 4. изумленный, 5. ползти, , 6. топор, 7. надоедливый

 8. угрожать, 9. привязывать, 10. выслеживать        

Key: 1. угрожать 2. осторожно 3. надоедливый 4. топор 5. привязывать 6. выслеживать 7. ползти 8. живот 9. ужаснуться  10.  изумленный

• Test exercises

Key to ex. I

Jack – D,  Susie – B,  Collin – A,  Peter – E

Key to ex. II

1. Jack  2. whispered  3 dressing  4 painted  5 mixture  6 separated  7  fence  8 where  9 climbing 10 surprise  

• Pupil’s card                                    

The Secret Seven

(After Enid Blyton)

• Training exercises

Part I A Secret Seven Meeting

1. Отметьте в колонках соответствующими номерами услышанные слова в той последовательности, в которой они звучали.

2. Прослушайте предложения и укажите элементы, которые исключаются из него при каждом сокращении.

Part II A Red Indian Afternoon

302258432. Найдите и выделите в ряду написанных слов услышанное слово.

1.began 2. a boy 3. arrived 4. society 5. caught 6. wore 7. bang 8. cautiously 9. case 10. tiresome 11. whispered 12. headdresses 13. fortunately 14. except 15. both 16. hatchet 17. thicket 18. tree 19. arrows 20. plenty 21. faces 22. collection 23. a mile 24. separated 25. anyone 26. prisoner 27. right 28. branches 29. bushes 30. man

302258433. Прослушайте пары сходных предложений и установите, чем они отличаются друг от друга.

302258434. 3.В списке русских слов отметьте очередность восприятия на слух иноязычных эквивалентов.

1.ужаснуться, 2. осторожно, 3. живот, 4. изумленный, 5. ползти, , 6. топор, 7. надоедливый

302258435. угрожать, 9. привязывать, 10. выслеживать        

• Pupil’s card

The Secret Seven

(After Enid Blyton)

• Test exercises

Part I A Secret Seven Meeting

I. True – False Test.

84154624. The Secret Seven was having its usual monthly meeting.
84154625. Peter and Janet were in the shed waiting for the rest of their society.
84154626. Scamper was the member of the Secret Seven.
84154627. They changed their password every month.
84154628. Peter didn’t have the badge.
84154629. Susie badly wanted to belong to the Society.
84154630. Nobody had anything exciting to report.
84154631. Janet wanted something exciting to happen.
84154632. Peter was the only one without a Red Indian dress.
84154633. A new password was Indians.

II. Answer the questions.

6553600. What was the S.S. Society’s meeting place?
6553601. Who were its members?
6553602. What was their password?
6553603. Who didn’t have the badge? Why?
6553604. What did the children want to have?
6553605. What kind of adventure did they want to make?
6553606. Who didn’t have a Red Indian dress?
6553607. Who came at last?
6553608. Why were the children angry?
6553609. How did they change their password?

Part II A Red Indian Afternoon

1828743424. Установите соответствие между высказываниями каждого говорящего 1 -4 и утверждениями A –E. В задании есть одно лишнее утверждение.

1828747520. No tying me to the trees and shooting off arrows at me.
1828747521. I’ll come and bang at the door again and shout the password.
1828747522. This is the fourth week we’ve had nothing to report.
1828747523. That won’t be any good. We’ve got a new one!
1828747524. Now off we go to Little Thicket.

1828743425. Fill in the words. There is one extra word.

1. … arrived first.
2. The password was … time after time.
3. Soon they were all … in Red Indian clothes.
4. They had all … their faces except Colin.
5. It was a … of tall grass and bushes and trees, big and small.
6. The two parties …, and went to each end of Little Thicket.
7. There was a high … on one side.
8. Colin could see … some of them were.
9. He saw that somebody was … over the wall!
10. To his great … Peter saw a man there.

Words: mixture, whispered, surprise, Jack, fence, tummy, dressing, climbing, painted, where, separated.