Конспект урока английского языка 9 класс Personal letter Starlight
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (9 класс) на тему

План-конспект урока в 9 классе

Тема урока: Написание личного письма другу. Фестивали, праздники народов мира.

Цель урока: формирование и развитие умения написания письма личного

характера.

Задачи урока: 

- повторить правила оформления и структуру личного письма;

- закрепить правила написания личного письма.

Ход урока

I. Организационный момент.

Teacher: Good morning students! I am glad to see you. Sit down please. What date is it today? Who is absent today?

II. Постановка темы и задач урока. Речевая разминка. Warmingup.

Teacher: Постановка проблемной ситуации.  

Look at the pictures, discuss and contrast them.

1. Who are the people in the photos? Describe them.
2. Where are they? What do you think they are doing?
3. How would you describe their mood?

How are these pictures connected with each other? What is common? (дети отвечают, что на обеих картинках люди пишут письма). What is different from? (дети отвечают, что на обеих картинках разный вид писем – обычное бумажное и электронное). How do you think what is the topic of our lesson? What about shall we speak today? (ответы детей) Well, you`re right, the subjects of our work today is  a personal letter, its structure and writing.

And now answer my questions. Do you write letters to friends? Have you got a pen friend? What do you write about? Do you prefer writing letters or e-mails?

III. Повторение правил и структуры письма личного характера.

Teacher: You have already learnt some steps in writing letters. I want to remind you some general rules: your letter must contain from 100 till 120 words; you should write your letter in an informal way, you should read the instruction attentively and follow the certain steps. Let’s try to reconstruct the structure of the personal letter. What should you write first in right upper corner? Ученики отвечают на вопрос учителя.

Teacher: Exactly. In the right upper corner you write your address. What do you write under an address?  Ученики отвечают на вопрос учителя.

Teacher: That’s right. You write a date after an address. What must be written in the left side after the date? Ученики отвечают на вопрос учителя.

Teacher: Yes, you greet your pen friend writing his or her name after the word Dear and then you put comma. What goes next?

Teacher: It’s correct. Then an introduction goes. In this part you thank your fiend for his or her letter and apologize for not writing earlier. What follows an introduction? Ученики отвечают на вопрос учителя.

Teacher: You are quite right. An answer part follows an introduction. Here you answer your friend’s questions. What will be the next part?

Teacher: Yes, there is a conclusion after an answer part. In this part you may excuse for stop writing and ask your friend to write soon. What are the two last elements of a personal letter? 

Teacher: Well done! Closing line with a comma and your signature (a name) are the two last elements of a personal letter. And now put down this scheme into your copy-books. 5-7 мин.

1. Your address

2. Date

3. Greeting

4. Introduction

5. Answer part (2-3 paragraphs)

8. Signature

7. Closing line

6. Conclusion.

Teacher: And now define each part of personal letter.  Слайд

 1. Address

Kurgan

Russia

2. Date

11 October 2015

October 11th, 2015

11/10/2015

3. Greeting your pen friend

Dear_______,

4. Introduction:

a)thank friend for the letter;

b) mention something from the friend’s letter or apologize for not writing sooner

a) Hi! How are you?

Thanks for your letter.

It was great to receive a letter from you.

Your last letter was a real surprise.

It's always nice to get your letters!

I was awfully glad to get your letter…

b) It was great to hear….

I’m glad….

Great news about your…!

Sorry I haven`t written so long, I was so busy…

I’m sorry I haven’t answered earlier but I was really busy with my school.

Sorry for not writing sooner…..

Sorry I haven`t been in touch for so long.

5. Answer part: answer all your pen friend’s questions from the letter.

You asked me to tell you…

In your letter you asked me…

In your letter you would like to know…

I’ll do my best to answer your questions.

well, by the way, anyway, so, by the way

I’d be happy to….

As for me, …

Guess what?

Wish me luck!

6. Conclusion:

a) excuse to stop writing;

b) request to the person to reply soon.

a) Well, I’d better go now as I have to do my homework.

Anyway, I have to go now because my Mum asked me to help her with the washing up.

I’ve got to go now! It’s time for my favourite TV show.

Anyway, let me know….

Well, got to go now.

I must finish my letter because it is very late and I must go to bed (because my Mum is calling me / because I have to do my homework).

I’d better go now as …

I have to go now as ….

b) Write back soon!

Looking forward for your next letter.

Take care and keep in touch!

Drop me a letter when you can.

Hope to hear from yon soon.

I can't wait to hear from you!

7. Closing line

Love,

Lots of love,

All the best,

Best wishes,

With best wishes,

Bye,

Yours,

8. Final line: your first name (without full stop)

Teacher: This is an example of a personal letter. (Это пример личного письма).

Kurgan

Russia

11 October 2015

Dear Ben,

Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you!

I am happy to know you have chosen your future profession. I’m also interested in foreign languages and cultures. And I hope to visit the USA next summer.

As for me, I have already made up my mind to become a teacher of foreign languages. I like to work with children. They make me feel happy.

I have already been to Italy and France. But I recommend you to visit Russia first for there are many places of interest. If you travelled to Russia, I would be your guide then.

Give my best to your parents. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best wishes,

Ann

IV. Закрепление. Выполнение упражнений.

Teacher: And now let’s do some exercises which will help you to write letters correctly.

Task 1 (Задание № 1)

Read the sentences and decide which are from introductions and which are from conclusions. Прочитайте предложения и определите, какие взяты из вступления, а какие из заключения.

1. Please let me know as soon as possible.

2. I'm writing to invite you to our wedding on 6th May.

3. I'm sure it will be fun, and I hope you'll be able to come.

4. Looking forward to seeing you then.

5. We’re organizing a fancy-dress party and it would be great if you could come.

6. We'd love it if you could come to our house-warming party on 27th January.

Key:

Introduction

2. I'm writing to invite you to our wedding on 6th May.

5. We’re organizing a fancy-dress party and it would be great if you could come.

6. We'd love it if you could come to our house-warming party on 27th January.

Conclusion

1. Please let me know as soon as possible.

3. I'm sure it will be fun, and I hope you'll be able to come.

4. Looking forward to seeing you then.

Task 2 (Задание № 2)

Read the letter of a pen friend. Прочитайте письмо друга по переписке.

… I don’t think it’s fair to make children do household chores because we’re too busy at school. And what about you? Do you help your mum about the house? What kind of things do you have to do? Do you have enough time to do chores?

Hope to hear from you soon!

Love, 
Jane

Fill in the blanks 1-5 in the letter, use phrases A-F. One phrase is extra. Заполните пропуски в письме 1 – 5, воспользуйтесь фразами А – F. Одна фраза лишняя.

A – I have enough time to do my homework and to chat with my friends.

B – I’d better go now.

C – Actually, I don’t do much, just go shopping and clean my room.

D – It’s also my duty.

E – It was great to hear from you!

Omsk 
Russia

25 October 2012

Dear Jane,

Thanks for your letter. 1__________.

In your letter you asked me about my household duties. Of course I have to do some chores because my mum’s too busy at work. 2 _______________. It doesn’t take long so 3 ________________.

Well, 4 ________________ I’ve got to take my dog for a walk. 5___________.

Love, 
Ann

Key: A – 3, B – 4, C – 2, D – 5, E – 1

Task 3 (Задание № 3)

Put the phrases of the letter in the correct order. Use the table for the answers. Расставьте фразы письма в нужном порядке. Воспользуйтесь таблицей для ответов.

A – Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you. I’m glad you have no problems at school now.

B – Dear Ivan,

C – Omsk

Russia

10.09.2012

D – In your letter you asked me about hobbies which are popular with Russian teens. Well, many teenagers are interested in playing computer games. As for me, my hobby is doing sport. However, I feel I don’t have enough time for it as I’ve got too much homework. If I had more free time I’d take up photography. It’s really exciting.

E – Alina

F – Love,

G – Please write back. I look forward to your reply.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Key: 1. C, 2. B, 3. A, 4. D, 5. G, 6. F, 7. E

Task 4 (Задание № 4)

Fill in the missed words and expressions. Расставьте в полученное от друга письмо пропущенные выражения по смыслу.

1. lots of
2. usually
3. in the evenings
4. thanks
5. in your letter
6. I’m glad
7. as for me,
8. I’d better
9. can’t wait
10. as

Omsk 
Russia

May 10th 2012

Dear Tom,

(1)… for your letter. (2)…you’re going to visit Russia. The weather in summer is hot so I don’t think you’ll need lots of warm clothes.

(3) … you asked me about life in a big city. (4) …, I enjoy living in Moscow as there are lots of parks and cafes, museums and galleries. (5) … I (6) … go for a walk with my friends and at the weekends we go to the theatre or visit a museum.

(7) … go now (8) … I’ve got to do my homework boring! (9) … to see you!

(10) … love, 
Ann

Key: 1. d, 2. f, 3. e, 4. g, 5. c, 6. b, 7. h, 8. j, 9. i, 10. a

Task 5 (Задание № 5)

Read sentences 1-8 and decide which of them refer to formal style of writing (F) and which of them refer to the informal style (I). Прочитайте предложения 1–8, определите, какие предложения соответствуют формальному письму (F), а какие неформальному (I).

1. I am writing to complain about the course in business English for beginners.
2. I would like to ask for compensation.
3. It’s cool!
4. I hope you remember about the packet from Aunt Anna.
5. I would also be very grateful if you could inform me …
6. Dear Ms Smith,
7. I wonder if you could come to join me in the second half of August.
8. I haven’t heard from you for such a long time!

Key: 1 – F, 2 – F, 3 – I, 4 – I, 5 – F, 6 – F, 7 – I, 8 – I

20 мин.

V. Подведение итогов. Рефлексия. Домашнее задание

Teacher: Well, students. Thank you very much for the work at the lesson. The topic of our lesson today has been a personal letter. What have you recalled at the lesson? What has been new for you? What has been difficult? Your home task will be writing a personal letter. You can choose a letter among three variants. Don’t forget about the rules of letter writing, time limit and word amount. Your marks today are … The lesson is over. Goodbye! Have a nice day! Домашнее задание

Variant 1

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend,

… Last month I was late for my classes several times. Though I wasn’t late on purpose and it wasn’t actually my fault, I was punished. ...

…Do any students in your class sometimes come too late to school? What are their usual reasons for coming late?  Is there any punishment for late comers at your school and what is it?...

Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions. Write 100–120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 30 minutes to do this task.

Variant 2

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend,

… My older brother spends too much time playing computer games. His passion for computers worries the whole family.

… Are you keen on computer games? What do you use your computer for? How long do your parents let you use a computer a day? Why? …

Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions. Write 100–120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 30 minutes to do this task.

Variant 3

You have received a letter from your English-speaking pen friend,

… We moved and I had to change school. In the new school, they wear uniform. I don’t like the uniform but I have to wear it.

…Do Russian schoolchildren wear uniform in school?  Do you have a uniform in your school? Do you think wearing uniform is necessary for students, why?  …

Write him a letter and answer his 3 questions. Write 100–120 words. Remember the rules of letter writing. You have 30 minutes to do this task.