Учебно-исследовательская конференция

по английскому языку «Добро пожаловать в Пермский край!»

для учащихся общеобразовательных учреждений

территорий Верхнекамья

Творческий проект

Welcome to Perm Krai

(workbook)

        Пармонова Дарья,

                     обучающаяся 6 класса

                     МАОУ «СОШ № 15»

           города Соликамска

                Квиринг Екатерина Ивановна,

              учитель английского языка

        МАОУ «СОШ № 15»

                      города Соликамска

Соликамск

2019

Contents

Introduction                                                                        3

1. Writing                                                                        4

2. Reading                                                                        5

3. Grammar                                                                   9

4. Vocabulary                                                                11

5. Creative work                                                                16        

6. Logical thinking                                                        17

Conclusion                                                                        20

Bibliography                                                                21

Introduction

Актуальность. Российские граждане часто выезжают за пределы страны на экскурсии, на учебу, на отдых, по работе и для других целей. Для того чтобы за рубежом достойно представить свою Родину, место, где ты живешь, то, чем ты гордишься, надо владеть информацией и уметь ее представить на иностранном языке. 

I live in Perm Krai. It is my native place. Perm Krai was founded in 2005. So, it is 13 years old. It has the rich past, wonderful present and brilliant future. Perm Krai is our Motherland and we must know the most important things about our region. We must understand what the names Perm the Great, Vishersky Nature Reserve,        Kungur Ice Cave, the open-air museum “Khokhlovka” and others mean. I devote my work to Perm Krai.

So, Perm Krai is the main item of the work.

The aim of the work is to create a workbook about Perm Krai in English for pupils and teachers. 

In order to reach the aim we should:

• collect information about Perm Krai;
• choose the exercises;
• find the tasks;
• make the presentation;
• publish the workbook.

Some exercises were found and chosen from the collections of the Student Competitions in English for the pupils of the educational institutions in our region. Besides, I tried to think of my own exercises. 

1. Writing

Task 1. Подготовьте небольшой рекламный рассказ о своем родном городе. Используйте образцы:

Welcome to …!

Our town is…

It has…

Its birthday is…

The symbol of my town is…

You can visit …

There are many sights in ….

You can see…

It is…

I advise you to visit (to see)…

Task 2. Ответьте на вопросы и напишите рассказ о своем родном городе.

1. What is the name of your town?
2. What is your town like?
3. Where is it?
4. Are there any rivers, lakes, seas, mountains near your town?
5. What is there in your town?
6. What are your favourite places in your town?
7. What makes your town special?

Task 3.  At the end of each line write the word with the general meaning.

1. mirror, cupboard, bookcase, wardrobe –
2.  beetle, mosquito, lady-bird, ant –
3. Berezniki, Solikamsk, Kungur,  Dobryanka –
4.  the Veslyana, the Yaiva, the Kosa, the Inva –
5.  larch, pine, cedar, poplar -

Task 4. Finish the sentences.

I live in_____________ (town). My town is ________. There are ____________ in my town. __________is my favourite place in __________.

Task 5. Напишите небольшой рассказ на английском языке (25-40 слов), который заканчивался бы словами “… my native town!”. Постарайтесь, чтобы ваш рассказ получился необычным.

Task 6. Write the Wikipedia article about Perm Krai.  (мax 50-60 words.)

2 . Reading

Task 1. Match the descriptions and the names of the towns.

1. Berezniki
2. Molyobka
3. Basegi
4. Cherdyn
5. Perm
6. Kungur
7. Solikamsk

a) National park is situated 150 km from the town of Chusovoy. During a short visit one can see different landscapes and climatic zones from taiga to tundra. In the national park there are animals, typical of European forests, Arctics, Siberian taiga: partridge, glutton, marsh-otter, sable, rain-deer, elk. In the national park there are a lot of berries and mushrooms.

b) The settlement is known since the 12th century, the Russians settled there in 1451. It is one of the northernmost and most ancient towns of the region. Half a century earlier than Columbus landed on the Caribbean islands, the Russians started to conquer their own New World - the Urals and Siberia. It was one of the first settlements and the capital of this vast and enormously rich province - the so called Great Perm. The road crossing the Urals and leading to Siberia was beginning there.

c) This town was founded in 1430 is 214 km . Till now the beautiful set of churches of the 17th century is preserved here. You can see the museum of local studies, the museum of salt industry. The village Oryol is situated nearby, where Yermak expedition started from in the late 16th century - the first Russian military expedition to Siberia, which was the beginning the joining of this boundless territory to Russia.

d) This town was founded in 1932 is 189 km . Europe’s largest deposit of potassium salt. The town gives a good opportunity to visit a salt mine and the underground sanatorium where naturally ionized air is used for treatment.

e) This town was founded in 1648 on the Sylva river. It is one of the ancient Ural towns, situated on the main trade road from China and Siberia to the central Russia and Western Europe. During 2 centuries it was a place of lively fairs. Wealthy local merchants were able not only to finance the construction of impressive cathedrals and other communal buildings in the town, but also to acquire property in rather remote places, like tea plantations on the Ceylon island. The town is also known due to its stone-carving factory and stone-engraving college, and to the ice cave.

f) This place is situated 93 km from the town of Kungur. The world-known zone of UFO-activity is situated in the neighbourhood, on the bank of the Usva. The place of the pilgrimages of UFOlogists from Russia and the other countries of the ex-USSR. Supposed area of the UFO landing and of the contacts with ET visitors.

g) The capital of Perm Krai is a large transport center. The city features has a favorable geographical position due to its location in the center of the country on the intersection of the railway between Europe and Asia (Trans-Siberian Line) with the submeridional water way leading to the five seas.

Task 2. Read the descriptions of the climate and find the text about the climate in Perm Krai.

• The climate is severe with long cold dry winters and hot, usually dry summers.
• It has continental climate. Winters are long and snowing. Average temperatures in January vary from −18 °C in the northeast part to −15 °C in southwest part. Record low is −53 °C (in the north).
• The climate is Mediterranean or, in the south-east, subtropical.
• The climate is typical of a continental. Winters vary from cool to cold further inland. Average annual temperatures range from 5.5°C −7 °C in the north, to 11 °C − 13 °C in the south.

Task 3.  Find the description for each place.

Task 4. Match the names of the dishes with the descriptions.

Task 5.  Match the parts of the sentences.

Task 6.  We are proud of our talented, brave and creative people from Perm Krai. Match the names with the descriptions.

1.  ..……, appointed by the Tsar Peter the Great as a chief manager of Ural factories, founded Perm together with another major center of the Ural region,
2. In 1804 by the order of  …………, a governor of Perm Governorate, a moat and earth wall were built in order to drain thaw and rain water from the fields to the Styx and Danilikha rivers.
3. ………….  is a famous writer from Solikamsk. He wrote books for children.
4. One of the squares in Berezniki is named in honour of …………...
5. A Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballet Russes in Paris ………….. was born in Perm and spent early years of his life here. 
6. The Nobel-prize-winning writer ………….. lived in Perm for a time, and it figures in his novel Doctor Zhivago under the fictional name "Yuriatin".
7. Unfortunately on the 19th of March 1965 the spacecraft “Voskhod 2” landed in the inhospitable forests of Upper Kama Upland, somewhere west of Solikamsk. Name the crew members.  
8. ……….. is a Russian  Prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre of the late 20th century studied at the Perm choreographic school, participated in concerts with the special numbers and also was cast in various children's parts at the Perm opera and ballet theatre.

3. Grammar

Task 1.  For questions 1-11, fill in the blanks using the word given at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.

Task 2. Прочитай текст и найди, в каком предложении допущена ошибка.
(1) Perm Krai is rich in minerals. (2) There is many mountains, rivers, lakes and forests in Perm Krai, some of which are very beautiful. (3) Winters are long and snowy. (4) The city of Perm is the administrative center.

a) 1               b) 2

c) 3               d) 4

Task 3. Вставьте подходящие по смыслу предлоги from, in, by, between, on, to, down.

1) The distance …Perm and Cherdyn is 300 km, and it takes 6 hours to get there …bus, perhaps 5 … car.

2) There’s no public transport … the Belaya Gora Monastery area, so you can reach it only … personal transport or … foot.

3) Perm is situated … the Kama river.

4) Thousands of ships with salt sailed … the Kama and Volga rivers … Nizhny Novgorod and … here the salt was spread all over the country.

5) There are 25 towns and cities and 52 large settlements… the Perm Krai.

Task 4.   Complete with the correct form of the word.

4. Vocabulary

Task 1.  Cross out the odd word in each line.

a/ Perm Krai     Komi-Permyak Okrug     Kirov Oblast     Krasnovishersky district

b/  good   bad    nice    beautiful     TV- set

c/ pine   birch   palm    poplar     cedar

d/ car    bicycle   tram     plane     fish

e/ Solikamsk    Moscow  Nyrob   Berezniki  Cherdyn

Task 2.  Choose the correct item.

1. Kungur Ice Cave is a ….

a) handmade sight

b) monument of nature

c) wonderful ancient town

d) famous spa resort

2. What etymology is the name Perm? 

a) Turkic

b) Slavic

c) Finno-Ugric 

d) Latin

3. What English writer named the town of Solikamsk in his book?

a) Alan Milne

b) Daniel Defoe

c) William Shakespeare

d) Lewis Carroll

4. What is the twin city of Perm?

a) Oxford

b) London

c) Liverpool

d) Brighton 

Task 3. Write  five names about Perm Krai in each column

Task 4. Match the parts of the words to make the Perm Krai sights.

Task 5. Вспомните и напишите 5 глаголов, 5 существительных, 5 прилагательных, 1 числительное, каждое из которых начинается на ту первую букву, которая указана в таблице. (Пример: M – move). Количество букв в ваших словах может быть любым, но не больше 7 букв. Запишите ваши слова в таблице (некоторые поля могут остаться пустыми) сверху вниз.

Task 6.  Fill in the words from the box.

    Perm is the administrative centre (0) of the Perm region. It was founded in 1723. Perm is situated on the border of … (1) and Asia. It is the third largest Russian city after Moscow and … (2). The city is located on the bank of the Kama River, the fifth … (3) river in Europe after the Volga, the Danube, the Ural and the Dnieper. The Kama is the main tributary of the Volga River and one of the deepest and … (4) picturesque rivers of Russia. This river is the … (5) which grants the Ural Mountains access to the White Sea, Baltic Sea, Sea of Azov, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea. The Kama … (6) the city into two parts: the central part and the right bank part. The Kama is known as the … (7) of Perm Krai and the blue road of Prikamie. Many poets, writers, and artists have … (8) the beauty of the Kama. Poets Vasiliy Kamenskiy … (9) Vladimir Radkevitch call it lovingly Kama-Kamushka, the Kama-Mother, the Blue-eyed Mother-Kama. The people who live … (10)  the River, call it the Kama-Worker, the Kama-Beauty.      

Task 7.  Fill in the words from the box.

The Perm Krai is located in the eastern (1) part of the … (2) Plain and in the … (3) part of the Urals. The Perm region is interesting from historical, cultural and … (4) points of view. Perm is the capital and the … (5) city of the region. It is an administrative, political, industrial, cultural and … (6) centre of the Krai. Today’s Perm is … (7) for its … (8) first-class ballet, for the collection of … (9) and ancient wooden sculptures in the Art Gallery. There are a lot of … (10) for most kinds of outdoor … (11) in the Perm region.

Task 8.  Put in the words from the box. 

The territory of the Urals lies both in Europe and Asia. The Urals is more than two thousand kilometers long from north to south. The shortest …1…from west to east is only two hundred kms. The …2….of the Urals are not very high. The highest mountain is Narodnaya (1895m) The …3….is cold especially in the northern part. The …4…in winter is often more than 20 degrees below zero. In the south the climate is warmer. In summer the temperature is very…5…. The Urals is covered by great…6…., which are called the taiga. There are many big and small …7….such as the Pechora, the Kama and the Chusovaya, the Ural, and…8…: Tavatui, Argazi, Turgoyak. The territory of the Urals is divided into some…9…., such as: the Polar Urals, the North Urals, the Middle Urals and the South Urals. The 10……..consists of many nationalities, which speak different…11…... The Urals has highly developed…12……. The plants and factories produce different products: heavy machines, airplane…13….., bicycles, chemical products, clothes, and others. The Urals is reach in nature…14…..: oil, gas, coal, and…15…...

Task 9. Think of 5 nouns, 5 verbs and 5 adjectives to describe your native

town.

Task 10.  Напишите перевод следующих имен собственных.

1. Perm the Great
2. the Perm Animal Style
3. the Salt well
4. the Urals
5. Kungur Ice Cave
6. Vishersky Nature Reserve
7. The open-air museum “Khokhlovka”
8. Belogorky Monastery
9. Perm Wooden Sculpture
10. The Stroganovs Chambers
11. Great Tea Road

Task 11. Match the parts of the sentences.

Task 12. How can you characterize the items? Put the adjectives in the correct position?

                         Unique, beautiful, traditional, popular, favourite.

1) Kungur Ice Cave is rather ____________ .

2) The Opera House is very __________________ with theatre- goers.

3) The Central Park of Rest and Culture is a _______________ place of children.

4) Vishersky Nature Reserve is a __________ place.

5) Komsomolski Prospect  is a __________________ place of mass meetings and festivities.

Task 13. Find the missing letters in the words: 

1. the S_lva,
2. Cherd_n,
3. Krasnovi_hersk,
4. the _rals,
5. _ho_hlovka, 
6. the _aiva,
7. N_rob, 
8. perm_anka,
9. _solie,
10. _chaikovsky,
11.  O_va.

Task 14 Выберите нужный цвет для ответа на вопрос.

1.  What colour are the clouds?

a)  green     b) white    c) orange

2. What colour are taxis in the UK?

a) orange    b) yellow    c) black

3. What colour are the crows?

a) black     b) pink       c) brown

4. What colour are post-boxes in the UK?

a) grey     b) blue       c) red

5. Tourist symbol of  Perm Krai is a bear. What colour is it?

        a) white      b) varicolored   c) brown    

5. Creative work

Task 1. Пришло время проявить свои творческие способности. Предлагаем составить предложение, темой которого будет Пермский край. Но есть ряд условий:

• это должно быть одно предложение;

• предложение должно состоять из 10 слов;

• слова в предложении должны начинаться на каждую букву названия края - Perm Krai (допускается добавление двух букв необходимые вам, т. е. 8 слов вы придумали на буквы Perm Krai, а два слова добавили своих);

Предложение должно быть придумано вами и  записано на английском языке. 

Образец записи творческого задания (образец приведен для ключевого слова Russia):

R - Russian

u - usually

s - students

s - so

i - intelligent

        a – are

Usually Russian students are so intelligent.

Task 2. Write a cinquain about your native place.

Task 3. Проявите свои творческие способности и придумайте девиз для своего родного города. Важные условия:

• девиз должен быть составлен на английском языке;
• девиз должен состоять не более чем из 20 слов (считаются все слова, кроме артиклей).

6. Logical thinking

Task 1. The words are scrambled and you must guess them and unscramble.

epmr, nukrgu, asotvrngo, vcae, bonry, nelvta, rula, valys, shierva, maak

Task 2. Remember the towns of Perm Krai and write them down in the

alphabetical order.

Task 3. Put these rivers of Perm Krai in order. The longest river must be the first.

The Yayva River, the Sylva River, the Kosva River, the Kosa River,  the Kolva River, the Vishera River.

Task 4.  Напишите овощи, которые можно вырастить в нашем регионе.

Task 5.  Find 8 towns of  Perm Krai

Task 6  Guess the words.

a)   2  15  15  11  3  1  5                                 

b)   1  18  13  3  8  1  9  18                        

c)   20  1  2  12  5                                

d)   3  15  13  16  21  20  5  18                         

e)   6  9  18  5  16  12  1  3  5                        

f)   23  1  18  4  18  15  2  5                        

g)   3  21  16  2  15  1  18  4                        

h)   19  8  5  12  6                                

i))  20  5  12  5  22  9  19  9  15  14                

j)   13  9  18  18  15  18                                

Task 7. Напишите по-английски следующие имена собственные.

1. Соликамск
2. Березники
3. Чердынь
4. Красновишерск
5. Кама
6. Вишера
7. Усолье
8. Строганов
9. Рязанцев
10. Демидов
11. Чернушка
12. Сылва
13. Пермь
14. Александровск
15. Хохловка

Task 8 Match the symbol and the town of   Perm Krai

Task 9 Какие достопримечательности не находятся на территории Пермского края?

1. Caucasus mountains
2. Stone town
3. Kronstadt
4. Kungur ice cave
5. Sparrow hills

Task 10  Как называется этот храм?

1. Belogorsky monastery
2. Solovetsky monastery
3. Bogoyavlenskaya church
4. Petropavlovsky Cathedral

Task 11  Укажите, какое из предложенных утверждений верно, а какое нет.

Conclusion

The aim of the work is fulfilled. All tasks have done. We published the workbook about Perm Krai in English for pupils and teachers and can offer it. All exercises in the workbook are divided into 6 parts: writing, reading, grammar, vocabulary, creative and logical tasks. 

In the workbook there are some tasks connected with the geographical position of Perm Krai. More than that there are exercises about rivers, towns and mountains. To do the tasks you should write the words in the chart, match the parts of the words to make the Perm Krai sights, write the Wikipedia article about Perm Krai, guess the words or complete the sentences with the words from the box.

The information of this work can be used as additional and optional information to prepare for different competitions in English. Pupils can do the exercises from the workbook about Perm Krai themselves or with their teachers.

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