American folklore
методическая разработка по английскому языку (8 класс) по теме

American folklore

Тип урока: урок открытия новых знаний

Тема урока: American folklore

Технологии урока: технология коммуникативного обучения, игровая технология, технология сотрудничества

Планируемые результаты:

Предметные:

- развитие умения определять значения незнакомых слов по контексту,

- развитие умения читать и понимать содержание текста на уровне значения,

- развитие умения использовать контекстуальную или языковую догадку,

- развитие умения понимать основное содержание прослушанного иноязычного текста;

- понимание запрашиваемой информации в прослушанном тексте;

- понимание основного содержания прочитанного иноязычного текста;

- понимание запрашиваемой информации в прочитанном тексте, которая представлена эксплицитно;

Общеучебные:

- формирование умения осуществлять самонаблюдение, самоконтроль, самооценку;

 - формирование коммуникативной культуры школьников, их общему речевому развитию, воспитанию чувств и эмоций;

 - формирование познавательно-коммуникативных навыков общения;

 - расширение лингвистического кругозора,

 -  развитие речевых, интеллектуальных и познавательных способностей, внимания, памяти и воображения;

Метапредметные:

 -  развитие умения взаимодействовать с окружающими, выполняя разные роли в пределах речевых потребностей

 -  развитие коммуникативных способностей школьника, умения выбирать адекватные языковые и речевые средства для успешного решения элементарной коммуникативной задачи;

 -  расширение общего лингвистического кругозора школьника;

 -  развитие познавательной, эмоциональной и волевой сфер школьника; формирование мотивации к изучению иностранного языка;

Личностные:

   -  формирование общего представления о мире как о многоязычном и поликультурном сообществе;

   -  осознание языка, в том числе иностранного, как основного средства общения между людьми;

Практические задачи:

- развивать и совершенствовать умения монологической речи;

- учить читать неподготовленный текст;

Виды учебной деятельности:

- планирование учебного сотрудничества

- сравнение

- сопоставление

- извлечение необходимой информации из прочитанных и прослушанных текстов

- анализ

- построение речевого высказывания в устной форме

- накопление опыта в составлении высказываний с изученной лексикой и грамматической конструкцией

- контроль

- коррекция

Оборудование:

- плакаты, рисунки, демонстрирующие главную идею урока;

- магнитофон с аудиозаписью песен;

- компьютер или ноутбук с экраном-мультимедиа;

Структура урока

1. Организационный момент 

(Создание эмоционально – положительного настроя, организация начала занятия)

Teacher. Good afternoon boys and girls.

How are you today? (We are fine, thank you)

 I am glad to see you. (We are glad to see you, too)

2. Сообщение целей и задач урока

(Стимулирование познавательного процесса)

Teacher.  Today we are going to speak about one of the English-speaking countries. On your desks you have some guests who have just arrived from this country. Have you guessed? What country is it? (Слайд 1)

I think you know a lot about the USA. But have you ever read American folk literature?

I believe we have a chance! Our theme today is American folklore.

Are you ready? (Yes, we are!) 

Let’s start our lesson.

3. Актуализация ранее изученного материала. Развитие внимания и наблюдательности. Подготовка к основному этапу работы занятия. 

Teacher. How do you think what folklore is?

Challenge 1.  In your books on the desks your have two letters, one letter for one team. You should find them and try to solve the problem. These letters will help you to answer the question.

(Слайд 2)

Well done, friends!

Challenge 2.  Can you tell now what American folklore is? My slide is rather useful. (Слайд 3)

4. Основная часть. Знакомство с новым грамматическим временем – Past Indefinite;

введение нового грамматического понятия – правильные глаголы – regular verbs.

(Усвоение новых знаний и способов действий. Обеспечение восприятия, осмысления и первичного запоминания знаний и способов действий, связей и отношений в объекте)

Teacher.  The founding of the United States is often surrounded by legends and tall tales, which are a fundamental element of American folk literature. A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. They are usually humorous or good-natured.

Challenge 3.  Would you like to listen to the special English programme “American stories”? Have a go! (gap-filling) (Во время проверки ответы ученики пишут на доске)

Challenge 4. There are two types of tall tales – based on historical figures and stories about fictional characters. (Слайд 4)

- Johnny Applesseed (Слайды 5,6)

Задание на установление структурно-смысловых связей в тексте и на полное понимание прочитанного текста. Проверка задания – Слайд 7.

Музыкальная пауза – Песня Johnny Applesseed (Слайд 8)

Challenge 5.  Задание на понимание основного содержания прочитанной информации, ответы на вопросы. Практика устной речи, повторение прошедшего времени.

Questions:

1. Was Johnny Appleseed a fictional character or a real person

2. What did Johnny Appleseed like to plant?

3. What was Johnny Appleseed's real name?

4. Where was Johnny Appleseed born?

5. When was Johnny Appleseed born?

6. What did Johnny wear as a hat?

7. What was his dream?

8. What did he always carry with him?

9. What was his favourite book and why?

Challenge 6.  Can you guess the next historical figure we are going to speak?

Просмотр видео ролика (1м 11с)

- Davy Crockett (Слайд 9)

Чтение с извлечением необходимой информации (текст о Davy Crockett)

Challenge 7.  

- Paul Bunyan (Слайд 10). Использование интернет-ресурсов. Онлайн-тест, знакомство с новой лексикой. (Слайд 11)

Challenge 8.

- Pecos Bill . Просмотр видео ролика The Ballad of  Pecos Bill (2 м 25 c)

Challenge 9.

Игра «Кто хочет стать миллионером» (рефлексия)

5. Подведение итогов занятия.

Well done, my dear friends! Your work was excellent!

Награждение команд, вручение дипломов онлайн-олимпиады.

Johny Appleseed

Word Bank:

Apples are a type of widely-cultivated ___________________________ that grows on _______________________. Apple trees grow in cold and temperate areas throughout the world. There are ___________________________ of different ___________________________ of apples, including Jonathan, ___________________________, Granny Smith, and Red Delicious.

An apple tree can grow to over 35 _____________________ tall. Each spring, an apple tree produces pink and white flowers. After a ___________________________ has been pollinated (fertilized), an apple develops. Inside each apple are small, brown seeds, which can grow into new apple trees. Each _________________________, apple trees lose their leaves - they are ___________________________.

Early in US history, John Chapman (nicknamed Johnny Appleseed) spread apple _______________________ around much of the USA.

Apples are a healthy snack; there is an old ___________________________, "An apple a day keeps the ___________________________ away."

Johnny Appleseed was a legendary American, a folk hero and a pioneer apple farmer in the 1800’s who planted and supplied apple trees to much of the  

His dream was to produce so many apples that no one would ever go hungry.

Many people think that Johnny Appleseed was a fictional character, but he was a real person. Johnny Appleseed was born in  on September 26, 1774. His real name was John Chapman, but he was called Johnny Appleseed because of his love for growing apple trees.

His adventures began in 1792, when John was eighteen years old. He and his eleven-year-old half-brother, Nathaniel, went west, following the immigrants. In his early twenties, John   , which is how he spent the rest of his life. Nathaniel stayed behind to farm with their father, who had also immigrated west. John continued moving west to Pennsylvania. From there he travelled into the Ohio Valley country and later, Indiana.

He always carried a leather bag filled with apple seeds. Legend says he was planting them in open places in the forests, along the roadways and by the streams.

Johnny was a skilled orchardist who grew and sold many trees. He owned many orchards in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana, where he grew his beloved apple trees. Although he was    Appleseed lived a simple life. He was also very religious and his favourite book was his Bible.

It is said that as Johnny travelled, he wore his cooking pot on his head as a hat!

Johnny died at the age of 70; he is buried in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He had spent 50 years growing apple trees and travelling to spread his trees   . 

1. a very successful man,
2. Leominster, Massachusetts,
3. around his country
4. began travelling alone
5. United States of America

Questions:

1. Was Johnny Appleseed a fictional character or a real person? ________________________

2. What did Johnny Appleseed like to plant? ________________________________________

3. What was Johnny Appleseed's real name? ________________________________________

4. Where was Johnny Appleseed born? ____________________________________________

5. When was Johnny Appleseed born? _____________________________________________

6. What did Johnny wear as a hat? ________________________________________________

7. What was his dream? ________________________________________________________

8. What did he always carry with him? ____________________________________________

9. What was his favourite book and why? __________________________________________

1. Johnny Appleseed was born in the state of ______________. Color it yellow.

2. Johnny Appleseed had nurseries in 5 states, ______________, ______________,

______________, ______________, & ______________. Color them green.

3. Johnny Appleseed was buried in the state of ______________. Outline it in red.

4. Which of the previous states is farthest west? ______________________

5. Which of the previous states is farthest north? ______________________

6. If you went from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania, which direction would you go? _______

7. If you went from Illinois to New York, which direction would you go? _______

8. About how many miles is it from eastern Massachusetts to western Illinois? ________

9. Which state is bigger, Massachusetts or Pennsylvania? _____________________

10. Mark a black X on the state in which you live. 

David (Davy) Crockett (August 17, 1786 - March 6, 1836) was an American _________________________________, bear hunter, sharpshooter, soldier, legislator, and folk hero. Davy was born in a _________________________________ near Limestone, in eastern Tennessee. He was the fifth of nine children born to John and Rebecca Hawkins _________________________________ and had little formal _________________________________. In 1806, when he was 20 _________________________________ old, Crockett _________________________________ Polly Finlay; they had two _________________________________.

Crockett joined the US _________________________________ in 1813 and he served under Andrew _________________________________, fighting the Creek _________________________________ in the southeastern US until 1814. After becoming a Colonel in 1818, Crockett went on to serve in the Tennessee legislature from 1821 to 1822 and from 1823 to 1824, and represented Tennessee in the U.S. _________________________________ from 1827 to 1831 and from 1833 to 1835. In 1834, Crockett wrote his _________________________________, "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of _________________________________."

After losing a congressional election in 1836, Crockett decided that his _________________________________ career was over. Crockett soon took his family to _________________________________ near San Antonio, Texas, which had recently declared its independence from _________________________________. Crockett and almost 200 other Texan volunteers died on March 6, _________________________________ in the Battle of the Alamo, after unsuccessfully defending the _________________________________ for 13 _________________________________ against an army of Mexican _________________________________.

:

1. In what state was Davy Crockett born? ____________________________
On the map, label this state green.

2. What type of hat was Crockett famous for wearing? ___________________________

3. When he was in the army (1813-1814), what famous man did Crockett serve under? ___________________________

4. Who were they fighting at that time? _______________________________

5. What was the highest public office to which Crockett was elected? ______________________________________

6. What type of book did Crockett write in 1834? ________________________________

7. After leaving his political career, what area (now a state) did Crockett move to? ___________________________
On the map, label this state red.

8. From what country had this area had just declared itself independent? ___________________________

9. Crockett died defending what famous mission? ___________________________

10. When they died, who were Crockett and his compatriots fighting? ___________________________ 

David (Davy) Crockett (August 17, 1786 - March 6, 1836) was an American frontiersman, bear hunter, sharpshooter, soldier, legislator, and folk hero. Davy was born in a cabin near Limestone, Tennessee (in eastern Tennessee) and had little formal schooling; he was the fifth of nine children born to John and Rebecca Hawkins Crockett. In 1806, when he was 20 years old, Crockett married Polly Finlay; they had two sons. As a young man, Crockett was skilled at trapping bear and raccoon. He was later famous for wearing a coon-skin hat.

Crockett joined the US army in 1813 and he served under Andrew Jackson, fighting the Creek Indians in the southeastern US from 1813 to 1814. Andrew Jackson later became President of the USA.

Colonel Crockett went on to serve in the Tennessee legislature from 1821 to 1822 and from 1823 to 1824, and represented Tennessee in the U.S. Congress from 1827 to 1831 and from 1833 to 1835. In 1834, Crockett wrote his very popular autobiography, "A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee."

When his political career ended in 1836 (after he lost his last election for Congress), Crockett took his family to Texas. Texas had recently declared its independence from Mexico. Crockett and almost 200 other Texan volunteers died on March 6, 1836, after unsuccessfully defending the Alamo (a mission in San Antonio, Texas) for 13 days against an army of Mexican soldiers. 

Word Bank:

Paul Bunyan was a legendary American character. He was the hero of a series of popular "_______________________ tales." He was a giant _______________________ who had an enormous ox, called Babe the Blue Ox. Paul Bunyan, in addition to his incredible size, was supposed to have had tremendous strength, cunning, and _______________________.

Paul was supposed to have been the _______________________ baby ever _______________________ in Maine. After growing up, Paul traveled _______________________, and he and Babe cut and cleared _______________________ across the ___________________. Babe and Paul both loved flapjacks (_______________________) with maple syrup.

In the tall tales, Paul _______________________ and Babe the Blue _______________________ are credited with having created many of the most amazing _______________________ in the USA, including the _______________________, the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River, Puget _______________________, and the Black Hills of South _______________________. 

Paul Bunyan

    Paul Bunyan was a lumberjack that logged the North Woods of the United States.  It was said that he could take down 16 trees in one swing of his axe.

    He was born in the state of Maine. When he was 2 weeks old he weighed 100 pounds. His parents took him and put him in a cradle out in the ocean.  Every time he moved in his cradle, big waves would come in and flood the seashore.  The people said he had to be taken out of the town.  His parents took him to a cave. They left him there with an axe, some flint to start a fire, a knife, and a fishing pole.  

When Paul grew up, he found an ox Babe in the snow. He fed it and it soon measured 42 ax handles high.

Paul founded the Big Onion Logging Company.  Babe was the company’s log haulier. After Paul logged all the North Woods he planted more trees. There are a lot of stories about Paul and Babe.

a lumberjack -  someone whose job is to cut down trees for wood

to log -  to cut down trees in an area to get wood

an axe - a thing used for cutting down trees and cutting up large pieces of wood

a cradle - a small bed for a baby that you can move gently from side to side

an ox - a large type of cow that is used on farms for pulling or carrying things

a haulier -  a person or company that carries goods by road or railway

Now the special English programme “American stories”.

Today we tell a traditional American story called a tall tale.

A tall tale is a story about a person who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated, much greater than in real life. This makes the story funny.

Long ago the people who settled in undeveloped areas in America first told tall tales. After a hard-days’ work people gathered to tell each other funny stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale hero.

Now the special _______  programme “American stories”.

Today we tell a _______ American story called a _______ tale.

A tall tale is a story about a _______ who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated, much _______ than in real life. This makes the story ________.

Long _______ the people who settled in undeveloped _______ in America first told tall tales. After a hard-days’ work people gathered to tell _______ funny stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale ________.

Now the special _______  programme “American stories”.

Today we tell a _______ American story called a _______ tale.

A tall tale is a story about a _______ who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated, much _______ than in real life. This makes the story ________.

Long _______ the people who settled in undeveloped _______ in America first told tall tales. After a hard-days’ work people gathered to tell _______ funny stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale ________.

Now the special _______  programme “American stories”.

Today we tell a _______ American story called a _______ tale.

A tall tale is a story about a _______ who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated, much _______ than in real life. This makes the story ________.

Long _______ the people who settled in undeveloped _______ in America first told tall tales. After a hard-days’ work people gathered to tell _______ funny stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale ________.

Now the special _______  programme “American stories”.

Today we tell a _______ American story called a _______ tale.

A tall tale is a story about a _______ who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated, much _______ than in real life. This makes the story ________.

Long _______ the people who settled in undeveloped _______ in America first told tall tales. After a hard-days’ work people gathered to tell _______ funny stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale ________.

Now the special _______  programme “American stories”.

Today we tell a _______ American story called a _______ tale.

A tall tale is a story about a _______ who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated, much _______ than in real life. This makes the story ________.

Long _______ the people who settled in undeveloped _______ in America first told tall tales. After a hard-days’ work people gathered to tell _______ funny stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale ________.

Now the special _______  programme “American stories”.

Today we tell a _______ American story called a _______ tale.

A tall tale is a story about a _______ who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated, much _______ than in real life. This makes the story ________.

Long _______ the people who settled in undeveloped _______ in America first told tall tales. After a hard-days’ work people gathered to tell _______ funny stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale ________.

Now the special _______  programme “American stories”.

Today we tell a _______ American story called a _______ tale.

A tall tale is a story about a _______ who is larger than life. The descriptions in the story are exaggerated, much _______ than in real life. This makes the story ________.

Long _______ the people who settled in undeveloped _______ in America first told tall tales. After a hard-days’ work people gathered to tell _______ funny stories. Each group of workers had its own tall tale ________.