London is the capital of Great Britain
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (9 класс) на тему

Grade         

   Date

9

16.01.2015

The theme of the lesson

London is the capital of Great Britain

The aim of the lesson

introduce with the history of London.  To study   about  sights of London.

To develop  speaking  and reading skills, lexical habits, to enrich pupils vocabulary. To develop  critical thinking, logical speech, to improve  the habits in group work.

Expecting results

At the end of the lesson  students  know about the history of  London, its sightseeins. Ask and answer the  questions,  make   a story, improve the habits  in group work. 

Visual aids

Books for  9^th grade, cards, computer, pictures, interactive board.  

Methods of the lesson

training, question – answer,  dialogue,  individual work, pair work,   group work,         ICT, method “catch a question”

Procedure of the lesson

Stages of the lesson

Teacher’s action

Introduction

Duty’s report

Give cards to students

Check up hometask

H/t:  find  gerunds from the text and name their   functions  in  a sentence.

Brainstorming

 students look at your  papers, pictures. What  pictures are they?

Where can you see these buildings?

What is the theme of our today’s lesson?

Main part

Today we  have  an unusual lesson.  We’ll make a trip to London.

Reading

At  your geography lesson you’ll  also speak about  this country, about the most famous sights of London you’ll learn some interesting  facts about the sights. First of all,  turn on your computers and find text “London”   You  should  read the text read the text individually  and discuss it with   your partner   and  work  in   a poster,  give  information about the text.

Text 1.

London is the capital of Great Britain.  It’s not only the capital of the country, it is  a big port,  one of the  greatest commercial, cultural, political, economic and  financial centers in the world.  London lies on both banks of  the river Thames. Its population is about 8 million people. London is divided into several parts: the City, the West, the East End and Westminster. The City is the busiest part of London. The West End  is the richest part of London.  The best hotels, shops, restaurants and theatres are situated there. The East End is the poorest part of  London. There are a lot of factories and docks there.  There are  famous  buildings such  as;  Westminster Abbey, the British  Museum, Big Ben, Buckingham  Palace, the  Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s  Cathedral.

Text 2

Westminster Abbey  is one of the most beautiful buildings in London.  The ancient  large church in London in which the  coronation ceremony of almost all the  English kings and  queens has taken place. Many famous people are buried there.

The  Tower of London

It was  fortress,  a royal  palace  and late a prison.  The Tower of  London  was founded  by Julius Caesar and  rebuilt by William  the Conqueror. It is a museum now. There are lots of  interesting  collections in the Tower.

Text 3

St. Paul’s  Cathedral – is the  greatest work of England’s greatest architect, Christopher Wren. The Cathedral was begun in 1675 but was finished only in 1710, when Wren was almost eighty years  old. There  are memorials to many famous men of England. In the Cathedral.

Text 4

Big Ben is one of the most famous clocks in the world.  The English people built the tower and  the clock in 1858. The bell weights 13,5 tons. The  man in charge  of the building was Sir Benjamin Hall. This man was very tall  and his friends called  him Big Ben. So they called  the clock and the Clock Tower of the Houses of  Parliament   Big Ben.

Text 5

Buckingham Palace

 Buckingham Palace is the London home of the Queen. It is a place where the Queen meets important visitors such as kings, queens or presidents from other countries.

Buckingham Palace  is the official  residence and principal work place  of the British monarch. Buckingham Palace is like a small village. There is a police station, a hospital, a bar, two sports clubs, a disco, a cinema, and a swimming pool. There are 600 rooms. About seven thousand people work there. More than 50,000 people visit the Palace every year.

True, false.

1. Hundreds of years ago the Tower  was a fortress.  T

2. Big Ben is the smallest  clock in  Britain.   F

3.   London is the capital of Scotland.

4. William the Conqueror built  St. Paul’s Cathedral.   F

5. The  Tower of London was a prison.          T

6.  The Tower of London is a museum now.  T

7. The West End  is the  poorest  part of  London.  F

8. Buckingham Palace is the London home of the Queen.  T

Writing

Task 3. Complete the sentences.

1.      London is the ___________ of Great Britain.

2.      Its population is about _____ people.

3.      London lies on the banks of the river ___________.

4.      ___________ is the heart of London.

5.      ___________  is part of London where working people live.

Game; “Guess” Match the pictures with the  words.

1. Big Ben                         

2. Buckingham Palace.          

3. The Thames

 4.  St. Paul’s Cathedral.

5. Westminster Abbey

6.  The Tower  of London

a)  5                                                b) 2

c) 4                                      d) 3

e) 1                                               f)  6

Game: “Playing cards”

Conclusion

Hometask

Ex  p

Test

1.  It has these parts: the City, the West End and the East End

     a) New York            b) London           c) Glasgow

2.  What is the London  residence of Queen   Elizabeth  II?

a) the Tower of London     b)  Windsor  Castle  c)  Buckingham Palace

3.

Evaluation