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план-конспект занятия по английскому языку (10, 11 класс) на тему

Teacher’s activity

Ss's activity

1. Good morning, students. I am very glad to see you today.
2. Lead-in.

Today we are going to work on creative writing and by the end of the lesson you will have created your own stories.

But is it easy to write stories? What must a good story have?

Thanks.

3. Today we will focus on characters and their thoughts, problems and ideas, hopes and feelings.

Look at the board, please. Here you can see a picture by Edward Hooper called “Nighthawks”. Please, look at the picture.

Answer my questions:

How many people can you see?

Where are they?

What part of the day is it?

4. So, there are 4 people in a bar late at night. They all have their own reasons to be there at that time.

Now, I’d like you to choose one person from the picture. Look at him/her. Try to imagine what his/her life is. And why he/she is there, at the bar.

Now you’ll write a short story which will describe your character. You should feel what your character feels.

In your writing answer the following questions:

• What’s my name?
• What’s happening now?
• What’s happened?
• What am I feeling?
• How do I relate to other people here?
• What will happen next?
• What do I regret or what am I looking forward to?
• What do I wish most of all in the world?

After the Ss complete the task the teacher asks the students to read their stories out loud. The class can be divided into halves in case there are too many students in it and reading can turn into a long part of the lesson.

CONCLUSION:

Thanks a lot for your work at the lesson. I really enjoyed your stories. Did you like the activity?

Can you create a real character knowing this person’s feelings, life story, emotions?

Please use it when you need to create a story of your own.

Thanks for the lesson.

Ss greet the teacher.

It’s not easy.

A story must have a plot and characters with interesting life stories.

There are four people.

They are in a bar.

It is night.

The Ss are given 15 minutes to complete their writing task.

The Ss read their stories to other Ss. They identify the character. And at the end they can be offered to discuss whose stories they like best and why.

In case when Ss are divided into groups to listen to their stories, they can choose one or two stories from their group to be read in front of the class.