«Erudites are among us/ Эрудиты среди нас»
методическая разработка по английскому языку (7 класс)

“Erudites are among us”

 Teacher (А.Ю):

Good afternoon now.

Wake body, wake mind,

Work, play, say and find,

Wash, brush, sing, dance, and do!

Good afternoon now.

 Good afternoon dear boys and girls. We are very glad to see you today here. Today we are having an unusual lesson. We are going to have an intellectual game or ““Erudites are among us” between three teams:

the team of 6th “A” class(form)

the team of 6th “B” class(form)

the team of 6th “V” class(form)

Three teams will take part in a game of the most quick-witted and the cleverest. Today all of you have a good chance to improve your English during the game. Before we start our game-competition let me introduce you our wonderful members of the jury, they are: (представление членов жюри).

Dear guests, let me introduce you my wonderful assistant Our charming and intelligent Quiz- master for today: Eve Moshina, the student of 7th form( class).

 Right now, I want to turn the floor over to Eve/ the Quiz master. Please, you are welcome (передаю слово Евочке)

Quiz master (Евочка):-Good afternoon children and our guests! Let’s begin our соmpetition Here it is the plan of our competition:

(План соревнования)

Contest 1. “Introduction” (Greetings)

Contest 2 “Interesting words” (Translator, Guess the riddles, Proverbs and sayings)  

Contest 3 “Grammar time” (Grammar combat, Captains’ contest)

Contest 4 “Intellectual combat” (“Cultural Studies: English-speaking countries”)

Summing-up

 Quiz master (Евочка):- Are you ready to start our game? (дождаться ответа от команд) I wish you all the best. Be active, honest and helpful!

Contest 1. “Introduction” (Greetings)

Quiz master (Евочка):- Well, the first round! We shall begin our game with the team presentations. Dear captains, introduce yourself and the members of your teams.

Who is the captain of the 1stteam? (ответ и презентация команды)

Who is the captain of the 2nd team? (ответ и презентация команды)

Who is the captain of the 3rd team? It’s your turn! (ответ и презентация команды).

Quiz master (Евочка):- Very well! Thank you, the first round is over. Now let’s listen the results for this round. Dear members of the jury, You have the floor! (Слово жюри. Выставление баллов за первый конкурс)

Quiz master (Евочка):-  It's time for the second competition! I guess you know many different English words, proverbs and sayings. The next contest is “Interesting words”. Your 1st task is to guess the word quicker than others. Please, raise your hands, if you know the right answer.  Ready, steady, go!!!

1. Two sisters fair and bright. Always running and never meet. (The Sun and the Moon)
2. What is without hands and feet, without head and body, but can open the door? (the wind)
3. It is white, it is cold. You can skate on it. What is it? (ice)
4. White as snow

Sweet to all,

But when it gets into the mouth

It disappears. (Sugar)

5. A hundred shirts, And all without buttons. What is it ? (cabbage) 
6. We  are pretty to look at and nice to smell,

If you have a garden, you know us well (flowers)

Quiz master (Евочка):- Good work, let’s continue. Translate from English into Russian next Proverbs and Sayings:

1. Time is money. (Время-деньги)
2. There is no place like home.- В гостях хорошо, a дома лучше.
3. Better late then never. - Лучше поздно, чем никогда.
4. Two heads are better than one- Две головы лучше одной.
5. If you run after two hares you’ll catch none. – За 2 зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь.
6. All is well that ends well.- Все хорошо, что хорошо заканчивается (кончается)

Quiz master (Евочка):- Dear friends! The second round is over! Let’s know the total score for this contest from our jury! (Слово жюри. Выставление баллов за второй конкурс)

Quiz master (Евочка):- The third round is devoted to the knowledge of Grammar. Let’s check up your Grammar Knowledge. I need 1 student from each team. You should choose the correct answer, read the full sentence and prove your opinion. . Look at the screen, please! Gud luck!

1. Who ________ reading the newspaper?

a). am b). is c). are

2. Where ________ yesterday?

a). Ann did go b). Ann went c). did Ann go d). were Ann go

    3.    …  play hockey?

a) Does you  often   b) How do you often  c) Are you often  d) How often do you 

4.   My room  is____________________ one in our flat.

a)the comfortablest  b)more comfortable   c)the most comfortable

5.  Are there ________ apples on the table?

a). any b). some c). nothing d). –

6.  The Volga is ____________  the Lena.

a). longest  than b). longer than c). more long than d). most longest than

Quiz master (Евочка):-It was great! Let us do one more task.

Captains’ contest

Quiz master (Евочка):- Dear captains, this contest is for you. Now I will show you some presentation slides with 2 sentences for each of you. But be careful! The words in these sentences are put into wrong positions. You have to correct the mistakes and read the corrected sentences. Please, look at the screen.

1.-cooking, is, she, now __________________________________________

- they, for, late, school, never _____________________________________

2. -football, Peter, week, last, played _________________________________
-your, is, mother,  at the, TV, watching, moment? ____________________________________

3. -Alice, past,  five, homework, always, her, does at half ________________
- children, watching, aren’t, now, TV,

they, in the, playing, are, garden. ____________________________________

Keys/ ответы

1. She is cooking now. They never late for school.
2. Peter played football last week. Is your mother watching TV at the moment?
3. Alice always does her homework at half past five. Children aren’t watching TV now, they are playing in the garden.

It’s good for you. Each of you did a good job! Dear members of the jury, we ask you to declare the contest results (for grammar contest and Captains’ contest) (Слово жюри. Выставление баллов за второй конкурс)

Quiz master (Евочка):-Thank you very much! And now the most interesting part of our game begins. It`s a real intellectual combat! Now we will see who of you is real erudite.

 It’s time for “Intellectual combat”! I`ll ask you 12 questions.  Every team must give the right answer first and get a point. If one team gives the wrong answer, the other team will have the right to answer it. So, attention, please. And look at the screen!

Question number

1. Name the capital of England/Scotland (England — London, Scotland — Edinburgh)
2. What English cities are famous for their universities? (Oxford and Cambridge)
3. This clock is the symbol of Great Britain. (Big Ben)
4. Call the national English drink. (English Tea)
5. The most important medieval fortress in Britain and home to the Crown Jewels. (The Tower of London)
6. The British flag is often called … (the Union Jack )
7. Money in the UK is …(Pound)
8. When is Christmas Day celebrated? (25th  December.)
9. The seat of the British government is… (the Houses of Parliament)
10. At what age do children in the UK usually go to school? (5)
11. What are the 4 countries the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consist of? (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
12. Name the famous theater in London, which is associated with the name of William Shakespeare. (Globe theater)

Quiz master (Евочка):-I Think it was great, don’t you think so? (ответ жюри и команд)

Our competition is coming to the end. And  now it’s time to listen to our juries. Well, jury, it’s time to declare the winners of today’s game.

(Слово предоставляется жюри, подведение итогов)

Quiz master (Евочка):-Congratulations to all the teams. You were the best! Thanks a lot to everyone for taking an active part in our game. I’m happy with your answers. You really demonstrated your perfect knowledge of English. I hope you’ve had a nice time together and learnt something new. I want to turn the floor over to Anna Yuryevna.

Teacher (А.Ю): You are so clever and active students! Thank you for a good job today but our competition is over.

Thanks to all of you for coming. 

For taking part and learning something!

And I hope that games like this

You will never ever miss!

Good bye!