Урок "Teen Generation"

                                    ПЛАН – КОНСПЕКТ УРОКУ

                                                            9 клас

Theme: TEEN GENERATION

Aim: to develop students’ creative, critical thinking, collaboration, speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. To expand their cognitive interest and worldview. To teach them to respect other people opinion and lifestyle.

EQUIPMENT: presentation, pictures and handouts.

                                                     PROCEDURE

Organization moment: greeting and introduction.

Today we are going to talk about adolescents, their interests and different youth subcultures. Your task is to be active and be ready to collaborate with classmates as a real team.

1. Warming up: (slide 2) a poem

What do you think about these words?

(students express their opinion one by one)

2. Brainstorming: answer my questions please!

Do you always get on well with your parents/grandparents?

Do they like your fashion style...?

3. Matching and speaking

    Match pictures with their names. Speak about likes and dislikes of such young people. Say what is right and what is wrong with them? May be some you have the same habits and is it good or bad?

FOOTBALL FAN

HEALTH FREAK

COMPUTER WIZARD

COUCH POTATO

VEGETARIAN

GOSSIP

CHATTERBOX

CLOSE FRIEND

4. Pair work (slide 3, 4)

    Fill in the profile for a particular teenage group: for example (handouts)

Computer Geeks, health freak, couch potato…..

Looks and clothes:

School:

Hobbies and interests:

Music:

Favourite hang - outs:

5. Vocabulary practice: (slide 5)

     Make up a dialogue using likes and dislike expressions, present the dialogue.

    To be fond of…

    To be crazy about…

    To hate…

    Can`t stand

    To be interested in…

    To trust in/to somebody

 6. Speaking ( slide 6)

     Expressing the opinion about such clothes and styles.

How do you think, is it fashion to wear such clothes today and what does it mean?

7. Grammar practice (slide 7)

     Make the Gerund.

1. Start … about what you eat – and you`ll be healthy! (think)
2. Bob can`t stand … early. (get up)
3. Would you like to go … in the pool, the weather is great? (swim)
4. Some people enjoy … books about adventures. (read)

Gerunds and infinitives, choose a or b and complete the sentence.

Bohdan enjoys __________ science fiction.

1.      To read      b) reading

Tony suggested __________ a film after school.

1.      Watch       b) watching

Where did you learn _________ English? Was it in England?

1.        Speak       b) speaking

Do you mind ___________ me translate this text?

1.         Helping    b) help

Taras plans ___________ abroad next year.

1.          Study       b) studying

8. Group work ( Storytelling, slide 8)

    Write a short story about some characters of our lesson using the expressions and grammar we have learnt today. Give each group different candies and ask them to use for naming the heroes of a story.

     For example:

Once upon a time there lived and she was crazy about watching TV.

The girl was a gossip and had a friend . They were close friends and liked

to discuss other people. Nobody love them...

Groups present their stories and have fun. (The funniest story is the winner!)

9. Reflection:

    I want to know your opinion about the lesson. Did you like it?

    Was it useful to know about teen subcultures and what of them you like or don`t like?

10. Homework:

       Write a letter to your pen-friend about teen subculture in your country.

Thank you for your active participation and wish you right in the soul and harmony in the home!!!