Фрагмент уроку-дискусії з теми: «Good parents»

Фрагмент уроку-дискусії з теми: «Good parents»

Children need models more than they need critics                                                                                                          Joseph Joubert

Objectives:

1. to practice the students’ speaking, reading and listening skills;
2. to widen the students’ knowledge on the topic;
3. to teach the students to work in groups and feel responsibility for doing their work well;
4. to develop the students’ logical thinking, creative abilities, imagination.

Equipment: a tape recorder, cards for group work; words of wisdom on the blackboard: “Children need models more than they need critics” (Joseph Joubert)   

                                   Procedure

1. Greeting. Introduction

Teacher. Good morning, dear pupils! I`m very glad to see you today! How are you? I do hope that you are fine and ready for our lesson. The topic of our today`s lesson is “ Good Parents”.

2. Warming-up activity

Teacher. To begin with I want to remember some proverbs and sayings about a family. Which of them do you know?

• Sooner or later we all quote our mothers. (Bern Williams)
• By the time a man realizes that maybe this father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he`s wrong. (Charles Wadsworth)
• My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. (Mark Twain)
• Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are endless. (Mother Teresa)
• The rotten apple injures its neighbours. (Proverb)
• Children are born to be happy. (Jose Marti)
• Like father like son. (Proverb)
• Like mother like daughter. (Proverb)
• Children need models more than they need critics. (Joseph Joubert)

Teacher. Now, I would like you to read a poem written by Dorothy Nolte.

IF…

If a child lives with criticism,

He learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility,

He learns to fight.

If a child lives with ridicule,

He learns to be shy.

If a child lives with shame,

He learns to feel guilty.

If a child lives with tolerance,

He learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement,

He learns confidence.

If a child lives with praise,

He learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with fairness,

He learns justice.

If a child lives with security,

He learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval,

He learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance

   and friendship,

He learns to find love in the world.

3. Discussion

Teacher. What are the most important qualities of a good family? Choose three values that are the most important.

1. A good family:

• always does things together
• helps each other
• is always kind to each other
• talks together about problems
• makes sacrifices for each other
• enjoys being together
• protects each other from difficulties

Your own idea:___.

2. What makes good parents?

• good parents do things in the interests of their children;
• good parents really care about you and what`s happening in your life;
• good parents know what means to be a teenager and see our point of view;
• good parents help their children;
• good parents teach right or wrong and is able to talk with his/her children;
• good parents support you in what you do and praises you for all the good things that you do;
• good parents are people who care but who are strict and want their children to be successful.