Geographical position of Britain

Theme: Geographical position of Britain

 

Aims of the lesson

Educational: a) to  develop  speaking  skills

                      b) to enlarge  pupils  vocabulary

c) to  teach  to  express  their  own  opinion.

d)    Повторить страноведческий материал по теме;

 e)Расширить словарный запас учащихся по теме Geographical position of Britain

Developing: to develop pupils’ abilities in speaking, writing, reading skills, in expressing their own opinions, to  improve their pronunciation, memory, to enrich students; outlook.

Up bringing: to motivate the students in learning the foreign language, to create an English speaking atmosphere.

 

Materials

Book, pictures, board, computer

 

The plan of the lesson:

 

1.Organozation moment

Greeting and duties’ report

T: Good morning, children!

S: Good morning teacher!

T: Who is on duty today?

S: I’m on duty today.

T: Class sit down, please.

T: What day of the week is it today?

T: Who is absent?

T: Thank you, sit down 

You’ve already known a lot about Great Britain and Northern Ireland, its people, and some facts about the capital of this country. So, our task today is to brush up our knowledge about Great Britain.
I‘d like to begin our lesson with the reminding the general information of this country. Answer my questions: (you may use the words on the screen)
(Работа в режиме T–Cl)
1. What can you tell about the geography of Great Britain?
2. How many people do live in Great Britain?
3. What is the official name of Great Britain?
4. How many parts do the UK consists of?

 

2.Warm-up

Phonetic exercises

To begin with look at this poem, read it, find and underline all nouns:                   (слайд #1)

So many countries all over the world,

So many people life-tales told!

Different cities, languages, poems,

Amazing traditions, legends, stories.

We travel East, we travel West

To know so much is best,

If South is warm, North is cold,

We start our trip and off we go!

 (Учащиеся выполняют задание на интерактивной доске)

 

T- What is the key-word? (A trip) Why?  So we are going to have a trip to Great Britain. The theme of the lesson “Welcome to Great Britain” (Geographical outlook).      

                                                                                                                                                 (слайд #2) 

 We are going to review the geographical outlook of the UK, to get more facts about it, to practice reading, speaking, listening skills.

 

3.Checking the home task

 

4.New theme

Reading and Speaking

 

• T: Now it’s time to read a bit. Reading this text, find words that do not belong to the sentences. If you do everything correctly, you will get the saying about England. It is the first line from the famous English song.
• Read the text and find the words that don’t belong to the text.

 

There are two large islands and several smaller ones, which lie in the north-west coast of Europe. Collectively they are known as the British Isles. The largest island is called Great Britain. The smaller one is called Ireland. Great Britain is separated from the continent by the English Channel. The country is washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Great Britain is separated from Belgium and Holland by the North Sea, and from Ireland – by the Irish Sea.

          There are two states in the British Isles. One of them governs of the most of the island of Ireland. This state is usually called the Republic of Ireland. The other state has authority over the rest of the territory.

           The official name of this country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But it is usually known by a shorter name – «The United Kingdom». The total area of Great Britain is 244,000 square km.

            They say that the British love of the compromise is the result of the country’s physical geography. This may or may not be true, but it certainly true that the land and climate in Great Britain have a notable lack of extremes. The mountains in the country are not very high. It doesn’t usually get very cold in the winter or very hot in the summer. It has no active volcanoes, and an earth tremos which does no more than rattle teacups in a few houses which is reported in the national news media. The insular geographical position of Great Britain promoted the development of shipbuilding, different training contacts with other countries.

 QUESTIONS:

1.     Where is Great Britain situated?

2.     What is total area of Great Britain?

3.     What is the official name of this country?

4.     Is Great Britain a mountainous country?

5.     What’s the result of the country’s physical geography?

 

 VOCABULARY:

British Isles – Британские острова

the govern –  управлять

to rattle – болтать

volcano – вулкан

earth tremos – землетресение

to be separated – быть отделенным

insular – островной

 

WRITING

• Выбери правильные предложения и переведи их:

1.  The full name of the country is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland       ( The UK).

2 .The UK consists of 3 parts – England, Scotland, and Wales.

3. The UK consists of 4 parts – England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

4. The capital of England is Liverpool.

5.  The capital of England is London.

 

 

• Закончи предложения:

1. The full name of the country is___________________________________________.

 

2. The UK consists of -____ parts. They are __________________________________.        

3. The capital of the UK is ________________________________________________.

4. The largest cities of the UK are___________________________________________.

5. The national emblem of England is________________________________________.

6. The national emblem of Scotland is _______________________________________.

7. The national emblem of Wales is _________________________________________.

8. The national emblem of Northern Ireland is _________________________________.

9. London is situated on the bank of the river __________________________________.

10. The official head of the UK is ____________________________________________.

 

5.Assesment and Conclusion

Consolidation of  the lesson

Now answer the questions:
• Where is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland situated?
• What are the main islands?
• What washes the west coast of the country?
• What can you say about the size of the UK?
T: Thanks a lot. You’ve done everything correctly. We may go on, look at the screen.

 

Home task

-Pupils, open your record-book and put down your home task

Write the topic “I like English”

 

6.Reflection

What kind of lesson today? (bad, good, scientific, interesting) Did you like this lesson?

Our lesson is over!

Good bye, children!