Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Form 7

Тема: Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Мета: 1. Практична: розвивати у учнів вміння монологічного та діалогічного мовлення; розвивати  вміння використовувати граматичні конструкції різних часів. Контроль знання лексики.

2. Виховна: формувати у учнів повагу та інтерес до культури та народу Великої Британії, виховувати культуру спілкування.

3. Розвиваюча: розвивати в учнів зацікавленість до вивчення іноземної мови, поглиблювати пізнавальну мотивацію, розвивати емоціональну атмосферу та їх актерські здібності, розвивати вміння висловлюватись на задану тему без підготовки. 

4. Освітня:  розширити знання учнів про Велику Британію, розширювати загальний та лінгвістичний кругозір учнів.

Хід уроку

1.Organisation moment.

Teacher: Good afternoon, I am glad to see you. Let’s begin our lesson. We have a very unusual lesson today. We will travel to Great Britain, the country with unique culture and history, the country with the first Parliament, basis of democracy in Europe, the land of brave people like admiral Nelson and queen Elizabeth if we want to the UK we must know English well and work hard at school.

2.The Aims of the Lesson.

Last year we studied the theme Great Britain. So you know some facts about it. This year we will continue to learn it. So begin our travelling.

3. Warm up

Close your eyes and imagine you are on an aeroplane. You look out of the

window and see the clouds. The plane is arriving at the airport and you feel a little

bit nervous as you land. You get out of the plane. You are in England. You  follow the signs to get your suitcase. You get your suitcase and walk out of the airport. You can’t believe that you are in London at last. You decide to catch a taxi to your hotel in the centre of the city.

• What does the taxi look like? ( answer –black cab)

You arrive at your hotel and leave your bag in your room. You look out of your bedroom window.

• What can you see? ( a street. It is noisy)

You look up at the sky,

• What colour is it?
• What’s the weather like?

You decide to go for a walk outside to start exploring the city. There are lots of people on the street.

• What do they look like?
• What are they wearing?

You see buses on the street.

• What colour are they?

You feel hungry so you stop for something to eat.

• What do you eat?
• You decide to start your sightseeing of the city. Suddenly you see a group of tourists/ they are from different countries and they have an excursion. They are speaking about Great Britain, especially about England, London. And you want to listen to them.

So, open your eyes. And look at me ? I’ll be your guide today, but you will help me.

4.Working with the map.

Look at the map.

Today we will talk about England and it’s capital London, but first of all let’s remember what did we study about The UK and Northern Ireland.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland covers an area of some 244 thousand square miles. It is situated on the British Isles. The British Isles are separated from Europe by the Strait of Dover and the English Channel. The British Isles are washed by the North Sea in the east and the Atlantic Ocean in the west.

The population of Great Britain is about 60 million. The largest cities of the country are London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
The territory of Great Britain is divided into four parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Every country has it’s own capital. The capital of Northern Ireland is_____(Belfast)

The capital of Scotland is___________(Edinburgh). The capital of Wales is ____________(Cardiff) and at last the capital of England is _________(London). 

Yes, you are right and now I want to give you cards where you can see some important facts about England

Continent:

Europe

Capital:

London

Area: 244.000 km²

Population: 60.00.000

Official language(s):

English

Nationality:

British

Currency:

Pound

Ok. But now we are in London, the capital of England and Great Britain. So let’s visit the most important and interesting places of London (презентация) (дети рассказывают факты про интересные места)

Also in England we can find another interesting places like….British Museum, St Pauls Cathedral, The Sherlock Holmes Museum, The Tube

5. Check up

 I want to check up you knowledge. Let’s look at crosswords , you must find the names of some important places. You must write down them under the crossword.  (кроссворд)( tagul.com)

 Now I want to show you how can you use your mobile phones studying English.

So, you must go to the back desks and make a photo of a piece of some place.

Your classmate must understand what place is it and name it.  (фото)

6. And at the end of our lesson I want you to make a SENKAN

Look at the blackboard. A plan:

Theme:

Noun

2 Adjectives

2 verbs

A sentence from our topic

The synonym

7. Hometask

 http://learningapps.org/1373986