Інтелектуально – пізнавальна година «Лондон назавжди»

Інтелектуально – пізнавальна година для учнів 9 класів

 «Лондон назавжди»

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London Forever

Teacher: Dear children, today we gather here in the English classroom to become the participants of the intelectual and cognitive programme «London Forever». You will have a chance to listen to some interesting stories about London - the capital of Great Britain, and to take part in different games, competitions and quizzes. The guides will do their best. First of all, look at this crossword:

Large

organized

native

developed

optimistic

nice

What word can you read vertically?  London

Guide 1: Large 

London is the capital of the UK. It is a great political centre, a great commercial centre, a paradise for theatre goers and shoppers, but it is also a very quiet place with  its parks and its ancient buildings, and a capital of culture with its museums and libraries.             

London is a very large city, about 1.600 square km. with the population of 7 mln. people. It lies in the valley of Thames.             

London consists of four main districts: they are the City, Westminster, the West End, and the East End. London is a large port. Today, over 50.000 ships come to  London every day.

Teacher: Now, let’s play a game «А step - a word». The participants of the game  must tell the geographical name on every step.             

(Pupils begin the game: hills, mountain, country, ocean, river, etc) 

Guide 2: Organized 

The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy. The present sovereign is Queen Elizabeth II, who was crowned in Weatminster Abbey in 1953. The monarch has a number of roles and serves formally as the head of the state head of the executive, head of the judiciary, head of the legislature, commander - in chief of the armed forces and «supreme governer» of the church of England. Parliament is the most important authority in Britain. The head of the Government is Prime Minister. The Prime Minister usually takes policy decisions. The Prime Minister’s, official London address is №10, Downing Street. London’s residence of the British sovereign is Buckingham Palace.

Teacher: Study a day in the Queen’s life and say if is easy to be the Queen.

1) Study a day in the Queen's life and say if it is easy to be the Queen. Use

dictionary when necessary.

 7.00 a. m. Wakes up, has a cup of tea,  reading "The Sporting Life" cover to cover.

7.30 a. m. Has a bath and gets dressed. The Queen selects her clothes but a personal maid lays them out in her dressing room.

8.00 a. m. Listens to BBC news and has breakfast with Prince Philip in the private Royal dining room. This usually consists of eggs or kippers, tea and toast. Both look through all the newspapers as they eat. The Queen first opens "The Times", then "The Daily Telegraph", followed by the "Daily Mirror".             

8.55 a. m. Sees Buckingham Palace housekeeper about the Palace matters. 

9.10 a.m. Reads her personal mail. The letters for the Queen's eyes only are marked with a special code.

9.30 a. m. The first important business consultation with her Private Secretary, Sir Philip Moore. The Queen has to make many decisions involving the State and administrative matters.

10.15 a. m. Works on her daily State "boxes" with government documents.

11.00 a.m. An official ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of Buckingham Palace. The Queen remains standing and smiling for 90 minutes.

12.45 p.m. A quick lunch, often eaten alone in her private apartment — usually salad, fruit and mineral water.             

1.30 p.m. Changes clothes for next engagement. 

2.00 p. m. Leaves the Palace to open a new hospital in Herefordshire. Her route  always cleared by the police.

 3.00 p. m. Unveils the plaque, makes a speech, shakes dozens of hands at the hospital. A cup of tea, eats nothing.

4.45 р. m. Back to the Palace and work in her office. Simply putting her signature to official papers can take 30 minutes.

5.30 p. m. Receives foreign VIPs

6.00 p.m. The final meeting of the day with her Private Secretary.

 6.30 p.m. A quick change of clothes before leaving for a reception at St James's      Palace.

7.00 p. m. Arrives at St James's Palace, shakes hands and talks to no fewer than 70 people

8.15 p. m. Back at the Palace and changes into less formal clothes.

8.30 p. m. An informal dinner with Philip and a group of  famous businessmen.

10.00 p. m. Watches television news.

10.15 p. m. Looks through the next day's  engagements and finishes any official papers she has not yet had time to read.

10.30 p. m. Telephones some members of the Royal Family —just to see if all is well.           10.45 p. m. Goes to bed. If Philip is out on an engagement alone, she always

waits up for him before going to bed.

11.15 p. m. Lights out.

     Teacher: What are the most interesting (difficult, boring, entertaining) things the Queen has to do?

      Guide  3: Native

London is a native city to many famous people: scientists, painters and writers. They are Isaac Newton, Michael Faradey, Charles Darwin - the famous scientists: Joshua Reynolds, William Hogarth, Jomas Gainsborough - the great painters; William

Shakespeare, Daniel  Defoe, Robert  Burns and many others.

W. Shakespeare was born in Stratford - on - Avon. But his life was practically unknown until he came to London and began to work as actor and playwright. In London he founded the Globe Theatre and wrote 37 plays, among which «Romeo and Juliet», «Hamlet», «Othello» and others.

And who doesn’t know the name of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the creator of these literary heroes. Everybody believes that they lived in 221 B, Baker Street, and even now there is a museum there.

Teacher: Let’s do a quiz. Find the right answer.

1.10, Downing Street in London is/was the home of...

a) Prince Charles

b) Sherlock Holmes

c) The British Prime Minister

        2.In Trafalgar Square you can find...

          a) Big Ben

          b) Nelson’s Column

          c) Buckingham Palace

        3.William Shakespeare was born  in...

         a)London

         b)Stratford - on – Avon 

         c)Oxford

       4. The population of  London is…..

         a) 8 million

         b) 7 million

         c) 10 million

       5.The four main parts of  London are: the City, the West End, the East End and ….

        a) Trafalger Square

        b) the Tower

        c) the Westminster

       Guide  4: Developed

London is a developed and popular tourist centre. The great Englishman Samuel Johnson wrote in 1777: «When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life: for there is in London all that life can afford» Everybody knows the famous great sights such, as Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, Tower and Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace and Royal Albert Hall, Madame Tussauds museum, the Globe Theatre and Greenwich observatory, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar square.

Teacher: Now, let’s do London puzzle. Match up the clues on the left and the answers on the right.

     Guide  5:Optimistic

 In London one meets the past and the present, the old and the modern. But the future is the children and young people. The compulsory schooling is from age 5 to age 16.

96% of children get free education from public funds. The rest attend fee – рауіng private schools. They begin to study at Primary School and then at Secondary school, which can be divided into: Grammar, Secondary Modern and Comprehensive.

Teacher: Look at the timetable for a Secondary School. What are the differences and the common things?

Guide  6: Nice 

The famous writer H.G. Wells wrote in 1911 that  «London is the most interesting,

beautiful and wonderful city in the world».  It is really very green and bright city. The Royal Parks of London - St. James’s, Green Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and Regent’s Park - are central London’s lungs. So, London is very rich in parks and gardens. Londoners are very proud of their parks and they love flowers very much.

Teacher: Now, let’s have a time for refreshment. Londoners like to go to concerts and listen to good music. Welcome the girls, who want to sing a song «Love me tender»

Let’s listen to a song “South London forever”  by Florence and the Machine.

Teacher: So, we’ve made the captivating tour about  London and  you’ve learnt many exciting  and interesting stories connected with  this beautiful city. Thank you everybody.

Список літературиДЕНЬ СТУДЕНТА: МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ:  Н.В.

https://www.debretts.com/expertise/etiquette/formal-events/royal-events/

https://www.bishopstrow.com/sample-timetables/

https://muzonov.net/new/4977-florence-the-machine-south-london-forever-2018.html