Конспект уроку "British and Ukrainian Schools"

BRITISH AND UKRAINIAN SCHOOLS

PROCEDURE

1. WARM-UP.

T: You students, I am glad to see you today. Let’s start our lesson with reading a very short rhyme.

RHYME

Breakfast in the morning,

Dinner in the day

Tea comes after dinner,

Then comes time to play.

Supper in the evening,

When the sky is red,

Then the day is over

And we go to bed.

2. MAIN PART.

1. VOCABULARY.

T: Let’s revise the school subjects you have learnt in the previous lessons. Look at the blackboard and make up one sentence with one of the subjects.

Example.

My favourite subject is French.

Possible list of subjects:

Science

Maths

Art

English

French

German

Spanish

Physical Training

Ukrainian

IT

2. SPEAKING. INTERACTION.

T: So, the topic of our lesson is “Comparison of British and Ukrainian schools”. We are also going to focus on grammar and revise the use of the Present Simple tense.

Now, split into groups of three and discuss the following questions.

Possible questions for discussion.

How many subjects do you study at school?

What is your favourite subject?

What is your usual timetable?

How much time do you spend preparing for your classes?

How often do you have exams?

How often do you have IT?

Do you use computers in the Internet in the lessons?

3. READING.

Pre-reading

T: Do you think your peers in the English-speaking countries have the same timetable and similar subjects? Read and find out.

While reading

SCHOOL DAYS

1. Marguerite Laure is from Cameroon. She gets up at 5:30 and walks two kilometres to school. She has six lessons every day. She starts school at 7:30 and finishes it at 3:30 in the evening. She helps her mother at home, works in the field and does her homework for an hour and a half. She studies ten subjects and three languages: French, English and German.

2. Carol Simons doesn’t go to school. Her school “The school of the Air” is in Alice Springs in central Australia and she lives on a farm 300 km away. Carol studies eight subjects and is in a “class” of 10 students. Every day she has one 30-minute lesson on the radio and sometimes she has video lessons. She studies at home for five or six hours a day and she e-mails her homework to her teacher. Her teacher sometimes goes to Alice Springs for classes or for a sports camp.

3. Jonathan Fonseca is from Guadalajara in Mexico. In his school, some students go to school in the afternoon. He goes to school in the afternoon too. Every day he has seven lessons, from two till eight o’clock. In the morning he does his homework for two or three hours and then he visits his friends. On school days he arrives home at 10 o’clock at night. Jonathan studies nine subjects and his favourite one is history.

Post reading

T: Who are these people?

She doesn’t go to school.

He has lessons in the afternoon.

She starts three languages.

He likes history.

He does his homework for three hours.

She starts school at 7:30.

She has lessons on the radio.

She goes to sports camps watching.

4. WATCHING

T: Let’s watch an episode about British schools.

(Teacher prepares any film about British education beforehand).

While watching pay attention to the following information.

1. The beginning of the lessons.
2. Class registration.
3. A number of lessons per day.
4. Uniform.
5. Breaks.
6. Lunch.
7. The end of the lessons.
8. After-school activities.

5. PROJECT WORK “DIFFERENT SCHOOLS”

T: Split into two groups. The first group will prepare a project about about our school “Maria”.

Second group will make a project about about British school.

Then present your projects in front of the class.

3. SUMMING-UP. HOME ASSIGNMENT.

T: What new information about the English-speaking countries schools have you learnt today? Do they differ much from ours?

At home write a letter to your friend from one of the English-speaking countries about your usual working day. See you next time!