Famous places in London. Pupils’ project. Presentation.

Form: 7

Time: 45 min.

Aims:

•         developing integrated skills;
•         developing creative thinking;
•         developing communicative skills.

Objectives:

•         to develop pupils’ reading, listening and writing skills through various creative activities;
•         to revise lexical material and to use it in their speech;
•         to practice listening, speaking skills;
•         to broaden pupils’ knowledge about London and its places of interest;
•         to encourage pupils to create their own projects about famous places in London or the UK.

Equipment: a map of London, video film about famous places in London, handouts, game “Domino” cards, pupils’ projects “London. Famous places”, computer.

Lesson procedure

I. Greeting, reporting aims and objectives of the lesson.

— Good morning, children. I am glad to see you. How are you? Are you fine?

Today we are going to have an unusual lesson. We will get around one of the most beautiful and the oldest cities in the world. The name of this city is hidden in the crossword:

1. The capital of India? (Delhi)
2. The capital of Japan? (Tokyo)
3. The capital of Germany? (Berlin)
4. The capital of Spain? (Madrid)
5. The capital of Italy? (Rome)
6. The capital of the USA? (Washington)

— So, where are we going? (To London)

— You are right, children. It is London.

— Have you ever been to London?

— Would you like to go to this city?

But first of all I want to know — what do you know about London?

II. Warming-up

True or false sentences (if they are true pupils have to stand up, if they’re false — sit down).

1. London is the capital of Ukraine.
2. The Union Jack is the USA flag.
3. You can see the wax models in the National Gallery.
4. Shakespeare was born in London.
5. Taxis in London are black.
6. The Prime Minister lives in Westminster Abbey.
7. Borsch is a traditional English breakfast.
8. London stands on the river Thames.

III. Checking-up home task.

The pupils are offered an exercise “Choose the correct answer” (review lexical material and the names of the places of interest in London).

1. What can you find in the City?
   a) Saint Paul’s Cathedral
   b) Westminster Abbey
   c) the National Gallery.
2. What can you find in the West End?
   a) the Bank of England
   b) Hampstead Heath
   c) Oxford Street.
    
3. Covent Garden is famous for:
   a) cafes, clubs and clothes shops
   b) the Law Courts
   c) a huge park.
    
4. The Prime Minister lives at:
   a) 10 Downing Street
   b) 10 Dean Street
   c) 10 Regent Street.
    
5. The Houses of Parliament are:
   a) beside the river Thames
   b) next to the Tower
   c) in the East End.
    
6. Where can you find dinosaur skeletons?
   a) National Gallery
   b) Natural History Museum
   c) MOMI museum.
7. The Tower of London was built:
   a) 1000 years ago
   b) 900 years ago
   c) 800 years ago.
8. The City is:
   a) 1 square mile in size
   b) 2 square miles in size
   c) 3 square miles in size.
9. Where can you see the Royal Crown?
   a) in the Tower
   b) in the British Museum
   c) in Westminster Abbey.

IV. The video film ”Famous places in London”.

While watching and listening to the video film pupils are welcome to write down all places of interest mentioned in the film.

V. Game “Domino”.

Questions and answers: put the cards in the correct order.

VI. Pupils’ projects. Presentation.

1. ”London”.
2. ”Famous places in London”.
3. ”The most famous parks in London”.

VII. Home assignment

To write not less than 5-8 sentences about your favorite places of interest in London or write a letter to your pen-friend about famous places in London.

VIII. Summing-up

Thank you very much for your work. You’ve done well today. I hope that today's lesson was both useful and interesting. Your projects were excellent and creative. I hope that after today's lesson you’ll like English more and you’ll do your best to improve your knowledge of a foreign language.