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Хід заняття

The topic of the lesson “Fictional World”

Objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to:

• use new vocabulary in speaking and writing;
• change their thoughts in the classroom;
•  make questions using the lessons’ vocabulary;
•  take part in role play;
• become more confident in their knowledge;
• speak about different famous people and discuss each person is real or fictional

Type of the lesson: combined lesson

Equipment: the students book “New Destination” B2, Power Point Presentation “Facts and fictions”, computer, cards, video from TED, Youtube channels, multimedia projector.

I. Привітання (1хв)

Greeting

Teacher: Hello, students!

Students: Hello, teacher!

II. Введення нового лексичного матеріалу (6 хв)

Teacher: Today we are going to learn some interesting topic, in this lesson students read about three famous people and discuss whether they really existed or not. This activity can be followed up with a discussion about the video “How to separate fact and fiction online”.

But before we start reading a text I would like that you in pairs talk about these words which you see on the blackboard.

Glossary

ballad (noun) – a long poem that tells a story

band (noun) – group

forensic (adjective) – using scientific methods to solve crimes

injured (adjective) – hurt in an attack or accident

merry (adjective) – happy

nurse (noun) – person who looks after ill or injured people

outlaw (noun) – a criminal who moves from place to place

plaque (noun) – a piece of stone or metal with information

reasoning (noun) – process of thinking about something

release (verb) – to make a film available to see

Students discuss

Teacher write the names from exercise 1 on the board.

What can you tell about the different people? Make notes on the board and then give students copies of the worksheet. In pairs or small groups, students do exercise 1. When they are ready, go through the names and ask for a show of hands in each case, making a note of how many students think each person is real or fictional.

Exercise 1 Decide if these famous people are real or fictional. Write R for real and F for fictional.

1 ___ Cleopatra

2 ___ King Arthur

3 ___ Robinson Crusoe

4 ___ Sir Walter Raleigh

5 ___ The Three Musketeers

6 ___ Winston Churchill

Students give answers

III. Головна частина заняття

Listening, reading, speaking, doing different exercises

Teacher: Well done! And now lets read the first paragraph of the article and check that everyone understands what you have to do. You can referring to the Glossary if necessary. Please, work in pairs and complete exercise 2.

Telling fact from fiction

A couple of years ago, a UK television station asked 3,000 young people a series of questions about famous factual and fictional people. They wanted to discover if people knew which of the people really existed. Here are descriptions of three of the people. How many of the names do you know and which of them do you think are real people?

The opening film at 63rd Cannes Film Festival is Ridley Scott's Robin Hood. The film is based on the story of Robin Hood, the famous outlaw who is still a national hero in England because he ‘stole from the rich to give to the poor’. One of the first references to Robin Hood is in the 14th-century poem Piers Plowman. According to later ballads, Robin lived in Sherwood Forest with his band of merry men: Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, Much the Miller's Son, and Alan a Dale. Robin's greatest enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham and the city of Nottingham is expecting an increase in tourism after the new film is released. Maybe some of the tourists will be arriving at Robin Hood Airport, Britain's newest airport.

Florence Nightingale was named after the city of Florence in Italy where she was born on 12th May 1820. When she was 24, she decided to become a nurse. It was during the Crimean War (1853–1856) that she became known as ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ when The Times newspaper described how she visited the injured soldiers at night, carrying a lamp. In 1860 she started one of the very first nursing schools at St Thomas's Hospital in London. Her work is still remembered today and International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on her birthday.

Our third famous person is Sherlock Holmes, who has also been the subject of a recent film. The world's favourite detective was famous for his powers of observation and logical reasoning. In fact his work is still a source of inspiration for forensic scientists. Born in or around 1854, Holmes studied at Cambridge University. From 1881 he ran a private detective agency from his flat at 221B Baker Street, London. He usually worked with his good friend and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson. He's famous for saying ‘Elementary, my dear Watson.’ although he never used those exact words. If you go to Baker Street in London today you’ll find a plaque showing the place where Sherlock Holmes lived.

Students read the text and do exercise 2.

Exercise 2

After reading the article, do you think these people are real or fictional?

1 ___ Robin Hood

2 ___ Florence Nightingale

3 ___ Sherlock Holmes

Teacher: Look at exercise 3 and try to match the different names to the three people without looking back at the article. Then write sentences, explaining the relevance of each name. Please, do as many sentences as you can without looking back at the article. Compare your answers with another pair.

Exercise 3 Match the names with the people and then explain what they refer to. Baker Street             Cambridge                  Crimea                                            Dr. John H. Watson                Nottingham             Piers Plowman        Sherwood Forest                St Thomas's The Times

1.Robin Hood___________________________________________________

2. Florence Nightingale___________________________________________

3. Sherlock Holmes______________________________________________

Teacher: Very good and now do the next exercise in which you answer questions about the article.

Exercise 4

Answer the questions.

1 Robin Hood was a criminal. Why do you think he's considered to be a hero?

2 Why will more tourists probably visit Nottingham this year?

 3 Where does Florence Nightingale's first name come from?

4 When is International Nurses Day?

 5 Approximately how old was Sherlock Holmes when he started his detective agency?

 6 If he never said ‘Elementary, my dear Watson’, why do you think people associate the expression with him?

Students answer and discuss the questions

Teacher: I want to remind you about the survey mentioned at the start of the article. Now you read some of the results from the survey and write the percentage numbers in the summary, using the written text Check answers. (10 хв)

Exercise 5 Read the results of the survey mentioned in the article and complete it with the numbers: 27          51        58         65

According to UKTV, the TV station that carried out the survey, King Arthur is the fictional figure that the most people in Britain (a _____ %) believe existed. Half of those surveyed (b _____ %) believed that Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest during the 14th century. Over a quarter (c _____ %) thought Florence Nightingale was fictional, and more than half (d _____ %) believed that Sherlock Holmes lived and worked at 221B Baker Street, London. The fictional character was in fact created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the 1880s, and the address doesn’t exist.

Teacher: Well are you surprised by the survey results? Lets together discuss how the findings of the survey compare with the your results. We  check the board to find out how many students thought King Arthur was a real person. How do the figures compare with the survey results? Lets do the same with the three names from the article.

Exercise 6  Compare the results from the survey with their own results.

Students give answers

Teacher: I ask you to choose one of the names from exercise 1, or the name of another real or fictional person from the past. If you know about the person write a short description of the person's life. Alternatively, it can be the task for homework and I ask you to do some research on the Internet.

Exercise 7 Write a short description of the person without mentioning the person's name.

Students write description

Teacher: Ok, read your descriptions, please. The other students have to try to identify the person from the description and say if you think the person actually

Exercise 8  Read description to another student. And discuss questions: Can students identify the person? Do they know if the person is real or fictional?

Students give answers

Teacher: Also we can discuss t the video “How to separate fact and fiction online”.

Exercise 9 Before watching let’s discuss following questions

1. How do you get news, information?
2. Do you like search the internet?
3. How can the public be confident about what they are seeing or hearing from online media?
4. How is digital media changing our lives?
5. Are hot celebrity news considered as journalism at the moment?

Exercise 10 Using the words on the left match them to their real definitions.

• 1. Journalist
• 2. Upheaval
• 3. Audience
• 4. Rely on
• 5. Update
• 6. Post
• 7. Composite
• 8. Credible
• 9. Deluge
• 10. Source

1. The people giving or likely to give attention to something.
2. To depend on someone with full trust or confidence.
3.  Give (someone) the latest information about something.
4.  A violent or sudden change or disruption to something.
5.  Combine (two or more images) to make a single picture, especially electronically.
6. A person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast.
7.  Able to be believed; convincing.
8.  Publish (a piece of writing, image, or another item of content) online, typically on a blog or social media website.
9. A book, person or document used to provide evidence in research.
10. A great quantity of something arriving at the same time.

Exercise11  Vocabulary gap-fill
Journalist          Upheaval            Audience     Rely on       Update       Post                 
Composite     Credible           Deluge       Source

• 1. The _________gave her a standing ovation for her performance.
• 2. I must _________ this letter; it’s urgent.
• 3. Imagination is the _________ of creation.
• 4. A _________ managed to infiltrate the powerful drug cartel.
• 5. You can _________ on me for help.
• 6. It would cause a tremendous _________ to install a different computer system.
• 7. The plot is _________ but the characters lack individuality.
• 8. A _________ of manuscripts began to arrive in the post.
• 9. This _________ illustration was made by putting together a number of drawings.
• 10. I called the office to _________ them on the day’s developments. Using the words on the left match them to their real definitions. V

Exercise 12. Answer the questions:

1. What’s the speaker’s occupation?

2. When was the speaker’s first connection to the news?

3. How old was he?

4. Who do journalists interact with now?

5. What happens every minute on YouTube?

6. How many photos are uploaded to Instagram a second?

7. What did journalists have to deal with during Hurricane Sandy?

 8. Who is André Pannison?

9. What tools do journalists have now?

 10. What is the speaker’s definition of truth?

Students discuss the video, share their thoughts, give answers

IV. Підведення підсумків заняття (2хв)

Teacher : OK, let’s look at our aims again…

Did we achieve them?

Was the lesson interesting for you?

What did you like most?

What task was the most difficult for you?

V.Домашнє завдання (2 хв)

Teacher: Write a short description of the person without mentioning the person's name.

VI. Виставлення оцінок (2хв)

Teacher:  OK, thank you for your answers. The lesson is over. Now I announce your marks.