Розважальна гра з англійської мови:"I Know Great Britain"

 “I KNOW GREAT BRITAIN” (10) FORM)

Extra curriculum activity

Suggested level: B1 – Intermediate

Objectives:

•        to develop speaking and listening skills;
•        to  practice role play;
•        to develop sociolinguistic competence.

Equipment: textbooks, flashcards, handouts.

At the end of the lesson students will be able to:

•      describe places of interest of Great Britain;
•      speak English using unprepared speech.

PROCEDURE

І. INTRODUCTION

1.      Greetings and aim

The stage is decorated with a big poster “I KNOW GREAT BRITAIN” and symbols of the country. The captains of both teams are dressed in conservative clothes. Each team consists of 4 pupils and 10 fans.

Presenter. Today we are having a competition “I KNOW GREAT BRITAIN”. It is a great pleasure for me to open it. I would like to welcome our pupils and our teachers. Let me introduce a competent jury……………………………..

There are some  rules. They are very easy. If you know the correct answer, you raise your hand and reply. Your fans must sing, help with the answers and support your team clapping.

Let`s start our competition. Dear boys and girls! You`ve already learned a lot about Great Britain, main holidays, famous people and you can prove your knowledge of English. I wish you good luck and let`s start.

Introduction of the teams

The pupils have their emblems so they have to introduce themselves.

Teams. Our team is called…….

         Our emblem means……

         Our motto is………

1. THE MAIN PART. The first contest

Presenter.  Look at the slides and try to guess the name of the place you see.

Buckingham palace, the Tower Bridge, Tower, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, the Houses of Parliament, the English Tunnel, London Eye, Piccadilly Circus, the British museum.

Score: 1 point for the correct answer.

Listen to music and try to guess the singer. (Beatles “Yesterday”) 

Score: 2 points

The second contest

Presenter. There are some slides with important dates in front of you. You have to guess which holiday is celebrated on these days.

February 14^th, June  24^th, October 31^st, November 5^th, November 11^th, December 25^th, December 26^th, December 31th.

Score: 1 point for the correct answer.

The third contest

Presenter. I want to tell you about Pancake Day which is celebrated on Shrove Tuesday in spring at the beginning of Lent. Lent is a period of 40 days before Easter.

Well, on this day in England families usually have pancakes for dinner. At schools the children and teachers have pancakes for school dinner, and in restaurants customers ask for pancakes, too. Everyone knows that pancakes are delicious to eat, but do you know how to cook them?

Presenter. Your task is to arrange the instructions for making pancakes in the right order.

1.      Pour in a little batter, moving the pan round until there is a thin coating of butter all over the pan.
2.      Next fry the other side until it is golden brown, then turn the pancake onto a warm plate and cover.
3.      Cook until the pancake begins to curl round the edges, showing the golden brown colour underneath. Ease a palette knife under the centre and flip it over.
4.      Make a small hole in the centre of the flour/salt mixture and add the egg.
5.      Now beat the mixture with a wooden spoon, adding the milk gradually until well mixed.
6.      To make pancakes, heat a little butter in an 18 cm frying pan with a heavy base.
7.      Serve immediately with sugar and lemon juice or fill with a sweet or savoury filling.
8.      Sift the flour and salt into a bowl.
9.      Wait until the butter is very hot, running it round to coat the sides of the pan. Pour away any surplus.
10. Continue cooking pancakes until all the butter is used, adding more butter each time.

The fourth contest

Presenter. So, let’s imagine that we have already made our pancakes. Do you know that in England people not only eat them but race with them? Now we are going to have a pancake race at our school. I invite those who will take part in the race to take flying pans with pancakes on them and to take places at the end of the hall. You must run towards me tossing your pancakes 3 times during the race. The winner is a pupil who comes first and doesn’t drop his pancake. So, be careful.

Presenter. Another tradition is the Pancake fight when a cook tosses a pancake high into the air. The boys fight for the pancake. The winner is the boy who gets the biggest piece of the pancake.

Listen to music and try to guess the singer. (Frank Sinatra “Let it Snow”) 

Score: 2 points

The fifth contest

Presenter. Now we are going to see how good you are in English. This contest consists of three parts.

The first part.  Spelling

Presenter. Spell the following words:

•         Environment, fossil fuels, deforestation (for the first team)
•         Eco-friendly, ozone layer, impossible (for the second team)

Score: 1 point for the correct answer.

The second part.  Translation

The first team

•         Be down with
•         Be off
•         Be on
•         Be over
•         Be in for

The second team.

•         Break down
•         Break into
•         Break up
•         Break off
•         Break out

Score: 1 point for the correct answer.

The third part. Explanation

The first team – a commuter

The second team – a conductor  

Score: 3 points for the correct answer

Presenter. One more song (George Michael) “Last Christmas”)

The sixth contest

Presenter. Now you have to continue the proverbs.

•         East or West…..
•         There is no time…..
•         Everything is good….
•         Two heads…..
•         Be slow to promise…..
•         Don’t trouble………
•         It`s never too late…..
•         There’s no place…..
•         All is well……
•         A friend in need…..

Score: 1 point for the correct answer.

The seventh contest

Presenter. Answer the questions about the history and culture of Great Britain.

1.      What is the name of the country that we call England? (The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
2.      Who founded London? (Romans)
3.      Where were the Beatles born? (Liverpool)
4.      What was the hometown of Shakespeare? (Stratford-on-Avon)
5.      What is the largest park in London? (Hyde Park)
6.      Who was called “the Iron Lady”? (Margaret Thatcher)
7.      What is the famous airport in London? (Heathrow)
8.      What river is London situated on? (The Thames)
9.      What is the symbol of England?(The red rose)
10. What is the name of the British flag? (Union Jack)

The eighth contest

Presenter. You have to give the name of the person you see on the screen.

(Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Princess Diana, David Beckham, Queen Elizabeth, Admiral Nelson, J. K. Rowling, Naomi Watts, Daniel Craig, William Shakespeare)

III.  SUMMING UP

Thank you for your attention. The competition is over. Now our jury will tell the results of our today’s competition. Team…. is the winner.