Тематичний вечір  в 10 класі  “A person I admire”

 Objectives: to teach using lexical units in students' monologues on the topic; comment on the situation, sayings, and quotations; to practise using traits of character describing the film, composing poems using descriptive language; to develop students' abilities to analyze facts about the life of famous people, creative and critical thinking in different kinds of activity; to educate tolerance and respect to a personality; to enrich students' knowledge about famous people.

Equipment:  Solutions Intermediate, study-book, distributive material, taperecorder, multimedia board, cards, internet resourses.

PROCEDURE

l.  GREETINGS

 T. Good morning, students. I'm glad to see you. How are you today? Ps. We are fine, thank you. And you?

T. I'm fine too. I hope you'll be energetic, active and supportive at our lesson as we are going to discuss-stop-you will tell the topic of our today's lesson yourselves. Conversational warming up

T. To begin with what is the dearest person for you?

Pl. My mom and my dad.

P2. My grandparents.

P3. My younger sister.

      T. That's good, but tell me why?

Pl. I love my father because he is very kind, supportive and caring.

P2. It should be mentioned I love my grandparents because they are patient, intelligent and thoughtful.

P3. As for me I love my mother because she is simply my mom and she embodies all the characteristics that were mentioned above, and even more. T. So family it's a must.

But students are there any other persons whom you like, admire, respect and would like to follow?

Pl. As far as I'm concerned A . Jolie is a person I admire.

P2. As for me I admire V. Klychko.

               P3. Lilia Podkopaeva is a person I'd like to follow.

T. Well, can you guess now what the topic of our lesson is?

       Pl. I think, "Being a personality".

P2. In my opinion "Successful celebrities".

 P3. To my mind, "A person I admire".

Information on the objectives of the lesson

T. You are right. The topic of our today's lesson is "A person I admire".

 So, at our lesson we'll:   

-speak about positive and negative traits of character;

-decide what is more important in a person: inner beauty or a physical one;

-talk about a person you admire;

-   practise in reading and listening comprehension;

-   compose poems about yourselves using character adjectives.

So, the motto of our lesson is "Everything in man must be beautiful". What words come to your mind when you think about personality?

 (Persistent, painstaking, decisive, deferent, sociable, mean, intolerant, etc.)

  ll. MAIN PART OF THE LESSON

New material presentation

T. And what sayings and quotations do you know on the topic?    PI. "When you are good to others, you are good to yourself".

P2. "A man of words and not of deeds is like garden full of weeds".

P3. "Kindness gives birth to kindness".

P4  “Appearances are deceptive”

T. Now, students you'll be given sheets of paper with traits of character. Your task is to sort them out into positive and negative

Positive	Negative
Ambitious	Hostile
Hard-working	Double-faced
Purposeful	Envious
Dynamic	Unreliable
Persistent	Unjust
Creative	Impatient
Optimistic	Rude
Generous	Selfish
Merciful	mean
Cooperative	Jealous

Teacher-class activity

1.                I wonder what traits of character do you appreciate in people? (Kindness, honesty, faithfulness, high moral standards).

2.                What kind of person will never arrest your attention? (Offensive, harsh, cruel, stubborn).

3.                What do you call a person who can't keep a secret? (Chatter-box).

4.                What kind of people are usually surrounded by friends? (Easy-going, communicative).

5.                What is more important in a person: inner beauty or a physical one? (It would be ideal if inner beauty coincided with the physical one. Personally I think "Appearances are deceptive", but some people prefer to look at an attractive person. They are pretty sure that only good-looking people can  be rich and happy.)

6.There is a stereotype that Ukrainian women are the prettiest in the world. So name typical features of Ukrainians (Hospitable, romantic,ready to sacrifice)

7.And what about Britons? (Reserved, conservative, confident, they are fond of traditions).    

8.What do you know about Americans? (Open-hearted, talkative)

Dialogue speech.

It is widely-known that colors evoke a meaning. They help to understand people's inner world, penetrate into their souls. Let's turn our classroom into a TV show where a psychologist will analyze colors and their role in people's lives.

P1-P2

T. I suppose, it was very interesting for everybody to get to know about color's description.

Group work T. And now let's work in groups.

Group 1-comment on the quotation: "It is not how many times you get knocked down,  it's how many times you get back up" (A. Lincoln).

Group 2 — make a list of the most interesting ideas how to :

-   be successful in life;

-   be skillful at some jobs;-get along with others; -be respected by people.

Project work

T. All of us have persons whom we like, admire and would like follow. Look at the multimedia board and tell me what are these people famous for?

P1-P 1O

T. Do you have a person whom you admire?

Pl. Yes, it's A. Jolie.

T. Tell us about her. (A project)

T. Jolie is a celebrity admired by millions, she is really a good example to follow. But is there anyone you can't live without, whose life is an example for you from your birth till now.

P2. Yes, it's my dad. (A project)

T. Well, Students, you admire these people because they are successful, straightforward, purposeful, but the main thing they are just personalities.

A POEM "PERSONALITY"

Do you know that you are a person?

       You know that, don`t you?

       Your smile  is the only one here,        Your suffering is the only one,         Your eyes are the only one too .

Never again you`ll be here

Tomorrow on this Earth,

Others will walk here, Others will love hereKinder, nicer or worse. Today everything  for you hereLakes and valleys and steppes.

Hurry with life my fellow, Hurry with love my fellow, Look, haven`t you overslept?

Because on this Earth you`re a person Is that clear to you?

Your smile is the only one here,

Your suffering is the only one here, Your eyes are the only one too.

T. Do you know who the author of these lines is? P 1. V. Symonenko.

T. Do you remember the original lines?

P1 Ти знаєш що ти людина,      Ти знаєш про це чи ні?

      Усмішка твоя єдина,

      Мука твоя єдина,

      Очі твої одні…

       Listening comprehension

T. Now students I want to draw your attention to a person who is admired by millions, whose life can be called a "Light in the darkness", who was blind, deaf and mute but managed to overcome physical disabilities due to her strong will and amazing teacher. Her name is Helen Keller. So, I want you to watch unique shots from her life, the way she was taught to speak.         Answer my questions:

1.                 How old was H. Keller when she became blind,  deaf and mute? (19months)

2.                 In what way did Miss Sullivan teach her to speak?

3.                 What was the first word she learnt to articulate? (It)

4.                 What was her first sentence? (I am not dump now)

5.                 Do you know more about this outstanding person? (Student's answer)

T. As you see unconquerable spirit of Helen Keller helped her to be successful. No wonder she was called a "Light in the darkness", because:

 If there is light in the soul,

 There will be beauty in the person.  If there is beauty in the person,

There will be harmony in the home.  If there is harmony in thе home, There will be order in the nation.  If there is order in the nation, There will be peace in the world.

                       Reading

T. Now you will read the text about real life situation in which true personality traits are rewarded.

Answer the questions:

1        Why did the committee choose Uncle Theo but not Adams?

2        What traits of character  are characteristic to both applicants? 3   Who impressed you most?

Writing

T. Today we spoke much about people's traits of character, people you admire and appreciate. Now let's compose poems about you.

(All students compose poems "A poem about me".)

Consolidation of the material

T. Well, students, you where really active, supportive, energetic at the lesson and showed profound knowledge on the subject. So, I wish you to be successful in life, to have noble dreams, to be a personality.

SUMMING UP Evaluation

T. You deserve good and excellent marks.

Homework

Write an essay "A person I admire".