Урок - екскурсія "Цікаві місця України"

Level A 1+

Target age 7th form

LESSON – EXCURSION

Theme: Places of interest in Ukraine. Excursion around Ukraine.

Objects:

• Practice  using adjectives in description of places
• Develop reading, listening skills
• Widen general knowledge about Ukraine

Materials required: Presentation (Power Point https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1H8jnmPviWaQspHu-75cGchisqZ80PEr2/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118359714329567798281&rtpof=true&sd=true ), handout “Leaflet”

PROCEDURE

I GREETING

Teacher: Good  morning, dear guests.  Welcome to Ukraine!  Let we introduce to each other. My name is Mrs._____. I’ll be your tourist guide during our trip. What about you?

Learners: I’m ____. I’m from  ____. My city (country) is famous for ____.

Teacher: Nice to meet you. Take your seats.

II WARMING – UP

Teacher: Have you ever heard anything about Ukraine?

Learners’ answers.

Teacher: Let you do the quiz  to check your knowledge. Mr _____, the first question is yours. Read it, please and choose the answer…

Key answers: 1C  2 B   3 C  4A    5 C  6 B   7 B    8A

III  VOCABULARY

Task 1

Teacher: There are a lot of interesting places in each country. What are they?

Learners’ answers.

Teacher: What is the place where there is your block of flats, shops?  (STREET)

 What is a high building with a spy top, it can be a clock like Big Ben or television ?  (TOWER)

What is the place where you can walk, ride a bike, sit on a bench? (PARK)

What is the building where kings and queens lived (PALACE)

What is the place where you can see  old things ? (MUSEUM)

What is the building which protected a town / city from enemies? (FORTRESS)

What is the central place of each city? (SQUARE)

What is the figure which symbolizes  anything? (STATUE)

What is the construction over the river? (BRIDGE)

What is the construction built in someone’s honour? (MONUMENT)

What is a religious building which is large in its size? (CATHEDRAL)

(Doing the task  learners  write these words on the board. Practice  pronunciation).

Task 2

Teacher: Can a museum be  old?  Can it be  short? What can a street be like?

Learners’ answers.

Teacher: In the Leaflet you can find the task “Cross the  odd  word in each line”. Pay attention at the “Key Words”:
ancient – old, huge – very big, narrow – a little space to walk, crowded – with a lot of people, gothic – a style of buildings XII – XVI c., baroque – a style of buildings XVII - XVIII c., leather – animal’s skin.

Key Answers:

Teacher: Will you compare your answers with a partner… then look at the screen. Have you got the same answers? Who disagrees?

Learners’  answers.

Teacher: Now we are going to see  popular places in Kyiv. Try to remember their names. (Watching the video). What have you seen?

Learners’ answers.

IV LISTENING

Teacher: Look at your Leaflet, the task Listening. You are going to listen to the stories about Kyiv’s sights and you should circle the words which you will hear.

Story 1. Kyiv – Pechersk  Lavra is  one of the first monastery of Kyiv Rus. It was found by monk Antoniy in 1051. First monks lived in the caves. In some centuries there were built beautiful cathedrals, towers.

Story 2.  The Statue of  Motherland was opened in 1981. It became a visiting card of Kyiv. It symbolizes our country, Ukraine. It is very high, 102 m. 

Story 3. The Golden Gates were built in the time of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, XI century. They were the central entrance to Kyiv. They got their name from golden domes.

Story 4. Botanical Garden named after Fomin was founded in 1838. It is one of the oldest  gardens in Ukraine. You can see  there about 9000 plants.

Story 5. The Museum of water as a museum  was opened in 2003, but the building of the tower was  founded  in 1876. There you can see  a  big aquarium, a huge toilet. You can hear a thunderstorm. You can play with bubbles.

Learners do the task: “Circle the words which were  mentioned  in the story”.

Teacher: Exchange the leaflets with  your partner  and check comparing  with correct answers on the slide.

V READING

Teacher: Our next stop is Odesa. Let’s watch the video. The next task is “Reading”. After looking through the  texts, you should match them with the photos…

(Checking answers)

Teacher: Will you find  adjectives and underline them? ( Learners do the task). What is presented in Picture A? Which adjectives describe it? Could you ask your partner about one of the other sites?

(Learners  works in pairs. Then 2 or 3 ones present their dialogues).

VI WATCHING A VIDEO

Teacher: Square Rynok, coffee, lollipops, chocolate… do you know what city will be next?

Learners: Lviv

Teacher: Watch the  video, try to put the next sights in the correct order and choose missing words  in  some  questions. But firstly  let  you practice to pronounce these names (learners repeat after the teacher):  Dominican Cathedral, Lviv Town Hall, Meat and Justice, High Castle, Stryisky Park, Lviv theatre of opera and ballet, Latin Cathedral, the Coffee Shop “ Kopalnya Kawi”, Lychakiv Cemetery, House of Legends.

(Learners watch  the video  and  do the task. After that they compare their answers with the ones on the slide  of the presentation).

Teacher: What is the position of Dominican Cathedral? What is said about it?  Name 10 top places in Lviv.

Learners’ answers.

Teacher: What would you like to visit in Lviv?

VII WRITING

Teacher: To sum up the excursion, create an advert of one of the place we have seen today. Use the models in the Leaflet. It is called REVIEW.
(Learners do the task, then perform their works).

VIII ENDING

Teacher: Your homework is to write a postcard about today’s excursion to your friends or relatives, use information from the leaflet.  Thank you for your attention and active work. Goodbye! Have a nice journey!

Additional material

Leaflet

Side 1

Side 2