Урок "Famous people as lokomotive of progress. Outstanding scientists of English - speaking countries"

Тема уроку: Відомі люди як локомотиви прогресу. Видатні вчені англомовних країн.

Мета уроку: освітня: поглибити знання учнів про життя і творчість учених і винахідників; практична: вчити виділяти в тексті основні думки та узагальнювати факти, вчити реалізовувати цілеспрямований пошук, активізувати лексичний та граматичний матеріал, удосконалювати уміння і навички складати речення; розвиваюча: розвивати вміння висловлювати свою точку зору та відстоювати її, практикувати навички починати і закінчувати бесіду, розвивати навички аудіювання; виховна: викликати бажання отримувати знання та використовувати їх на практиці.

Тип уроку: урок узагальнення і систематизації вивченого.

Методи і прийоми навчання: вступна бесіда за темою уроку, «мозкова атака», бесіда, читання, говоріння, письмо, мовленнєва зарядка, фонетична розминка, «мікрофон», складання речень,  повторення граматичного матеріалу, підбір синонімів та антонімів, робота в групах, лексична гра, лексична розминка, ребуси.

Обладнання: дошка, підручник, портрети вчених і винахідників, ілюстрації, ксерокопії, роздавальні картки.

                                      План уроку.

1.Організаційний момент.

2. Перевірка домашнього завдання.

3. Оголошення теми і мети уроку.

4. Мотивування навчальної діяльності учнів.

5. Актуалізація опорних знань, умінь і навичок.

6. Узагальнення і систематизація вивченого.

7. Підсумок уроку.

8. Коментар домашнього завдання, оцінок.

 Today we are going to sum up our knowledge about famous scientists of English – speaking countries, about the inventors and inventions. We are going to talk about science and technological progress, about outstanding people. We’ll read the text about famous English scientist Isaac Newton. We also listen to the text about Edison, famous inventor, discuss the problems covered in the texts; practice vocabulary in speech; revise grammar forms of the verbs; do exercises on the text.

 Let’s revise the special questions, where we use the words WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN, WHO, WHOSE, HOW.

What, where, why, when, who, how, whose

I think, we got the Questions Blues

How many, which, how much, how long

It helps, if you sing this little song.

-What is similar in pronunciation of question words? (Letters WH)

Can you say your examples of words in similar pronunciation?

Answer my questions:

-What do you know about using the special questions?

- When do we use the special questions?

- What famous scientists do you know?

- What are their inventions?

- Why do we think that these scientists are famous?

- What did they do to be famous?

Look at these portraits and say whom can you see on the pictures?

Let us make a mind map.

                        People may be famous for in

Science                 Politics                Technology                  Arts

         Music                                    Painting                   Literature

Let us speak about famous scientists and inventors.

“Microphone”. Answer the following questions:

1. Do you agree that inventions are made due to the laziness?

2. If you were the inventor what would you invent and why?

3. What 3 things would you most like to have a machine do for you?

Match  the words with their  synonyms.

1. boss                              A. to keep watch

2. to be on duty                B. chief

3. mechanism                   C. job

4. work                             D. device

                                         E. occur

Match the words with their opposites.

1. never                            A. subordinate

2. chief                             B. always

3. to begin                        C. awake

4. to open                         D. to stop

                                         E. to close

Pre – reading tasks. Our next task is to repeat science vocabulary on today’s topic. Read the cards. Make up the sentences with any words from the cards in oral form.

Read the text and suggest a title for it.

Isaac  Newton was born at Woolsthorpe in Lincolnshire. He did not show any signs of cleverness in his early schooldays. When he grew older his mother wanted him to help her on the farm, for his father was dead. But the boy did not like this; he was now fascinated by mathematics, and in 1661 he went to Cambridge University, where he took first degree four years later. Then the Great Plague came. The university was closed, and Newton went back to his quiet home in Woolsthorpe. It was during the next few months that he carried out his first important researches   into the nature of light. Newton’s original reflector, completed about 1671, had a mirror two and a half centimeters across! He went back to Cambridge as soon as the Plague danger was over. He became the Fellow of the Royal Society, and came into contact with many other brilliant men. Among them there were Christopher Wren, and Edmund Halley. It has been said that Newton was sitting in his Woolsthorpe garden when he saw an apple fall off a tree. This started a chain of thoughts in his mind, and he realized that the force pulling on the apple was the same as the force which keeps the Moon in its path round the Earth. From this he was led to draw up the laws of gravitation. There is strong evidence that this story – unlike most of its kind! – is true. At any rate, Halley persuaded Newton to rework the calculation, and public them in a book. The result was the great volume known generally as “The Principia”. It was completed in 1687. For many years Newton served as president of the Royal Society. When he died, in 1727, he was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Post – reading tasks.

For questions (1- 6) choose the correct answer (A, B or C)

1.Was Isaac Newton born in        ?

A. 1642 +

B. 1548

C. 1799

2. Did Newton go to       in 1661?

A. Kiev National University

B. Cambridge University +

C. Donetsk Medical University.

3. Did the Great Plaque come then?

A. Yes, it did.

B. Yes, it does.

C. No, it didn’t. +

4. Was Newton’s original reflector completed about             ?

A. 1895

B. 1633

C. 1671 +

5. What fell on Newton’s head?

A. apple +

B. banana

C. orange

6. Did Newton serve as         for many years?

A. president of the Royal Society +

B. president of the Royal Court

C. president of Ukraine

Speaking

Discuss in small groups. Problem questions.

*When you think of discoveries, what ideas come to your mind?

*Everywhere you look, there are discoveries to be made. Each day we learn a little more about the world around us. What discoveries of your own have you made?

Lexical game. Who will be the winner in such a game? Write as more quickly as you can the words of science vocabulary in 1 minute.

Lexical break. Who is the best expert of famous inventors?

Guess unscrambled words.

TONEWN – Newton

ODISESN – Edison

DORF – Ford

TAWT – Watt

LEBL – Bell

REIGEG – Geiger

NOERETGN – Roentgen

SOREM – Morse

Homework. Imagine that you are going to prepare an exhibition about the work of famous scientist or inventor. This could take the form of pictures, things they have said, their great ideas, etc. start with a biography chart.

Example:

Maria Sklodowska – Curie (1867 – 1934)

*1867 – born in Warsaw, Poland

*1891 – started studies at Sarbonne University in Paris

*1895 – married Pierre Curie

*1898 – discovered polonium

*1903 – won the Noble Prize in physics for the discovery of radioactivity

*1906 – became the first woman professor

*1911 – won the Noble Prize in chemistry for the studies on radium

*1934 – died of leukemia

-What have we done at the lesson?

- Were the activities useful for you?

- What great inventors have we mentioned today?

I hope that our today’s lesson was interesting for you and you learnt some important facts about scientists and inventors.