Урок .Home-reading " Cap of rushes"

                                      Lesson in the 7^th form.

                      Home-reading. English fairy tale “ Cap of Rushes “.

Objectives: to encourage students to use their imagination; to develop free speaking skills of students; to practice the irregular verbs; to improve students’

reading, listening comprehension and writing skills; to enrich students’ knowledge with the study of literature.

                                                    Procedure 

I. Greeting

II.Org. moment

III. Introduction

Do you like reading? Today you’ll read  a fairy tail “ Cap of Rushes” and do a lot of exercises.

I’d like to draw your attention to the class board. Look at it and read English proverbs:

 He laughs best, who laughs last.

 It is by forgiving that one is forgiving.

 Everything comes to him who waits.

At the end of the lesson you’ll say witch of the proverbs suit our fairy tale.

IV. Warm-up

Answer the questions.

How many daughters did the rich gentleman have?

What questions did he ask?

Did he like all the answers?

Where did Cap of Rushes go?

Who named the girl such way?

What jobs did she do?

Who did she dance at the ball with?

What did the young muster give her?

Where did Cap of Rushes see her father again?

V. Test “+”, “-“, “?”

1. Cap of Rushes was a king’s daughter.

2. The rich gentleman wanted to see how much his daughters loved him.

3. The rich gentleman asked his daughters three questions.

4. The third daughter didn’t know what answer to give.

5. The father turned his daughter out of the house against his will.

6. The sisters felt very sad and asked their father to change his mind.

7. The young girl made herself a dress out of the river rushes.

8. The servants in the great house gave the girl a new name.

9. Cap of Rushes worked hard during the day.

10. The young master fell in love with his servant.

VI. Working with vocabulary and grammar.                                                           1.There are 13 words hidden in the box below. Find  them.

2.Match up the opposite meaning.

To open                             to start laughing

To hide                              to shut

To love                              to go away

To burst into tears             to hate

To stay                               to show

3.Fill in the missing words.

1. The poor girl came up to the river and gathered a lot of…………….and made herself a……………..out of them.
2. There was no need for a…………….in the great house .
3. The work in the kitchen was not easy: every day Cap of Rushes had to scrape…………..and………………. .
4. The second daughter said she loved her father better than anyone else in the…………. .
5. All the………… without salt were…………….. .
6. The……………….. day came, the young people were married, and lived happily.

Key: afterwards, cloak, dishes, pots, rushes, saucepans, servant, tasteless, wedding,

         world.

4. Translate underline words.

1) The rich gentleman was fond of his three daughters.

2) The father got very angry and turned his youngest daughter out of the house.

3) The young lady was so beautiful that the young master couldn’t take his eyes off her.

4) All the servants were allowed to go to a great dance.

5) When the father thought of his mistake he burst into tears.

5) Give the three forms of the following irregular verbs:

To get

To shut

To make

To hide

To come

To fall

To find

To begin

To burst

Find sentences with the above verbs in the story, read and translate them.

VII. Discussing the text

1. Put the sentences in the right order.

1) Cap of Rushes said she was too tired to go to the ball.

2) The rich gentleman turned his third daughter out of the house.

3) The rich gentleman tried the meat and burst into tears.

4)  The  master’s son got much better.

5) In fact the young lady went to the dance three times.

6) At the last dance the master’s son gave the young lady a ring.

7) The girl came up to the river and gathered a lot of rushes.

8) The two young people were happily married.

9) All the servants were allowed to go to the great dance.

10) Cap of Rushes went to the ball finely dressed.

2.Retell the fairy tale on the part of:

1. one of the servants.
2. the cook.

3. Listening.

Guess “ Who am I “

I have three daughters. Once I wanted to see how fond they were of me.

My youngest daughter said that she loved me as meat loved salt. I was angry and turned her out of the house.

   Later I was invited to the wedding. The food was so tasteless that I couldn’t it. I understood my daughter loved me. She came to me and I was happy.

4. Make up talks between:

1) the father and his three daughters;

2) Cap of Rushes and the servants;

3) Cap of Rushes and the cook;

4) the cook and the young master;

5) the young master and the rich gentleman at the wedding feast.

5. Group work

Who was……..?

…………               angry.

………………        tired.

          ………………        in love.

          ………………..      frightened.

          ………………….   .sad.

          …………………….happy.

VIII.Summary.  Which of the proverbs suit the fairy tale? Why?

VIII. Home assignment: to write a letter from rich gentleman to his other two daughters. (7 sentences )