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Topic: What makes a good Dad

Objectives: Practical: to systematizes students" knowledge of the topic;

Developing: to improve students" language skills in oral and written speech

Upbringing: to motivate students in expressing their opinions on the problems under discussion

Equipment: the cards with the article  "What   makes a  good Dad?", the cards with the poem "My old Dad"

 

                                                     Procedure

1.Introduction.

2.Warming-up

 Quiz “How well do you get on with your family/”

Choose the correct answer for you.

1. You and your brother enter a competition. Your brother wins. How do you feel?

1. Very angry. I refuse to go to the award ceremony. (0)
2. I am horrible to my brother. Then I say I’m sorry .(1)
3. I am happy for him. Sometimes he wins and sometimes I win things. (2)

2.Your mum loses her job and you have to move to a smaller flat. You and your sister have to share a room. What do you do?

a)Tell your family that you are leaving home. (0)

b)Tell your sister that she mustn’t touch any of your things. (1)

4. Feel happy. That way there’s always someone to talk to. (2)

1. Your Mum and your English teacher think it’s a good idea for you to spend three weeks living with an English family this summer. What do you think?

1. Great! I can’t wait to get away from my family and their annoying habits. (0)
2. I am exited but also worried about leaving my family for so long. (1)
3. I don’t want to go. I like to spend my free time with my family. (2)

2. Your parents want you to give them some help around the house . What do you do?

1. Help them as much as possible. (2)
2. I help them but sometimes they have to ask me twice. (1)
3. I have a big argument every time they ask (0).

3. Your parents are coming to your school Final Bell ceremony, where you are to take the floor and speak in front of the whole school.

1. I can’t wait. I am proud of my parents to see me. (2)
2. I feel embarrassed and tell my mom not to wear that awful hat. (1)
3. It’s no problem. They won’t come because I’ll tell them the wrong day. (0)

Read the analysis:

0-4:           You have a very bad relationship with your family. You must be nicer to them. Remember they have feelings too.

5-7:          You have a good relationship with your family. Sometimes you find them annoying or embarrassing but you always want the best for them. You can try harder to make your home a happy place.

8-10:        Wonderful! You are best friends with your family and your home is your favourite place in the world. But don’t forget to make friends. You must have other things in your life, too.  

 

3. Pre-reading  activity

3.1.Vocabulary

Match the words from today’s articles with their meanings.

 

probation	a) the act of saying what is good or bad about something;
fail	b) the result of an action
consequence	c) to not succeed in doing or getting something
embarrass	d) the quality of being honest
criticism	e) a period of time for testing a person’s behaviour
curiosity	f) to make someone feel shy, uncomfortable
honesty	g)A strong wish to learn about things that are new, strange, interesting

3.2.Vocabulary check.

 Complete the sentences using the words above.

1. One …of going to sleep late at night is waking up tired.

1. My foolish mistake ..me.
2. The locked closet arouse our…
3. He answered the questions with…
4. He tired to lift the heaviest weight, but he…
5. I read the newspaper’s … of the artist’s work.

3.3 Work  with  the  poem

Grammar revision

Put the verbs in the brackets into the necessary form

 

My old Dad

We never (see) him in the morning.

And he always (come) home) late.

Then he (sit( and (read) the newspaper

And (do) the crosswords while he (eat).

    He never(help) us with our homework,

But he (teach) us how to swim.

And he (teach) me to be patient

I guess I (learn) a lot from him.

My old dad…

He was one of the good guys…

He (be) nobody's hero.

But he (be) special to me.

   Every summer he (go) to Blackpool

Except when he (be) unemployed.

He )love) to sit and watch the sunset

That (be) one thing we both enjoy.

He (be) always very gentle.

Nothing ever (make) him mad.

He (be) never rich or famous

But  I (be) proud of my old dad.

Pair up and find the message of the poem.

4. While-reading activity.

 4.1. Read the text.

Prediction

What answers to the following questions do you think are likely to be found in it:

1.In what way can fathers influence our life ?

2. Should they always protect their children when they are in trouble ?

3. Must they make their children obey their orders or to take decisions on their own ?4. What basic value should they teach us ?

Ranking

What qualities should an ideal father have" Rank them in order of their importance to you.

                               What makes a  good Dad?

1.

At Cody High school I was known as Alibi  Al  because I tried to get away with everything. But when I was 18, I got arrested for shooting up mailboxes with a rifle and was placed on probation for two years. Mother was devastated . My brother, Pete, was saddened. Father never said much- until one night at dinner about six weeks later he did something I had never seen  before. He started crying ,

“Where have we failed?” 

        I was heartsick. I had disappointed to the point of tears the man I loved and admired more than anyone else in the world. On that day I started to grow up. I realized for the  first tome that actions have consequences and that mine had embarrassed the entire family. That was Father’s philosophy: take responsibility

for your actions.

           My father was a lawyer. In 1954 he was elected governor and eight years later he ran for a Senate seat and won. His positive outlook was crucial to his success – and mine. He taught me that loosing  battles is part of politics, and that feelings of gloom and doom, hatred and jealousy have no place in a productive line. As Pop would say, “Don’t sit on your butt and howl at the moon. Get in the game!” Boy, was he ever right.

(Alan K.Simpson of Wyoming served three terms in the U.S.Senate and is now at Harvard University’s John F.Kennedy School of Government).

2.

When I was growing  up I liked to watch reruns of “I love Lucy”. And did I ever love her! When I was six, I pleaded with my father, a Baptist minister in San Diego, to arrange a  meeting with  my   idol. Papa looked me straight in the eye and said ,”I want you to be real!”

           Over the years Papa’s words became increasingly important to me. Being “real” meant knowing who I was, being true to myself and standing up for my beliefs. I realized if I wanted others to respect me, I had to respect myself first.

            People always talk about how independent I am –but that, too, came from my father. When I was little, he told me “I am raising you to be self-sufficient so that you don’t have to depend on anyone but yourself”.

           Papa also taught me to be a good  sport. “You can’t be No.1 all the time”, he’d say. “You are not going to win at everything in life. Go out there and do your  best. And when it’s over, congratulate the winner – if it’s not you”.

            That meant a lot to me because I honestly believe in it, and because it came from my Papa.

             ( Gail Devers won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and two gold medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta)

 3.

 I grew up in Texas, in a town of nearly 8000, where Dad had a farm-machinery business. I hauled hay, picked potatoes and did other chores, but my father always insisted that schoolwork come first.

        He left school in the eighth grade- but he possessed a world of knowledge. Hw was a voracious reader. At the dinner table he pushed me to think and to defend my opinion. These discussions sparked in me an intense curiosity about the world  and taught me the importance of attaining the best education I could.

         It also helped that Dad believed praise was a more powerful motivation than criticism. When I brought home a good report card, he would say, “Terrific work!” and that was enough to inspire me to go to college, I was lucky enough to be accepted by Harvard.

         Honesty was supremely important to Dad. He stressed that an honest life is an honorable life. I always remember him telling me, “Say what you mean and mean what you say”.

(Lou Dobbs is president of Cable News Network Financial news and host of CNN’s “Money line with Lou Dobbs”.)

                                                                   (Jonathan  P.Decker )

Post-reading  activity

 

 4.2. Matching. Match the parts of the article with the appropriate headings

  a) “Terrific work”

b)“Be real”

1.  “Get in the game.”

4.3.Comprehension.

Find in the text the answers to the following questions:

1. Why did Al have such nickname?
2. What made Al change his behaviour?
3. Why did Gail grow up independent?
4. Where did Lou Dobbs grow up?
5. What education did his father receive?
6. What was a powerful motivation for Lou Dobbs?

 

 

 

Summarizing

Home assignment:  write the  essay " Words of father's wisdom."