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Lesson 2. Rosh ha-Shanah

Objective: to speak about the jewish holiday “Rosh ha-Shana”; to develop foreign speaking, right pronunciation; to bring-up a pride to be jew.

Materials: presentation, cards, videos, etc.

Contents

I. Organization.

II. Phonetic drill.

III. Warm – up.

• What`s your name? How old are you? Where are you from? Where do you live? Which colour do you like? What`s your favourite animal?

IV. Actualisation. Theme of the lesson.

• Which jewish holidays do you know? Which holiday will we celebrate on the week? Wich symbols of Rosh ha-Shana do you know?

V. Vocabulary.

- Let`s learn the new words. They are about Rosh ha-Shanah symbols.

a) Words for learning:

Rosh ha-Shanah, shofar, apples, honey, pomegranate, synagogue, meal.

b) Game “One by one”. C) Game “Lexical chair”.

d) Game “Remember the word” (“Games at the English lessons”, p.6)

Leisure time

VI. Video watching.

• We`ll watch video about the Rosh ha-Shanah now. Look the video so attentionally, `cause you`ll have a test after watching.

a) Video. B) Test.

VII. Singing.

VIII, Reading.

• Read the story about the Rosh ha-Shanah and answer the questions.

IX, Craft. Aplication postcard “Happy Rosh Hashanah”

X. Ending of the lesson.