Урок "The most popular inventions in our life"

Тема уроку: Найбільш популярні винаходи у нашому житті.

Мета уроку: освітня: розширити знання учнів по темі; практична: активізувати лексичні одиниці, практикувати учнів в аудіюванні, розвивати аудіативну пам'ять, увагу; розвиваюча: розвивати уміння і навички вживати граматичні структури минулого неозначеного часу, практикувати учнів в говорінні, розвивати уміння і навички застосовувати наукову лексику у мовленні; виховна: розвивати мовну інтуїцію, пізнавальні інтереси учнів, уміння логічно мислити.

Тип уроку: урок узагальнення і систематизації учнів.

Методи і прийоми навчання: говоріння, аудіювання , письмо, робота в групах, заповнення таблиці, тест, словниковий диктант, бесіда, мовна робота, переклад, робота в парах, «мозковий штурм», навчаючи – учусь, загадки.

Обладнання: дошка, підручник, ілюстрації винаходів, ксерокопії, роздатковий матеріал, картки, портрети винахідників.

                           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 continue our talk about inventors and inventions. You will know about usual things without which now we cannot imagine our life. Today we are going to travel.

-What are we going to travel by? Guess the word (the word is “time machine”).

(Students name letters of the alphabet, one at a time. If the letter is in the word, teacher writes it down in the appropriate place. If not, it is written separately and the same time teacher starts drawing a Hangman).

Yes, we are going to travel by a time machine. But what are we going to do while travelling?  Look at the blackboard and say what we are / aren’t going to do?

To my mind, we are / aren’t going to:

1. watch TV

2. listen and guess

4. describe inventions

5. walk around the class

6. do listening comprehension

7. remember popular inventions

8. launch into space

9. talk about great inventors

-What’s inside our time machine? Look at the hidden inventions and guess them by asking questions:

-Is this a computer?

 ( It is a clock, a computer, a washing machine, a camera, an automobile, an airplane, a telephone, a helicopter, a dishwasher, a television – set) (A teacher shows only a part of the picture and pupils guess what is it).

-Draw the mind – map “The popular inventions”.

 

             a television - set     an iron           a camera

     a telephone                                                       a computer

a clock                    The popular inventions                     a dishwasher

     a helicopter                                                       a washing machine  

          an airplane               a kettle          an automobile

Pair work.

T. Here’s another room of our time machine. All the inventions live here. Match the inventions with the years. Exchange your worksheets and check your partner’s answers.

1. a clock                              1088

2. a printing press                 1451

3. rollerblades                       1700

4. a washing machine           1851

5. a bike                                1870

6. a zip                                  1968

 T. Discuss using the model:

*When was the first                   invented?

*To my mind, it was invented in             .

*I agree. // I disagree. I think it was invented in                 .

*Ok.

Keys: The order is the same as in the task itself.

Work in groups. Think of an invention and write down its description using the plan. You have three minutes for that:

What am I?

1. Size (small / big, round / square,         )

2. Good or bad? ( Safe, exciting, clever, dangerous, boring, difficult,    )

3. For whom? (Girls, boys, men, women, teachers, policemen, doctors,….  )

4. Place of living (Inside / outside, at home, at school, in a car, on the table,        )

5. You can see it           (when?)

6. I am used for         ing(      ).

T. Stop now. One student from each group joins another group and reads out the descriptions for the other students to guess it.

Listen the text “Edison’s first invention”.

                Edison’s first invention

When Edison was a boy of fifteen, he worked as a telegraph operator. He had to be on duty from 7 a.m.(1) and give a signal every hour  to prove that he did not sleep. The signals were made with astonishing exactness. One night an inspector arrived and saw Edison sleeping in a chair.

 He was about (2) to shake him when he caught sight (3) of a mechanism on a table neat the telegraph instrument. He waited to see what would happen. When the hand of the clock pointed the hour, the instrument got busy (4) and one lever threw open the key while the other sent the signal over the wire.

 The inspector seized the sleeping boy, roused him and “fired” him. That is why the first of Edison’s inventions was never patented.    

Notes

(1) p.m. –  після полудня, удень, увечері; а.m. – до полудня, уранці              

(2) was about – збирався, мав наміри

(3) to catch sight – побачити

(4) to get busy – тут: запрацювати, почати діяти

(5) to “fire” –  тут: вигнати

Comprehension check.

Which statements are true and which ones are false?

True or false?	True	False
1.Edison invented the telegraph.
2. When a boy of 15 Edison worked as a telegraph operator.
3. He worked from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
4. He worked at night.
5.Edison sent signals with astonishing exactness.
6.The inspector came because no signals were coming.
7.Edison showed his invention to the inspector.
8. The inspector did not wake the boy up to see how the mechanism worked.
9. The inspector advised Edison to patent his invention.
10. Edison was fired for sleeping on duty.

 

Key: 1-, 2+, 3-, 4-, 5+, 6-, 7-, 8+, 9-, 10+.

Class survey on the most popular inventions in our class (Mill drill).

Task: Students get a class survey sheet, choose any invention they like and walk around the class for two minutes to ask about it as many people as possible. Colour the ‘yes’ boxes.

e.g. Class survey on the washing machine

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
	always	often	sometimes	Never

 

*How often do you use the washing machine?

*I always use the washing machine.

T. What are the results of survey?

Results

Three persons in our class always use the washing machine.

One pupil in our class sometimes uses the washing machine.

Six pupils in our class often use the washing machine.

Anybody in our class never uses the washing machine.

Summing – up. Oral reflection for the lesson:

-What have we done on the lesson? 

Evaluation.

Home task: ex. 21 (p. 40). Prepare a report about Samuel Morse and his invention.