Урок "This charming country- Great Britain"

Volyn region

Lutsk district

Khniagynynok specialized school

Teacher of English: Tetiana Karpuk

Theme: This charming country Great Britain

Materials: TV set, laptop, cards with vocabulary, cards with lyrics.

Aim: by the end of lesson pupils will train speaking, writing, listening, reading skills, will be able to speak on given topic using new vocabulary.

Teacher: Good morning pupils. How are you today? I hope well. So, look at the blackboard.  The theme of our lesson is: This charming country Great Britain.  Today we will have virtual travelling all over Great Britain and we will  stop at different stations.

 I hope by the end of the lesson you will learn something new about this country, repeat some words, train some grammar, speak a lot about Great Britain.

Teacher: So, let start our travelling and our first station is poems.  I would like to start this lesson with the poem written by R. Burns. Once he wrote:

 My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart’s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer -
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;
My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go.

Teacher: Let’s read it together. And now we read the poem as if you were very happy. Well done and we can travel further.

Teacher: Our next station is key words. Speaking about this country we can use nouns, adjectives, verbs. Let’s recollect what nouns connected with our topic  we will use today:

Pupils: pupils write vocabulary to the topic on cards

 Nouns: Stonehenge, castle, landmark, ford, invasion , museum, charter, destination venue, access, anniversary

 Verbs: To comprise, to host, to marvel , to revolve, to revolt, to stride, to disappear, to include

Adjectives: Regimental, extra-terrestrial, ancient, significant, military, desirable, medieval

Teacher: There are many words which we can use describing Great Britain. Now I will join you into two groups, you are given cards with synonyms. Combine them  into  pairs:

Pupils: pupils work with synonyms

Wizard , magician ,struggle,  fight,  a large number of,  plenty of  currently ,    at the  moment, landmark, attraction, massive,  huge, draw ( attention),  attract, occupy, comprise ,disappear , vanish,  widely known as   popular, announce , declare ,  to exercise wallet , spend

Teacher: I am sure that we trained vocabulary perfectly. Our next station is Glimpses at Great Britain

So let watch some projects to introduce you this country more.

Pupils: pupils show projects about Great Britain

Teacher: So, if we talk about any country we can definitely say that each country has unofficial symbols.   In our projects you have seen some official and unofficial symbols of G.B.  Now if I say the Beatles what associations do you have? Yes, you are right- music. And our next station is music .We can definitely say that music makes the world go round. Today we will talk about British music. One of the most famous representatives of it is the Beatles So, tell me where did this group appear? What songs of this group do you know?

Now you are going to listen to the song. (Teacher distributes cards with the lyrics of the song)

- First listen to please.

(Pupils listen to the song)

The Beatles. Ah girl.

Is there anybody …… listen to my story 
All about the girl who ……….. to stay? 
She's the kind of girl you want so much, it ………. you sorry, 
Still you don't regret a single day.

When I think of all the times I'………. so hard to leave her, 
She ……..l turn to me and start to cry. 
And she promises the earth to me and I believe her 
After all this time I ……… why. 
Ah, girl, girl, girl. 

She's the kind of girl who puts you down 
When friends are there, you feel a fool. 
When you say she'……….. good 
She acts as if it's understood, she's cool, ooh, ooh, ooh. 
Ah, girl, girl, girl. 

Was she ……… when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure? 
Did she understand it when they ………….. 
That a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure? 
Will she still ……… it when he's dead

Teacher: Now you will listen to it  the one more time . Be attentive and fill in gaps.

- Let check it up.

- Did you like it? What kind of music was it?

Teacher:  So, we go to the next station  films. We can here read that films are the real masterpieces of the world.

You are going to watch a piece of film. It is titled “My fair lady”

-You will watch without sound .Your task is to sound this film

Pupils: pupils try to sound a part of the film and give their versions

- Now watch film with the sound and give your own titles to the film.

 Teacher: Now our station is Stories. Your homework was to finish a story. The beginning was:              Once a man came to London. He was a stranger there…

Pupils: pupils read their stories

Teacher: today you worked hard. You marks are……. Your homework is…………….

I wish you to travel much and visit Great Britain in order to see everything with your own eyes. And do not forget that who has never visited Great Britain has seen nothing.