Урок "Відпочинок і дозвілля. Світ чудес"

T: Good morning, young ladies and gentlemen! I am happy to meet you.

Take your places and get ready for the lesson

. How are you doing today? My name is Mrs.Botha

Yes,

Betty Botta bought some butter,

 “But, she said, this butter’s bitter,

 .. So,’twas batter Betty Botta’s bought a bit of better butter

This Tongue twister prepares our lips and tongues for speaking

 Can you say it quickly?

Ss are divided into 3 groups

Ss try to say it very quickly

Ss say the twister

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II. Introduction. Presentation of the lesson topic

T: I say WOW . Guess what  WOW means. I will help you – it is an abbreviation and it is about the lesson topic

 WOW is the topic of our lesson. It means a world of wonders and we are going to speak about places of interest in the world. We’ll speak about the symbols of cities, the tallest buildings, the most beautiful monuments which attract millions of tourists and are included into the list of modern world wonders and are called man – made wonders.

Today you’ll make a PROJECT

You will make  the best oral story about a man – made wonder

Let’s write it on the board and think how we can make it.

There is a Magic Smart Board and a Magic Pen. They will help us to make a project about WOW.

Ss: The World of Wonders

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Planning

We’ll make a plan how to make a good story, to organize our work together.

Plan

1. Analyze what you‘ve already known
2. Find additional information
3. Make a story according to the plan (the form)
4. Present the story

you are divided into 3 groups and take your roles: our project needs a group work

1 –a manager -  a boss and  a time saver

2-  secretaries – to fill in the form,( be careful with your handwriting, your friends)                      will read it

3- a speaker

Ss predict the tasks then read from the slide

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Step 1. Analyze what you have already known

T: Show how you know landmarks

Let’s have a competition. Let’s see how well you know the places in the world

Do you know how they look like?

guess the names of the landmarks shown in the Power Point Presentation game

We have checked what you already know about the places.

Ss guess the names of the landmarks shown in the Power Point Presentation game

The keys:

1 Big Ben

2.Burj Khalifa

4.CN Tower

5.Parthenon

6 St Mark’s Basilica                                

3. Eiffel Tower

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III. Practice                                          

Grammar

T: let’s see if you know Grammar, when we use passive Voice and how it is formed. So look at the board. What is the formation of it?

How do we form Present Simple Passive?

  Past Simple Passive?

  Present Perfect Passive?

  Future Simple Passive?

                        Present Perfect Passive?

A test on the Smartboard will help you to revise the grammar

Now you are ready to look for the new information

Ss: Passive Voice

Ss go to the board one by one and do the test

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Dialogical speech

T: You are going to see a picture with a landmark with the information about it. Your task is to make up a dialogue about this landmark, trying to find out as much information about it as possible

T reads aloud the information in the notes and explain/elicit the meaning of any unknown words. Use your textbooks

T: you have practiced the dialogue, let’s see how you can use this ability to find new information for your project.

Ss read the example dialogue aloud, then ask and answer questions about the Eiffel Tower

Coursebook, p 65 Ex 15

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Speaking

Skype

Pre- listening:

T: You are going to talk to a gentleman via the Skype. There is a pink form called Wonder 1. Read the words and think of the questions you can ask him to fill in the form.

 You can ask him your questions about the first landmark. Look at the picture of it.(St Mark’s Basilica)

He will help you to fill in the form. Be polite! You have time limit! 3 minutes

Michel:

Hello, my name is Michel, and I am in Italy now. It’s quite cold here today. Is it cold in Kharkov today? I want to tell you about my favourite place in Italy. It is in Venice. 

The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (officially known in Italian as the Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco and commonly known as Saint Mark's Basilica) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture.

The building is the symbol of Venice, many historical events of Venice happened there. There is a museum and a treasury in it. Millions of tourists visit it every year.

You may ask me any details about this wonderful monument.

Name: St Mark's Basilica

Location: Venice, Italy

Architect:  Domenico I Contarini

Completed 1617

Used as: cathedral church

Famous for: symbol of  Venice, museum of St Marko, a treasury

Michel: Are there any nice buildings in your city? I am going to visit Ukraine soon, to see the Euro 2012 football championship. May be you will tell me about places to visit in your city?

Ss think of the questions they need

e.g.How do you spell it?

Ss ask him the details to fill in the form

Who designed the……?

Why was it built?

Ss complete the form 

Skype

HO 

Wonder 1

Name:

Location:

Architect:

Completed

Used as: 

Famous for

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Reading 

              Wonder 2

Let’s find the information about the first wonder. It is called CN Tower. Where is it situated? What do you do when you need some information?

Do you know what Wikipedia is?

How often do you use it?

Read a page from Wikipedia and fill in the form. T walks around and helps to fill in the form

Task:

A secretary fills in the form about the CN Tower in Canada. Be careful with your handwriting: your friends will read your text!

Ask  questions to check if everything has been filled

Ss: look in the internet

Each group gets a page from Wikipedia. They fill in the given form using the information

Ss ask questions if they have not filled in the forms

S1:Where is CN Tower located?

HO “CN Tower”

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Listening & watching video

Wonder 3

You are going to listen to and see a video about another landmark. You will watch the video twice

T checks if the Ss know these words:

Attraction, rises, height and occupancy, retail (selling), marvel

Task:

Fill in the green  form while listening to the story

T: pay attention to the way Naomi is speaking, the words she introduces herself, the speed of the speech etc.

Hi, Im Naomi and Im very excited to show you the world greatest attractions.

In stunning Dubai the world’s tallest building rises from the cityscape towering over the city. Burj Khalifa holding many records for height and occupancy

This impressive 160- storey waterfront building serves several purposes: hotel, retail, office and residential space are complimented by a park and a fitness center.

An observation deck is looking over magnificent surroundings.

Burj Khalifa is a spectacular addition to the extraordinary Dubai skyline in a city known for its wonders marvels

Wonder 3

Name: Burj Khalifa

Situated: Dubai, UAE

Height: 160 stories

Completed: 2010

Built as: hotel, retail, office, residential area

Famous for: world’s tallest building

Check the answers

Ss watch the video about Burj Khalifa and fill in the form

Video “Burj Khalifa”

HO Wonder 3

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The Project Presentation

Take the forms you filled in and present your landmark (get it by drawing)

The presentation form is to speak about the  landmark

You have 1 minute to prepare your speech

Do you remember the way Naomi presented her text? Try to be as well nice!

Ss draw the number of the place

then go to the board and with the presentation picture on it describe each landmark orally:

St Mark’s Basilica

The Burj Khalifa

CN Tower

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Home task

Prepare a similar oral speech about one of Ukrainian landmarks

Ss write down the HW in the daybooks

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Summing – Up and Feedback

Let’s check if we have done everything what we had planned. You’ve worked hard today. You’ve revised the lexis on our topic, you’ve practiced to look for info from different sources, you’ve develop your public speaking skills

Do you know now where CN tower is situated?

Do you know what the tallest tower in the world is?

What place would you like to read more about?

-decide who  the winner is

Go to the board and put a tick in the box of the team whose project was the best

-the winning team gets 12-11-10 marks

Now you assess our work and your impressions of the lesson,  its important  for me to know,  and write your impressions e.g. fantastic, good etc. I will keep it for the future

Ss go to the board and put a tick in the box of the team who made the best project

HO with pictures of the landmarks(Appendix -4-6)

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Song

Our lesson is going to be over in a few minutes.

I was happy to work with you.

This world is really full of wonders. But the best wonder in the world is a child. I know you are actors and participate in a Globe Theatre. You are the world , you are the children. Let’s sing the song

Ss sing the song We are the children which has been learnt before

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Wonder 1

Wonder 2

Wonder 3

Name:

Name:

Name:

Situated:

Situated:

Situated:

Architect:

Architect:

Height:

Completed:

Completed:

Completed:

Built as:

Built as:

Built as:

Famous for:

Famous for:

Famous for:

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