Урок-змагання із змінними групами на тему: "Ми любимо Україну" (6 клас).

WE LOVE UKRAINE (6 FORM, competition in the mixed groups)                          

 Objectives:   to revise and  practice vocabulary on the topic “Ukraine”;                                                   to develop  free speaking skills;                                                                                                                                to form students habits of communication according to the situation;                                                   to learn some interesting cultural and historical facts;                                                                        to develop creativity and language intuition,  to broaden students outlook;                                         to work in mixed groups;                                                                                                                                    to cultivate a tolerant attitude towards each other.                                                            Equipment: сards with the tasks, paper flowers and ribbons with questions on the back, sheets of papers, felt pens, pictures of Kyiv’s famous places. 

PROCEDURE

T.  Dear friends, nice to see you. Welcome to the competition “We love Ukraine”. Look at the board. There are flowers on it. Each student comes to the board, take a flower, read the question on the back and answer. (The flowers are red, yellow, blue. The possible questions:                                                  1. What is the capital of Ukraine?                                                                                                                                          2.  Where is Ukraine situated?                                                                                                                                                    3. What are the colours of the Ukrainian flag?                                                                                                                                 4. Which city is named after Ukrainian hetman?                                                                                                                 5. What is Ukraine’s main river?                                                                                                                                                         6. Which mountains are in the west of Ukraine?                                                                                                           7. What is Ukraine washed by?                                                                                                                                             8. What is the highest peak in Ukraine?                                                                                                                                9. What is the traditional Ukrainian dance?                                                                                                                    10. What is the traditional Ukrainian dish?                                                                                                                                         11. What is the national musical instrument?                                                                                                                       12. What is the national Ukrainian dress?)                                                                                                                          T.  Now dear boys and girls, you join three teams according to your flower colours:  “Red”,  “Yellow”,  “Blue”.  (Put the cards with the  names of the teams on the tables). You may take your places. We start the first competition. 

 Task 1.  Ukraine’s Records.                                                                                                                                                                              Match the sentences (1-8) and (a-h).                                                                                                                                                                                 1. The highest mountain in Ukraine is Mount Hoverla.                                                                                 2. The deepest lake is Lake Svitiaz.                                                                                                                               3. Kryvyi  Rih is the city in Ukraine which stretches the furthest.                                                                         4. The tallest building in Ukraine is the Residential Complex at 7, Klovskyi  Descent, Kyiv.                                                                                         5. The largest city square in Ukraine is Freedom square in Kharkiv.                                                                  6.  Dnipro Embankment is the longest promenade in Europe.                                                                                                    7. The biggest water park is Treasure Island, Kyrylivka,  Zaporizhia region.                                                        8. The largest region in Ukraine is the Odessa region.                                                                                                   A   It has an area of 119,000square metres.                                                                                                                               B   It’s got 48 floors.                                                                                                                                                                     C  It runs along the Dnipro River for over 30 kilometres.                                                                                D  It is 2,061 metres high.                                                                                                                                                      E  It stretches for 126 kilometres.                                                                                                                                                 F  It is 58.4 metres deep.                                                                                                                                                                                 G  It’s got 16 attractions for adults and 18 attractions for children.                                                                H  Its territory is 33,310 square kilometers.

 Task 2.   “ Ukrainian Symbols”                                                                                                                                               T.  You have to draw official or unofficial Ukrainian symbols and present them at the board.                                                                                    T.   Thank you for your stories. Could you   hang your pictures on the board?

 Task 3.  “Ukrainian Cossacks”                                                                                                                                              Read the text and choose the correct answer.

   At the beginning of the 16^th  century, Ukrainian Cossacks started to live in big groups.  We  (1)____  the territory where they  (2)____  “Zaporizka Sich”. It started from a fortress on the Khortytsia island in the  middle of the River Dnipro.   To travel by water the Cossacks (3)____  light boats. Such boat (4)____  called a “chaika”. The   boat steering oars and (5)____  easily sail in any directions.                                                                The Cossacks (6)____       down the River   Dnipro to the Black Sea. Then they (7)____  the sea.  We   (8)____  tell exactly how (9)____  time it took them to travel to what is now Istanbul   but they (10)____  there!                                                                                                                                                                                                    1   a called          b  call             c  calling                                                                                                                                      2   a  live             b  living         c  lived                                                                                                                                                                                        3   a  used            b  use             c  uses                                                                                                                               4   a  was             b  are              c  were                                                                                                                                    5   a  couldn’t      b  can             c  could                                                                                                                                  6   a  sails            b  sailed          c  sail                                                                                                                                        7   a  crossed       b  cross           c  crossing                                                                                                                           8    a can              b  can’t           c  could                                                                                                                                  9    a  long            b  many          c  much                                                                                                                              10   a  got             b  are              c where                                                                                                                                                  T. Dear friends, the teams get the following points …The team ……  was the best. Thank you for your activity.                                                                                                                                                                                         T.  Let’s make a wreath from your flowers for our motherland. (The students come to the board and stick the flowers in the form of a circle). Very  nice.                                                                                                                          T.  But we need ribbons for our wreath. Here they are. Take them, please. (The students take coloured paper ribbons with mixed words from three groups on the back.                                                                                                                                            Three  groups of words.                                                                                                                                                                                  Holidays                 Symbols                State                                                                                                                                                             Easter                        Marigold flowers      Flag                                                                                                                                      New Year                  Willow tree              Trident                                                                                                                                             Independence Day     Bandura                    Anthem                                                                                                                                        Christmas                  Snowball tree       Constitution)                                                                                                                                                                 T. Now you need to join three groups. But you have to guess yourselves in what way. (The students go round the classroom, tell each other their words. They have to come to conclusion that there are categories: “Holydays”, “Symbols”, “State”).                                                                                                   T. Boys and girls, you are very smart.  Really you join three teams: “Holydays”, “Symbols”, “State”.  You can take your places.  

  Task 1.  “Travel agency”                                                                                                                                 T.  Imagine that you work for a travel agency. You are to create a 10-sentence advertisement – an invitation on a tour to Ukraine.  (The teams present their advertisement   at the board and then hang their posters on the board).

                                                                 Task 2.  “Kyiv’s famous places”                                                             T. Match the places in the pictures and their descriptions.

Task 3.  “Future poets”                                                                                                                                                             T.  You can try to write Sancan about Ukraine. (Possible Sancan:                                                                           Ukraine                                                                                                        Ukraine                                               beautiful  wonderful                                                                              independent native                                             live work study                                                                                       grow help travel                                                      We  love our state.                                                                                  It is my motherland.                                  Motherland                                                                                                    Country                                              T. OK, well done. You are very creative. Could you hang your Sancans on the board? Thank you.                                                                                                                                                                                                     All three  groups have worked very hard and the results are …   But the team …  is the winner.                                                                 T.  OK. Now  come to the board and stick your coloured ribbons to our wreath. What a beautiful Ukrainian wreath have we got! Thank you everybody.                                                                                                   So, our competition is over. I hope you have liked it. You were active, smart and tolerant. I am sure that you will glorify Ukraine in the future. Bye.