Main part of the lesson. Warm-up

LESSON PLAN

English-speaking countries

The outline of the lesson

Objectives:

- to develop students’ pair and group communicative skills;

- to develop the interest to learning a foreign language;

- to enlarge the students’ knowledge of the culture of English-speaking countries.

PROCEDURE

Introduction.Aims.

Teacher: Hello, everybody! Today we are having a demonstrative summing up lesson on the topic ‘’English-speaking countries’’. It will be held in a form of an intellectual game. In other words we’ll have a brain competition of two teams. So, let’s divide our class into two teams and figure out the names. But first answer my questions:

1. Who is the President of the USA now?(…)

2. What place does every child dream to visit in the USA? (Disney Land)

3. What territory belonged to Russia? (Alaska)

4. The ‘’Big Apple’’ is the name of … (New York)

5. What is the highest peak in the USA? (Mount McKinley, Alaska)

6. Who is the British Queen? (Elisabeth 2^nd)

7. Name the author of Harry Potter (

8. Which monument is the center of Trafalgar Square? (Nelson Column)

9. How is Great Britain separated from the continent? ( by the English Channel)

10. What is the longest river in Britain? (The Severn)

Teacher: Now you should introduce tour teams.

Teams introduce themselves: Our team is called…

I am…

I am…, I’m the captain

Main part of the lesson. Warm-up.

Teacher: As we’ve already finished learning the topic ‘’Geographical outlook’’ let’s revise the main facts about two countries the UK and the USA according to the plan:

1. GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

2. BIG CITIES

3. PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE

4. NATIONAL SYMBOLS

5. SIGHTSEEING

I. Monological speaking. (two pupils of each team present the country and ask the competitive team questions on it.

II. Reading activity. Group work. (The teams get the texts about the capital cities without capital letters, full stops and paragraphs. They should correct everything.)

TEXTS ABOUT CAPITALS

Thecapitaloftheusaiswashingtonthecityisnamedafterthefirstamericanpresidentdcordistrictofcolumbiaisaterritoryofthecityitdoesnotbelongtoanystatewashingtondiffersfromtheothercitiesofthecountryithasnobuildingshigherthan40metrestallthemostfamousbuildingisthewhitehousethisisthehomeofthepresidentanotherimportantbuildingisthecapitolthisistheseatofthecongresswashingtonisveryspecialinspringitischerryblossomtimethat’swhyitisaverygoodtimefortourists

Londonissituatedontheriverthamesitisthecapitaloftheukitconsistsoffourmaindistrictsthesearethecitywestminsterthewestendandtheeastendthecityissmallinareabutitisthebusinesscenteroflondonmostbanksandofficesaresituatedtherewestminsteristheadministrativecenterthehousesofparliamentaretherethewestendistherichestpartherewefindmostoftheshopshotelsmuseumsartgalleriestheatresconcerthallseastendisanindustrialdistrictmostofplantsandfactoriesaresituatedhere

III. Listening, speaking. The pupils describe any big city of the country (everybody says one sentence), their competitors guess it.

Great Britain

1. It is the largest city of Scotland. There are more than 1 mln inhabitants here. It lies 50 miles from Edinburg. In the 15^th century the second university of Scotland was built here. Today it is a big port. Shipbuilding, machinery, publishing are developed here. (Glasgow)

2. This city is the center of textile industry. There are many textile factories here. This city has two famous football teams. It is in the north-west of England. (Manchester)

3. It is the center of steel industry of England. (Sheffield)

4. England’s greatest dramatist and poet was born here. So it has become the second biggest tourist center after London. It stands on the river Avon. (Stratford-on-Avon)

The USA

1. It is situated on the Potomac river. It has memorials to the most famous American presidents. One of them is called the ’’Pencil’’. Opposite to it is the Lincoln Memorial. (Washington)

2. Everybody knows the motion picture capital of the world. It is a good place to see the stars. This city is the district of Los Angeles. One hut stood here in1853. Now 225 000 people live in the area. (Hollywood)

3. It is the biggest city of the USA. It is known all over the world by its famous monument that stands in the Harbor. It is a statue of a woman that symbolizes a welcome to a land of freedom. It was presented from the people of France to the people of the USA. (New York)

4. It is the third largest city in the country and one of the biggest industrial centers. Here you can visit a unique museum of Science and Industry. The citizens are proud of their famous basketball team ‘’ … Bulls’’. (Chicago)

While the teams are listening to city descriptions, two students are unscrambling their names written on the blackboard.

GLASGOW, STRATFORD NEW YORK, HOLYWOOD

MANCHESTER WASHIHNGTON

SHEFFIELD CHICAGO

IV. True\False sentences about people and language. (One pupil of each team marks them at the blackboard.)

1. The inhabitants of all parts of the UK can be called English. -

2. British is the general name for all the citizens of the UK. +

3. Great Britain is a multinational country. +

4. Scots, Welsh, Irish and English are the four main nations of the UK. +

5. Everyone in Britain speaks English. +

6. In Wales there are two official languages English and Gaelic. –

7. In Scotland they speak English and Scottish. –

8. The USA is a ‘’melting pot ‘’of nations. +

9. English is the only language spoken in America. –

10. The USA has never had an official language. +

11. Spanish is the second most common language in the USA. +

12. American and British English are just the same. –

V. While the two are doing the true \false task, the rest of the team work with the task to join English and American words in pairs.

AMERICAN AND BRITISH ENGLISH

1) Apartment-flat

2) Vacation-holiday

3) Movie-film

4) Truck-lorry

5) Candy-sweet

6) Fall-autumn

7) Parking-car park

8) Elevator-lift

9) Subway-underground

10) Gas-petrol

11) Grade-class

12) Yard-garden

13) Note-bill – bank

14) Drugstore-chemist

VI. Checking-up homework (the teams were to find in the net the anthems of the UK and the USA, learn them by heart and recite them in class and to make up dialogues on the national symbols and to describe one of the sights of the country as in the examples below)

THE UNOFFICIAL ANTHEM OF AMERICA

‘’GOD BLESS AMERICA’’

(by Irving Berling,1917)

While the storm clouds gather

Far across the sea,

Let us swear allegiance

To a land that’s free,

Let us all be grateful

For a land so fair,

As we rise our voices

In a solemn prayer. God bless America

Land that I love

Stand beside her and guide her,

Thru the night with a light from above.

From the mountains to the prairies

To the oceans white with foam,

God bless America

My home sweet home.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF GREAT BRITAIN

‘’ GOD SAVE THE QUEEN’’

God save our gracious Queen!

Long live our noble Queen!

God save the Queen!

Send her victorious,

Happy and glorious,

Long reign over us,

God save the Queen!

The anthem originated as a patriotic song in London, England, 1745.

Neither the author nor composer is known.

The examples of dialogues to make up:

1) B: -Mary, what do you have?

M: -I have the pictures of four plants-symbols of Great Britain.

B: -Why have you brought them to the lesson?

M: -I’d like to describe them to you.

B: -Why?

M: -They are the national emblems of four British countries. The shamrock-of Ireland, the thistle –of Scotland, the yellow daffodil –of Wales, and the red rose is the national symbol of England.

B: -Thanks for the information, it was rather interesting!

2) A: -What can you see on this picture?

B: -It’s the emblem of the USA.

A: -Can you explain what is on it?

B: -I think I can. Look! It the national bird – the bald eagle. It symbolizes strength and courage.

A: -What does it have in its claws?

B: -An olive branch with 13 olives, 13 leaves and 13 arrows. They represent peace and strength.

A:-Oh, I see a Latin phrase here. What does it mean?

B:- Out of many one or one nation out of 13 colonies.

VII. Captains contest (a quiz on general knowledge of the countries)

Look at the pictures on the blackboard, listen to the description and name the sight.

1. This library is the greatest in England. It contains books of all times and countries. About 400 readers can work in its Reading Room. (The British Museum Library)

2. It’s a beautiful building with two towers. One of them is the Clock Tower. It has a famous clock called Big Ben. The British Parliament seats here. (The Houses of Parliament)

3. It is a fantastic square in the center of London with a monument to Admiral Nelson –a Nelson Column. (Trafalgar Square)

4. This place is the biggest mystery of all. Some people believe it was a sacred place. Others consider it a giant calendar. Nobody knows for certain. It was built over 4000 years ago in the Stone Age. (Stonehenge)

1. It is a monumental granite sculpture. It represents the first 150 years of the USA history with the 18 meters sculptures of 4 American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln. It attracts over 2 mln. people every year. (Rushmore Mount, South Dakota)

2. Five great lakes in the USA are connected by natural channels cut by rapids. The greatest of them is a huge waterfall. It has strong power and used to produce electricity. The roar of falling water is heard over 50 km. (Niagara Falls)

3. The USA Congress meets in this building. It is constructed of white sandstone and marble. On the top of the building stands a bronze Statue of Freedom. (The Capitol)

4. This building was designed in 1792. All presidents except George Washington have lived there. There are 132 rooms and 20 baths and showers in it. The President’s office is called the Oval Room. (The White House)

VIII. Scoring the points. Finding out who the winner is. Summing up.

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