Цель урока: познакомить учащихся с произведениями английского фольклора, на примере произведения “Mr. Miacca”; разобрать такие понятия как «непослушание», «плохое поведение», «наказание». Данное произведение учит ребят тому, что необходимо быть ответственным за свои поступки, осознавать свое поведение, быть честным по отношению к близким людям. 

Ход урока

Учитель:  Dear friends! We all know Russian fairy-tales and the main heroes of them. There are good and bad characters.  Let’s remember them. Look at the picture and try to name the personages.

Учащиеся:  Yes, we know all of them! These are (In Russian) Баба-Яга, Кощей Бессмертный и Соловей – Разбойник.
Учитель:  Yes, you are right! These heroes are bad. And we all know good and kind characters. Can you name them?
Учащиеся: (предлагают свои варианты персонажей, характеризующих добро в русском фольклоре) Например: Илья Муромец, Добрыня Никитич, Иванушка, Василиса – Премудрая.
  Учитель: Right! And today we’ll know about personages from British fairy tales. What do you think are there good and bad characters? Of course, there are!  What do you think why is it necessary to show bad characters in a fairy tales? What for?  Today we’ll try to find it out and as an example we’ll read one story. It’s an English fairy tale.

Mr. Miacca

TOMMY GRIMES was sometimes a good boy, and sometimes a bad boy; and when he was a bad boy, he was a very bad boy. Now his mother used to say to him: 'Tommy, Tommy, be a good boy, and don't go out of the street, or else Mr Miacca will take you.' But still when he was a bad boy he would go out of the street; and one day, sure enough, he had scarcely got round the corner, when Mr Miacca did catch him and popped him into a bag upside down, and took him off to his house.
When Mr Miacca got Tommy inside, he pulled him out of the bag and sat him down, and felt his arms and legs. 'You're rather tough,' says he; 'but you're all I've got for supper, and you'll not taste bad boiled. But body o' me, I've forgot the herbs, and it's bitter you'll taste without herbs. Sally! Here, I say, Sally!' and he called Mrs Miacca.
So Mrs Miacca came out of another room and said: 'What d'ye want, my dear?'
'Oh, here's a little boy for supper,' said Mr Miacca, 'and I've forgot the herbs. Mind him, will ye, while I go for them.'
'All right, my love,' says Mrs Miacca, and off he goes.
Then Tommy Grimes said to Mrs Miacca: 'Does Mr Miacca always have little boys for supper?'
'Mostly, my dear,' said Mrs Miacca, 'if little boys are bad enough, and get in his way.'
'And don't you have anything else but boy-meat? No pudding?' asked Tommy.
'Ah, I love pudding,' says Mrs Miacca. 'But it's not often the likes of me gets pudding.'
'Why, my mother is making a pudding this very day,' said Tommy Grimes, 'and I am sure she'd give you some, if I ask her. Shall I run and get some?'
'Now, that's a thoughtful boy,' said Mrs Miacca, 'only don't be long and be sure to be back for supper.'
So off Tommy pelted, and right glad he was to get off so cheap; and for many a long day he was as good as good could be, and never went round the corner of the street. But he couldn't always be good; and one day he went round the corner, and as luck would have it, he hadn't scarcely got round it when Mr Miacca grabbed him up, popped him in his bag, and took him home.
When he got him there, Mr Miacca dropped him out; and when he saw him, he said: 'Ah, you're the youngster that served me and my missus such a shabby trick, leaving us without any supper. Well, you shan't do it again. I'll watch over you myself. Here, get under the sofa, and I'll set on it and watch the pot boil for you.'
So poor Tommy Grimes had to creep under the sofa, and Mr Miacca sat on it and waited for the pot to boil. And they waited and they waited, but still the pot didn't boil, till at last Mr Miacca got tired of waiting, and he said: 'Here, you under there, I'm not going to wait any longer; put out your leg, and I'll stop your giving us the slip.'
So Tommy put out a leg and Mr Miacca got a chopper, and chopped it off, and pops it in the pot.
Suddenly he calls out: 'Sally, my dear, Sally!' and nobody answered. So he went into the next room to look out for Mrs Miacca, and while he was there Tommy crept out from under the sofa and ran out of the door. For it was a leg of the sofa that he had put out.
So Tommy Grimes ran home, and he never went round the corner again till he was old enough to go alone.
Учитель:  Now let’s do some tasks and try to understand the moral of this story.
Answer my questions:

1. What kind of boy was Tommy Grimes?
2. What did his mother ask him not to do?
3. What did Tommy promise to bring Mrs. Miacca?
4. Could Tommy always be good or did he go round the corner of the street again?
5. Did Mr. Miacca remember Tommy when he caught him again?
6. Was Tommy a good boy after all his adventures?

Now tell me what’s your opinion?

1. Mrs. Miacca said “My dear, my love”. Was she kind or cruel? Why could Tommy play a trick on her?
2. Why did Mr. Miacca catch bad boys? Why could Tommy play a trick on him too?
3. Tommy was always a good boy after it. Is it difficult to be always good? What does your mother say when you are not good? What may happen if you don’t do what your mother say?

 Look at these words and try  to make the descriptions of the characters.

Now using these words how can you describe Tommy and Mr. Miacca?
Tommy wasn’t a bad boy, but sometimes it was naughty. He didn’t listen to his mother and went rounв the corner of the street. Mr. Miacca  is a strange character. He’s cruel, but rather stupid, that’s why Tommy was able to play a trick on him. But this hero shows us that it’s important to be obedient and honest.

Now let’s think together, what’s the moral of this fairy-tale?

It seems to me that this story is about our behavior. We must be obedient and listen to our parents, or it can be very bad. Of course in real life these is no Mr. Miacca but there are a lot of bad people who can be cruel and we need to be obedient not to be caught by them.
I think that this story teaches us to be honest  with parents. They love us and worry about us and we should listen to them.
We should be responsible for our actions.

Учитель:  Thank you all very much. Yes, you are all right. the moral is quite simple “We should think before we do smth, we should think about people who love us and of course we should be responsible for our words and actions”. Keep your words and be all good boys and girls! And at the end of this lesson I want you write down some proverbs:

better the foot slip than the tongue trip – слово не воробей, вылетит – не поймаешь
as you sow, you shall mow – что посеешь, то и пожнешь
the cat is always out of the bag – тайное всегда становится явным
it’s never too late to mend – исправиться никогда не поздно