Урок-путешествие "Travelling to the World of Music" для 9-го класса

Разделы: Иностранные языки


Продолжительность – 2 урока

Образовательные задачи:

- развитие лексических навыков говорения;

- совершенствование навыков чтения и аудирования;

- повторение грамматического материала по теме через составление разных типов вопросов.

Развивающие задачи:

- развитие внимания, воображения, памяти;

- развитие способности к догадке, гибкости и логичности ума, коммуникабельности, способности осуществлять репродуктивные и продуктивные речевые действия;

- расширение кругозора.

Воспитательные задачи:

- формирование уважения к культуре других народов и культуре своей страны;

- воспитание чувства ответственности перед своими одноклассниками;

- воспитание этики взаимоотношений;

Оборудование:

учебник для 9 класса “Английский язык” (В.П. Кузовлев и др.), карточки с заданиями, аудиокассета с записями разных стилей музыки, портрет А.В. Моцарта, тексты, изображение поезда, жетоны.

Ход урока

Teacher:

-Good morning, boys and girls! On the blackboard you can see a nice train. What do you think it is for?

Student:

- Maybe, we are going to travel?

Teacher:

- Yes, you’re right! We’ll travel to a very beautiful world, the world of music. We can’t live without music, can we?

Student:

- No we can’t. Music is a part of our life. We can hear it everywhere: in the parks, in the streets, in the shops, on TV, over the radio, in cars, at discos, concerts, everywhere. A lot of people enjoy music. Music enriches us.

Teacher:

-I agree with you. I love music too. So, what will our traveling be like? On our way we’re going to do some stops at different stations and you’ll do different tasks. So, let’s start.

I. Warming-up

Teacher:

1. Let’s name as many different styles of music as you can.

2. Let’s name as many adjectives which can help you to describe music, as you can.

3. Let’s name all the verbs which are connected with music.

Students (possible answers):

1. Rock, rap, classical music, folk music, etc.

2. Appealing, powerful, melancholy, sentimental, torchy, fascinating, etc.

3. To destroy, to conquer, to portray, to irritate, etc.

II. First Station “Meeting Our Guests”

Teacher:

- Let me introduce our guests. This is a correspondent from one of the British teenagers’ magazine.

Одному из учеников предварительно было дано индивидуальное домашнее задание: подготовить вопросы о музыкальных интересах подростков

Student:

- Hi! My name is Sam. I’m writing an article about Russian Teenagers, their attitude to music. I’d like to ask you some questions.

Do you like music?

What is your favourite sort of music?

Do you often listen to music?

Where and when do you listen to music?

Do the people you live with and you r friends share the same tastes in music as you?

How often do you go to concerts?

What do your parents think about music you listen to?

Can you play any musical instrument?

Организуется речевое взаимодействие с аудиторией.

- Thank you very much for your answers. Good-bye!

Teacher:

-One of the most famous pop stars has come to our train and is going to the world of music with us. Let’s greet her. This is Valeria. You may ask her as many questions as you can.

Одной из учениц класса предварительно было дано индивидуальное домашнее задание: узнать как можно больше о творчестве певицы, её семье, планах на будущее, и быть готовой ответить на любой вопрос одноклассников.

Student:

-How old are you?

-Where and with whom do you live?

-How old were you when you started singing?

-What is you favourite song?

-Who is your favourite singer?

-Who writes words for your songs?

-Thank you for your answers. It was great speaking to you.

III. Station “Music: the Soundtrack of Our Life”

Teacher:

-Now, you’ll listen to different pieces of music for some seconds. Your task is to describe it and say what feelings it evokes in you. The questions on the board will help you.

  1. What sort of music is it?
  2. What is this piece of music like?(describe it, using adjectives)
  3. Do you like or dislike it?
  4. What feelings does it evoke in you?
  5. What does it make you think of?
  6. What does it portray?
  7. How does it influence you?

Звучат отрывки следующих произведений

1.Л.Бетховен “Лунная соната”.

2. В. Меладзе “Салют, Вера!”.

3.Э. Пресли “Love Me Tender”.

4.Л. Армстронг “Let My People Go”.

5. Н. Бабкина “Ой, снег-снежок”, русская песня.

Possible students’ answers:

- I think this is classical music. It’s rather quiet, romantic. I like this music. It evokes different feelings in me. It makes me remember summer. It portrays a light sunny day. Classical music is breathtaking and unforgettable.

IV. Station “Great Composer of the Past”

Звучит музыка В. Моцарта “Свадьба Фигаро”/

Teacher:

- Who is the composer of this music?

Student:

- I think it is Mozart. I guess it is a piece from his opera “The Marriage of Figaro”

Teacher:

-Yes, it is. And now I’d like you to form 3 groups

Класс делится на три группы с учетом уровня подготовки по предмету.

- The task for the first group: the following parts of the text about Mozart are mixed up. Put them in the right order/

Text

  1. When he was 6 years old his father decided to take him and his sister to the big cities of Europe. Two children gave concerts in Germany, Austria, France, England, and Switzerland. The audience was delighted to see such a small boy playing the clavier.
  2. Burdens of life, poverty and disease speeded up his death. He died at the age of 35. The real fame came to Mozart only after his death. Many people now know and like his music.
  3. Wolfgang Mozart is a famous Austrian composer. He was born in1756. His father, a violinist and a composer, noticed wonderful talent of his son and taught him how to play musical instruments and to compose.
  4. When he was 14 he was invited to Italy. He could not imagine his life without music. By the age of 19 Mozart was the author of ten major musical works.
  5. Being four years old Mozart played the clavier. When he was five or six he started composing music. At the age of eight-nine Mozart created his first symphonies and at the age of ten- his first creations for musical theatre.
  6. At the age of 26 he moved from his native town to Vienna. Though he didn’t have a great success as a composer in Vienna, Mozart wrote many songs, serenades, symphonies.

Keys: 1-C, 2-E, 3-A, 4-D, 5-F, 6-B.

Teacher:

-The task for the second group: Fill in the gaps in the text with necessary words.

Wolfgang Mozart

Wolfgang Mozart is a famous Austrian ____. He was born in 1756. His father, a violinist and a composer, noticed wonderful ____ of his son and taught him how to play musical ____ and to compose.

Being four years old Mozart played the clavier. When he was five or six he started ____ music. At the age of 8-9 Mozart created his first symphonies and at the age of ten- his first creations for musical theatre.

When he was six years old his father decided to _____ him and his sister to the big cities of Europe. Two children gave _____ in Germany, Austria, France, England, and Switzerland. The ____ was delighted to see such a small boy playing the _____.

When he was 14 he was invited to Italy. He could not imagine his life without ____.

By the age of 19 Mozart was the _____ of ten Major musical works.

At the ____ of 26 he moved from his native town to Vienna. Though he didn’t have a great ____ as a composer in Vienna, Mozart wrote many songs, serenades, symphonies.

Burdens of his life, poverty and disease speeded up his _____. He died at the age of 35.

The real fame _____ to Mozart only after his death. Many people now know and like his _____.

Teacher:

-The task for the third group of students: You’ll read some more interesting information about Mozart and tell everybody you have learned about this great composer.

  1. When Mozart was a small boy he played the clavier and the violin, but he was afraid of the trumpet very much. He didn’t like the sound of this instrument. One day his father decided to suppress his son’s fear of the trumpet and began playing it to his face. Hardly had little Wolfgang heard such a deafening sound he fainted. His father decided not to make him play the trumpet any more.
  2. Here is an announcement of the concert, which was given by Mozart and his sister in Paris, “Today, on August 30, 1763, at 6 p.m. the last concert will take place: a girl of 12 years old and her brother of seven years old will play the clavier. The girl will perform the most difficult compositions of famous masters and the boy will play the violin and will perform the clavier concerto and also will play blindfolded so well as if he can see the keyboard perfectly, then he will imitate all the sounds emitted with different instruments or things such as bells, glasses, alarm-clocks. And at last he will play the organ as much as the audience wishes since he can do it perfectly.”
  3. When Mozart was twelve he started composing operas. Famous composers and musicians of that time, who had admired Mozart’s talent before, were afraid of his great success, they saw a serious rival in him and began spreading the news that it was his father not the boy himself who wrote operas. They hated him and became the Mozarts’ enemies. It was very difficult to prove the public that it was really young Wolfgang who composed such beautiful operas. The tunes from his opera “The Marriage of Figaro” could be heard everywhere. People loved the opera, it became the folk music. Later, in1875, when Mozart’s opera “The Marriage of Figaro” was suggested to be staged in Moscow Conservatory, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, an outstanding Russian composer, made the translation of the text of it into Russian. It was a very difficult work. Since that time people of Russia have been enjoying Mozart’s opera in Russian. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky valued Mozart very much. One day he said, “I am much indebted to Mozart that I’ve devoted my life to music. He was the first who made me love music most of all in my life”.
  4. Mozart died very suddenly after a short illness. Rumors had it that he had been poisoned, but it is more likely that he had a weak heart. He died so poor that only the gravedigger attended his funeral. There are many legends around Mozart’s death/ They say two weeks before his death a man in black visited him anonymously and ordered him to write a requiem. Mozart agreed because he needed money badly. He was a romantic and impressionable man. He felt sure that it was his death. The visitor in black was just a certain count who wanted to publish the requiem as his own composition.

Teacher:

- Now, let’s listen to the story about of W. Mozart.

Учащиеся первой группы читают текст вслух в правильной последовательности. Учащиеся второй группы проверяют себя, правильно ли они вставили пропущенные слова. Учащиеся третьей группы делают короткие сообщения, о которых не читали и не знают их одноклассники.

Teacher:

-Thank you for your work. Now, let’s play. We’ll see who can ask questions properly.

Каждая команда выбирает номер вопроса на табло. Вопрос записан на листочке, но его части перемешаны. Нужно задать его правильно. Если вопрос задан верно, то первая команда получает треугольник, вторая - кружочек, третья - квадрат. Команда, набравшая большее количество фигур на табло, побеждает.

1   2   3  
4 5 6
7 8 9

Questions:

  1. when / born / Mozart / where / was / and?
  2. did / father / what / his / him / teach?
  3. music / he / composing / did / when / start?
  4. Mozart / young / countries / visit / what / did?
  5. did / when / come / Mozart / to / fame / the / real?
  6. by / did / works / he / how / 19 / of / age / many / create / the?
  7. Mozart / a / enemies / of / didn’t / had / lot / he / young?
  8. great / he / what / compose / did / operas?
  9. suddenly / didn’t / 35 / he / the / died / age / he / of / at?

V. Station “Why Not Go to the Concert?”

Teacher:

- A lot of people like to go to concerts. What about you? I think it’s not difficult to invite your friend to a concert it’s difficult to convince him/her to go there. especially to the concert of classical music. Now. let’s see how you can do it.

Проверка домашнего задания.

Драматизация учащимися диалогов, p. 49, Student’s Book.

VI. Station “Crossword”

Teacher:

- Thank you for your dialogues. I see you are great lovers of classical music and won’t miss a chance to listen to it. You also can persuade anybody to go to the concert with you. Now I want you to work in groups again. Let’s sum up your knowledge of music.

Учащиеся разбиваются на группы по своему желанию.

Which group is the first to fill in the words in the crossword?

рис 1. Кроссворд.

Across:

  1. A religious song sung originally by the black peoples of the USA.
  2. The national song of a country.
  3. A large musical instrument played by pressing narrow black or white bars.
  4. A person who directs (conducts) the playing of a group of musicians.
  5. A religious song.
  6. A musical performance.
  7. A musical instrument with six or more strings, a long neck and a wooden body.

Down:

1. A piece of music for a large group of instruments, usually having four parts.

8. A large group of people who play music together on stringed and other instruments.

Answers:

Across:

  1. spiritual
  2. anthem
  3. piano
  4. conductor
  5. hymn
  6. concert
  7. guitar

Down:

1. symphony

8. orchestra

Teacher:

It’s time we finished our traveling. You’ve worked hard, I am satisfied with your work. What was difficult for you?

Student:

- For me it was difficult to fill in the blanks in the text with proper words. I haven’t done everything correctly.

Student:

- I found it difficult to ask our guest – singer Valeriya questions.

Student:

- It’s not easy for me to write words in the crossword, I find English spelling very difficult.

Teacher:

- I see. But the more and harder you work and practice the better you know English. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.