Технология урока: шесть шляп мышления, тонкие и толстые вопросы, ИНСЕРТ, перекрестная дискуссия, синквейн
Цели: развитие монологической и диалогической речи учащихся с использованием новых выражений, формирование лингво-культурной компетенции учащихся.
Образовательные задачи:
- расширить кругозор по теме;
- реализовать межпредметные связи (история).
Познавательные:
- развитие лингво-культурной компетенции;
- активизация лексики и лексико-грамматических конструкций по теме;
- ознакомление с “крылатыми” выражениями по предложенной теме.
Воспитательные:
- поддерживать дух толерантности, принимая другие точки зрения;
- воспитывать умение внимательно слушать и слышать, уважать другое мнение;
- поддерживать других и быть к ним благожелательными.
Развивающие:
- развитие способности к переключению уровней мышления (The Six Thinking Hats);
- развивать критическое мышление через чтение информационного текста;
- развивать умение работать в группе (компетентности: интеллектуальная, социальная)
Оборудование урока: аудиозапись песни “Money” звучит в начале и в конце урока в исполнении группы “Ленинград”; карточки с “крылатыми” выражениями; символы доллара и фунта стерлингов; шляпы шести цветов; карточки для учащихся. (Звучит запись песни “Money”)
ХОД УРОКА
Epigraph
Money makes the world go round.
Стадия вызова (Evocation)
1.Teacher. Good morning, students. I’m sure that you know this song. Do you like it? I think it is eternal problem. Money, or to be exact, the shortage of money. If only we had enough money!
Today we are going to speak about money again, not only about dollars and pounds, but also about our “wooden” rubles. Today we shall learn some new facts from the history of money and we shall try to answer some very important and controversial questions: “Does money really make the world go round? Can money make us happier?”
People work for money, they sometimes make friends for money; they love, live and die for money.
Why does money rule the world, why do people need money- these are the questions everyone would like to answer.
“Six thinking hats “method will help us to discuss this problem from different points of view. It is an important and powerful technique. It is used to look at decisions from a number of important perspectives.
This tool was created by Edward de Bono.
“Six thinking hats” is about improving communication and decision-making in groups .It helps to structure thinking and make it more effective. Suggestions, judgments, criticism, information and emotions are all mixed together.
The “Six thinking hats” are different ways of looking at an issue that has to be decided, each “Thinking Hat” is a different style of thinking.
| under the white hat one presents the facts, The White Hat: calls for information, known or needed. "The facts, just the facts." |
| under the red hat one says how one feels about the issue, The Red Hat: signifies feelings, hunches and intuition - the place where emotions are placed without explanation |
| under the black hat one looks at the negative effects of the decision
(disadvantages), The Black Hat: signifies caution and critical thinking - do not overuse! Why something may not work |
| under the yellow hat one looks at the positive effects (advantages)of the
decision , The Yellow Hat: symbolizes brightness and optimism. You can explore the positives and probe for value and benefit. |
| under the green hat one thinks of alternatives, proposes new creative
ideas. The Green Hat: focuses on creativity, possibilities, alternatives and new ideas. It is an opportunity to express new concepts and new perceptions - lateral thinking could be used here |
| under the blue hat one clarifies which kind of thinking is going on. The Blue Hat: is used to manage the thinking process. It ensures that the 'Six Thinking Hats' guidelines are observed. |
Overall, thinking becomes clearer when the different parts that go into it are brought into the open.
Why hats? You can find a traditional connection between thinking and hats in many English proverbs and idioms.
The idea of the “hat” has the advantage that it allows people to play with a new perspective. People who argue by criticism, for example, can remain mostly critical. But putting on the red hat they can show their emotions, or by putting on the yellow hat they can think about advantages. You can easily put on and take off your hat, so you can discuss a problem from different points of view. So, this method tries to make our discussion more rational and above all I found it very interesting to analyze a problem under the “hat” categories.
2. We continue to speak about money. We have already learnt some facts from the history of money, about things used as money in the past. Money is also closely connected with the economy.
First of all, answer my questions:
- What is money?
- What is currency?
- What did people use as money in the past?
- What is the value of money?
- What are the main uses of money?
- Why does money rule the world?
Answers:
- Money is anything that is generally accepted by people in exchange for the things they sell or the work they do.
- The money in use in the country is called currency.
- In the past people used rice, teeth, shells, salt, elephant tusks, tobacco.
- The value of money results from the fact that everyone will accept it as payment.
- The most important use of money is being the medium of exchange. Money serves as a unit of account. Money is a store of wealth.
- Money is nearly the main option for people to communicate.
And now there is a question, which may seem surprising.
Do you like poetry? Do you know many poems? Can you compose poems yourselves? Do you
think it’s difficult to write poems? Let’s do it together.
If the weather isn’t sunny,
So you’ve got too little...(money).
When you travel England around,
Then you need not ruble, but...(pound).
If you fly to system solar,
You will surely need...(a dollar).
Of course, it’s a joke. This poem is not serious at all. But the topic of our today’s conversation is, on the contrary, rather serious.
Стадия осмысления (Realization of meaning)
3. We have learnt many facts from the history of dollar and the pound.
Do you remember that according to the Oxford English Dictionary dollar goes back to German thaler, while its sign is a simplified form of the Spanish peso (8>$).
In pound we see a reference to weighing. It corresponds to the Latin pondus (weight). Sterling points to the highest quality and a pound sterling is a coin of 20 shillings represented by a golden sovereign.
Today it’s time to learn something new. Let’s put on white hats. On your desks you have sheets of paper with the text from which you may learn much interesting from the history of Russians coins. First of all you should read the text and then fill the table. There are four columns in the table.
“ ”You should put a tick if you knew this fact before. |
“+” New information |
“-“ Thought differently |
“?” Don’t understand, have questions |
| This technique is called INSERT I- interactive N- noting S- system E- effective R- reading T- thinking |
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Text. (Приложение 1)
Now let’s discuss in groups.
What fact did you know before?
What new information have you found in the text?
Are there any facts in the text you don’t understand?
4. The Longman Active Study Dictionary of English tells us that money refers to cans or paper notes with their value printed on them, given and taken in buying and selling.
Money can be associated both with coins and notes.
When we receive money regularly we think of it as income, pension, benefit, salary, allowance, grant, scholarships. On more aspects of money is shown through what we gain or lose in business. When we start a business we become interested in the finance, funding, subsidies, investments or capital. If one becomes a loser, he or even the company may become or go bankrupt, having no money; be broke or go broke.
Collocations are numerous: easy money, good money, made of money, money talks, money- maker, moneybags, etc. You can see that all of them contain the word money.
Now, I what to make sure you don’t forget the words and expressions on the topic money.
You can see a magic square on your desks. Try to find as many words as possible on the topic “money”. (Приложение 2)
The next task is very easy.
You can see some expressions and word- combinations connected with money.
Try to find what they mean. (Приложение 3)
c) 1 group
Test your money expressions! Choose the correct option in the sentences below and say what each underlined, money expression means.
They’re quite an unusual couple. She earns a fortune as a lawyer. So when they had a baby, he gave up his job. Now she’s the main breadwinner / breadmaker, while he stays at home to look after the children.
Last year I inherited some money from my grandmother, but I haven't spent it yet. I'm saving it; for a wet day / a rainy day .
“Have you got any wealthy friends? ”No, all my friends are broken/ broke like me.”
“Did you hear about Alan winning ?2,000 last week?” “No! Lucky thing! What’s he going to do with it?” “Oh, you know Alan. He’s, already thrown it /blown it on a weekend in New York.”
You’ve been wearing the same suit for years. Don’t you think it’s time you splashed out/rushed out on some new clothes?
“Number 28 is for sale.” “How much for?” “I don’t know, but it’s the biggest house in the street, and they’ve got a swimming pool, sauna and jacuzzi.” It must be worth_a fortune / a goldmine.
Key: a) breadwinner; b) for a rainy day; c) broke; d) blown; e) splashed out; f) a fortune.
2 group
Underline the most suitable word or phrase.
a) I haven’t got enough money. I’m afraid. Could you borrow/ lend me some?
b) This car is too expensive. We can’t afford/ pay it.
c) There’s a small flat to hire/ let in Bridge Street.
d) How much do you earn/ gain in your new job?
e) Jack made his fortune/ treasure buying and selling property.
f) How much do you reckon/ value that house would cost?
Key: a) lend; b) afford; c) let; d) earn; e) fortune; f) reckon.
d.) Money is a very important thing for people, that is why there are a lot of proverbs and sayings about money. We have already learnt some of them. On your decks you can see some proverbs written on dollar bills, but their beginnings and endings are written on the different parts. Try to match them. Make the right choice. Find Russian equivalents. Choose and explain the meaning of the proverb you like most of all. (Приложение 4)
e.) It is time to check up your grammar and of course add some new facts about money.
1 group. Read the text. Use the words given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits the space in the same line.
The origins of money (Приложение 5)
2 group. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form the word that fits in the space in the same line.
Money, money, money. (Приложение 6)
5.It is time to play. The game is called “Chains of events.” Use the second conditional and don’t forget that you should start your own sentence from the previous one.
1 group. You should start your chain of events with the words:” If I were a millionaire….”
2 group. The beginning of your chain is “If I won 1 million dollars in a lottery …”
Example:
If I won 1 million dollars in a lottery, I would buy an island.
If I bought an island, I would build a big house there.
If I built a big house, I would invite all my friends.
If I all invited my friends, I would have parties every day.
If I had parties every day, I would spend all my money.
If I spent all my money, I would buy a lottery ticket again.
6. There is a money tree on my table. As you can see it has dollar bills instead of leaves.
Choose the bill, discuss the question written on the backside of it and give your answer.
Questions:
- Is it possible to have too much money?
- Would you prefer fame or fortune?
- If you could buy yourself a skill, talent or change in your appearance, what would it be?
- Is there something you own that’s worth a fortune?
- Where would you enjoy blowing 2,000 pounds in a weekend?
- Do you agree that having a lot of money makes you free?
- Do you agree that all the millionaires are miserable people?
- What can’t money buy?
- Do you agree that muck and money go together?
- Do you agree with the proverb “Much will have more?”
- Is a person really rich “that has few wants”?
- Why do many rich people suffer from nervous breakdowns or drug and alcohol problems?
These phrases may help (Приложение 7)
7. It is time to come to the conclusion. Let’s make a list of advantages and disadvantages of money.
 advantages |
 disadvantages |
| You can buy whatever you want | People are jealous of your wealth |
| You can travel all over the world | You are afraid to lose your money |
| You have a lot of free time | Everybody asks you to lend some money |
| You needn’t go to work | You can never be sure if people like you or your money |
| People are interested in your opinion | It is difficult to find real friends |
| You don’t have to worry about your education or finding a good job | You are in constant danger of the wrong attention. You need a bodyguard |
| You can always help your relatives and friends | It is difficult to know who to trust |
| You can spend all your spare time on your hobby | Threatening letters and blackmail are not unusual things in your life |
| You can give away some money to charities | Many rich people suffer from nervous breakdowns or drug and alcohol problems |
8. We have already discussed advantages and disadvantages of money. And now I have a very unusual question: ”Would you give away all your money to charities, if you were a millionaire?”
It is unbelievable but there is a man who doesn’t want to be rich at all. Let’s read the text about him and discuss this controversial issue. (Приложение 8.)
9. Imagine that you are allowed to have some of the gifts for your birthday. Choose three gifts, which you think are the most important or useful and three, which are the least important or useful.
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Compare your choice with other people in your group and agree on the three most important gifts.
The phrases may help:
Which is the most important thing for you?
I think the most important thing in life is…..
I think it’s much more useful/important to have ….that….
….isn’t as important as….
The one thing I’d like to have is…
The one I think is most/least important is….
Write a group list and then a class list.
So we can make a conclusion that money is not on the first place.
Стадия рефлексии (Reflection)
10. Make up cinqwayns about money. If you forget what it is, I’ll remind you. It is a kind of poem, which consists of 5 lines (this word has French origin; cinq means five in French). The first line is a general word, the second line consists of two adjectives which describe this word, the third line includes 3 verbs on the topic, the fourth line is the main idea of your “ poem” (It must consist of 3-4 words) and the last line is a synonym of the general world (money).
Make up as many cinqwayns as you can. All your cinqwayns will be different. Read aloud your cinqwayns, when you are ready.
Examples.
Pupils cinqwayns.
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12. Подведение итогов урока
The topic of our today’s conversation was very serious. We have spoken much about money and we have discussed the problem of having or not having it from different points of view .I’d like to thank you for good work at the lesson. I give excellent marks to..., good – to …, etc. I wish you be healthy and wealthy.
The lesson is over. See you later. Good- bye!