Lesson: Visiting Yosemite - the National Park in Canyonland.
The aims: Развитие коммуникативной культуры и социально - культурной
образованности учащихся, тренировка фонетических, лексических и грамматических навыков, практика восприятия речи на слух и выполнение определённых заданий и ролевой игры по прослушанному тексту.
Stages.
1. Introduction
.Good morning, my friends! It’s time to begin our lesson. Our topic today is “Visiting Yosemite. We’ll operate our computers today and have role-playing.
2.Warm -up activities.
(Teacher calls the students by spelling their names)
T-[a:] [ou] [em][ei ] Pupil Roma: I am.
T-[wai] [ju:] [a:] [ei] Pupil Yura: It’s me.
T- [ou] [kei] [es] [ei] [en] [ei] Pupil Oksana: Present.
T-Now guess Who and What these famous Americans are:
a) Capital letter [bi:] [ai] double [el] capital [si:] [el] [ai] [en] [ti] [ou] [en]
b) Capital letter [el] [ai] [zed] capital [ti:] [ei] wai] [el] [ou] [a:]
c) Capital [el] [ou] [ju:] [es] capital [ei] [a:] [em] [es] [ti] [a:] ]ou] [en] [d3i:]
3. Listening.
Switch on your computers. Enter “New Interactive Course”
Click on “Yosemite”.
First listening: Text off.
Second listening :Text on.
Third listening: You may use the translation of some difficult words and expressions.
Text on: Yosemite.
-I’ve just seen Mono Lake, which isn’t far from here.
-Oh, yeah , it’s beautiful. An alkaline lake of volcanic origin.
-You’ve a bit of an expert, aren’t you?
- No, just a bit of a show off !
- Apparently, the whole ecosystem of the lake is threatened by the water consumption of Los Angeles and the surroundings.
- I hope it won’t be destroyed. This water problem exists in quite a few states. It becomes a valuable product . Can you tell me something about Yosemite?
- Sure. I come here almost every year. It’s a fantastic place in all seasons.
- They told me to reserve accommodation along time in advance, especially for between June and September.
-Well, it’s extremely popular. I think over 4 million visitors come here every year. They want to see the chipmunks and the bears, the two hundred species of birds, the reptiles.
-And I know a lot go free climbing here.
- Yes, and what made you decide to come here?
- There’s famous photographer called Ansel Adams who took breathtaking pictures of this national park. I then wanted to capture the spirit of the place myself and see the granite rockfaces and the nearly vertical waterfalls with my own eyes.
- Have you seen the redwoods in Mariposa Grove?
-Yeah. They ‘re amazing! It’s hard to believe trees can grow to that height. There’s one which is 64 metres high , 9 metres in diameter at the base of the trunk and has two-metre-thick branches!
- Not surprisingly, it’s called the Giant Grizzly. Yosemite is the Indian word for the grizzly bear.
- Did you know that?
- No, I didn’t. But I’ve seen one.
- Here?
- No, in a zoo once!
- It’s quite an impressive animal. One swipe of its paw and you’re gone!
4.Checking up the understanding.
a) Tickle the animals and adjectives used in this text:
| Foxes | Volcanic |
| Chipmunks | Cheap |
| Bears | Granite |
| Elephants | Amazing |
| Crocodiles | Challenging |
| Whales | Breathtaking |
b) Match the words with their translations:
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с) Answer the questions:
1.What is Yosemite?
2.What is the Indian word for Yosemite?
3.What kind of lake is Mono Lake?
4. How many visitors come to Yosemite every year?
5.What animals do they want to see there?
6.What is the highest tree in this park?
5. Word- Formation: Form the adjectives from the verbs.
6. Put the words back into the correct order:
1. Lots of tourists, is visited, Apparently, that area, by.
2. Reserve a room, to find a hotel, still, It took a while, where we could.
3. For the opening, We, in time, arrived , just, celebration.
7. Meaning of the words.
Inset the words into the text.
Photography, photograph, photographer, took.
Ansel Adams was a famous………… .He ………. many pictures
of Yosemite National Park. ……….. is one of his hobbies.I’ll show you a……….of him.
8. Role-playing.
You’ve got a chance to visit Canyonland in the USA. Ask your guide some questions about the main reasons for visiting it.
You: What is the Canyon?
Guide: By definition a canyon is a deep valley with deep sides and sometimes it has a river at the bottom.
You: Shall we ride there?
Guide: No, we…
9. The conclusion of the lesson.
Thank you for your work today. I see you are tired but happy. You’ve done a great work. You can understand oral speech by listening, you can use your grammar properly. Now you know where the tourists can go in America.
