Урок-игра "Звездный час" по страноведению для учащихся 6-х классов

Разделы: Иностранные языки

Цели урока:

  • Повышение интереса к английскому языку.
  • Расширение кругозора учащихся и приобщение к культурному наследию страны изучаемого языка.
  • Развитие внимания, памяти и наблюдательности.
  • Воспитание культуры общения.
  • Наглядность: ярко, красочно оформленные рисунки с эмблемами, флагами, фотографии с достопримечательностями городов, карты и т.д.

Glad to meet you, dear boys and girls! Quests and teachers!

Today we are having a competition “The Star Hour”.

Now the participants will introduce themselves…

The first type “Land science”.

Task № 1 “Flags”.

  1. New Zealand
  2. Canada
  3. Scotland
  4. Australia
  5. England
  1. Which is the flag of Australia?
  2. What country lies to the north of the USA?
  3. What country lies to the north of England?
  4. What country lies to the south of Scotland?

Task № 2 “Symbols”

  1. a red rose
  2. a thistle
  3. a shamrock
  4. a daffodil
  5. the bald eagle

 

  1. What is a national symbol of Scotland?
  2. What is a national symbol of Wales?
  3. What is a national symbol of England?
  4. What is a national symbol of Northern Ireland?

Task № 3 “London Sights”.

  1. Buckingham Palace
  2. Westminster Abbey
  3. St. Paul’s Cathedral
  4. The Tower of London
  5. The Houses of Parliament
  6. Trafalgar Square

 

  1. What building has Big Ben?
  2. What is the Home of the Queen?
  3. It is a royal church. There are tombs of many British Kings and other famous people.
  4. It was built in the 11th Century as a fortress and a royal palace. Later it was a prison, now it is a museum and a Royal Treasury.

Task № 4 “Holidays”

  1. Christmas
  2. St. Valentines Day
  3. Easter
  4. Mother’s Day
  5. Halloween

 

  1. This holiday is celebrated on the 14th of February as a day of love and friendship.
  2. People buy presents and cards and send them to their friends and relatives. Parents put their presents into stockings. They also decorate streets, rooms and a tree.
  3. Children usually eat chocolate eggs and Cross Buns on this day.
  4. Children make lanterns out of pumpkins, dress as witches and ghosts and go from House to house and say “Trick or Treat”.

Ученик, у которого меньше звездочек выходит из игры, получив приз.

Type № 2 “Famous People”.

  1. Who discovered America?
  2. Who was the first President of the USA?
  3. Who was the first man on the Moon?
  4. Who wrote 75 detective stories?
  1. Chr. Columbus
  2. George Washington
  3. Neil Armstrong
  4. A. Christie
  5. Alexander Bell
  6. The pilgrims

Type № 3 “Grammar”

Task № 1 “English tenses”

Show me the formula of the

  1. Future Simple Tense
  2. Present Perfect
  3. Present Simple

Type № 3

Task № 2 “Modal Verbs”

  1. Can
  2. Should
  3. Must
  4. May
  5. Could

Какой из этих глаголов нужен для перевода, с русского языка на английский язык, в следующих предложениях

  1. Не могли бы вы передать мне соль?
  2. Можно задать вам вопрос?
  3. Я умею кататься на коньках.
  4. Улицу следует переходить на зеленый свет.

Покидает игру ещё один участник.

Type № 4 “At Home”

Task № 1 “Rooms”

  1. dining room
  2. bedroom
  3. living room
  4. kitchen
  5. bathroom
  6. study

 

  1. In the room there is a table, a mirror, beds, we sleep here.
  2. In the room there is a table, chairs or armchairs, a sofa, a TV, a carpet…
  3. In the room there is a desk, chairs, shelves of book…
  4. In this room you may was you hands, face, clean you teeth, take a bath or shower.
  5. There is a dishwasher, a fridge, a store, cups, plates. We usually cook here.

Type № 4.

Task № 2 “Home Library writers”.

  1. Daniel Defoe
  2. Alan Milne
  3. Pamela L. Travers
  4. Lewis Carroll

 

  1. Who is the author of “Robinson Crusoe”?
  2. Who wrote about “Winnie-The Pooh”?
  3. Who is the author of “Mary Poppins”?
  4. Who is the author of “Alice in the Magic Country”?

На доске имена известных литературных персонажей:

Alice, Gulliver, Peter Pan, Marry Poppins, Doctor Dollitle, Robinson Crusoe.

He took care of animals because he loved them very much. Many different animals lived in his house.

She looked after children. The wind had brought her over. She usually had a bag and an umbrella.

He was a boy who didn’t grow. He could fly as a bird.

He was a sailor. One day there was a storm in the sea and the ship was wrecked. He swam to an island. He lived on the island alone.

The final. (Оставшиеся два участника должны выполнить решающее задание)

Make as many words as you can using the letters of the word “Sportsmen”.

(Sport, port, men, rose, nose, pet, pen, nest, top, rest, more, not…)

Победитель получает приз.