Цели и задачи:
- развитие и повышение интереса к предмету;
- повторение и закрепление ранее изученной лексики;
- развитие навыков устной речи и аудирования;
- развитие познавательных интересов учащихся;
- обобщить знания учащихся о культуре страны изучаемого языка.
Оснащение:
- компьютер;
- мультимедийный проектор.
Teacher: Good morning, boys and girls and our guests! I’m very glad to see you at our game!
Today we’ll have an unusual lesson –the competition “Who will be the best”. I want you to greet all of them with your applause!
Thank you, and now I want you to know more about our teams. Let introduce with our teams. The competition consists of several tasks. The 1st task is to answer the questions about the USA. If your answer is correct the team will get one point. If your answer is wrong the second team will be allowed to give the answer. After listening to the question the members of the team can consult with each other for 30 sec.
Вопросы для обеих команд по очереди:
1. What is the capital of the USA?
(Washington, D.C is the capital of the United States of America. It is situated on the East Coast. It was chosen by George Washington as a permanent site for a capital on December 1, 1800. Washington, D.C., doesn’t belong to any state. It’s a city and district - the District of Columbia. Don’t confuse with the State of Washington).
2. What river is Washington situated on?
(The Potomac River.Washington is situated on the Potomac River. It was chosen by George Washington as the permanent site for their nation’s capital on December 1, 1800).
3. Who discovered America and when?
(Christopher Columbus, October, 1492).
4. What ship did Pilgrim Father sale to America in?
(“Mayflower”).
5. Why did the New World get name “America”?
(Columbus became the first explorer to reach the mainland of South America in 1498, but Amerigo Vespucci wrote a book in which he claimed to have gone there in 1497. That was not true, but people didn’t know for many years that Amerigo Vespucci was lying).
6. What are the first English settlers called who came to America in 1620?
(The Pilgrim Fathers).
7. What is the largest state in the USA? (Alaska).
8. How many stripes does the American flag have? (13).
9. How many stars are there on the American flag? (50).
10. What is the name of the American flag? (Stars and Stripes).
11. Who made the first American flag? (Betsy Ross).
12. What is the national emblem (symbol) of the USA? (The Bald Eagle).
13. Who is the head of state and government? (President).
14. What is the largest city in the USA? (New York).
15. What are the most popular sports in the USA? (Baseball, basketball, American football).
16. What university is the oldest one in the USA? (The Harvard University, 1636).
17 Who was the first President of the USA?
(George Washington was the first person to be elected the President of the United States. He was born in Virginia. He grew up to a large farm. He went to school for about eight years. He especially liked to study mathematics. He also liked to study history and geography, because he wanted to know about other parts of the world. He led the American army in many battles during the War for American Independence).
18. Who presented the Statue of Liberty to the people of America? (It was built in New York Harbor in 1886. It was a gift from the people of France).
19. When and whom was New York founded? (It was founded in 1613 by Dutch settlers. It was bought by a Dutchman Peter Minuit. He paid to Indians for Manhattan Island 24 dollars and a barrel of rum).
20. When do Americans celebrate Independence Day? (on the 4th of July the United States celebrate Independence Day. Because on 4th of July their founding fathers declared that the United States would be free and independent from England).
21. What is the capital of Georgia? (Atlanta is a capital (1868) of Georgia U.S. It lies in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, just southeast of the Atlanta is Georgia's largest city. It is the home town of some famous companies, such as Coca-Cola, Delta Air Liners and CNN).
22. Whose words are: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.” (Dr. Martin Luther King).
23. How many states are there in America? (50).
24. What was the first name of New York?
(The first name was New Amsterdam. It was renamed New York in 1626 by the English. The English took over the city and gave it another name after the Duke of York who was commander of the English Army).
25. Who is the president of the USA in our days? (Bush).
Teacher: The next task is to retell about places of interest. America is a very big country, which has a lot of different places of interest. It is a famous for its monuments, well known building and other sights. Your task is to explain the meaning of the word written on the card in English. Each team must take 3 cards.
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Ответы учащихся:
- The White House is the place where the president of the USA lives and works. George Washington is the only president who didn’t live there. It is the official residence of the USA presidents. This is the oldest public building in Washigton.D.C. and has the most famous address in the US – 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It is consists of 132 rooms.
- The Washington Monument is one of the city’s most impressive sights. It was built to the memory of the first President of the USA in1888. It is called “The Pencil”, because it is one of the tallest stone structure in the USA. This monument is over 555 feet tall and provides a panoramic view of Washington.D.C.
- The tallest building in Washington,D.C.and the most famous building in the USA, because this is where laws are made. The Capitol is surrounded by a beautiful garden with many trees and flowers.
- The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated to Memorial Day May 30, 1922. It has 36 columns. Each column represents the state in the Union at the time of Lincoln’s death. But the dominant feature of the building is the realistic figure of Lincoln. He became the 16th President of the USA in 1861. Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the blacks in the South from slavery.
- The declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. He was the third President of the United States. The Jefferson Memorial was built in honour of Thomas Jefferson. Inside is a 19-foot statue of Thomas Jefferson standing on a 6-foot pedestal.
- The Statue of Liberty is the symbol of freedom in America. It is a bronze figure (almost 46 metre of a woman holding up a torch, on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, which is a gift from the French government sent to America in 1884.
Teacher: There are some difference between British English and American English. Write american equivalents of the words.
На карточках даны слова:
- the cinema - the movies;
- lorry - truck;
- sweets - candy;
- flat - apartment;
- biscuit - cookie;
- form - grade;
- shop - store;
- autumn - fall.
Teacher: And the last task: write down message:
Unscramble these cities or places. The first letter is capitalized. With the numbered letters, fill in the spaces to get the massage bellow.
- l y o H l o d o w 3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- s i p i i p s M s s i _ _ 7 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- s M s i i u r o _ _ _ _ 4 _ _ _
- o l s i l i n i _ _ _ _ 5 _ _ _
- n e c C o i t u c n t _ _ _ _ 2 _ _ _ _ _ _
- r o k B o n y l 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- e n T e e n s e s 8 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Massage.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
(Be Honest).
Now, let’s listen to our jury, what is your score?
Подведение итогов жюри, награждение победителей.
Литература:
- Т.Б. Клементьева, Д.А. Шенон «Счастливый английский» для7 – 9 классов.
- Большая энциклопедия Кирилла и Мефодия 2004.
- Энциклопедия «Британика 2006».