Урок английского языка в 6-м классе по теме "Extreme Sports"

Разделы: Иностранные языки

Цели и задачи:

  • Учебный аспект:
    развитие умения читать текст с пониманием основного содержания и с извлечением необходимой информации,
    повторение и закрепление лексики,
    развитие навыков неподготовленной речи.
  • Развивающий аспект:
    развитие логического мышления учащихся,
    развитие умения сотрудничать.
  • Воспитывающий аспект:
    воспитание привычки к различным формам познавательной деятельности, способности продуктивно работать в условиях индивидуальной и групповой работы.

Приложение 1. Презентация к уроку.

Приложение 2. Раздаточный материал для учащихся.

Ход урока

1. Warm up.

Look at the smartboard and guess the theme of our lesson. You are right. It’s EXTREME SPORTS.

2. Revision of the vocabulary.

  1. Nowdays extreme or dangerous sports become more and more popular among teenagers and young people. Can you name some kinds of these sports?
  2. Look at the word square and find different kinds of extreme sports.
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u q s k i i n g w e r t y u o i o
r m o t o c r o s s m n b v u b c
f a s d f g h j k l d o x s n u e
i s n o w b o a r d i n g m t n j
n w a w q s s d f g v b n n a g g
g q w e r t y u i i i o p l i e k
j w i n d s u r f i n g h g n e f
s a q w e r t y u i g o o o b j p
p a r a c h u t i n g z x c i u v
v v b b n m l k j h g f d s k m a
r o c k c l i m b i n g q e i p e
e r t y u i i o p l k j h g n i f
y r e w q i o u j h g f d s g n s
s n o w m o b i l e r a c i n g s
w h i t e w a t e r r a f t i n g

3. Reading

A) Pre-reading exercises.

Mountain Sports are also really dangerous. We are going to read the text about two of them. In the text there is an expression X games.Do you know what X games are?

Culture notes.

X games – an extreme sports competitions, held every year in summer and in winter. Let’s guess which sports include summer and winter X games.

X games

      Summer              Winter       
   

 

X games

Summer Winter
mountain biking
motocross
skateboarding
surfing		 snowmobile racing
motocross
snowboarding
skiing

Now read the first line of the first part of the text. Guess what sport this part is about.

An American engineer Sherman Poppen invented the first snowboard for his ...

In the second part of the text you can find the words: a wheel, a bike, ride, go up and down mountains.

Guess what sport this part of the text is about.

To understand the text better we should revise Good reading strategies. Look at the smartboard again and read the first strategy.

Quick Tip!
When you answer the questions, read them carefully before you read the text. Don’t worry if there are words you don’t understand.

B) While-reading exercises.

Open your books at page 102. Read the task of execise 1.

Read the questions. Now read the text, find the information you need to answer the questions.

Exercise 1 page 102.

Read the text quickly and find the answers to these questions.

  1. What was a snurfer?
  2. Is snowboarding easier or more difficult than skiing?
  3. In what ways are mountain bikes different from street bikes?
  4. Who thought of mountain biking?

The answers.

  1. A snurfer is two skies tied together.
  2. It is easier.
  3. They are smaller, have fatter tyres and are easier to ride.
  4. Gary Fisher did.

SNOWBOARDING

An American engineer Sherman Poppen invented the first snowboard for his daughter Wendy. Wendy had problems skiing and Poppen tied her two skis together so they were easier to use. The board was a big success, and soon all of Wendy's friends wanted one. Poppen called his new invention the 'Snurfer' - a combination o1 the words 'snow' and 'surf - and from 1965 to 1975 toy shops and sports shops sold millions of them. However it wasn't until the 1980s that the snurfer became the snowboard.

Since the 1980s over ten million people have taken up snowboarding. It hasn t become as popular as skiing yet, but more and more people are interested in the sport. Although it's quite dangerous, both girls and boys enjoy it. In fact more women than men do snowboarding. In 1998, snowboarding appeared in the Winter Olympics for the first time. And it's just become the fastest-growing winter sport in the world!

MOUNTAIN BIKING

The earliest bicycles were dangerous to ride because the front wheel was bigger than the back wheel. But in 1885, J.K. Starley invented a safer bike with the same size wheels, and bicycle racing was born. One early race was 'cyclo-cross'. Cyclists rode cross-country, although they could get off and run over difficult areas. This early sport was similar to today's mountain biking.

Mountain biking as we know it began in California in the 1976. Riders had to ride their bikes cross country, like cyclo-cross, but they couldn't get off and run. Their bikes were also different. They were smaller, had fatter tyres and were easier to ride. Who thought of this great idea? A man named Gary Fisher. Suddenly bikes weren't only for the streets. This new type of bicycle could also go up and down mountains!

Today mountain bikes are popular with millions of people. Most cities have mountain bike parks and the sport has become a major event in the X games. In 1996 it became an Olympic sport for both men and women.

Quick Tip!
Look through the text quickly to find specific information. When you see the information you are looking for, read that part of the text more carefully.

C) Post-reading exercises.

1) Now read the task of exercise 2.

Exercise 2 page 102

Read the text again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

Example

Poppen made the first snurfer for his daughter. T

  1. Poppen used the 'snurfer' on snow and in the sea.
  2. Snowboarding is a boys'sport.
  3. Early bikes were difficult to ride.
  4. You could get off your bike in cyclo-cross races.
  5. Cyclo-cross bikes are bigger than mountain bikes.
  6. People race mountain bikes in the Olympics.

The answers:

  1. False
  2. False
  3. True
  4. True
  5. True
  6. True

2) No doubt a lot of people tried or would like to try dangerous sports. Some sentences can help you to get information about their experience. You can also use them to speak about your experience.

Read and match.

1. Some people tried exciting and great.
2. It looked really the feeling of freedom.
3. People loved afford it.
4. White water rafting isn’t very expensive.
5. Many people can white water rafting.
6. It’s really the danger that stronger and more independent.
7. Dangerous sports help people to be interests people.

The answers:

1.Some people tried 2. exciting and great.
2. It looked really 3. the feeling of freedom.
3. People loved 5. afford it.
4. White water rafting isn’t 4. very expensive.
5.Many people can 1. white water rafting.
6. It’s really the danger that 7. stronger and more independent.
7. Dangerous sports help people to be 6. interests people.

3) Now let’s speak about extreme sports.

  1. I think people do extreme sports because they make them stronger and more independent. Do you agree with me?
  2. Five years ago I tried white water rafting. Did you try any dangerous sports?
  3. I tried white water rafting because it is really exciting and not very expensive. Why did you try extreme sport?
  4. As for me I would like to try diving. What dangerous sport would you like to try?
  5. I would like to try diving because the underwater world interests me and it would be a fantastic experience. Why would you like to do it?

4. Open your notebooks. Write down your hometask:

Speak about dangerous sports (the questions and the sentences will help you).

Questions

  1. Are there a lot of dangerous sports?
  2. What dangerous sports do you know?
  3. What are the most popular extreme sports in Russia?
  4. Why do people do extreme sports?
  5. Did you try any dangerous sports?
  6. What dangerous sport did you try? If you did it describe your experience.
  7. Would you like to try dangerous sport?
  8. What dangerous sport would you like to try?
  9. Why would you like to do it?

5. Подведение итогов урока. Выставление оценок.