"В гостях у Шерлока Холмса"

Разделы: Иностранные языки


Цель урока: развитие социокультурной и коммуникативной компетенций путем развивающего урока английского языка с использованием средств ИКТ.

Поставленные задачи:

  • формирование различных видов учебного чтения, умения анализировать, систематизировать, обобщать полученные знания, выделять главное;
  • формирование умения обрабатывать текст в процессе поиска той или иной информации;
  • обогащение и активизация языкового запаса, развитие умений и навыков устной речи на основе прочитанного;
  • развитие социокультурной компетенции, формирование лояльности к культуре других стран и народов;
  • формирование навыков самоконтроля;
  • повышение ИКТ-компетентности учащихся.

Оборудование: компьютер, проектор.

Ожидаемые результаты:

Ожидается, что в ходе урока учащиеся продолжат развитие навыков и умений работы с текстами, причем использование на уроке технических средств обучения способствует формированию устойчивого интереса к изучению английского языка как предмета, в преподавании которого используются самые современные технологии.

ХОД УРОКА

1. Организационный момент

Warming-up

What parts of speech do you know?
Look at the blackboard and explain what these terms do mean.

Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Глагол
Наречие
Существительное
Прилагательное
Местоимение

Look at the first paragraph of the text; you can see some sentences.
Please find out and tell us which of them are noun, which are verbs, and so on.

2. Основная часть урока

Pre-reading

First of all, let’s enjoy some the very English word combinations.
Look at the chart  and try to understand these word combinations and explain why you do think that way. Then make your own examples with these words and word combinations.

  • to call (upon) on sb (phrasal verb) – to visit someone for a short time
  • to intrude – to go into a place or situation in which you are not wanted or not expected to be
  • to withdraw (withdrew, withdrawn) – to take or move out or back, or to remove
  • cordial – friendly, but formal and polite
  • to be engaged – to be busy
  • humdrum – lacking excitement, interest or new and different events; ordinary
  • embellish – to make something more beautiful or interesting by adding something to it
  • to propose – to offer or state a possible plan or action for other people to consider
  • to recommence – to cause to start anew, to begin again
  • occur to sb (phrasal verb) – if a thought or idea occurs to you, it comes into your mind
  • unique – being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual or special in some way.

Your next task is to match Russian and English variants.

  • pulled me abruptly into the room            необычные комбинации
  • relapsing into his armchair                      нагромождать факты
  • gentleman with fiery red hair                  особенный характер истории
  • gave a bob of greeting                           место, где можно сомневаться (основания для сомнений)
  • putting his fingertips together                  я вынужден признать
  • there is room for doubt                          поприветствовал кивком головы
  • extraordinary combinations                    втянул меня в комнату
  • the peculiar nature of the story               джентльмен с огненно-рыжими волосами
  • slight indication                                      усаживаясь в его кресло
  • keep on piling fact upon fact                  легкий намек
  • I am forced to admit                              складывая кончики пальцев вместе

Reading

Ok, thank you for your activity. Now look at the blackboard one more time. You can see the text to which our today lesson is dedicated to. You have got some minutes to read this text through trying to understand it in general, sometimes you can use your dictionaries.

THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE

I had called upon my friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, one day in the autumn of last year and found him in deep conversation with a very stout, florid-faced, elderly gentleman with fiery red hair. With an apology for my intrusion, I was about to withdraw when Holmes pulled me abruptly into the room and closed the door behind me.
"You could not possibly have come at a better time, my dear Watson," he said cordially.
"I was afraid that you were engaged."
"So I am. Very much so."
"Then I can wait in the next room."
"Not at all. This gentleman, Mr. Wilson, has been my partner and helper in many of my most successful cases, and I have no doubt that he will be of the utmost use to me in yours also."
The stout gentleman half rose from his chair and gave a bob of greeting, with a quick little questioning glance from his small fat-encircled eyes.
"Try the settee," said Holmes, relapsing into his armchair and putting his fingertips together, as was his custom when in judicial moods. "I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routine of everyday life. You have shown your relish for it by the enthusiasm which has prompted you to chronicle, and, if you will excuse my saying so, somewhat to embellish so many of my own little adventures."
"Your cases have indeed been of the greatest interest to me," I observed.
"You will remember that I remarked the other day, just before we went into the very simple problem presented by Miss Mary Sutherland, that for strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination."
"A proposition which I took the liberty of doubting."
"You did, Doctor, but none the less you must come round to my view, for otherwise I shall keep on piling fact upon fact on you until your reason breaks down under them and acknowledges me to be right. Now, Mr. Jabez Wilson here has been good enough to call upon me this morning, and to begin a narrative which promises to be one of the most singular which I have listened to for some time. You have heard me remark that the strangest and most unique things are very often connected not with the larger but with the smaller crimes, and occasionally, indeed, where there is room for doubt whether any positive crime has been committed. As far as I have heard it is impossible for me to say whether the present case is an instance of crime or not, but the course of events is certainly among the most singular that I have ever listened to. Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would have the great kindness to recommence your narrative. I ask you not merely because my friend Dr. Watson has not heard the opening part but also because the peculiar nature of the story makes me anxious to have every possible detail from your lips. As a rule, when I have heard some slight indication of the course of events, I am able to guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory. In the present instance I am forced to admit that the facts are, to the best of my belief, unique."

Work with text

Ok. Now let’s try to chase up the plot line in order to understand how the author is sharing his thoughts about the case.

  • My best helper
  • Humdrum life routine
  • Unique case

We can say it’s not that difficult for you to detail this scheme. Just now your task is to find out the peculiarities of this text construction and to think the whole scheme. You have got some minutes.

While working with this task you can help yourself answering the following questions:

Who is the guest?
What does he want?
What is the Watson’s perception of crimes?
Who lives in that room of doubt?

Nevertheless, I would like to underline some points what usually can be included into such a scheme.

the reasons to visit a private detective
the role of Mr Watson
the time and the place of their meeting
the origin of 'positive' crimes

Homework

Составьте диалог вместе с партнером, используя изученную лексику, на тему «Ватсон в гостях у Холмса» и разыграйте его на уроке по ролям.

While working at home you can use the following language support:

I think…
I believe…
I guess…
I suppose…
In my opinion…
To begin with…
Firstly… / secondly… / thirdly…
Also, …/ besides, …/ furthermore, …
In conclusion…/ To sum it up…

3. Reflexion

Ok, all pupils have worked at the lesson and summing up some results I would like to give some marks to those guys who have worked, they are…
And making a conclusion I would to ask your opinions about this lesson. Have you known something new information, do you like this or not?
Ok, thank you for your opinions, goodbye guys, have a nice day!