Мультимедийный обобщающий урок "Традиции и праздники"

Цель урока: ответить на вопрос «Чем отличаются традиции разных народов и есть ли у них общие черты?»

Задачи:

1. Обобщить лексический и грамматический материал изучаемой темы.
2. Развивать наблюдательность и логическое мышление.
3. Прививать интерес и уважение к своей национальной культуре и традициям других народов.

Оснащение:

• интерактивная доска или мультимедийный проектор,
• проекты учащихся о праздниках,
• запись песни “Happy Birthday”.

Ход урока

I. Организационный момент.

Teacher : Good morning, friends! I am glad to see you! Today we are going to speak about holidays and traditions of different countries. During the lesson we should find the answers to the questions: “What are the differences?”, “Do we have anything in common?”

Презентация. SLIDE 1.

Get ready to use as many new words on the topic as possible and present your projects about different celebrations.

II. Фонетическая зарядка.

Teacher: Let’s start with reading some words that will help us to speak on the topic:

Now we’ll refresh expressions which are used to describe celebrations. Match the expressions and their translations:

Let’s check up:

SLIDE 2.

III. Речевая зарядка.

Teacher: What month is it now? What season is it now?

Match the seasons and the months of the year:

SLIDE 3.

Let’s check up:

SLIDE 4.

Teacher: Do you remember the most popular English song? Let’s sing it together:

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday, happy birthday,
Happy birthday to you!

- My friends sing this song for me in June. And what about you? When is your birthday?

SLIDE 5.

(Chain game – игра-цепочка: первый ученик спрашивает второго, второй – третьего и т.д. Затем, последний ученик задаёт вопрос первому, и «цепочка» замыкается).

IV этап урока – British traditions.

- Do you know the present British queen’s name?

- Her name is Elisabeth II.

- Do you believe that the British queen has two birthdays?

SLIDE 6.

SLIDE 7.

It’s unbelievable, but the British queen has two birthdays: in April she celebrates her real birthday, and in June British people celebrate her official birthday with a beautiful ceremony Trooping the Colours in London.

It’s time to have a break:

V. Физкультминутка.

Up, down, up, down (Руки вверх, вниз, вверх, вниз)
Where is the way to London town? (Пожимаем плечами)
Where? Where? (Поворачиваемся влево и вправо)
Up in the air! (Потягиваемся вверх)
Close your eyes, (Закрываем глаза ладонями)
And you are there! (Открываем глаза)

VI этап урока – учащиеся защищают свои проекты.

-We celebrate different holidays all the year round. What are the main winter holidays?

SLIDE 8.

Look at the picture and speak about this celebration.

SLIDE 9.

People of many countries see New Year in on the first of January.

SLIDE10.

What about this holiday?

SLIDE 11.

In Great Britain and America people celebrate Christmas in December, in Russia it is celebrated in January. What do people do on this day?

Do you know who started the tradition of giving presents for Christmas? It was a British queen.

SLIDE 12.

SLIDE 13.

Queen Victoria ruled the British Empire during the 19 century and introduced many traditions, among them decorating Christmas trees and giving presents to members of the family.

SLIDE14.

What holidays are popular in spring? How do people celebrate them?

SLIDE 15.

Students speak about Easter.

Next season is summer, but there is one holiday that is celebrated between spring and summer and symbolizes their meeting.

SLIDE 16.

Bakaldyn is a very important day for young people of Evenks (native people of the North of the Amur region). As they hear the first cuckoo-bird they make gates of two trees, decorate them, go through them – that means they get one year older. Evenks wear their national clothes on this day, dance together, sing songs and eat tasty food.

SLIDE 17.

What do you know about summer holidays?

SLIDE 18.

Ivan Kupala Day was very popular in ancient Russia. (Students speak about this holiday).

SLIDE 19.

Autumn is full of festivals, what can you tell your friends about them?

SLIDE 20.

Halloween is a very interesting holiday. Can we compare it to our “Old New Year”?

SLIDE 21.

There is a day in November that is celebrated only in England. Tell your classmates about it. (Students speak about Guy Fawkes’ Night).

What holiday is not celebrated in Russia and Great Britain but is very popular in America? Why? (Students speak about Thanksgiving Day that is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November).

SLIDE 22.

VII. Закрепление грамматики

Use tag-questions to ask about Thanksgiving Day.

SLIDE 23.

Check up your questions. Answer them.

SLIDE 24.

We have spoken much about different holidays round the year, what is the main difference?

What do all this celebrations have in common?

You see, every country has its customs, but all the people of the world are one big family!

SLIDE 25.

VIII. Подведение итогов урока.

Home task: get ready to speak about your favorite sport.

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3. Материалы журналов “Speak Out” разных лет.