Sights of London. 5-й класс

Цель: составление конструктивно-практического проекта с элементами исследования.

Познавательный аспект:

1. Развитие учебно-информационных умений и навыков (умение читать с извлечением основной и полной информации).

• Полное и точное понимание несложного аутентичного и адаптированного текста.
• Умение анализировать отдельные места текста и делать выборочный перевод.
• Умение ориентироваться в лингвистических особенностях языка.

2. Развитие коммуникативных умений и навыков.

• Умение кратко передать основную мысль прочитанного с опорой на текст.
• Умение отвечать на вопросы.
• Умение составлять монологическое высказывание по опорам.

3. Развитие проектно-творческих умений.

• Умение самостоятельно и творчески находить решение проблемы.
• Умение вести деловую активность в языковой сфере по заданной теме.
• Умение составлять конструктивно-практический проект (коллаж).

Воспитательный аспект:

развитие личностно значимой, познавательной мотивации учащихся; развитие способности к взаимодействию и сотрудничеству в процессе решения проектно-исследовательских и проектно-творческих задач.

Социокультурный аспект:

расширить общий, социальный, кругозор учащихся; научить терпеливо относиться к особенностям поведения представителей другой культуры; учить объективно оценивать культурные феномены, представленные в разных лингвокультурных контекстах жизнедеятельности.

Языковой материал: фразы-клише, слова и выражения по теме.

Форма: виртуальная экскурсия по Лондону.

Необходимые ресурсы, материалы: программа Microsoft PowerPoint, мультимедийный проектор, экран компьютер, дидактические материалы, опорные схемы для устного высказывания.

Источники информации: сайты в Internet, посвященные достопримечательностям Лондона, его истории, учебники английского языка.

Фразы-клише:

Рисунок 1

План урока.

1. Организационный момент.
2. Речевая зарядка.
3. Совершенствование навыков ознакомительного чтения.
4. Развитее навыков монологической речи по опорам.
5. Создание конструктивно-практического проекта.
6. Презентация проекта учащимися.
7. Оценка проекта и его презентации.
8. Контроль навыков усвоенного.
9. Итог урока, домашнее задание.

Ход урока

I. Организационный момент

Good morning, boys and girls! I am happy to greet all the participants of our geographical club "Discovery". If you look at the blackboard, you will see that the topic of our lesson today is "Sights of London". Today I suggest you to travel around the capital of Great Britain. Try to forget that we are at the lesson. Let's have a friendly talk. I would like you to make your own project, a collage and say some words concerning your own ideas about interesting places of London.

II. Речевое развитие.

But before we start our traveling let's pronounce the words which will be necessary for us:

And now I wonder what places of interest would you like to visit in London? What do you associate with London? Name as many sights as you can.

Рисунок 2

So you have mentioned the main sights of London. Thank you.

III. Развитие навыков монологической речи.

But before we start our tour we should fill in the International Student card.

You have 3 min to do it.

Рисунок 3

Dialogue "At the Information Desk"

– At last we are in London! I have always wanted to visit it! Oh, here is, an Information Desk! Excuse me.

- Yes. What can I do for you?

- Could you give us some information about London's most famous places?

- What have you already seen in London?

- Nothing. We have only just come.

- Oh, where are you from?

- We are from Russia, Sochi.

- The Olympic capital of 2014? Great! Well, you can take our London sightseeing tour on a double-decker bus. It's the best way to see London if you are short of time.

- Thank you. Good bye.

- Good bye! Have a nice trip!

So, let's start. The students who have prepared their projects about sightseeing of London will be our guides. We shall see the most interesting places of London from our red double-decker. Try to know as much as possible about London!

Good luck!

P1: Good morning dear friends!

Welcome to London!

Well, as you know London, is the capital of Great Britain. It's a very big city. London is situated on the river Thames. About 9 ml people live in London. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is also a very old city. London is 2000 years old. London consists of 3 main parts: the City, the West End and the East End. The City is the Heart of London, it's financial and business centre. There are many banks, offices and firms there. The West End is the riches part of London. The main interesting places are situated there. And the East End is a working part of London.

P2: We start our tour from Trafalgar Square. It's the most popular place for people to meet. In the middle of the square there is Nelson's Column, which is 51 m. high.

P3: Now we are coming to Buckingham Palace. It is the most famous place in London. It is the home of the Queen. There are 600 rooms in it. It has an indoor swimming pool and a cinema.

P4: In front of us you can see the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. The Houses of Parliament is the seat of the British government. Big Ben is one of the most famous clocks in the world.

P5: Look at this Picture!

One of the greatest English churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, is not far from the Tower of London. The Famous English architect Sir Christopher Wren built it in the 17^th century after the Great Fire. It took Sir Christopher Wren 35 years. It is a beautiful building with many columns and towers. In one of its towers there is one of the largest bells in the world.

P6: And this a museum. Madame Tussaud's is a wax museum. It is famous all over the world. There are a lot of kings, queens, politicians and stars. You can see famous people from the past and famous people of today. It is very popular – two million people visit it every year. There are about 4 hundred figures in the museum.

P7: Fantastic! And here is the river Thames. London stands on both banks of the river. The Thames is the deepest and most beautiful river in Britain. There are 27 bridges over the Thames and 8 tunnels under it.

P8: And now we are crossing Tower Bridge over the river Thames. It is one of the oldest and most beautiful bridges in London. It is more than 100 years.

P9: Wow! Look. This is St. Jame's Park. It is one of the royal Parks. It is the oldest and the smallest of the royal parks. It is near Buckingham Palace. There is a lake in St. Jame's Park which is famous for its water birds. You can see pelicans and ducks there. People like to rest in this park.

P10: The British Museum. And now you can see the British Museum. It has one of the largest libraries in the world. There are many old books and manuscripts there. Many great people worked in this library.

T: Thank you for interesting stories. We'll stop here and you can have a short rest. Our tour has finished. I hope that you have enjoyed this tour of London. All the projects are very interesting. But it is impossible to see all interesting places of London in one day. We shall speak about some of them sometime later.

IV. Совершенствование навыков ознакомительного чтения.

T: But the whole picture of London will not be completed if we don't mention one more interesting place. I would like you to read about the London Eye.

You will have only 5 minutes to look it through and to understand it. Then be ready to do the tasks to it.

The London Eye

The London Eye is the biggest wheel in Britain. It is also known as the Millennium Wheel. The London Eye is situated on the south bank of the river Thames. It is the tallest observation wheel with 40 km panoramic views on a clear day. The wheel is 135 m high. The architects are David Marks and Julia Bar field. It has 32 cabins for 25 people each. It takes about 30 minutes to climb into the sky. Up, up and away. The London Eye is very popular with tourists because there is a wonderful view from it. The London Eye was opened 8 years ago in 1999. The London Eye will be the Olympic emblem of the Olympic Games in 2012. It is a symbol of London today.

New words:

• Millennium Wheel – колесо нового тысячелетия;
• south bank – южный берег;
• observation wheel – колесо обозрения;
• panoramic views – панорамный вид;
• popular with – популярно среди;
• wonderful view – чудесный вид;
• the Olympic emblem – олимпийская эмблема.

So, task № 1. Look at the text and fund the phrases in it. (На доске вопросы)

a) крупнейшее колесо

b) было открыто

c) колесо обозрения

d) чудесный вид

e) популярно среди туристов

f) колесо нового тысячелетия

g) олимпийская эмблема

Task № 2. Answer some questions.

1) What is the London Eye?

2) Where is it situated?

3) How tall is it?

4) When was it opened?

5) Why is the London Eye so popular with tourist?

Task № 3. Give the summery of this text.

V. Создание конструктивно-практического проекта.

And now it's time for you to work on your own. Your home task was to prepare different pictures of London. Just now I want you to make a collage and say some words about sights of London which were not mentioned today. Choose one of then.

First of all, use your imagination, dreams, secondly sheets of paper, glue, scissors and start working. You will have only 5 minutes.

(Учащиеся работают в группах)

Рисунок 5

VI. Презентация проектов учащихся.

Now let's see what you have made. Show your project and tell your stories.

VII. Оценка проектов и их презентации.

VIII. Контроль усвоенного материала.

You have just visited many interesting places of London. Let's see how well you know them. We shall see now how attentive you are. Each group will get a test card.

Task № 1

Read and match

 

Task № 2

Mark only "+" or "–"

1. When we talk about London, we think of the Kremlin and Red Square.
2. Buckingham Palace is the home of the Prime Minister.
3. Nelson Column is in Trafalgar Square.
4. Big Ben is the biggest clock.
5. London Zoo is situated in Hyde Park.

IX. Итог урока. Выставление оценок.

Now, give marks to each student of your group. Do you agree or not? I think all of you have done a lot of work and I think you'll get "excellent" for your projects. The lesson is over. Good-bye.

X. Домашнее задание. Написать письмо другу о впечатлении от экскурсии.

"When a men is tired of London he is tired of life"