Урок-викторина "Royal Family Quiz"

Цели урока:

1. Активизировать умственно-речевую деятельность учащихся.
2. Развить навыки аудирования.
3. Использовать самостоятельно приобретенные знания.
4. Развить умение логически мыслить.
5. Совершенствовать речевые умения учащихся.

Оборудование:

• карточки с заданиями;
• плакат с кроссвордом и генеалогическим древом;
• доска для записей;
• картинки королевской семьи.

Ход урока

I. Организационный момент.

- Good morning, pupils! I’m glad to see you. Today we are going to speak about The Royal Family of Great Britain. We will have a competition between two teams.

II. Разминка.

The first task for you is to answer questions. Each team will get for three of them.

Каждая команда получает по 3 вопроса. На обдумывание – 3 минуты. За каждый правильный ответ – 2 балла.

1. Who is the Head of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? (Queen Elizabeth II.)
2. When did she ascend to the throne? (She ascended to the throne after her father’s death in 1952 and was crowned in Westminster Abbey in June 1953.)
3. Where was Princess Elizabeth educated? (She was educated at home with Princess Margaret, her younger sister. She studied constitutional history, low, art, music, learned to write.)
4. What do you know about the Queen’s husband? (His full name is His Royal Highness Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. They got married in 1927 in Westminster Abbey.)
5. How many children have the Royal Couple? (They have 4 children: Prince Charles, Prince Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward.)
6. Who is the queen’s heir to the throne? (Prince Charles.)

III. Узнай героя.

The next task for you is to complete the sentence. Now listen to me attentively and guess who is it.

На обдумывание ответа дается одна минута. За правильный ответ – 1 балл.

Text 1. He is one of the members of the Royal Family. He is the youngest among the brothers. He studied at Cambridge University. He worked as a school teacher and as an actor at the theatre. Also he was an officer. His name is … (Prince Edward.)

Text 2. He is one of the members of the Royal Family. But he is not a monarch. He was born in Greece. He is a qualified pilot. Sometimes he gives interviews. The sphere of his interests is very wide: environment, wildlife, science and technology and sport. He is … (Prince Phillip.)

Text 3. She is one of the members of the Royal Family. She finished Beneden school in Kent. She is the hardest working member of the family. She made an excellent sports career. In recent years she has become quite popular with public. She doesn’t wear expensive dresses but she always looks very elegant. She is … (Princess Anne.)

Text 4. He is one of the members of the Royal Family. He was born in 1948. He is interested in many things: architecture, environment, history, alternative medicine, farming. His favourite sport is polo. He has 2 children. He is … (Charles, the Prince of Wales.)

Text 5. He is one of the members of the Royal Family. He is very good at sport. In 1980 he joined the Royal Navy and became a «sea King» helicopter pilot. He is interested in photography. He speaks French and German. In 1986 he married and has 2 daughters. He is … (Prince Andrew, the duke of York.)

Text 6. She is one of the members of the Royal Family. She is one of the world’s richest women. Most of working life is spent in an office reading and signing state papers. She never gives interviews. She likes to spend time with her children, watch horse racing, go for a walk and watch TV. She is … (Queen Elizabeth II.)

IV. Что любит и не любит королева.

Now you are to say what the Queen likes and doesn’t like.

Каждая команда получает «Волшебную корзинку» с карточками, на которых записано что любит и не любит королева. На протяжении 5 минут команда должна отобрать и прикрепить на плакате карточки со вкусами королевы, а вторая команда – карточки с названиями того, что не нравится королеве. За правильное выполнение задания – 3 балла.

The Queen likes:

1. Horse racing.
2. Scottish country dancing.
3. Jigsaw puzzles.
4. Bright red dresses.
5. Deerstalking.
6. Traveling.
7. Long-stemmed, deep-pink carnations.
8. Quiet evenings at home.
9. Taking photos.
10. The Beatles film, Yellow Submarine.

The Queen dislikes:

1. Tennis, including Wimbledon.
2. Milk pudding.
3. The cold.
4. Charles Dickens.
5. Dictating letters.
6. Cigar smoke.
7. Sailing
8. Listening to after-dinner speeches.
9. Ivy.
10. Snails.

V. Кроссворд.

- The next game for you is to solve a crossword puzzle. Here you can see the names of seven things which the Queen take with her for traveling. Each team have to find out them.

Детям предлагается найти в кроссворде названия семи предметов, которые королева берет с собой, отправляясь в путешествие. На плакате написаны толкования этих слов. Командам дается по 3 минуты на формулирование определения и нахождения этих слов.

An apparatus used to make photographs. ↓
A cushion for the head, especially in bed. ↓
Dried leaves of plant, cultivated in China, India. →
A metal vessel with a spout and a handle for boiling. ↓
A sweet crystalline vegetable substance. →
A compound of alkali and oil used in washing. →
Objects of precious metal often worn for personal adornment. →
A device for telling time which you wear on your wrist. ↓
Two places of special glass surrounded by plastic, metal which you wear in front of your eyes in order to see better. →

(Key: camera, pillow, tea, kettle, sugar, soap, jewellery, watch, glasses.)

VI. Генеалогическое дерево королевской семьи.

- Look at the blackboard, please. Here you can see the family tree of the Royal English family. Match the pictures and their names.

На плакате изображено родословное дерево английской королевской семьи с перечнем имен и лет жизни. Командам предлагается дополнить родословное дерево изображениями. За каждую правильно подобранную картинку – 1 балл.

VII. Подведение итогов игры.

- Thank you for the lesson. I hope you have enjoyed our quiz today. What games do you like most of all? Good-bye, children!

По окончании последнего гейма учитель подводит итоги и награждает победителей.