Урок для 8-го класса школы с углубленным изучением английского языка по теме "Exams" с использованием аутентичных материалов с сайта Британского совета

Students look at the board and discuss 5 questions in pairs.

Ask some students to comment on their answers.

Tell the students today they’re going to read a text. Ask if they can guess the topic (judging by the questions).

Pair work

teacher - students

1) How do you get ready for your exams?

2) How do you feel before the exams?

3) Was it difficult to pass your first English exam? Why?

4) What’s your attitude towards cheating?

5) What would happen if you see your best friend cheating?

Ask students what things they associate with the word “Exam”.

Give out the cards. Ask the students to make up a story about exams using these words. Warn the students that each of them should be ready to speak.

Listen to one story. Clap your hands when you want another group member to continue speaking.

group work

Ask the students to read the story where the words were taken from and see whether they were close to the text.

Pay attention to the mind-map again. Ask the students to look through the text and see if they can find some other things which could be added into the diagram.

Ask volunteers to come up and add ideas into the mind-map.

students - text

Check the students’ understanding of the text by offering them to choose one task: gap fill or ordering.

students - exercises

Draw students’ attention to some problems which must have appeared in the diagram. Ask how they would deal with them, how they would behave if they were Mo.

This text lacks dialogues. Ask students to think if it is possible to add any dialogues there to make the text alive.

Write a list of participants and problems they might discuss on the board/use a presentation slide. Give out the handouts with useful conversational phrases. (You might use the board /presentation as well)

teacher – students

Mo and Terry, Mo and Mr Reed, Mr Reed and Terry + suggested problems.

Useful expressions for the dialogue <Приложение 4>:

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Can I ask you something?

Do you mind if I ask you something?

I need to talk to you for a minute.

There's something I need to tell you.

There's something I think you should know.

We need to talk.

Remind the students that their dialogue should be realistic. Ask them not to forget to respond to their partner. Warn that they should choose the words carefully so that the conversation with the teacher won’t sound too familiar or the dialogue between two friends – too formal.

Listen to one dialogue, discuss it with the group.

I don't know how to tell you this, but . . .

You might not like what I have to say, but . . .

I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but . . .

This may be unpleasant, but . . .

How do you feel about that?

I don’t feel that it’s such a good idea.

What do you suggest?

Why don’t you...

If I were you, I would...

Really?

That’s interesting.

Is that right?

I don’t think so.

Me too.

Me neither.

Sure.

Go ahead.

No problem.

I see.

I understand.

I get it./I got it.

What do you mean?

What was that again?

Ask students to think over the strategies of how to avoid exam problems and be successful at the exam, and make up a project.

Make up a conclusion, give feedback if necessary, and explain the homework.