Цель урока: продолжить знакомство с историей, обычаями и традициями Британии.
Задачи:
Образовательные: совершенствовать навыки устной речи; углубить знания об истории Британии и достопримечательностях Лондона.
Развивающие: расширять кругозор учащихся о стране изучаемого языка.
Воспитательные: воспитывать уважение к иноязычной культуре, к истории страны и народа, совершенствовать умения работы в группе, повышать мотивацию к изучению английского языка.
Оборудование: компьютер, презентация, проектор, 2 флага, красные и желтые жетоны в форме яблока.
Ход урока
- Hello, my dear boys and girls! I am glad to see you today. Do you like to play games? Today we will play a game “Brain-ring”. We’ll see what you know.
We’ll have two teams today. So, take a yellow or red apple (жетоны, с помощью которых учащиеся делятся на две команды).
Take your seats, please and give names to your teams.
What is the name of your team?
Each team has a flag. If you are ready, raise it, please. Choose a pupil who will do it.
-Well, can you guess: what is the theme of our game? Look at the blackboard.
(На доске название игры составлено неверно, ученик меняет местами карточки и получается "The History of Britain". )
- So, what will we speak about?
- Well, it?s time to start our game!
I’ll ask you some questions and you should answer them.
1.What is the official name of the country? (The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
2. Who built a town on the river Thames? (The Romans)
3. What was the name of the town? (Londinium)
4. When did England become a great country? (at the beginning of the 11th century)
5. When did William the Conqueror come to England from France? (in 1066)
6. Who built a White Tower? (William the Conqueror)
7. Who lives in the Tower of London now? (ravens)
8. What is the Tower of London now? (museum)
9. When was the Great Fire of London? (in 1666)
10. Where did the Great Fire start? (in the house of the king’s baker)
11. What is one of the greatest English churches? (St.Paul’s Cathedral)
12. Who built it? (Sir Christopher Wren)
13. When did Sir Christopher Wren build it? (in the 17 century)
14. What is the center of London? (Trafalgar Square)
15. What is in the middle of Trafalgar Square? (a monument to Admiral Nelson)
16. What is the political center of London? (Westminster)
17. What is Whitehall? (a wide street leading to Parliament Square)
18. Where does the British Prime Minister live? (10, Downing Street)
19. What is Big Ben? (the name of the clock and the bell of the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament)
20. What is Westminster Abbey? (a church)
21. What is it famous for? (for the Poet’s Corner)
22. Where does the Queen of England live? (Buckingham Palace)
23. What can people see in front of it? (the Queen Victoria Memorial)
24. What is the name of Queen who reigns nowadays? (Elizabeth II)
25. How do Londoners call the underground? (the Tube)
26. What colour are the taxis in London? (black)
27. What colour are the buses in London? (red)
Let’s summarize our knowledge. Look at the screen, please.
We’ll watch some places of interest in London. Name them.
What places of interest would you like to visit?
The results of the game. (Подведение итогов. Рефлексия. Награждение.)
Did you like our game?
What question was the most interesting for you?
What question was the most difficult for you?
Today we have the winner, it's team ________. They got ...... points. Congratulations!
All of you get certificates and sweet presents. So, thank you for your work. Good bye.