Тема |
Страноведение: «Великобритания» |
Класс |
8-9 классы |
Методическая информация |
|
Тип мероприятия |
Командный конкурс |
Цель мероприятия |
Обобщение, систематизация и расширение социокультурных знаний по теме “Great Britain”, повышение уровня мотивации в изучении языка, стремление узнать новое (по материалу учебника Ю.Б.Голицынского «Великобритания») |
Задачи |
Образовательные задачи - активизировать и расширить знания истории, культуры, традиций страны изучаемого языка. |
Знания, умения, навыки и качества, которые актуализируют/приобретут/закрепят/др. ученики |
Навыки анализа и систематизации информации, умения работать в группе, знание истории, культуры и традиций Великобритании. |
Необходимое оборудование и материалы |
Компьютер, проектор и экран, презентация, карточки для конкурсов, карта Великобритании. |
Ход мероприятия
Вступительное слово учителя.
My friends! Today the pupils of the 8th and the 9th forms are ready to play a very interesting game. It is called «Brain ring». I hope you’ll like it. So let’s start.
Объяснение правил игры.
The rules of the game are quite simple. We’ll have 5 rounds, you are to answer the questions connected with the topic “The UK”. You are to respect your group-mates and not to shout. No doubt, winning is the aim, but it is only the game. Don’t forget that. The certain number of points will be awarded for every correct answer. You have one minute to discuss the question. If you know the answer, raise your hand.
Round I “Puzzle Time”
(см. приложение 1: карта, карточки с вопросами, флаги, костюмы, бланк ответа для аудирования)
Учитель.
You should do a puzzle now: “make up” a country, the UK, from several parts. (командам выдается пазл: разрезанная на несколько частей карта Соединенного королевства). The team that will do it the first will get a point. Then you are to choose questions (by chance) and answer them. The team that answers the questions correctly will get a point. If you can’t give the answer, then other teams can get a chance to have the additional point.
Questions
(на столе у учителя перевернутые карточки с вопросами, ученики берут карточку наугад, за каждый правильный ответ или выполненное задание – команда получает балл)
1) Where is the UK situated? (показать на карте)Why is the UK also called Great Britain, England or the British Isles?
2) How is the British flag called? Describe it. Match pictures of the flags to the countries. (раздать изображения флагов стран, входящих в состав Соединенного Королевства)
3) Match the national costumes to the countries(раздать изображения костюмов). What languages do people speak? What nationalities live in each part of the UK?
4) What is the UK washed by? (показать на карте)What is the climate like?
Ключи.
1) Great Britain is situated on the British Isles-a large group of island lying off the north-western coast of Europe. Great Britain is the name of the largest island of the British Isles. Of the four countries which make up the UK, England is the largest.
2) The British flag is called the Union Jack. The upright red cross is the cross of St George, the patron saint of England. The white diagonal cross is the cross of St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. The red diagonal cross is the cross of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
3)The official language of the UK is English. The English live in England, they speak English. The Scottish (the Scots) live in Scotland, they speak Scottish. The Welsh live in Wales, they speak Welsh. The Irish live in Northern Ireland, they speak Irish.
4)The UK is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the north-west, by the North Sea in the East. The UK is separated from the continent by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover in the south. The Irish Sea is between Ireland and Great Britain. Great Britain enjoys the humid and mild marine climate with warm winters and cool summers.
Listening
(командам раздаются бланки для ответов, во время прослушивания команды записывают свои ответы)
Учитель:
Now listen to me carefully, I’m going to give you some information about symbols of the countries the UK consists of. What floral symbol am I speaking about? You should write your answers (the name of the country and its symbol) on the sheet of paper. If you are right, take a point. The total number of points is 4.
1) It is a wild plant. Once the Scandinavians planned to attack a village. But since the villagers knew they were coming, they started to prepare for war. Late at night, the Scandinavians came in their bare feet so as not to awaken the warriors in the village. But the thorns of the plant hurt their bare feet. Their howls of pain pierced the silence and the villagers awoke to fight the enemy. (Scotland-a thistle)
2) The patron saint of this country ate only it and bread. In memory of this Christian saint, this plant became the symbol. Flowers which burst into flames by the 1st of March celebrate the revered saint of the country.(Wales-a leek, a daffodil)
3) This flower decorated the arms of the House of Lancaster. The Lancastrians argued for the throne of the country with the Yorkists.The war for the throne between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists lasted 30 years (1455 — 1485). When the Lancastrians won the war, their arms became the symbol of the whole country.(England-a red rose)
4) It is a three-leaved plant similar to clover. A tale tells of how the patron saint used the three-leafed plant to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing this plant on his feast day. (Ireland-shamrock)
(листочки собрать, жюри проверяет. Пока идет проверка, проверяем правильность ответов вместе, символы изображены в презентации)
Учитель:
Let’s check up if you are right.
Round II “Question Time”
(идет презентация: после того как команда дает ответ – правильный ответ «высвечивается» на экране + фото)
Учитель:
Сhoose the right answer, raise the hand if you know it. You’ve got a point for each right answer.
1. Name the country where you can see Stonehenge.
A)England B)Scotland C)Wales D)Ireland
2. She was the founder of professional nursing.
A)Florence Nightingale B)Jane Austen C)Charlotte Bronte D)Queen Victoria
3. Name the title which is given to the heir to the British throne. Prince of ….
A)Edinburgh B)York C)Wales D)Wessex
4. Name the year when Elizabeth II became the Queen of the UK.
A)1926 B)1983 C)1952 D)1990
5.Name the British explorer who reached the Antarctic.
A) Roald Amundsen B) James Cook C)Robert Falcon Scott D) Francis Drake
6.Name the city where Greenwich is situated.
A)Plymouth B)Glasgow C)Edinburgh D)London
7.Name the place where Christopher Wren is buried.
A)the Tower B)St. Paul’s Cathedral C)Westminster Abbey D)Hyde Park
8.Name the scientist who discovered the Law of Gravitation.
A)Michael Faraday B)Alexander Bell C)Issac NewtonD) Alexander Fleming
9.Now many lakes in the Lake District?
A)6 B)10 C)16D)20
10.What is the highest mountain in the UK?
A)Ben Nevis B)Snowdon C) The Mourne Mountain D)The Pennine Chain
11.What is known as the “backbone” of England?
A)The Highlands B)The Cheviot Hills C)The Southern Uplands D) The Pennine Chain
12.What separates England from Scotland?
A) The Cheviots B) The Pennines C)The Thames D)The Severn
13.Which river is the longest in Britain?
A) The Thames B) The Severn C)The Avon D)The Tweed
14.He won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of penicillin.
A)Alexander Bell B) Michael Faraday C) Alexander Pope D) Alexander Fleming
15.William Wordsworth wrote about its beauty.
A) Yorkshire B) Stonehenge C)Lake District D)The Highlands
Учитель:
Let’s go on. You know that the weather in the UK is so changeable that the English often say that they have no climate but only the weather. The English also say that they have three variants of weather: when it rains in the morning, when it rains in the afternoon or when it rains all day long. That’s why there are many phrases in the English language that are about the British weather.
Match the phrases with their meaning. (см. приложение 2: таблица с идиомами, которые нужно сопоставить с их значениями, т. е. команды вписывают во вторую колонку выбранный вариант)
Ключи.
be out of reality, feel ill, be very easy to do, do sth that won’t be achieved, feel fine and healthy, postpone, put people at ease, excited, busy, warm weather in autumn
| Indian summer | warm weather in autumn |
snowed under |
busy |
on cloud nine |
excited |
take a rain check |
postpone |
under the weather |
feel ill |
break the ice |
put people at ease |
as right as rain |
feel fine and healthy |
be a breeze |
be very easy to do |
chase rainbows |
do sth that won’t be achieved |
have your head in the clouds |
be out of reality |
(листочки собрать, жюри проверяет. Пока идет проверка, проверяем правильность ответов вместе, правильные ответы высвечиваются в презентации)
Round III “Videogame”
(показываются видеоролики)
Учитель:
You’ll see a video, you should guess what sight of the UK it is about. If you know, raise your hand.
Round IV “Do You Like Music?”
(командам представляются музыкальные отрывки. После того как команда даст ответ, на экране представляется фото исполнителя)
Учитель:
The UK is a motherland of numerous musicians. The United Kingdom has one of the world's largest music industries today with many British musicians having influenced modern music. Listen to the part of the songs performed by famous British musicians. Guess who is it.
Round V “Famous British”
(раздаются пронумерованные портреты известных британцев и таблица, в которую нужно внести имя соответствующее номеру портрета, см. приложение 3: портреты, таблица)
Учитель:
Now each team will get several portraits of British people who became world- famous in different areas. Look at them and say who and what they are. So if you identify the person correctly (name, occupation) you will get a point. You can get the additional point if you give more information about the personality.
Ключи.
| 1 | Charles Darwin |
A biologist. He created the theory of evolution through natural selection. |
2 |
Queen Victoria |
Her reign of 63 years is known as the Victirian era. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific and military change within the UK and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. |
3 |
Freddie Mercury |
A singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. |
4 |
Charles Dickens |
A writer. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. |
5 |
Diana, Princess of Wales |
The first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales (marriage 1981-1996) and mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Admired for her philanthropic deeds. |
6 |
William Shakespeare |
A poet and a playwright. A creator of Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and many more. He is thought of by many as the greatest of all English writers. |
7 |
David Beckham |
A former professional footballer. He played for Manchester United. |
8 |
Daniel Defoe |
A writer, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. |
9 |
Charlie Chaplin |
A comedian, actor and film director. |
10 |
Daniel Radcliffe |
An actor who rose to international stardom as Harry Potter in the series of films based on the hugely popular books by J. K. Rowling. |
11 |
John Lennon |
A pop/rock singer and a member of The Beatles, one of the most famous, successful, influential and admired pop artist of all time.Hailed for his peace activism. |
12 |
Theresa May |
The new Conservative Party leader and second female prime minister. |
13 |
Agatha Christie |
A writer, best-known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. |
14 |
Winston Churchill |
Prime Minister (1940-1945, 1951-1955). Historically ranked as one of the greatest British prime ministers. He kept the nation’s spirit up during World War II, when the the country had to defend itself against Hitler’s attempts to invade. He was an important figure in post-war international and national politics as well. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. |
«A musical pause»
(во время музыкальной паузы жюри посчитывает очки, выявляя победителя)
The pupils of the 8th form Yulia Glinskaya and Olga Eryomina will sing a song for you. It’s called “Greensleeves”. It is a traditional English folk song and tune. There is a persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn. Let’s enjoy the girls’ singing.
Conclusion (см. Приложение 4: диплом)
Учитель:
Well, it’s time to declare the winners of today’s game. The result of the game is …
Congratulations to all the members of the “…” team. You were the best, the cleverest, the smartest. I want to give a diploma to the team “…”. Congratulations! But all the teams were also good, there is no need to worry. We are sure next time you’ll be luckier!
Thanks a lot to everyone for taking an active part in our game. I’m happy with your answers. You really demonstrated your perfect knowledge of the topic “The United Kingdom”. I hope you’ve had a nice time together and learnt something new and are eager to learn more… Thank you once again and good-bye.
Thanks to all of you for coming.
For taking part and learning something!
And I hope that games like this
You will never ever miss!