Тип урока: урок-посвящение родному городу с элементами ролевой игры на основе проектной деятельности учащихся.
Цели урока.
Образовательные:
- совершенствовать речевые и грамматические навыки учащихся в высказывании своих мыслей на английском языке;
- активизировать лексические навыки;
- практиковать монологическую и диалогическую речь.
Развивающие:
- развивать коммуникативные навыки учащихся;
- развивать творческие способности учащихся и способности к поиску, изучению и использованию страноведческого материала на английском языке.
Воспитательные:
- воспитывать любовь к родному краю;
- воспитывать чувство патриотизма к малой родине.
Ход урока
1. Организационный момент
(1 мин.)
Teacher: Good morning, boys and girls! Take your seats, please, and get ready for the lesson. The theme of our lesson is “My native town”. If you are ready, let’s start.
2. Warming up
Teacher: What do you think of your native town? As for me, I’d like to say that it’s the most interesting among the towns and cities, situated on the river Volga. It is said to be the pearl of Volga region. Syzran is the town, famous for its local festivals, including “Silver Pipes of the Volga Region”. Creative collectives from different Russian cities and towns, as well as France, Spain, Serbia, India, Italy and other countries come to our native town. Everybody knows an exclusive holiday of a Syzran tomato, which gathers visitors from the whole region. But it’s my point of you. What do you, young citizens of the town Syzran, think of your native town? (Card 1 – Приложение 2)
3. Просмотр видеофильма (или презентации “My native town Syzran”) о Сызрани с комментариями учителя на английском языке. Аудирование.
Let’s watch the film (presentation – Приложение 1) about our native town Syzran. A lot of big and small Russian cities spread out along the valleys and banks of the Great Russian River Volga; one of the oldest among them is Syzran. I love my town and I want it to be loved by everybody who visits it.
Let’s review some facts. Take Card 2. Listen to the description of the town and complete the sentences.
Syzran is an old Volga town. It was founded in 1683 and this year our native town has celebrated its 325th anniversary. At the beginning it was a fortress promoting trading security between northern and southern regions of Russia.
We usually say and hear that Syzran is situated on the right bank of the river Volga. It is true, but we should mention four more rivers. The territory of the town is crossed by four small rivers, making part of the basin of the Great Russian River Volga. They are the Syzranka, the Krymza, the Kubra and the Kashpirka.
The town of Syzran is a part of Samara region of the Russian Federation. It is 137 km downstream from Samara. You can get it by car, by train and by river, the most pleasant way of traveling in summer in our climate.
We can say for sure our town occupies a favorable transport-geographical position. Railway crosses it in six directions. It means that you can easily go to the north, south, east or west, if your starting point is Syzran. Isn’t it great!
Syzran is the center of Syzran district. Its territory is rather big, 117 sq km. About 200 000 people live here. Situated on the territory of Syzran Luka, having the unique natural landscape, washed by 5 rivers and having preserved its architectural and historical shape, the town of Syzran is a real pearl of Samara region and the whole Volga region.
The visiting card of the town is Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin, the oldest architectural monument in our town.
There are many other historical monuments and sightseeing we are talking about a little bit later. And we are proud that Syzran has a status of historical city of Russia and it is among 100 biggest Russian cities, our place in this list is #100.
Teacher: Now I’d like you to tell us what you have just heard and known about our native town.
4. Чтение с охватом общего содержания
Teacher: There is no other better place like a native town for those who have spent or are spending their childhood on the picturesque banks of the river Volga and innumerable lakes, green carpets of meadows and fields.
Take Card 3. Read 5 short texts describing some places in our town. Guess what picture is under description. One picture is extra.
- Syzran Kremlin
- Monuments to the inhabitants of Syzran who lost their lives on battlefields in the years of Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)
- The pearl of Volga Valley
- Sport
- Wooden Syzran
- Railway Station
5. Активизация лексических навыков, работа с пословицами
Teacher: Let’s have a rest and remember proverbs. They are full of wisdom and humor. On the one hand, they are different in different countries; on the other hand, they are alike and have their equivalents in nearly all languages.
Take Card 4.
Join the beginnings and endings to make English proverbs, find out their Russian equivalents.
6. Совершенствование грамматических навыков
Take Card 5.
Teacher: Read the text; fill in the gaps with the necessary words. Translate the text.
7. Совершенствование диалогических навыков
Teacher: There can happen to be different situations in our streets. A lot of people come to Syzran to enjoy the rest on the Volga banks, some of them are foreigners, who know nothing about our town, our traditions, and our way of life. Let’s imagine what dialogues might be heard in the streets of the town Syzran.
Take Card 6; the first group should choose one of the two odd (1, 3) dialogues, the second one – one dialogue of the two even (2, 4) dialogues; change the underlined words, add some phrases, if you wish and complete the dialogues.
8. Совершенствование монологических навыков
Teacher: We have just seen a lot of pictures and remembered some interesting facts about our native town. If you wrote an invitation letter to your friend, what would you write or describe in it?
9. Пожелание родному городу
Teacher: Our native town is constantly changing. It’s growing and becoming better. We can see these changes everywhere. Let’s wish it to prosper further. Take Card 7. Make up your own sentences with a wish to your native town.
Презентация – Приложение 1, карточки – Приложение 2.