Good morning, children! I am very glad to see you again! Please, sit down. – Who is on duty today?
– Who is absent today?
– What date is it today?
– What day of the week is it today?
– What is the weather like today?
– Let’s begin our lesson.
– Good morning, teacher!
P1: I am.
… is/are absent.
P2: Today is the…of…
P3: Today is …
P4: описывает погоду
Речевая разминка (3 минуты).
– Pupils, do you like singing? Let’s remember the song “This Land Is Your Land”. Listen to the song and sing together.
– Well done!
Поют все вместе (на экране слова песни).
Работа над темой урока (1-2 минуты).
– Did you guess what the theme of our lesson is?
– Right, the theme of the lesson is “How much do you know about the USA?”
Дают варианты ответов.
Викторина “Путешествуем по США” (15 минут).
– I know that all of you like travelling, and we are starting our travel across the United States of America.
You are divided into two teams. Each team should choose its name and captain.
– Well, you are ready to begin our cultural quiz.
On the screen you will see a picture and a question. You may discuss the possible answers, and then your captain will choose one pupil to give the right answer.
If the team cannot answer, your competitors have a chance to answer again and get one more point.
– Let’s get started our game.
(Начинается викторина. На экране появляются слайды с картинками и вопросами.)
Придумывают название команды и выбирают капитана.
Каждая команда отвечает на один вопрос. За правильный ответ команда получает очко. Если ответ не получен, вторая команда имеет возможность ответить на тот же вопрос и получить очко.
Работа с карточками (3 минуты).
– Now each team will get some cards with a sentence.
All words are mixed. Put the cards in the right order to get the sentence so that it makes sense. The quickest team will get one point. (‘People from different countries brought to their new land a wonderful mixture of customs and traditions.’)
– 1 point goes to …
– The game is over. Mark you score.
– The team “…” is the winner of the quiz.
Подсчитывают очки.
Чтение. Вводная часть (2 минуты).
– Children, look at the screen and answer my questions.
– Whom do you see there?
– What can you say about them?
Where are they from?
– How did you guess?
– What is the text you are going to read about?
– Read the title of the text (‘English In America’).
– What is this text about?
– The text is about the differences between American and British English.
Отвечают на вопросы учителя.
– A man and a woman.
– (возможны варианты ответов)
– The woman is from the USA.
– The man is from Great Britain.
– Because of the flags on their faces.
Варианты ответов.
Работа с таблицами для чтения (6 минут).
– I’ll give you the tables. The task is to write down the words you know from British and American English that have differences in grammar, spelling and vocabulary. Write them into the first tow columns (before reading).
– Read the words you have just written.
Заполняют первые две колонки таблицы.
Читают записанные слова.
Чтение текста (3 минуты), ответы на вопросы учителя, выписывание слов (9 минут).
– Now read the text quickly.
– Answer my questions:
– When did the US leaders begin to talk about ‘the American language’? Why?
Читают текст про себя.
Отвечают на вопросы учителя:
– After the War of Independence America became a free country, and its citizens were proudly christened ‘Americans’, and in 1802, US leaders began to talk about ‘the American language’.
– Why are American and British English so different?
– There were settlers from different countries and all of them brought new words and expressions to the language. The USA became a ‘melting pot’’ of cultures.
– What differences are there between AE and BE?
– There are certain differences in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and spelling between American and British English.
– Read the text again and write out the words from British and American English that have certain differences in grammar, spelling and vocabulary into the second two columns (after reading).
Выписывают слова из текста.
– Read the words you have written.
– Very well. As you see, English in America has its own character.
Читают выписанные слова, сверяют со словами на слайдах.
Подведение итогов, выставление оценок (2минуты).
Our travelling has finished. You worked very well today, and got good marks for the lesson.
…, you’ve got a “5”.
…, you’ve got a “four” etc.
Выставляют отметки в дневники.
Задание на дом (2 минуты).
Your home task is to write an essay “American English”. You must begin with the following words:
‘English in America began to develop a character of its own and today…’
Учащиеся записывают домашнее задание.
