Конспект урока по английскому языку "Is reading important?"

The theme :“Is reading important?”

Цель урока:  

                формирование обобщенных знаний по теме: “Reading in our life” и оперирование ими.

 образовательный компонент цели:

     расширение лингвистического кругозора учащихся;

развивающий компонент цели:

     развитие языковых способностей учащихся, готовности к коммуникации;

воспитательный компонент цели:

     создание условий для формирования у обучающихся уважения и интереса к стране        

     изучаемого языка, поддержание интереса к учению.

практический компонент цели:

     формирование и совершенствование практических навыков владения лексикой,

     расширение словарного запаса учащихся по теме «Чтение» путем привлечения

     дополнительного материала, развитие навыков восприятия речи на слух, чтения,

     монологической и диалогической речи, а также письма.

Ход урока

T:   Good morning! I  am really glad to see you and I hope you are fine. Today we are going to continue to speak about books and reading. I have a great wish to know if reading is popular or not very popular nowadays.  But I think it will be better if we do it together. OK?

So the theme of our lesson is “Is reading important?”

 I hope this lesson will help you to answer this question and you will speak about your attitude to reading, you also learn about one of the greatest English dramatist and playwright W. Shakespeare. 

1What types of books are you fond of reading?

2. How many books do you read a month?

3. What was the last book you have read?

4. What was the best book you have ever read?

5. What stories or books did you enjoy when you were a child?

T: A book is one of the greatest wonders of the world. There are a lot of quotations about books and reading.

Now, I want you to look at the screen.

Please, make up and read some quotations  about reading.
Презентация

T: Match  the  phrases  in  English  with  their  Russian  equivalents.

Презентация

      1. to succeed in                  a) повлиять

      2. to improve                               b) сильно взволновать

 3. to explore                               c) воображение

      4. to encourage                    d) образование

5. to influence                       e) скучный

6. to thrill                             f) информационный

7. to recommend                   g) преуспевать в

8. imagination                                h) улучшать

9. education                                   i) образовательный

10. Informative                              j)  успокаивающий     

11. Enjoyable                                k) поощрять, поддерживать

12. Relaxing                                   l) приятный    

13. Educational                              m) исследовать

14. Boring                          n) рекомендовать

T: I am sure that reading is and will be a part of our life.  Now let’s revise the words naming the books. 

What kind of  books do you know?

Adventure stories                                         

Thriller books

Crime/detective stories

Fairy tales

Fantasy

Historical stories

Classic novels

Reference books

horror stories

 humour

 ghost stories

 love stories/romance

legends

 myths

 science fiction

travel stories   true stories  realistic teenage fiction  cook books

T: Read different kinds of stories and try to guess what kind of book it is

A Romance novel 
B Thriller 
D Science fiction novel 
F Autobiography 
G Travel journal 

1. It was a dark and foggy night. We drove and drove. At midnight, just as we thought we were lost, we saw a light behind some trees. As we got nearer, we could see a house. It looked deserted, abandoned. We knocked on the heavy, wooden door. It opened slowly. A tall man dressed entirely in a black stood there. “Good evening,” he said in a slow, deep voice. “I have expecting you.”

2.We were traveling through deep space at the speed of life. Suddenly, the spaceship slowed down and immediately the system came into view. A bright star with twenty or more planets. One of these would be our new home, five light years from our own galaxy.

3. My childhood was a fairly happy one. My parents were a little strict, but they were fair and they certainly loved towards me. It was clear right from the start that they wanted the best for me, and also that they had high hopes for me. 

4.“We need to be ready to attack’, said Lord Greenface. “I have received information from my spies about a plan to invade out planet and steal our research.” “Who is going to invade?” asked Kring, nervously clutching his laser gun. “And how did they find out about our research?” 

5.Amy jumped out of the taxi and ran towards the restaurant. She hated being late. What if Tom had already left? She pushed open the door and saw that the restaurant was lit with hundred of candles. There was only one other person there. He turned and saw her and his face lit up. “Amy”, he smiled. “I knew you’d come”. 

T: Your hometask was to retell the texts about Charles D.  and Agatha Chr. Who begins?Say a few words about your favourite  authors.

T: And now read the text about a great English poet and writer W. Shakespeare and be ready to do some tasks .

You have read the main facts of Shakespeare’s biography. Now I want you to agree or disagree to some statements.

1.Shakespeare was born in the 17th century. Is it true? (No, it is not true. He was born in the 16th century in 1564.) 

2.William got a good education in London. (No, it’s not true. He got his 3.education in the local grammar school in Stratford.) 

4.Shakespeare had 3 children: a daughter Susanna and twin sons. (He really had 3 children, his daughter’s name was Susanna, but the twins were a daughter Judith and a son Hamlet.) 

5.His wife Anne Hathaway loved theatre very much. (It’s not true.) 

6.Shakespeare never acted on the stage. (It’s not true.) 

7.Shakespeare died in London and was buried in Westminster Abby. (It’s not true. He died in Stratford.) 

T:At last, the question for a discussion: Is   reading important? Give your arguments.


Reading books improve vocabulary and writing skills.

Books help us to solve the problems of our life.

We learn a lot of new facts about famous people, lands and countries from books.

Books help us to make new friends.

Books are useful because they learn us to plan our time and life.

Reading books is a popular hobby of people of different ages.

Books have beautiful pictures and photos.

Books are good way to relax and to spend free time in a useful way.

Books help pupils to study better and help to decide the type of person I want to be.

Books help to learn more about other  cultures, countries and peoples of the world, to discover a lot of new things, to explore new ideas.

T: OK. I am glad that we have come to  such result because reading is certainly important.

I want to finish the lesson by the saying of M. Gorky:

“Love a book! A book is a source of knowledge. And only knowledge can make us stronger and better”.