Урок английского языка по теме: " Вашингтон".

Тема урока:  « Вашингтон» (Washington, D.C.)

Цель урока: развитие познавательной активности учащихся на уроках  

                       английского языка.

Задачи:      1. ознакомить учащихся со столицей страны изучаемого языка

                    (Вашингтон, США) и его достопримечательностями;

                    2. развивать способности учащихся распознавать и применять в 

                    речи формы Passive Voice;

                    3. развивать чувства уважения учащихся к истории и культуре

                    народов других стран;   

                    4. практиковать чтение с пониманием основного смысла;

                    5. практиковать аудирование.

Оснащение урока: 1) карта США; 2) компьютер;

3) проектор; 4) презентация «Washington»; 5) тесты «Washington»;

6) карточки с заданиями.

Ход урока.

1. Вводная беседа.

    - Good morning, boys and girls. Today we’ll have an unusual lesson. We have many guests and we’ll have one of the most important lessons of the study year. We have been studying about America for two years already. Do you know what its capital is? Right, it’s Washington, D.C. Let’s see where it is located on the map.

Р:   It is located in the north-eastern part of the country.

2. Презентация «Welcome to Washington, D.C. ».

 Просмотр презентации «Welcome to Washington».

                              Excursion around Washington, D.C.

Slide 1

             Welcome to Washington, D.C.

Slide 2

            Washington is situated in the District of Columbia. It was named 

            after the first president of the United States of America

            George Washington.

Slide 3

           This great city is located on the left bank of the Potomac River.

Slide 4

          George Washington was the first president of the United States of  

          America. He was born in Virginia. He liked studying Mathematics, 

          History and Geography most of all.

Slide 5

         The White House is the Residence of the presidents where they live

         and work.. It has the most famous address:

         1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and consists of 132 rooms.

Slide 6

         The Capitol is the tallest  and the most famous building in  

         Washington, D.C.  Laws are made there.

Slide 7

         The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. It has   

         340 miles of bookshelves containing 13 million books.

Slide 8

         Washington Monument is one of the most impressive sights of 

         Washington, D.C. It is situated in Potonic park.

         It is called “The Pencil” because of its height which is 555 feet.

Slide 9

         Jefferson Memorial is a 19-foot statue of the third president of the 

         United States Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of

         Independence.

Slide 10

           Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of  the USA.

           He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the blacks. 

           Here you can see his memorial.

Slide 11

          Supreme Court. The majestic building. The laws are interpreted 

          here by the highest judges.

Slide 12

          Smithsonian Information Center. Information about special 

          activities at Washington museums are provided here.

          Nine of Smithsonian museums are located here.

Slide 13

         National Air and Space Museum.

         Here you can see the history of flight from the first plane to the  

         Apollo space ship.

Slide 14

       Thank you for your attention! 

 Работа с новой лексикой: практика произношения названий достопримечательностей Вашингтона.

             The White House                                         The Supreme Court

             The Capital                                                  Abraham Lincoln

             Washington Monument      

             Jefferson Memorial

             The Library of Congress

             The National Mall

             The Smithsonian Museum

             The Pentagon

             George Washington

       Выполнение теста по презентации.

Test “Washington”

1. Washington, D.C. is …

    A. a city     B. a district    C. a capital    D. a country

2. George Washington was … president of the USA.

    A. the first   B. the second    C. the third    D. the fourth

3. G. Washington liked … .

    A. Biology    B. Mathematics    C. Geography    D. History

4. The Wight House has got … rooms.

    A. 130    B. 131    C. 132    D. 133

5. The capitol is the … building in Washington.

    A. most beautiful    B. Smallest    C. most famous    D. tallest

6.  … are made in the Capitol.

   A. laws   B. Constitution    C. exhibition    D. films

7. Thomas Jefferson was the … president of the USA.

    A. the first    B. the second    C. the third    D. the fourth

8. Abraham Lincoln wrote … .

    A. the Emancipation Proclamation

    B. the Declaration of Independence

    C. the US Constitution

9. The National Mall contains … museums.

    A. seven    B. nine    C. ten    D. eleven

(Ответы:                                                        )

3. Работа с текстом: чтение и перевод письма, стр. 210-212 учебника.   

    (Счастливый английский 2, Т. Клементьева, Д. Шеннон)

 - Dear children, you’ve got a letter from an American girl  where she tells about her hometown Washington. I’m sure you’ll learn much interesting from it. Let’s read and translate it.

4. Чтение текста с пониманием основного содержания.

5. Физкультминутка.

    - I think you are tired now. Let’s have a rest. Stand up.

      Hands up.

      Hands aside.

      Hands down.

      Rub your ears.

      Rub your cheeks.

      Rub your hands.

      Rub your knees.

      Close your eyes.

      Open your eyes.

      Sit down.

6. Повторение и закрепление грамматической темы Passive Voice.

 - During the last lessons we studied Passive Voice. I hope you remember that it is made with the auxiliary verb to be and the third form of the action verb.

To be + V 3

Now you must find verbs in Passive form in the text and determine their tense forms.

 а) Учащиеся находят в тексте глаголы в Passive Voice и определяют их временные формы.

 б) Двое учащихся работают с карточками по теме урока: один – у доски, второй – на месте.

 - At the same time two of you will do another task on this grammar theme. Who wants to do that?

Работа на доске проверяется всем классом.

7. Аудирование.

 - Dear boys and girls, now you will listen to some people speaking about the sights and facts of Washington, D.C. Please, listen to them very attentively and find the right statements for them. There will be five of them and one is extra.

     Утверждения и таблицу заранее написать на доске или раздать детям в печатном варианте.

A. The Library of Congress

B. The Wight House

C. George Washington

D. The Capitol

E. The Pentagon

Speaker 1. It is an important part of Washington, D.C. It is

                  where the presidents live and work. George

                  Washington is the only president who didn’t live

                  there. John Adams was the first president to live in it.

                  It has got 132 rooms. It has many specials rooms.

                  It even has a private bowling alleys and a movie  theater.   

Speaker 2. It is the largest and tallest one among the buildings in                  

                 Washington, D.C. It has got the great House of  

                  Representatives and the Senate Chamber. There are 

                  no skyscrapers in Washington, D.C. because no other

                  building must be taller than it.

Speaker 3. It is the largest in the States. It contains more than 13

                  million books, more than 19 million manuscripts,

                  including the personal papers of the US presidents. 

Speaker 4. There is one more well-known building in 

                  Washington, D.C. It is the residence of the United

                  States Military department. It is situated in the

                  suburbs to the south of the Potomac river.

Speaker 5. He was elected a commander-in-chief of the

                  Continental Army and proved himself a capable

                  commander of the War of Independence. In 1787 He

                  was chosen president of the Continental Convention

                 and later elected first president of the Republic.

                 The nation’s capital and an American state were    

                 named after him.

8. Домашнее задание: написать ответное письмо  или 

открытку американской девочке. Задания даются индивидуально в зависимости от уровня знаний учащихся. Сильные ученики пишут письмо, слабее – открытку.

 - Dear children, Michelle was very kind to write us about Washington, D.C. It will be polite to thank her for that. So at home you will have to write a letter or a card to Michelle. You’ll get your home task on the cards. Please follow the directions.

 If there are some questions, ask me.

9. Рефлексия.

    Did you like the lesson?

    Was it interesting or boring?

    What did you like best?

10. Завершение урока. Выставление оценок.

      Thank you for coming. Good bye.