"A trip to London"

The theme of the lesson

“A TRIP TO LONDON”

7 th form

School 226

Date:

The theme of the lesson:

“A TRIP TO LONDON”

The education aim of the lesson: to practice asking and answering

questions.

The developing aim of the lesson: to develop the pupils knowledge about London.

The pedagogical aim of the lesson: to learn a lot of interesting information its history and sights; to practice reading, speaking, writing.

The equipment of the lesson: slides, blackboard, computer, cards, pictures, crossword.

The type of the lesson: giving information, developing, knowledge and

Experience, testing the knowledge.

The kind of the lesson: oral.

The method of the lesson: unusual, mixed.

Connection with other subjects: geography, history.

The technology map of the lesson:

-beginning of the lesson and org.moment - 2 min

-answers to the questions - 3 min

-scrambled letters - 4 min

-match the parts and read aloud - 3 min

-listening to the information - 7 min

-describe the pictures - 6 min

- to have a rest - 3 min

- do the crossword - 4 min

- put in the missing words - 3 min

- quiz: choose the right variant - 3 min

- play the game - 4 min

- the end of the lesson - 3 min

The Procedure of the lesson

I. The beginning of the lesson:

Greeting and org.moment:

Teacher: Good morning children

I’m glad to see you!

Sit down, please

Tell me please,

Who is on duty today? Who is absent?

What date is it today? What day is it today?

Are you ready for the lesson?

Thank you very much.

Teacher: Dear friends, we are going to have an unusual lesson. We have read and spoken much about one of the most beautiful cities of the world – London. We learnt a lot of interesting information about its history and sights.

Now, let’s divide into two groups. The name of your group will be…. And the name of your group will be ….

II. The main part of the lesson

Let’s begin our lesson

I want to ask you some questions about this city and see what you know about it:

Activity 1. Answer the questions:

• What is the capital of England and the United Kingdom?

• Where is it situated?

• On what river does London stand?

• What is London today?

(slide 1)

Teacher: That’s right. London is the capital of Great Britain. It stands on the river Thames. It consists of three parts: the City of London, the West End and the East End. Ok. Let’s see what places we’ll visit today. Welcome to London.

(slide 2)

III. Consolidation of the last lesson.

Activity 2

Teacher: Before we continue, let’s remember the words we learnt about town life. We have scrambled letters- put them in the right order and you’ll know some town objects.

Work in groups.

(slides 3, 4)

Now you can check the words. Who can read them? Have you made any mistakes? Well done.

Activity 3

Match the parts and read them aloud.

Teacher: We go on. Do you know the names of places of interest well? Now we shall see it. Match the parts and read the name of the sight. Who wants to try? You can check it by yourselves. Take your time.

(slide 5, 6)

Listen to the information about London.

(slide 7, 8)

Activity 4

Teacher: We are going on our trip. Look at the map of London. Find the places of interest you know and say a few words about them.

(slide 9)

Teacher: What is it? That’s right. This is the Tower of London. Who can tell us about it?

Pupil: you are welcome.

The tower of London was a fortress, a royal palace and later a prison. Now it is very famous museum.

(slide 10)

Teacher: Who can describe this place? (The Houses of Parliament)

Pupil: The members of the British Parliament work in this building it has more than 1200 rooms. The House of Parliament is the seat of the British government. These consist of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and Westminster Hall. The building are situated in central London overlooking the river.

(slide 11)

Teacher: I see a tall tower. What is it? What do you know about Big Ben?

Pupil: Big Ben is the biggest clock bell in Great Britain. It strikes every quarter hour.

(slide12)

Teacher: Do you see that wonderful building? Who would like to tell us about it? (Buckingham Palace)

Pupil: It is a wonderful building.The Queen of Great Britain lives there When the Queen is at home

the flag is up.

(slide13)

Teacher: Oh, I see a great church. What is it? Yes, you are right. Will you tell us about Westminster Abbey?

Pupil: It is more than 9 hundred years old.It is one of the most beautiful churches in London. There are many monuments and statues there , many English kings and queens are buried there.

(slide14).

Teacher: We are in Trafalgar Square, aren’t we? What is it famous for? Can you tell us?

Pupil: The most beautiful place in London.In the middle of it is a monument of Admiral Nelson situated.

(slide15)

Teacher: Isn’t it another great church? Who built it? It will be interesting to know. Can you tell us about St Paul’s Cathedral?

Pupil: It is one of the greatest English churches.In its towers is one of the largest bells in the world.

(slide16)

Dear pupils! Now it is time to have a rest. Let’s listen to the song about London. (slide 17)

Activity 5

Teacher: Now, children, let us do a crossword puzzle about London and check how much we know about it. Look at the crossword on the screen.

(slide 18)

Meanwhile I am giving you out the cards with this crossword. Read the questions to yourselves and write in the answers. You have a few minutes. You can use your textbooks to find the answers and use your dictionaries. Start, please.

Teacher: Ok, children, are you ready? Have you guessed the crossword? Please, check it.

(slide 19)

Activity 6

Teacher: You have done a good job of it! But we continue. Now let us sum up what we have learnt about the capital of Great Britain. Look at the screen and do the following task. Put in the missing words and tell us about your trip to London.

(slide 20)

I’ll give out the cards.

Teacher: Very well, thank! And to finish our lesson I suggest solving the quiz. You must choose the correct answer.

(slide 21)

Teacher: I think you have finished. So check the answers. Who has guessed everything? Who has made one mistake? two mistakes?

Teacher: You have done a good job of it! But we continue. Now let us sum up what we have learnt about the capital of Great Britain. Look at the screen and do the following task. Put in the missing words and tell us about your trip to London.

(slide 22) I’ll give out the cards.

Teacher: Very well, thank! And to finish our lesson I suggest solving the quiz. You must choose the correct answer.

Teacher: I think you have finished. So check the answers. Who has guessed everything? Who has made one mistake?\ two mistakes? (slide 23)

Teacher: Let’s play the game.

(slides 24-40)

The end of the lesson.

Announcing of the results of the competition conclusions.

Teacher: OK. Our lesson is over. You worked hard today. You spoke much about London, we remembered interesting facts about its places of interest, you practiced asking questions, you refreshed the words and did the crossword and the quiz. Your marks are……I’ll put them into your diaries in a minute later.

Thank you for your work. I hope you liked our today’s lesson. Was it interesting? What did you like more? What was the most difficult task for you?

Now open your diaries and write down your homework for the next lesson and I’ll sign in your diaries. Your homework is to write ten sentences

about “The country I would like to travel”.

(slide 41)

The lesson is over. Thank you. Good-bye.