Презентация к работе НПК "Who is a prodigy?" 6 form, 2016

State Educational Institution of Secondary School №2 SPECTRUM Berdsk Novosibirsk region

Who is a prodigy?

Authors :

Ogorodnikov V., Urvancev V.

6 V form

Head teacher :

Zhuravleva Yulia Sergeevna

teacher of the English langauge

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• The semantics of the word “prodigy”
• Examples of prodigies
• Characteristics of child prodigies
• How we found “a prodigy” (practical part)
• Conclusion
• Literature

“ Who is a prodigy ?” is our aim.

To answer this question we should do some tasks :

• to learn the semantics of the word “prodigy”;
• to search some examples of prodigies and tell about them;
• to define the features of this phenomena;
• to look for a prodigy among our classmates;
• to make conclusion.

The semantics of the word “prodigy”

“ a young person who has a great natural ability in a subject or skill”

“ a young person who is very good at something ”

prodigium - “omen or monster”

Synonyms for prodigy

genius

wonder child

wunderkind

mastermind

intellectual or mental giant

wizard

virtuoso

brain

чудо

вундеркинд

одаренный

infant

prodigy

Examples of prodigies

PABLO PICASSO

Spanish artist, sculpture and designer

first exhibition

world-famous

Cleopatra Stratan

Aelita

the youngest artist on the Earth

personal exhibition

abstract art

• One of the youngest singers of the planet
• the album Cleopatra "At the age of three years."
• the songs in Moldovan, Russian and English

Characteristics of child prodigies

Being a prodigy means:

• have natural talent at something
• get rid of bad habits
• be confident and willing to try new things
• look for opportunities to learn, to grow
• improve your memory
• b e empathetic
• creat е

How we found “a prodigy” (practical part)

Questions for an interview and the test’s results

Test’s results "do Not miss a Prodigy"

Conclusion

• A prodigy is a young person who is very good at something
• To identify a prodigy among people seems to be not easy, because not everyone wants to get rid of being online or using phone, to develop his skills and be professional at his business.
• We are sure that parents and school should be more attentive to these unique children
• And they should be an example to those, who are lazy to develop oneself .

Literature

• Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
• Longman Pearson. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English .
• The Russian- English dictionary.
• Вундеркинд: воспитание чудо-ребенка [Электронный ресурс].- URL : http :// www . womenclub . ru / children /2276. htm
• 10 Most Genius Child Prodigies of The World [Electronic Resource]. – URL: http://www.wonderslist.com/10-genius-child-prodigies-world/
• Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias [Electronic Resource]. – URL: http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/114163
• Child Prodigies [Electronic Resource]. – URL: http://brainconnection.brainhq.com/2000/07/20/child-prodigies/
• Hey kids, Meet Pablo Picasso [Electronic Resource]. – URL: http://makingartfun.com/htm/f-maf-art-library/pablo-picasso-biography.htm
• How to Determine If Your Child Is a Genius [Electronic Resource]. – URL: http://www.ehow.com/how_2034465_determine-child-genius.html
• Newton’s Children- What Makes a Prodigy? [Electronic Resource]. – URL: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/09/newtons-childre.html