Kazakhstan is in the retrospect of time

Методическая разработка урока

«Kazakhstan is in the retrospect of time»

Зрячева Е.С.

(г.Алга, АИТК)

The theme: «Kazakhstan is in the retrospect of time»

Aims:

1. To order the pupils’ knowledge by the studied themes

2. To develop the team work

3. To fix the verbal speech activities and special lexis

4. To overbroad the knowledge by the history & the geography of Kazakhstan

Tools: card, crossword, dictionary, table of the irregular verbs

Plan of the lesson:

1. Org. moment

• Greeting

• Aiming

• Content of the lesson

1. Presentation of the teams

• Title

• Motto

1. “Jeopardy” game

• Familiarizing the rules

• Work with the cards

1. “Hidden rivers/lakes/seas” crossword

2. Summarizing

1. Good morning, students & guests! The theme of our lesson is «Kazakhstan is in the retrospect of time». During this lesson we’ll be playing games, doing exercises & guessing crosswords. And our guests will be the jury; your task is to mark answers of our participants for every task/

2. We have 2 teams. Captains, please, present your team & the motto of the team.

• Our team is called “English time”. Our motto is “Every moment is another chance”

• Our team is “Juicy berries”. Our motto is “Well begun is half done”

1. Thanks a lot to our captains. Let’s play the first game. It is “Jeopardy”. Rules are very simple: there are some cards on the blackboard. Every card has its nominal cost at one side & the task at another side. Participant of the team takes one of the cards, reads the task & his team answers this task. The higher cost has the harder task. Good luck!

Cards with the nominal cost of “1” point:

1. Spell the word “Kazakhstan”

2. Spell the word “Shymbulak”

3. Translate the word “Constitution”

4. Translate the word “Суверенный”

5. Translate the word “Independence”

Cards with the nominal cost of “2” point:

1. Complete the proverb: “Better late than …” (never)

2. Complete the proverb: “East or West, home is …” (best)

3. Translate the proverb: “It is never too late to learn”

4. Translate the proverb: “Business before pleasure”

Cards with the nominal cost of “3” point:

1. Use the necessary form of the verb:

5 years ago Ali (to lose) his job in the town of Aral. He (to be) one of the best fishermen. He (to decide) to be a vegetable farmer. He (to work) hard and it (to give) good results. Now he (to have) been enjoying his harvest.

1. Write this text in the Past Indefinite Tense:

When a baby begins to walk, he undergoes an ancient rite – the hobbles cutting. A hobble of rope is tied round a child’s legs. It looks like a figure-of-eight. The child has to make a few steps and then the hobbles are cut with a knife by the most respected guest, one whose life is a worthy example. By cutting the hobbles he blesses the baby to go through his own life more successfully.

1. Write this text in the Present Indefinite Tense:

An addition to traditional horse-races during festivals and feasts, the game Kokpar was usually played. One of the horse-riders with goat’s carcass in his hand raced far ahead. Other participants in the game followed him. A champion-to-be had to have a quick horse to catch up the jigit with the goat’s carcass. He had to be a skillful and experienced horse-rider, so that other competitors could not throw him down from his horse.

Cards with the nominal cost of “4” point:

1. Translate from English into Russian:

The Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world. The former sea bed is now a salt desert. It was once the home to 24 species of fish.

1. Translate from English into Russian:

The dying Aral Sea is one of the world environmental disasters. Environment around the lake and health of the people are being damaged. The sea has changed the climate of the region greatly.

Cards with the nominal cost of “5” point:

Card-surprise: two cards in one, two same task for two teams.

Translate from Russian into English:

Был провозглашен – was established

Граничит с – shares its border with

Столица – capital

Казахстан был провозглашен Республикой Казахстан в декабре 1991 года. Наша страна граничит с Россией, Китаем, Кыргызстаном, Узбекистаном и Туркменистаном. Столица нашей Республики – Астана.

1. “Hidden rivers/lakes/seas” crossword

Please, look at this crossword. We are going to have a little trip in geography of our Republic. Some main rivers, lakes & seas of Kazakhstan are hidden here. Your task is very simple: to find all these names.

Answers: Alakol, Tengiz, Zaisan, Syrdaria, Ural, Ishim, Tobol, Ertis, Ili, Elek, Balkash, Caspian, Aral.

1. Summarizing

Well. Now we have some minutes to summarize our lesson. While our jury scores obtained by each team, let's remember what we did in class today. We revised the Past & Present Indefinite Tenses, travelled by Kazakhstan’s history & geography, guessed the crossword. And now is the time for our judges to summarize and announce the winning team…