Lesson focus: Reading for general and more detailed information, vocabulary& writing in the context of a story about an old man and an old woman.
методическая разработка по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

      Разработанный урок может быть использован для развития навыков чтения с пониманием основного содержания, чтения с выборочным пониманием нужной информации, а также для развития навыков письма в 8, 9-х классах общеобразовательных школ.

Lesson focus: Reading for general and more detailed information, vocabulary& writing in the context of a story about an old man and an old woman.

                                       Appendix I

Ex 1. Read the text and choose the best title for it:

a) A little spring.

b) Spring has come.

c) Her wish to become young was too great.

Ex 2. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

a) One day the old man went to the country.

b) He became younger because he had drunk some water from a little spring.

c) The old woman ran to the wood because she was thirsty.

d) The old woman became very tired after drinking water.

e) The old woman could not return home as she was too little.

f) Her wish to become young was too little.

Ex 3. You are going to run to the board in turns, trying to keep in mind your sentence and return to your place and write down it on your slip. Then arrange the sentences in the correct order.

1. He got tired and thirsty.
2. He became young and told his wife about it.
3. He saw a little spring and drank.
4. An  old man went to the wood.
5. Her wish to become young was too great.
6. The old woman ran to the wood.

                                   Appendix II

                         Her Wish To Become Young Was Too Great.

     This is a story about an old woman and an old man. They lived near a fine green wood. One summer day the old man went to the wood to pick mushrooms. It was a hot day and the man soon got tired and thirsty, but there was no water in the wood. So he sat down under the tree to rest.
     Everything around him was so fresh and fine, but he was so old and sad. He wanted to return the days when he was young and fine.
     Suddenly he saw a little spring near him. He was very glad, as he was very thirsty. He began drinking the water. Soon he felt that he became younger and in a few minutes he was a fine young man again.
     He went home to tell his wife about the spring. When his wife heard the story, she ran to the wood quickly, though she was very old. 
      It was very late, but the old woman didn’t return home. So the old man went to the wood to meet her. When he came up to the spring, he saw a little girl. She was very glad to see him, as she did not know how to get home. It was his wife. The man thought, “My wife wanted to became young so much that she drank too much water. (Английский язык. 9 и 11 выпускные классы. Учебное пособие./Н.И. Петрова-М.: АСТ-ПРЕСС ШКОЛА, 2003)