Урок-викторина "What do you know about Great Britain?"
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (9 класс)

Викторина «Do you know Great Britain?»

«Ты знаешь Великобританию?

        Викторина «Ты знаешь Великобританию?» предназначена для учащихся 9 классов для проверки знаний по изученным темам и общего уровня развития по различным предметам. В викторине могут принять участие две команды. На доске 4 таблицы. Цифре соответствует вопрос. Учащиеся выбирают таблицу и номер вопроса. Одна из цифр содержит 3 вопроса. Если выбор падает на нее, то учащиеся отвечают на все вопросы. Количество правильных ответов соответствует количеству баллов. Перед викториной целесообразно показать презентацию по теме «Великобритания». Викторину можно провести как итоговое мероприятие, а также во время проведения декады английского языка.

Тема: GREAT BRITAIN

        Форма проведения: викторина.

Цели:

- воспитание уважительного отношения к стране изучаемого языка;

- расширение кругозора;

- стимулирование интереса учащихся к изучению английского языка.

Задачи:

- развивать умение воспринимать информацию на слух;

- совершенствовать умение отвечать на вопросы.

Оборудование: таблицы с цифрами, иллюстрации по теме «Великобритания», компьютерная презентация.

Ход мероприятия

I. Организационный момент.

Ведущий. Good afternoon! I am glad to see you at “Who? What? When? Where?”.

You’ve got already much information about Great Britain: its people, customs, traditions, way of life, sights. We’ve read books, watched films. Before we start our quiz let’s watch a presentation. (Идет показ презентации.) And now it’s time to know who learnt more than others about Great Britain.

At the Blackboard you can see 4 tables “Who?”, “What?”, “When?”, “Where?” with 9 squares in it. They are numbered. Each number means a question. Your team chooses a number and answers a question. Remember that you should give a full answer. Besides in each table there is one square which contains not one but three questions! This square is called “Surprise!” If you can’t answer the question you opponent can give the answer and get additional point. Let’s start our quiz.

II. Проведение викторины.

Команды представляют себя. Жребий определяет, кто начинает игру.

Оформление на доске:

Who?

What?

When?

Where?

Who-questions

1. Who is the main character at Christmas? (Santa Claus.)

2. Who lived in 221b Baker Street? What’s his name? (Sherlock Holmes.)

3. Who was called “the architect of London” after the Great Fire of 1666? (Sir Christopher Wren.)

4. Who lived in Sherwood Forest and fought against the sheriff of Nottingham? (Robin Hood.)

5. Whose statue is on top of the column? (Admiral Nelson.)

6. Who lived in Stratford-upon-Avon? (W. Shakespeare.) Who wrote “Three men in a boat?”(Jerome K. Jerome.) Who was “The Iron Lady”? (M. Thatcher.)

7. Who wrote “Romeo and Juliet?” (W. Shakespeare.)

8. Who was Sir Alexander Fleming? (A doctor.)

9. Who was Guy Fawkes? (A leader of the plot against the Parliament.)

What-questions

1. What is the oldest part of  London? (The city.)

2. What event  ended the plague in London in 1666? (The Great Fire.)

3. What is another name for the British flag? (The Union Jack.)

4. What city is the capital of Wales? (Cardiff.)

5. What is the population of the UK nowadays? (58 mln.)

6. What city is the capital city of Northern Ireland? (Belfast.)

7. What colour is the British flag? (White, red, blue.)

8. What is the name of the river in London? (The Thames.) What are the traditional Christmas colours? (Red, green.) What is the main square in London? (Trafalgar Square.)

9. What is the full name of Great Britain? (The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.)

When-questions

1. When was W. Shakespeare born? (1954.) When is St Valentine’s Day celebrated? (14 of February.) When there was the Great Fire in London? (1666.)

2. When is Halloween celebrated? (31 of October.)

3. When is Christmas celebrated in Great Britain? (25 of December.)

4. When is April Fool’s Day celebrated? (1 of April.)

5. When is the ceremony of the keys held? (At 10 p. m.)

6. When there was the Titanic Disaster? (1912.)        

7. When was the Channel Tunnel opened? (1993.)

8. When there were the first written valentines? (1400.)

9. When do English people usually drink tea? (At 5 o’clock.)

Where-questions

1. Where does British Parliament seat in London? (The Houses of Parliament.) Where was the Beatles born? (Liverpool.) Where can you here a bagpipe? (Scotland.)

2. Where was W. Shakespeare born? (Stratford-upon-Avon.)

3. Where is the Queen’s residence? (Buckingham Palace.)

4. Where is Stonehenge situated? (England.)

5. Where is Loch Ness? (Scotland.)

6. Where can you see many famous paintings? (The National Gallery.)

7. Where is Cardiff situated? (Wales.)

8. Where is the Thames situated? (London.)

9. Where is the Poet’s Corner situated? (Hyde Park.)

III. Подведение итогов. Награждение.

You have learned a lot of interesting things about Great Britain.You could do all the tasks. I hope now you know more about Great Britain. Thank you very much.