“Saint Patrick's day”
план-конспект урока по английскому языку (9 класс)

Танишина Ольга Викторовна

МОУ «Ряжская СШ №2»

г. Ряжск

Тема урока: “Saint Patrick's day”

     Цель урока: познакомить учащихся с мало известными праздниками и традициями Великобритании

     Задачи урока:

Образовательные:

• введение и активизация лексики по теме "Saint Patrick's day"
• развитие понимания иноязычной речи на слух
• развитие умения понимать основное содержание прочитанного
• умение обобщать и систематизировать полученные знания

Развивающие:

• развитие любознательности, внимания, памяти, мышления
• развитие умения представлять результаты своей деятельности
• развитие интеллектуальной, эмоциональной и мотивационной сферы личности учащихся

Воспитательные:

• повышение познавательного интереса к истории и традициям стран изучаемого языка
• воспитание умения работать в парах и группах
• воспитание коммуникативно-речевого такта, коммуникабельности

       Оснащение:

1. проектор с экраном
2. презентация Power Point
3. видеофильмы
4. доска

Ход урока

1. INTRODUCTION / WARM UP

Teacher: Good morning, children! How are you? I hope you are fine. There are a lot of merry holidays in Great Britain and America. What are they?

Pupils: Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving day, Saint Valentine's day, Halloween etc.

Teacher: Thank you. And today we have an excellent chance to learn about one more holiday. Please watch the film and try to guess. (Показ фильма)

Teacher: What is the theme of our lesson?

Pupils: Saint Patrick’s Day.

Teacher: Yes, you are right.  And all of you have a chance to plunge into the atmosphere of some fairy tale, to take part in virtual parade and to meet with leprechauns.  

2. VOCABULARY

На экране     символы праздника и слова к ним. Учитель показывает на картинку и произносит слово, учащиеся повторяют, учитель читает написанное слово, учащиеся повторяют. Затем учащиеся читают слова сами. Цель упражнения: научиться правильно произносить новые слова.

Форма работы: фронтальная.  

Teacher: Look at the screen. You can see some pictures with the symbols of the holiday there. Let's learn to pronounce and read them correctly. Listen and repeat the words after me. Now, read the words after me.

Now, Danila read all these words.  

3. WORK WITH PRESENTATION

Учитель опираясь на презентацию к уроку знакомит учащихся с атрибутами праздника.

Teacher: Well done. And now it's high time to meet with the holiday itself: its symbols, history and colour.  Look at the screen. Be very attentively, there will be a quiz at the end of our lesson.

После подробного знакомства с традициями праздника, учащиеся переходят к выполнению лексических упражнений.

4. WHILE READING

Teacher: Now you will read two texts about Saint Patrick’s Day. But first, let’s learn to pronounce and read some  phrases from the texts. Look at the screen. Read after me. (учащиеся читают хором за учителем)

Now, I’ll read in Russian and you will read in English. (уч-ся читают по-английски самостоятельно)

  Take  sheets of paper on your desks. There are 2 texts on the topic we study today. Your task is to read them and to put the words into the gaps. Please, work in pairs. You can   write  the words on this  sheet.

CARD 1

Put the words into the gaps in the texts

Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, is an (1)____ annual ______ celebration of the patron saint of Ireland. It is a national holiday in Ireland, and millions of Irish people all over the (2)___ world ___ where there are Irish communities celebrate. Celebrations are (3)______ based ____ on all things Irish and the colour green. City authorities in Chicago even (4)___ dye _______ the city’s river green for this day. Many people wear green clothes, eat Irish food and drink the Irish drink Guinness, which many bars also (5)___ try        _ and dye green. There are also traditional St Patrick’s Day parades. The one in Dublin is (6)_____ spread _____ over five days and attracts half a million people. The New York parade is the (7)__ largest _, with two million spectators. Many people with no Irish connections celebrate and (8)___ declare _ themselves Irish for a day.

Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary. Some (1)_____ scholars _____ say he was born in England, while others(2) ____ believe ______ he was Italian. Most agree he lived in the fifth (3)____ century ______. When he was sixteen, he was captured and taken as a slave to Ireland. He lived as a slave for six years before (4)___ escaping _______. He joined the church to (5)____ train ______ as a priest and became a missionary in the north and west of Ireland. Legend has it that Patrick drove all the (6)____ ______ out of Ireland. There are many other legends about Patrick that have cemented him as a key part of Irish culture. March 17 is believed to be the(7) ____ date ______ of his death. Unlike other saints, Patrick was never canonized by a Pope, although most Christian churches (8)____ list ______ him as a “Saint in Heaven”.                

Are you ready? Let’s wait a little for the others.

Let’s check up this task. A., begin reading. So what word (s) you’ve put?  Who will be the next?

5. PHRASE MATCH

Teacher: Thanks a lot. I'm pleased with your work. And now the next task. Take Card № 2 and match the following phrases from the texts.

CARD № 2

Paragraph 1

1.        the patron saint         a.        spectators

2        where there are Irish         b.        five days

3.        dye the city’s river         c.        connections

4.        spread over         d.        green

5.        two million         e.        of  Ireland

6.        Many people with no Irish         f.        communities

Answer: 1-e, 2-f, 3-d, 4-b, 5-a, 6-c

Paragraph 2

1.        Some scholars say he was         a.        as a slave to Ireland

2        Most agree he         b.        to train as a priest

3.        captured and taken         c.        a  Pope

4.        He joined the church         d.        lived in the fifth century

5.        Patrick drove all the snakes         e.        born in England

6.        Patrick was never canonized by         f.        out of Ireland

Answer: 1-e, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b, 5-f, 6-c

Форма работы: парная.  

Let’s check up this task. Well done!

6. PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

 Данное упражнение требует полного понимания прочитанного.  Количество строк может быть увеличено или сокращено по усмотрению учителя. Форма работы: групповая, парная.

Teacher: Now take card number 3, please.  There are lines from the text. Number these lines in the correct order. Write the numbers in brackets. The numbers of the first and the eighth sentences are already written.

CARD № 3

(  8  )        Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary. Some scholars say he was born in England, while others

(  9  )        believe he was Italian. Most agree he lived in the fifth century. When he was sixteen, he was captured and taken as a

(  1  )        Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, is an annual celebration of the patron saint of Ireland. It is a national holiday in

( 14   )        saints, Patrick was never canonized by a Pope, although most Christian churches list him as a “Saint in Heaven”.

(  7  )        spectators. Many people with no Irish connections celebrate and declare themselves Irish for a day.

(   12 )        out of Ireland. There are many other legends about Patrick that have cemented him as a key part of Irish

(  6  )        over five days and attracts half a million people. The New York parade is the largest, with two million

(   3 )        on all things Irish and the colour green. City authorities in Chicago even dye the city’s river

(  5  )        bars also try and dye green. There are also traditional St Patrick’s Day parades. The one in Dublin is spread

( 4   )        green for this day. Many people wear green clothes, eat Irish food and drink the Irish drink Guinness, which many

(   13 )        culture. March 17 is believed to be the date of his death. Unlike other

(  11  )        became a missionary in the north and west of Ireland. Legend has it that Patrick drove all the snakes

(  10  )        slave to Ireland. He lived as a slave for six years before escaping. He joined the church to train as a priest and

 (  2  )        Ireland, and millions of Irish people all over the world where there are Irish communities celebrate. Celebrations are based

7. QUIZ

 Teacher: And now, we will find out what you have learned at the lesson. Let’s do the quiz. Look at the screen. Here is a question and three answers. You have to choose the right answer. D. Read the first question and the answers to it.  You should write the number of the question and the letter of the right answer.

Now give me the sheets with your answers. I’ll check them and you will know your marks at the next lesson.

8. SUMMING UP

Teacher: That's all. I hope you liked the lesson and now you know more about British holidays. The lesson is over. Goodbye.