The Highland Games
Задачи урока:
- Знакомство с Олимпийскими играми в Шотландии, развитие умения извлекать информацию о культуре англоязычной страны из текста;
- Развитие способности к догадке, к сравнению и сопоставлению, к формулированию выводов из прочитанного;
- Воспитание уважительного отношения к другой культуре;
- Формирование лексических навыков чтения и говорения;
- Развитие умения читать и понимать на слух с целью извлечения детальной информации.
Оборудование: УМК «Spotlight 6», видео «Clap your hands»
Ход урока
Организационный момент.
Teacher: Good morning, my friends. Today we are going to speak about the Olympic Games in Scotland. The Games are called the Highlands Games.
Проверка домашнего задания.
T: Your home task was to write a speech about a special day (ex.6 p 50). You are welcome!
T: Thank you, it is really very interesting.
Фонетическая зарядка.
[ aɪ ] – high, bright, sight (gh не читается)
[ æ ] – Braemar, pale, take
[ θ ] – athlete, myth, thin
Reading
What do you call an event that takes place every: (ex. In Pr.Cont.)
1hour *– hourly
2 day – daily
3 week – weekly
4 month – monthly
5 year – yearly / annual
2. Name some festivals in your country. What do people do on these days? There are many festivals in Russia such as the Spring Music Festival in Moscow where people go to classical music concerts, the White Nights Arts Festival in St Petersburg where people can enjoy all forms of art and the Victory Day parade where people can watch a big military procession.
Чтение текста с извлечением нужной информации
The Highland Games
List of expressions:
meeting – встреча
to take part – принимать участие
to compete – соревноваться
hammer throw – метание молота
shot put – толкание ядра
hill run – спуск с холма
marching bands – марширующие оркестры
'tug of war' – канат Войны
to hold onto a rope – перетягивать канат
'tossing the caber' – метание шеста
tree trunk – ствол дерева
upright – в вертикальном положении
to sell out – распродать
Many highland games take place all over Scotland every year. The most famous meeting is in Braemar, a small village in the Scottish Highlands. The games are always on the first Saturday in September.
Many athletes travel to Scotland each year to take part in the games. They compete in events like the hammer throw, shot put and the hill run. There are also music and dancing competitions. Marching bands perform for the crowds. They wear traditional clothing and play.
The most popular event of the day is the 'tug of war'. Two teams hold onto a rope and try to pull the other team over theline. 'Tossing the caber' is alsopopular. The athletes have torun holding a heavy tree trunk, the caber, upright. Then, they stop andthrow it towards the sky.
Tickets always sell out months before the gamesstart. It's a great day out forall the family.
3. What are the people in the pictures doing? What can the text be about? Listen, read and check. It’s about a festival called “The Highland Games”. A man is playing the bagpipes in the first picture. A man is pulling a rope in the second picture. A man is tossing the caber in the third picture.
Физкультминутка
4. a) Read again and mark the sentences, Right, Wrong or Doesn't Say. Then label the pictures. Describe them to your partner.
1 The Highland games are an annual event.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say
2 The games are in winter.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say
3 The marching bands wear funny hats.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say
4 Tickets are always available.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say
5 The caber is very heavy.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say
b) Explain the words in bold.
Показ презентации. Ученики просматривают слайды и комментируют слайды предложениями из текста. Обмен информацией, начиная предложения фразами:
It is interesting to know that …
I’d like to add that…
Don’t you know that …
You know I believe that …
I’m glad to know that …
Предполагаемые ответы
· The caber toss is considered the most impressive event at the Highland Games.
- The stone put (метание камня) is another important event.
- In the hammer throw, the athletes throw a Scottish hammer.
- The tug of war (перетягивание каната) is one of the most exhausting competitions. Highland dress is the traditional costume worn by Scottish men on important occasions. Its main parts are a tartan kilt (a man’s skirt with folds that reaches to the knees), a sporran (a flat bag made of fur or leather hanging in front of the kilt), and a small knife which is put in the top of one of the stockings.
- The Highland Games open and close with impressive ceremonies.
- This is a parade of Tartans where the members of each clan are announced to visitors and honored guests as they march together around the parade field.
- Every highlander is a member of one of the big families, or clans, of Scotland. And all the people of one clan have the same name and wear the same tartan.
- Entertainment at the games ranges from the bagpipes competitions to bands playing Scottish folk songs or Celtic rock. There are also competitions in Scottish dancing.
- These men and women are dancing a reel, a quick and cheerful Scottish dance (шотландский народный танец).
- Highland fling (шотландская удалая пляска, флинг) is the oldest of the Scottish dances, dating back to the eleventh century. This dance of happiness and joy should be performed on the same spot.
- The nighttime program is known as a Torchlight Ceremony (церемония факелов) or Calling of the Clans. This is where a representative from each clan comes forward adding their torch to a large bonfire; remembering the days of old when the clans gathered in Scotland.
Brain-storm
T: What else do you know about Scotland? Answer my questions.
1) What is the name for New Year’s Eve in Scotland? (Hogmanay)
2) What is a part of a traditional Scottish dress? (Kilt)
3) What does a word ‘Mac’ mean? (a son of)
4) What is a poetic name of Scotland? (Caledonia)
5) What is the symbol of Scotland? (the thistle)
6) What is a Scottish name for coloured checks? (tartan)
7) What is the Scottish word for ‘family or ‘descendants’? (clan)
Подведение итогов урока.
T: Well, thank you for your work, boys and girls. You were so active, clever and friendly today. Your home-work is to make a project ex. 6 (p. 51).‘Good-bye!’ (in chorus).