Lesson topic: The World of Books
Aim: - to revise vocabulary and master the usage of Passive
Voice.
Instructional: to generalize vocabulary on the topic "The World of Books", to improve communicative and socio-cultural competence of pupils, to form Passive Voice
skills, to teach
pupils how to express their thoughts and work with interactive whiteboard,
tests.
Developing: to develop cognitive activity, to learn to analyze and summarize material.
Educational: to expand children`s horizons, to develop skills of
cooperation.
Equipment: the textbook Solutions Pre-Intermediate, Unit 10, р. 94, a CD player, interactive whiteboard, cards, students` presentations, teacher`s presentation.
Type of the
lesson: generalized lesson.
PROCEDURE
I. ORGANIZATION MOMENT
Greeting and introduction
T: Good morning, girls and boys! Glad to meet you here.
I hope you are all ready for our lesson. Please, complete the following
sentences with one word, and you will guess the topic of our lesson.
Slide 1
♦ Complete the
sentences with one word and guess the theme of our lesson:
1. When your
brain wants something to work at you take...
2. When you
want to learn some facts from the history of different times and countries you
read...
3. When you do
your lessons, you always consult some...
4. When you
have much free time, you like to read... -
(Students complete the sentences with
the word "Books")
Т: Are you
fond of reading books? So, the theme of our lesson is "Books In My
Life" (see slide 2).
Warming-up
Proverbs demonstration.
·
The more you read the more you know.
·
A good book is a source of wisdom.
Т: Now, read
these proverbs and say how you understand them. Do you agree with them?
Slide 2
EXPECTED RESULTS
This
lesson will help you to:
·
learn about
people`s reading tastes;
·
improve
your skills in listening, speaking, doing tests, using different sources of information;
·
know
more about the world's famous writers and works written by them;
·
improve
pupils` knowledge of Passive Voice.
At the end
of the lesson you will fill in these forms in order to see how active you've been
at the lesson.
Vocabulary
T: To be
successful in your work, let's review the material you we've already learnt.
So, look at the board and match these word-combinations with their
translations.
Slide 3
♦ Choose the
correct translation for each word and
word- combination.
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1)
adventure stories
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а) психологічна драма
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2) love
stories
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b) книги про мандрівки
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3)
historical novels
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с) детективні оповідання
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4) travel
books
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d) наукова фантастика
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5)
detective stories
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е) історичні романи
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6) science
fiction
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f) романи про
повсякденне життя
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7) novels
of everyday life
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g)
пригодницькі оповідання
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8)
psychological drama
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i) любовні історії
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9)
guidebook
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k) п`єса
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10)
textbook
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l) словник
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11)
dictionary
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m) путівник
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12) play
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n) посібник
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Slide
4
Speaking on
the subject, using the active vocabulary of the lesson
T: Well done! And
what kinds of books do you prefer to read? So let's work in chain. Try to use
the following patterns, answering the question "What books are you fond
of? Why?" Remember the following words
and speech patterns and speak about your reading tastes.
1.
As for me, I am fond of ……. . I think they are…. .
2.
I like reading ….
. To my mind they are….. .
3.
As I am keen on … , I always read… . These books are
really … .
4.
I am fond of … because I find them …. .
Exercise 1
page 94 Can you
match the titles of the books 1-8 with the writers in the box?
Jane
Austen, Agatha Christie, Joseph Conrad , Charles Dickens, Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, William Shakespeare.
1.
Hamlet
2.
Murder on
the Orient Express
3.
The Lord of the Rings
4.
Oliver Twist
5.
Harry
Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
6.
The Shining
7.
Pride and
Prejudice
8.
Lord Jim
Exercise 2
page 94 Work as a class. You may
wish to ask more questions, for example: Which of the books have been made into films? Have you seen any of the
films? What characters do you remember? What other famous characters did the
authors create? etc.
Exercise 3
page 94 Listen and repeat the list
of publications in the box. Underline the stress in each word.
Publications: atlas,
autobiography, biography, comic, cookbook, dictionary, encyclopaedia, guidebook,
magazine, manual, newspaper, novel, play, textbook.
Exercise 4
page 94
Which
publication from exercise 3 would you read if you wanted to:
1.
find out
which country Timbuktu was in?
2.
look up a
word you didn't understand?
3.
learn
about spiders?
4.
learn how
your new DVD recorder works?
5.
read the
latest gossip about Hollywood stars?
6.
read stories
with lots of pictures and not many words?
7.
prepare
for a maths exam?
8.
find out
what to do and see when you're on holiday?
9.
find out
how to cook a nice meal?
10.
read about
what is happening in the world?
11.
read about
the life of a famous person, written by that person?
12.
read about
the life of a famous person, written by another person?
13.
read a
long story?
14.
read
something written for the theatre?
Exercise 5
page 94
Listen to two teenagers, Josh and India, doing a questionnaire. Complete
the questions.
KEY: Who are your………..?
……………………do you read?
…………………..do you read?
……………..would you write?
Exercise 6 page 94
Teacher allows a minute for students to read the instructions and the
task.
The teacher plays the recording once. Students listen and mark their
answers.
Exercise 7 page 94 Work in pairs. Do the questionnaire answering
questions from exercise 5. Tell the class about your partner.
Group work
T: And now let's divide into 4 groups. Your task is to use some facts given on the
cards in making short stories about books and authors. Share this information
with your friends.
(Students work in
groups with the given card where
they have key-information about books and
their authors. Reporter of each group
presents the report in the form of Power Point presentation.)
Grammar
Demonstration
of the presentation. Revision of Passive Voice.
We use passive forms when:
n
a)
we don`t know WHO did it;
The window was broken an hour ago.
n
b)
we are interested in WHAT happens, not WHO it is done by;
His watch was stolen in the street.
n
с) the situation is rather formal.
Smoking is not allowed.
Passive Voice
be+V3
Somebody cleans the room every day. (active)
subject
The room is
cleaned every day. (passive)
Object
Rewrite these sentences using Passive voice:
1.
People
don`t use this road very often.
2.
They
built a new hospital near the airport last week.
3.
They
cancelled all flights because of fog.
4.
Somebody
cleans the room when I arrived.
5.
Translators
translate this article every day.
Remember
If we want
to say who does the action,
we use by
:
This house was built by my grandfather.
Two hundred people are employed by the company.
If somebody
does the action with the help of instruments, we use with :
Meat should be cut with a knife.
Food in Japan is eaten with chopsticks.
Choose the right preposition:
1. Fish is cut … a special knife.
2. These
novels are written … A. J. Cronin.
3. The big
tree was cut down … Jim.
4. The bridge
was built … five workers.
5. Who is
the portrait painted …?
T: And can you tell me where you can get books according to your tastes?
So fill in this diagram. Insert the necessary word from the given below:
Where can
you get books for reading?
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... as a
present
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... from
friends
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through the Internet
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... from the
library
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... in
a bookshop
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Keys:
1. receive, 2. borrow,
3. download, 4. get, 5. Buy
III. Lesson outcome
T: Well, our lesson is coming to the end. You've
done a great job. So, can you tell me what you have learnt today?
Let's sum up the results of our work:
I know...
I can...
I've
improved...
T: And now we are going to see who has been more
or less active at our today's lesson.
Home task:
Write a
letter to your favourite writer or poet. Tell him why you like his (her)
writings. The
lesson is over. Good-bye!