Think of an interesting style

4. Think of an interesting style.

Write to your friend in a way as if you were talking to him/her. But the degree of informality depends upon the person to whom you are writing. Show your personality and good humor in every letter that you write to your friend.

5. Write clearly, correctly and neatly.

Keep in mind, that if a letter is written in a sloppy way, your friend will read it with less understanding and interest.

2) While-Reading Activities. Етап читання тексту та виконання вправ під час читання.

а) Переглядове читання тексту з метою отримання загального уявлення про його зміст (skimming).

Т: Look through the text and say what kind of the text it is?

Whom is it written to?

Where is the letter from?

Whom is it from?

Is it a formal or informal letter?

б) Читання тексту з метою максимально повного та точного розуміння всієї інформації, що міститься в ньому (scanning).

Т: Say if the sentences on the blackboard are true or false.

(H0₄):

True or False.	True	False
Bob has got many friends.
His friend Harry is a student.
Harry lives in London.
It takes him 10 minutes to-get to his office.
In the evening likes to do a little reading or gardening.
Bob and Harry meet at the week-ends.

3) Post-Reading Activities. Контроль розуміння тексту та виконання післятекстових комунікативних вправ.

а) Т: Answer the questions about Harry's working day. When does he get up?

Does he walk or drive to the station?

When does he arrive to the city?

Is his office far from the station?

When does he finish his work?

What does he do in the evening?

What do Harry and Bob do at the week-end?

Do you find Harry's life boring or not?

б) T: What can you say about the lay-out of Bob's letter? Is there anything wrong?

What can you say about the style?

Is the content of Bob's letter interesting?

в) T: Answer the questions about your school library and write an informal letter to your pen-friend about it.

Try to remember the lay-out of informal English letter and the art of writing it.

Do you like to read books?

Is there a library in your school?

How often do you go to the library? What do you go to the library for? On what floor is your school library? Is it cosy?

Are there a lot of bookcases and bookshelves there? What kind of books can you find there?

What books are popular among the teenagers of your country? Who helps you to find the book you need? What kind of book have you read recently?

III. ЗАКЛЮЧНА ЧАСТИНА УРОКУ

Homework 1. Домашнє завдання.

Написати листа англійському другу про свою шкільну бібліотеку.

Summarizing 2. Підбиття підсумків уроку.

Т: What activities have we done today?

Do you find it difficult to write informal letter in English? Why?

УРОК 12

Підтема: Національні традиції Великобританії.

Мета: Практикувати учнів у читанні тексту з метою отримання загального уявлення (skimming) та максимально повного й точного розуміння всієї інформації, що міститься в ньому (scanning). Підготувати учнів до самостійного висловлювання про національні традиції Великобританії на основі інформації, що міститься в тексті.

Обладнання: підручник, текст "National Traditions, Habits and Customs of Great Britain" (HO,), "True or False" (H0₂).

ХІД УРОКУ

І. ПІДГОТОВКА ДО СПРИЙНЯТТЯ ІНШОМОВНОГО МОВЛЕННЯ

Aim 1. Повідомлення теми та мети уроку.

Т: The topic of our lesson is "National traditions, habits and customs of Great Britain". By the end of the lesson you should be able:

• to identify main ideas and details from the for reading;

• to ask about and describe national traditions, habits and customs of Great Britain. Warm-up 2. Уведення в іншомовну атмосферу.

Робота з прислів'ям "When at Rome, do as the Romans do".

1) Presenting Proverb. Ознайомлення з прислів'ям.

T: Read the proverb and find out its best interpretation. З вовками жити, по-вовчому вити. До чужого монастиря зі своїм законом не сунься. Якщо ти в Римі, живи як римляни.

2) Practising pronunciation. Фонетичне відпрацювання прислів'я.

Give advice to do or not to do something, using this proverb and the following. Example:

"Don't put on the sabots again.

I told you they were not quite the thing for this country. Do at Rome as the Romans do". (From "Shirley", chapter V by Ch. Bronte)

II. ОСНОВНА ЧАСТИНА УРОКУ

Reading 1. Пред'явлення тексту для читання "National Traditions, Habits and Customs of Great Britain" (HO1).

1) Pre-Reading Activities. Етап підготовки до читання тексту. Problem solving.

Т: Do you know that in Britain:

- strangers usually don't talk to each other on trains?

- it is polite to queue for everything: buses, theatre, tickets, in shops, etc?

- people say "thank you" when they give money to a shop assistant?

- people don't take their shoes off when they enter a house?

- people wash in their own bath water?

These are national habits. A habit is something we do very often, sometimes these habits become customs. Our habits and customs can appear very strange to other people and it is usually foreigners who notice them.

What about your country? Do you talk to strangers in your country? Do you automatically queue? Or not?

2) While-Reading Activities. Етап читання тексту та виконання вправ під час читання.

а) Переглядове читання тексту з метою отримання загального уявлення про його зміст (skimming).

Т: Look through the text and say if you find any British habits strange and unusual.

(HO2): National Traditions, Habits and Customs of Great Britain

Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. Foreigners coming to England are struck at once by quite a number of customs and peculiarities in English life.

Some ceremonies are rather formal, such as the Changing the guard at Buckingham Palace. Sometimes you will see of group of cavalrymen riding on horses, backs through the streets of London. They wear red uniforms, shining helmets, long black boots and long white gloves. These men are Life Guards. Their-special duty is to guard the king or the queen of Great Britain and very important quests of the country.

To this day an English family prefers a house with a fireplace and a garden to a flat in a modern house with central heating. Most English love gardens.

Sometimes the garden in front of the house is a little square covered with cement painted green in imitation of grass and a box of flowers. They love flowers very much.

The English people like animals very much, too. Pet dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, canaries and other friends of man have a much better life in Britain than anywhere else. In Britain they have special dog shops selling food, clothes and other things for dogs.

Foreigners often laugh at English people.

They say "In England you get chips with everything!" But even the British don't eat chips with their breakfast.

However, the traditional English breakfast is a big meal. Visitors to Britain often think that breakfast is the best meal of the day.

A traditional English breakfast consists of bacon and sausage with eggs and tomatoes, milk, cornflakes, toast, tea, marmalade and butter. It is so big that you can easily go without lunch. However, there is a lot of fat in this kind of breakfast and today many people eat a healthier one.

Holidays are especially rich in old traditions and are different is Scotland, Ireland Wales and England. Christmas is a great English national holiday and in Scotland it is not observed at all. But six days later, on New Year's Eve the Scotts begin to enjoy themselves. All the shops and factories are closed on New Year's Day. People invite friends to their houses. Greetings and presents are offered.

A new tradition has been born in Britain. Every year a large number of ancient motor-cars drive from London to Brighton. Some of these veteran cars look very funny. This run from London to Brighton is a colourful demonstration. People are dressed in the clothes of those times.

It is not a race, and most of the cars come to Brighton, which is sixty miles from London, only in the evening.

6) Scanning. Читання тексту з метою максимально повного та точного розуміння всієї інформації, що міститься в тексті та критичного її осмислення. Say if the sentences are true or false.

(H0₂):

True or False.	True	False
Every nation has its own custom and traditions.
The Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace is a formal
ceremony.
English families prefer a modern house with central heating to
a house with a fireplace.
Most English love gardens.
The British people eat chips with their breakfast.
Holidays are the same in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England.
Every year a large number of ancient motor-cars drive from
Brighton to London.

3) Post-Reading Activities. Контроль розуміння тексту та виконання післятекстових комунікативних вправ.

а) Answer the questions.

Do you find any British habits strange and unusual?

Do traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries?

What ceremonies are rather formal?

Do most English people love gardens and flowers?

What do you know about the British view of animals?

Do the English people always eat chips for their breakfast?

Are holidays the same in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England?

Are there any new traditions in England?

б) Imagine we've got a guest from England. Ask him/her about English traditions sending a message with your questions.

в) Pretend to be a guest from England. Answer the questions written in the messages.

r) Imagine you are a foreigner in your own country. What would you find strange? List there "unusual" national habits in Ukraine. Share your list with the class.

III. ЗАКЛЮЧНА ЧАСТИНА УРОКУ

Homework 1. Домашнє завдання.

Підготувати усне повідомлення "National traditions, habits and customs of Great Britain" (близько 15-18 речень).

Summarizing 2. Підбиття підсумків уроку.

Т: Which activities have we done today?

Do you find any British habits strange and unusual? Why?

УРОК 13

Підтема: О. Генрі — великий американський письменник.

Контроль позакласного читання.

Мета: Практикувати учнів в аудіюванні з метою максимально повного та точного розуміння всієї інформації, що міститься в тексті.

Проконтролювати підготовку позакласного читання.

Обладнання: підручник, висловлювання про книги О. Уайльда (НО,), текст для аудіювання "О'Непгу" (Н0₂)

"True or False" (Н0₃), (Н0₅), "Put the events in order" (H0₄), "A strip story" (H0₆).

ХІД УРОКУ

І. ПІДГОТОВКА ДО СПРИЙНЯТТЯ ІНШОМОВНОГО МОВЛЕННЯ

Aim 1. Повідомлення теми та мети уроку.

Т: The topic of our today's lesson is "O'Henry, a great American writer". By the end of the lesson you should be able:

• to listen and understand the gist and details of the text despite the natural difficulties;

• to identify details from the text for reading;

• to discuss Task 7 of your Home Reading.

Warm-up 2. Уведення в іншомовну атмосферу.

1) Discussion. Робота з висловлюваннями про книгу.

Т: Read the statements about books by Oscar Wilde and discuss the given topic.

(HO ): Statements about Books

Books, I believe, may be devided into three groups: books to read; books to re-read; books not read at all.

The third class is the most important. To tell people what to read is, as a rule, either useless or harmful. But to tell people what riot to read is a very different matter.

It is indeed necessary in this age of ours, an age that reads so much that it has no time to admire, and that writes so much that it has no time to think. Whoever will select "The Worst Hundred Books" and publish a list of them will do the rising generation a real and lasting service.

(After O. Wilde)

a) Conversation.

T: Do you agree that there are three groups of books: books you must read; books you must re-read; books you must not read at all?

Which is the largest and the smallest group? Why?

How do you choose a book to read?

What books do you re-read?

How do you know what books not to read at all?

Do you agree that a list of the "Worst Hundred Books" may be useful?

б) Here are some messages from a book review: "It is not a book to throw aside lightly, it is a book to throw away with great force". Haveyou ever read such books? What are they?

в) Make your own list of ten best books to read and speak about your choice. With your partner. Compare your lists.

II. ОСНОВНА ЧАСТИНА УРОКУ

Listening 1. Аудіювання тексту "O'Henry".

1) Pre-Listening Activities. Етап підготовки до слухання тексту. Problem solving.

Т: Was O'Henry an English or on American writer? Was was his real name? Why is he famous all over the world?

2) While-Listening Activities. Етап слухання тексту та виконання вправ під час прослуховання.

a) Listen to identify the main ideas of the text.

What do you want to know about the famous American writer, O'Henry? Write four main questions and try to find the answer when listening.

(H0₃): O'Henry

O'Henry, a great American writer, is famous for his short stories. His real name was William Sidney Porter.

He was born in the South-Eastern part of the USA in a doctor's family in 1862. At the age of 15 he began to work. He worked for 11 years as a salesman, a reporter and an editor of a magazine.

Then he worked in a bank. Some time later he was accused of stealing money from the bank. But that was not true. Yet he was put into prison for three and half years. He began to write his short stories and prison. O'Henry is famous for his short stories with a happy end. His style is full of humor and belief in life.

Most of his stories are about life in big cities, farms and small towns of America. His favourite hero is always the ordinary little man of America whom he always defended in his stories.

O'Henry is also famous for his plays and sketches. His sketches have as a rule a most unusual ending. They are both sad and funny, like the one about a young unemployed husband who sells his watch to buy his wife a beautiful comb for her lovely hair. The wife, wishing to make her husband a present, having no money, sells her beautiful long hair to buy him a chain for his watch.

Have you read this sketch by O'Henry? It's worth reading, isn't it?

6) Listen to the text again and identify specific information in it. Say if the sentences are true or false.

(H0₂):

True or False.	True	False
O'Henry is famous for his short stories and his plays and
sketches.
His real name was William Sidney Porter.
At the age of 17 he began to work.
O'Henry was accused of stealing money from the bank.
He began to write his short stories in university.
His favourite hero is always the ordinary little man of Great
Britain.

3) Post-Listening Activities. Етап контролю розуміння прослуханого тексту і виконання вправ.

а) Т: Answer the questions on the blackboard. Why was O'Henry famous all over the world? Where was O'Henry born? What was his real name? What job did O'Henry have for 11 years? Why was he put into prison? Where was his first short story written? Who is О'Henry's favourite hero? What are the characteristic features of his stories? Have you read his short stories and sketches? Did you like them?

б) T: Tell about O'Henry, using the questions as a plan.

Checkon 2. Контроль позакласного читання, завдання 7 (стор. 99—102).

Home Reading 1) Частина I, II.

а) Problem solving. Бесіда з учнями. Т: O'Henry's favourite hero is the ordinary little man of America. What about this short story?

His style is full of belief in life. What can you say about the style of his famous short story "The last Leaf"?

б) While-Reading Activities. Етап читання тексту та виконання вправ під час читання.

Т: Look through the first and the second part of the text to refresh your Home Reading, then do the following activity.

(H0₄): Put the events in the order they appear in the story.

1. Sue and Johnsy dreams to become great artists.

2. They found a doctor who consulted Johnsy. The doctor said that her life was in danger.

3. Jonsy was sleeping when Sue and Behrman came into the room.

4. One morning in November Johnsy fell ill.

5. Lying in bed Johnsy was counting the leaves on an old vine tree against the wall of the neighbouring house. She thought that when the last leaf fell the would die, too.

6. Looking through the window at the vine tree Behrman got an idea how to save Johnsy.

Key: 1; 4; 2; 5; 3; 6.

в) Post-Reading Activities. Контроль розуміння тексту та виконання післятексто-вих комунікативних вправ.

Г: Answer the questions after the first and second part of the text on p. 100 and p. 101. 2) Частина III (стор. 101-102).

а) Pre-Reading Activities. Етап підготовки до читання тексту. Problem solving.

Т: O'Henry is famous for his short stories with a happy end, isn't he? What about the story "The last Leaf"? Will the end of the story be happy, too? Are you sure?

б) While-Reading Activities. Етап читання тексту та виконання вправ під час читання.

Т: Say if the sentences are true or false. The sentences are on the blackboard.

(HO,):

True or False.	True	False
The weather was extremely bad that night.
In the morning Johnsy saw against the wall only two leaves on the
vine tree.
At the end of the day, the western wind came again.
At the second morning leaf was still there.
That last leaf has taught Johnsy to fight for her life.
Behrman painted it on that terrible night, when the last leaf fell.

в) Post-Reading Activities. Контроль розуміння тексту та виконання післятекстових комунікативних вправ.

A strip Story

Учитель роздає розрізаний на смужки написаний ним короткий зміст «Останнього листа» О’Генрі. Для групи з чотирьох учнів пропонується 1 комплект розміщених не в логічному порядку речень.

(HO ): Make the mixed strips in logical order; read and retell the summary of the text.

Sue and Johnsy were good friends.

They lived together and dreamt to become great artists.

One day Johnsy fell ill.

The doctor said that her life was in danger.

Lying in bed Johnsy was counting the leaves on an old vine tree against the wall of the neighbouring house.

She thought that when the last leaf fell she would die, too.

An old artist Behrman by name lived in the same house with Johnsy and Sue.

In the whole world he loved only these two girls.

He thought that some day he would paint a masterpiece and they all would go away.

One day looking through the window of Johnsy's room at the vine tree Behrman got an idea how to save Johnsy.

During the night, when a cold wind was blowing and rain mixed with snow was falling, he drew the leaf against the wall.

It was his masterpiece.

He died of pneumonia, but he saved Johnsy's life.

III. ЗАКЛЮЧНА ЧАСТИНА УРОКУ

Homework 1. Домашнє завдання.

Підготуватися до контрольної роботи за темою «Великобританія та Лондон». Повторити впр. 8, 9 (стор. 28), впр. 15, 16 (стор. ЗО), впр. 38 (стор. 34), впр. 42 (стор. 37-38).

Summarizing 2. Підбиття підсумків уроку.

Т: What have we done today? Which activity did you like best?

Do you find a short story "The last Leaf" as a story with a happy end or not? Why?

УРОК 14

Підтема: Лондон — столиця Великобританії. Контрольна робота.

Мета: Перевірити рівень навчальних досягнень учнів за темами "London is the capital of Great Britain".

Обладнання: 4-рівнева контрольна робота (HO,).

ХІД УРОКУ

І. ПІДГОТОВКА ДО СПРИЙНЯТТЯ ІНШОМОВНОГО МОВЛЕННЯ

Aim 1. Повідомлення теми та мети уроку.

Т: We've got a test today to check you skills in communicative writing about Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its capital, London. We have to check your linguistic accuracy in using lexical and grammar material for this topic. By the end of the lesson you should be able:

• to match the English words and word combinations with their Ukrainian equivalents (Level 1);

• to answer the questions to show your ability of operating facts about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Level 2);

• to ask questions about London (Level 3);

• to write an informal letter about some interesting places in London (Level 4).

Instruction 2. Інструкція по виконанню контрольної роботи та її оцінюванню за 12-бальною шкалою.

Т: Our test consists of 4 levels.

You'll get 3 points for each level if you cope with it properly.

Level 1 is for checking your knowledge of the words and words-combinations of the topic: "The UK" and "London".

Level 2 will help you to show your ability of operating facts about the UK and Great Britain. Level 3 and 4 are the most important ones. They are for checking your skills in communicative writing.

II. ОСНОВНА ЧАСТИНА УРОКУ

Test Виконання 4-рівневої контрольної роботи.

(HO1): Test "The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", "London". Level 1 Score: 3

1. Match the words, word-combinations with their Ukrainian equivalents.

1. resource	а) apátság, kolostor
2. surface	b) államférfi
3.treasure	c) mélyen beékelődni
4. to build	d) hatni
5. abbey	е) forrás, lelőhely,eszköz
6. statesman	f) járás, körzet, terület
7. to enter deeply	g) híres valamiről
8. to influence	h) építeni
9. district	і) kincs
10. to be famous for	і) felület

Level 2 Score: З

2. Answer the questions about Great Britain.

1. What is the official name of Great Britain?

2. Where is it situated?

3. What part does the United Kingdom consist of?

4. What part does the Great Britain consist of?

5. What city is the capital of Great Britain?

6. What is the surface of the country?

7. Are there any big rivers?

8. What is the highest mountain in Great Britain?

9. What is Great Britain washed by?

10. What is the climate of Great Britain?

Level 3 Score: 3

3. All of you know and watch the most popular TV programme "What? Where? When?". Pretend to be a presenter of this TV programme. Ask questions about London.

Level 4 Score: 3

4. You are in London now. Of course, you are impressed by its beauty. Write an informal letter to your friend in Ukraine about some interesting places in this city.

III. ЗАКЛЮЧНА ЧАСТИНА УРОКУ

Summarizing Підбиття підсумків уроку.

Т: Could you cope with all the levels of the text?

Did you have any difficulties?

What was the most difficult task for you? Why?