Открытый урок по английскому языку London

Theme: London

Materials for the lesson: cards with exercises, pictures with views of London, slides with exercises and pictures.

Objectives: The students will be able to:

• tell about London as a capital of Great Britain;

• use definite and indefinite articles;

• speak about sightseeing of London and describe them.

Procedure of the lesson

Introduction

1. The speech with the students.

Answer the questions:

Good morning, students! Glad to see you. How are you?

What date is it today? What season is it now?

What is the weather like?

What is the weekday today?

You know a lot about Great Britain. Today we will talk about its capital. You will make a virtual tour to London.

2. Before starting our tour you should control the home task.

Answer some questions to the text.

1. What is the official name of Great Britain?

2. Where is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island situated?

3. How many parts does the UK consist of?

4. What is the area of the UK?

5. How many people live in Great Britain?

The questions are on the cards. The teacher gives them to the students. The students choose the question and answer it.

I Presentation of the new materials

a) Good morning, students and guests!

Welcome to our round London sightseeing tour! London is situated in the south-east of England

on the river Thames. What is London ?There are more than one answer to this question .We can

say that it is one of the largest cities in the world. We can say that it is one of the world's largest ports. We can point out that it is the capital of the United Kingdom. Today you will visit the most popular places of interest in London .

The most famous and popular places of interest in London are: The National Gallery, The Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, The House of Parliament, Big Ben, Hyde Park, Admirals Nelsons Column, Downing Street,10.

b)We begin our lesson with the text «London».

Listen to the text. Than the teacher gives cards with text and learn the unknown words.

1. London 16. part

2. Westminster 17. different

3. Stock Exchange 18. heart

4. Oxford street 19. financial centre

5. financial 20.goods

6. office 21. extend

7. hotel 22. area

8. restaurant 23. government

9. market 24. wealthy

10. capital 25. endless

11. large 26. attract

12. population 27. visitors

13. situated 28. poor

14. cover 29. rich

15. divide 30. narrow

3. Answer the questions to the text. The students take the cards with questions and ask each other.

1. What can you say about London as the capital of Great Britain?

2. How many people live in London?

3. Where is London situated?

4. What is meant by Greater London?

5. What parts is London traditionally divided into?

6. What did you learn about the City?

7. How much does the City extend?

8. How many people work in the City?

9. How many people live there?

10. What is the West End?

11. What is the Westminster?

12. What is the East End?

4. Revise the information about articles.

Look at the pictures: it is thick, short and happy indefinite article a/an , and also thin, tall and bored definite article the.

Open the books page 128. Complete the sentences with definite or indefinite articles where necessary. Work in two groups, than control.

Right answers: 1) the 2) the, the, the, - 3) the, the 4) the 5) - 6) the 7) a, the 8) a

9) the 10) the 11) a, -, - 12) the, -

e) Look at the active board. Look at the words we are going to use. This are the most famous places of interest in London: St. Paul's Cathedral, the national Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Admiral Nelson's Column, The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, Big Ben, Downing Street 10, Piccadilly Circus, London Zoo, Houses of Parliament, William the Conqueror, Sir Christopher Wren.

Work with the map of London. Look at the map of London.

First we…

will visit the Houses of Parliament and see Big Ben, next to it there is Westminster Abbey.

Then we …

will see Buckingham Palace but we won't visit it because the State Rooms of the Palace are open to the visitors in August and September.

Next we …

will come to Trafalgar Square and go to the National Gallery and see one of the finest collection of pictures and portraits in the world.After that we'll see the house where the Prime Minister lives.

Finally we …

will see Admiral Nelson's Column, go to Piccadilly Circus, visit St.Paul's

Cathedral and the Tower of London.

The teacher read the information about London sightseeing and show slides.

Choose the correct answer. Look at the slides and complete the sentences.

1.________is the work of the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren.

a) The chapel of King's College

b) St. Paul's Cathedral

c) Globe Theatre

2. For ______ years the building of St. Paul's Cathedral.

a) 65

b) 45

c) 35

3. Admiral Nelson's Column is in

a) Hyde Park

b) Trafalgar Square

c) Downing Street

4.___________ lives in Buckingham Palace.

a) The Prime Minister

b) The Queen

c) A famous writer

5. Big Ben is the largest ________

a) tower

b) bridge

c) clock

Right answers:1) b 2) c 3) b 4) b 5) c

6. Match A with B

Right answers:

Speaker's Corner Hyde Park

Downing Street The Prime Minister

Buckingham Palace Residence of Queen

The Tower of London William the Conqueror

Westminster Abbey 900 years old

St. Paul's Cathedral Sir Christopher Wren

Assessment of the students

Today we have visited the most famous places of interest in London. I think you enjoyed your trip greatly and learned lot of interesting facts about London. All of you get good marks for the lesson.

Home task

Page 129 exercise 6 and 7 (in written form)

Thank you for your activities.

The lesson is over. Good bye!

КГУ Айыртауская средняя школа

Северо-Казахстанская область

Айыртауский район

London

Урок - путешествие 7 б класс

Провела: учитель Максимова С.Н.

2012 год