3. The population of Ukraine is … .
4. The Declaration of Ukrainian Independence was ….
5. The Dnieper, the Dnister, the Bug are the major …
6. Ukraine is rich in ….
10.Give synonyms to the words in bold type
1. You can see here ancient monuments and modern new structures.
2. There are a lot of museums, places and monuments to see there.
3. Kiev is a well-known industrial centre
4. The main river in Ukraine is the Dnieper River, which divides it into to parts.
5. The state of Kiev Rus situated on the territory of present Ukraine was set up in the 9th century.
General education aim: to enrich knowledge of pupils about life of people in the city and in the town.
Developing aim: to stimulate speech activity of pupils
Educational aim: all the pupils must be proud of their birthplace.
Visual aids: Pictures of the cities, villages, the text “Living in the city”, Match the words.
The procedure of the lesson
1. Aim.
You know quite a lot about our country from your Geography and History lessons. Today we’ll speak about life of people in the village and in the city, about its advantages and disadvantages.
2. Warm - up
Look at the blackboard and replace the words underlined with one of the following.
| In spite of | Pros and cons |
| Another point is that | One advantage is that |
| All things considered | For instance |
| To sup up | In my opinion |
| One disadvantage is that | Especially |
| Moreover | Finally |
3. Language work (Speech practice)
1.Do you live in a town or in a city?
2.Do you like your native city (town)?
3.What are advantages of life in a village?
4.What are advantages of life in a city?
5.What are disadvantages of life in a city?
4. Reading
Read the text “Living in the city” using the words on the blackboard
Learning of the new words
| On the plus side | 1) reading of new words |
| For example | 2) making up sentences with them |
| All in all | |
| For one thing | |
| Practically | |
| Cheap accommodation | |
| Last of all | |
| In conclusion | |
| To appeal to smb |
6) Reading and translating of the text
7) Answer the questions
1. There are three paragraphs in the text. What is the purpose of each one?
2. Name the advantages.
3. What are disadvantages of living in a city?
4. Give your own opinion.
8)Write rough notes about the pros and cons of living in a country using the table:
| Advantages of life in a city | Advantages of life in a country |
9) Speaking practice. I’ve brought you some photos of cities and villages. Look attentively at them and say where you would like live and why? Use as many new expressions as you can.
Reinforcement
10) Choose the correct item
1. Living in town you can
a) find work
b) work in your own kitchen-garden
c) sunbathe
2 Living in the country you have
a) a wide choice of transport
b) much free time
c) chance to go for a walk in fresh air
3) The city life is for
a) old people
b) young people
c) all the people
4) I’d like to live in a city, because
a) I was born here
b) City life is full of bustle
c) I can visit places of interest, museums
11 Match the adjectives with nouns
bottomlesscrowdedpebblydeep
sandysleepboregrassy
1. beach
2. lake
3. hillside
12. Summarizing of the lesson
It’s very actual topic, we have discussed today. It’s just for you to decide whether you will live and work in a country or in a city. It depends on your character, on your future profession and other circumstances.
H/t. write a composition (250 words) “I’d like to live in…”
IV.Conclusion
So we have chosen the material on the topic “Towns and Places” for the 10th form. We attained our aim, having selected an interesting and useful material for this topic, which is favorable for lessons. The teacher can show different photos, pictures, and drawings. Students can draw the plan of the city and show the main places of interest. Due to tests texts they learn much about the history of the cities, main historical monuments and other places of interest. Using grammar exercises, students revise grammar rules and simultaneously learn about the life in town. Texts for reading and discussing have to be interesting, containing much new information.
We tried to cover in our research paper all aspects of the lesson, such as reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar.
The selected material corresponds to the school curriculum of the 10th form and can be used on the lessons.
While writing this research paper I used different Oxford, Longman, Collins ELT editions such as: How to teach English, New Headway, Blueprint, The Choice.
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