Разработка урока английского языка в 10 классе «Famous people of Canada»

Lesson 40

Date:

Grade:10^th

Theme:Famous people of Canada. Известные люди Канады

Aims:

1. To introduce the students with the famous people of Canada;

2. To develop pupil’s habits and skills in speaking, writing, reading and auding;

3. To bring up them to work together, to learn more about English country’s culture.

The procedure of lesson

I. Checking home-task.

– Good morning, class. How are you today? What date is it today? Let’s begin our lesson and check your home task.

II. Brainstorming.

– Dear friends, let’s imagine that you are in Canada now, you have a chance to meet with the most popular people in Canada.  Look at the active board.  / Photos of popular people/

- Do you know these people?

-  What can you say about them?

– Use the topical vocabulary:

Famous – a person or a place known by many people in many places.

To be popular – to be well-known

Award – a prize or other reward that is given to someone who has achieved something

Astonish – to surprise someone very much.

– As you may have guessed, the theme of our lesson today is “Famous people of Canada”.

III. Production

1) Listening.

– Listen to the text “Famous people of Canada”. Be ready to do a task after listening.

Canada is one of the largest countries in the world. There are a lot of famous people which known all over the world:

Alexander Graham Bell, he is an inventor. Since he was born and raised in Scotland and didn’t move to Canada until he was in his twenties (along with the fact that he became a naturalized American citizen in 1882), he’s not technically a Canadian, but since he first began working on the telephone while living in Canada and lived there-on and off-until his death in 1922. 

Pierre Trudeau. He is a Politician. This man somehow managed to hold onto the post of Prime Minister for an astonishing fifteen years, longer than any Prime Minister before or since. Something of an intellectual, he was both praised and vilified during his tenure.

James Cameron. He is a director. When the average person is asked to name the most famous directors, three names are usually mentioned: Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Canadian-born James Cameron, director of the blockbusters Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the two top-grossing movies ever, Titanic and Avatar.  Not bad for a college dropout and one-time truck driver who basically taught himself cinematography.

Wayne Gretzky, Athlete. He only holds forty regular-season records, fifteen playoff records, and six All-Star records, was the leading point-scorer in NHL history, as well as being the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season–a feat he accomplished four times–and to tally over 100 points in 16 professional seasons, 14 of them consecutive. Other than that, he didn’t do much.

 2) Comprehension.

– Answer to these questions:

1. What is this text about?

2. What famous people’s names have you heard from the text?

3. Who are they?

 – Give the right answer:

1. This man somehow managed to hold onto the post of Prime Minister for an astonishing fifteen years, longer than any Prime Minister before or since. – Pierre Trudeau

2. When the average person is asked to name the most famous directors, three names are usually mentioned: Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and … (James Cameron).

3. This person holds forty regular-season records, fifteen playoff records, and six All-Star records, was the leading point-scorer in NHL history. – Wayne Gretzky

4. This man first began working on the telephone while living in Canada.  - A. Bell

IV. Reading.

– Now we will read a text about a famous architect from Canada. Complete the text with the verbs below (ex.6).

FRANK GEHRY

Frank Gehry was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1929. His parents were Polish Jews. A creative child was (a)_____by his grandmother Mrs. Caplan building little cities out of scraps of wood. She (b) ______ him for hours, building imaginary houses and futuristic cities. Spending time drawing with his father and his mother introduced him to the world of art. He loved going to museums, looking at paintings, listening to music. Those things came from his mother, who took him to concerts and museums.

In 1947 Gehry (c)_____to California, got a job driving a delivery truck, and studied at Los Angeles City College. He studied at the University of Southern California's School of Architecture. In 1952 he married Anita Snyder. Gehry graduated at the top of his class with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from USC in 1954. Afterwards, he (d)______ time away from the field of architecture in numerous other jobs, including service in the United States Army. In the fall of 1956, he moved his family to Cambridge, where he studied city planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. After gra­duating from the university he established his first practice, Frank O. Gehry and Associates in 1963.

In 1979 this practice was (e)_____ by the firm Gehry & Krueger Inc.

In 1966 he and Snyder (f)______. In 1975 he married Isabel Aguilera, his current wife. He has two daughters from his first marriage and two sons from his second marriage.

Having grown up in Canada, Gehry is a huge fan of ice hockey. He began a hockey league in his office, FOG (which stands for Frank Owen Gehry), though he no longer plays with them. In 2004 he (g) ______ the trophy for the World Cup of Hockey. Gehry holds dual citizenship in Canada and the United States. He lives in Santa Monica, California, and continues to practice out of Los Angeles.

His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. According to 2010 World Architecture Survey his works are cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture and he is (h) _____ as "the most important architect of our age".

– Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? (ex.7)

1.His grandmother played a great role in his life.

2.He is the citizen of Canada.

3.He inherited his interest to art from his grandmother.

4.He has had only one job in his life.

5.He has never been interested in sport.

6.He has been married twice.

7.He earns money only by designing.

V. Vocabulary.

– There are base and strong adjectives.

Some adjectives have the idea of very, a fantastic book = a very good book horrible weather = very bad weather. We can make adjectives more extreme with adverbs very and absolutely.

The city is very big. Their house is absolutely huge.

We can use very only with base adjectives, absolutely with strong adjectives.

We can use really with both base and strong adjectives, really unhappy really miserable

– Match the base adjectives with the strong adjectives. Write down the topical words that are unknown to you in your vocabularies. (ex.9)

VI. Conclusion. Reflection

- Did you like the lesson? Was it interesting? What did you take from lesson? What famous people of Canada do you know?

VII.Home task – ex.10 -complete the short conversations with a suitable adjective; make up your own 5-6 sentences with the strong adjectives

1. "Is it true that Susan won a lottery?" "Yes, she won $10000."

"I'm sure she was really happy!" "Happy? She was absolutely ___ !"

2. "Did you tell your parents that you'd failed the exam?"

"Yes, my father was angry, but my mum was absolutely_____!"

3. "Did you get very wet in that shower?" "Wet? We were absolutely______!"

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