Конспект уроку «Festivals around the World» у 6 класі

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Конспект уроку «Festivals around the World» у 6 класі
(за підручником О.Д. Карп’юк)
Смолінська Н.П. Золочівська ЗОШ І-ІІІ ст. №2, Львівська область

Objectives: to sum up the material about holidays in Ukraine; to broaden pupils’ knowledge about festivals and celebrations in different countries; to develop creativity, logical thinking; to develop students’ reading, listening, speaking and writing skills; to teach students to appreciate native customs and traditions; to broaden students’ outlook; to develop students’ respect and positive attitude to other customs and traditions.
Equipment: recording of the song, tape-recorder, pictures, text for reading, dialogue for work in pairs, tasks for reading and listening.
Procedure
I. Greeting
T. Good morning, children!
How are you?
Who is on duty today?
Who’s absent today?
Aim of the lesson
T. Today we’ll speak about festivals all over the world. So, our topic is “Festivals”.
II. Main part

• Phonetic exercises
• Repeat the following word-combinations after me:

New Year
Christmas Day
St. Valentine’s Day
Easter
Victory Day
Independence Day
Halloween Day
St. Nicholas Day

• Make up sentences with the names of these holidays.
• Speaking skills:
• Answer the questions:
• When do we celebrate Christmas in Ukraine?
• What holiday do we celebrate on the first of January?
• What’s Independence Day?
• When do we celebrate Independence Day in our country?
• Does Christmas in Ukraine coincide with Christmas in Great Britain?
• What holiday did you celebrate yesterday? (St. Nicholas Day)
• Is it a national holiday?
• Did you get presents from St. Nicholas?
• Did you find them under the pillows?
• What do little children usually write to St. Nicholas before this holiday?
• Did you write letters?
• What was the weather like yesterday?
• Did it snow?
• Was it a frosty day yesterday?
• Let’s describe today’s weather

(Pupil describes the weather)

• Work in pairs:

P. Now pupils, your task is to put the sentences in the correct order to make a dialogue:

• – The weather isn’t very good today, is it? (1)
• – I have no umbrella with me. What shall I do?
• – As for me, I like warm weather more. I like to play outside, and it’s   impossible in such weather. Just look at the sky!
• – Good idea! Let’s hurry, it’s raining heavily.
• – Well, I agree with you. I wanted to walk in the park, but I think it’s too cold. I hate cold weather. And what about you?
• – Oh, it is cloudy and it looks like rain.
• – I have got an idea! Let’s go to that cafe. We’ll be able to wait for the better weather there.
• Reading:

Pre-reading task
T. Have you ever heard about the Rio Carnival in Brazil?
When does it take place?
(Showing the pictures of the Rio Carnival)

Reading the text “Carnival Time”
Thousands of people watch the carnival every spring. Performers wear colourful costumes and dance to samba music. Other people ride on spectacular floats. It lasts for three days!
Don’t miss the samba schools’ parade! Children make special costumes and floats for this event. After the parade children win prizes for the best floats and costumes.
You can eat delicious food at the carnival, too. Chicken and pink popcorn are very popular. There’s also a lot of fruit and great Brazilian coffee!
Comprehension check
Answer the questions:

• How often is the carnival in Rio?
• What kind of music is popular there?
• What do children make for the samba schools’ parade?
• What happens after the parade?
• What food do people eat?

• Listening

Pre-listening task
T. How much do you know about festivals in different countries?
T. There are hundreds of amazing celebrations around the world. Here are the pictures of some of them.
(Showing the pictures)
Listening to the text “Festivals from around the World”
In August, thousands of people in Bunol, Spain celebrate the festival of La Tomatina. The festival begins with fireworks and a parade. Later, people stand in the streets and throw tomatoes at their friends and neighbours. How many tomatoes do they throw? About 125,000 kilos! That’s a lot of tomatoes. It’s great fun!
Every year in February or March, people in Venice, Italy celebrate the Carnival. They wear fantastic costumes and masks and have colourful parades in the narrow streets of the city. There are parties all round the city, and people sing and dance in the streets. One of the biggest parties is in St. Mark’s Square. You can go to the square and celebrate with thousands of people. But don’t forget your costume and your mask!
In Vietnam in September or October, people celebrate Trung Thu, the festival of the moon. On this day, children carry beautiful lanterns through the streets. They also wear colourful masks and eat traditional moon cakes. Moon cakes are special rice cakes, and they’re delicious!
Post-listening task
Task 1 Are the sentences true or false?

• The festival of La Tomatina is celebrated in September.
• People sell tomatoes on that day.
• In February or March people in Venice celebrate the Carnival.
• There is only the party in St. Mark’s Square.
• Trung Thu is the festival of the moon.
• Moon cakes are special cottage cheese cakes.

Key (1. False; 2. False; 3. True; 4. False; 5. True; 6. False)
Task 2 Complete the notes
World Festivals

Name	La Tomatina, Spain	Venice Carnival, Italy	5 , Vietnam
When	August	2                       _ or 3 .	6 _ or October
What do people do?	They throw 1                    .	People wear 4 .	They wear masks and eat 7 .

 

• Song “The party”

T. Listen to the song and choose the correct word:
“The party”
There are sandwiches and 1  crisps/cakes,
chocolates and sweets.
There’s a2  lovely/birthday cake
and a lot of other treats.

Come on now! Let’s celebrate!
Come on now! Please don’t be late!

There are3  people /presents , cards
and a lot of red balloons.
There are decorations
all around the4  room /place.

Come on now! Let’s celebrate!
Come on now! Please don’t be late!

There’s a5  drummer /singer
and a band and flashing lights.
You can listen to great6  music /CDs
here tonight.

Come on now! Let’s celebrate!
Come on now! Please don’t be late! (x3)

• Writing

Complete the puzzle with words from the song. What’s the extra word?

• You make these from potatoes.
• You eat this on your birthday.
• You give these things to people.
• A pop group.
• These things are round and colourful.
• These things have got a lot of sugar.
• You can listen to this.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

8.  Hometask:
Write about your favourite festival.
9.  Summing-up.
Our lesson comes to the end. You were active and creative. Did you like today’s lesson? Why? What did you like best of all? Thank you very much. Good luck!