Unit: 10 Lesson Plan Date: 15.12.2014 Teacher`s name: Elena

Unit: 10
Lesson Plan
Date: 15.12.2014
Teacher’s name: Elena Sozaeva
The theme of the lesson: Shakespeare’s Land
The aim: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to describe places connected with
Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Objectives: : By the end of the lesson the students will be able to
- Translate the sentences from Russian into English using Complex Object;
- Say if the statements are true or false to the text “The Actors Come to Town”;
- Report the extract from the text “The Actors Come to Town”;
- Do a guessing quiz;
- use the information and the lexis connected with theatre in guided dialogues;
- Use exclamatory sentences based on the video film.
New language and structure: complex object, exclamatory sentences, in the stalls; in the dress
circle; in the gallery;
seats; the row.
Language to be revised: active vocabulary of the unit (ex. 10, 11)
Materials & equipment: computer, projector, textbook, cards with language support for guided
dialogues.
Anticipated problems: Students may have some difficulties with understanding video film
LESSON PROCEDURE
time
3’
activities
I.
Warming up;
Look at the portrait of this famous Englishman and say
if you know:
- What is his name?
- When and where did he live?
- What did he do to earn his living?
- Did he have a family?
- Why did he become famous?
- What monarch reigned in the country in those
times?
- When and where did he die?
II.
4’
7’
1.
2.
3.
a)
4’
b)
c)
Text work. (the Ss were to read and
translate the text ex.18 at home ).
Say if it is true or false. Ex.19
Read the last part of the text (ex.18) beginning
with the words “The Queen’s men came to
Stratford in June” in reported speech.
Translate into English:
Мать Шекспира не хотела, чтобы он
женился в столь раннем возрасте.
Шекспир не предполагал, что его пьесы
будут ставить 400 лет спустя.
Тоби хотел бы, чтобы Уильям сам написал
пьесу.
Purpose of activity
To introduce the topic
of the lesson;
To practice active
vocabulary in oral
speech.
To control the
understanding
To revise and practise
grammar structures
introduced earlier:
reported speech,
complex object.
interaction
Plenary
Individual
Plenary
Individual
d) Анна предполагала, что Тоби мог втянуть
Уильяма в неприятности.
e) Уильям не предполагал, что у него родятся
близнецы.
f) Уильям хотел, чтобы актеры рассказали
ему многое о театре и о Лондоне.
g) Анна не предполагала, что Уильям уедет в
Лондон, оставляя ее и детей дома.
h) Уильям хотел бы , чтобы его друг поехал с
ним в Лондон.
III.
2’
-
Quiz. This is a list of some of
Shakespeare’s great plays. Guess which
of them are tragedies and which are
comedies. Try to call these plays in
Russian.
“The Comedy of Errors”
“Romeo and Juliet”
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
The Merchant of Venice”
The Twelfth Night”
Hamlet”
Othello”
All’s Well That Ends Well”
King Lear”
In pairs
IV.
7’
7’
Guided Dialogues. Try to use the info
from the quiz in your own short
dialogues. Language support will help
you. (cards with underlined words.)
Eg :
- Have you ever seen any of
Shakespeare’s plays?
- Yes, surely. It was “Romeo and Juliet”.
- Did you watch it on TV?
- No, I didn’t. It was in our city local theatre last
Sunday.
- Were your seats in the stalls or were they in
the gallery?
- They were in the stalls and we could see the
stage well.
V.
Video Comprehension.
1. Watch the film about Stratford-upon Avon and
make up exclamatory sentences on the film. (at
least 3)
http://youtu.be/_XECOwVsJGY
To enlarge the Ss’
knowledge about
Shakespeare
Anticipated sentences:
What a beautiful church!
How unusual the monument is! Etc.
5’
1’
2. Watch the film again and describe any place
you like mentioned in the film.(3-4 sentences)
VI.
Home task.
Write a paragraph about any Russian or Ossetian
poet or play writer.
To practise the Ss’ in
dialogical speech
In pairs
To arouse the Ss’
interest to the subject,
to practice in video
comprehension, to
practise to make up
exclamatory sentences,
to practise the Ss in
monologues
In groups
Individual