Разработка к уроку английского языка на тему The Meaning of Christmas (8-9 классы)

THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS
(based on THE POLAR EXPRESS movie and BELIEVE song)
FORM: 8-9
Part 1. Watch the movie and arrange the sentences in the correct order.
Santa.
Santa? Really? Oh, that's too bad.
What's this? Broken. Sorry about that, sport.
...the bell still rings for me. As it does for all who truly believe.
At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell. But as years passed, it fell silent for all of them.
Come on, kids. We don't wanna be late.
Even Sarah found, one Christmas, that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old...
Found this on the seat of my sleigh. Better fix that hole in your pocket. Mr. C.
Oh, what a beautiful bell. Who's it from?
Wait. Look. Here's one more. Has your name on it.
Watch the movie again to check your answer.
Part 2. Form the present participle (V-ing) and past simple (V-ed) of the verbs in the table.
V+ingV2 (V+ed)
Sleep be Fall have Call slip Say Play Fill in the gaps with the verb-forms from the table.
Children ________________, snow is softly ________________Dreams are________________ like bells in the distanceWe ________ dreamers not so long agoBut one by one we all________to grow upWhen it seems the magic ________ awayWe find it all again on Christmas day
Refrain:Believe in what your heart is ________________Hear the melody that's ________________
Listen to Verse 1 of the song to check your answers.
Part 3. Fill in the gaps with the verbs from the table.
Refrain:
There's no time to __________________There's so much to __________________Believe in what you __________________ inside And give your dreams the wings to ____________You have everything you __________________If you just __________________ believe
waste
celebrate
fly
feel
need
Part 3. Find the English equivalents to the words in the table. Use the text below.
Поезда доверяя звездам
Путешествие добираться
пункт назначения казаться
Начинать заблудиться
Корабли оказаться
Плыть рождество
Trains move quickly ______ their journey's endDestinations are where ______ begin againShips go sailing ______ across the seaTrusting starlight to get where they need _____ beWhen it seems that _____ have lost our wayWe find ourselves again _______ Christmas dayRefrain:
Listen to Verse 2 of the song to check your answers.
Part 4. Write a paragraph about the meaning of Christmas.
Christmas is ___________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
This holiday is all about _________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
It means that _________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.
As for me, ____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________.

"Believe"(lyrics)
Children sleeping, snow is softly fallingDreams are calling like bells in the distanceWe were dreamers not so long agoBut one by one we all had to grow upWhen it seems the magic's slipped awayWe find it all again on Christmas dayBelieve in what your heart is sayingHear the melody that's playingThere's no time to wasteThere's so much to celebrateBelieve in what you feel inside And give your dreams the wings to flyYou have everything you needIf you just believeTrains move quickly to their journey's endDestinations are where we begin againShips go sailing far across the seaTrusting starlight to get where they need to beWhen it seems that we have lost our wayWe find ourselves again on Christmas dayBelieve in what your heart is sayingHear the melody that's playingThere's no time to wasteThere's so much to celebrateBelieve in what you feel inside And give your dreams the wings to flyYou have everything you needIf you just believe [x4]Just believe