Разработка урока Природные чудеса света 11 класс

ТЕМА “Natural Wonders of the World”
“Wonders will never cease”
(Sir Henry Bate Dudley: letter to Garric, Sept.13, 1776)
Тип урока комбинированный
Цели урока: Образовательные
дать учащимся знания о некоторых уникальных природных шедеврах с использованием возможности интернета;
повторить пройденные и изучить новые лексические единицы в соответствии с темой урока и использовать эти единицы в коммуникативных целях;
совершенствовать навыки учащихся в четырех видах речевой деятельности: в области чтения, письма, говорения, аудирования;
расширить кругозор учащихся;
использовать межпредметные связи и развивать социокультурную компетенцию в обучении иностранного языка на данном уроке.
Воспитательные:
воспитывать личностные качества учащихся, например, уверенность при ответе, умение отстаивать свою точку зрения;
стимулировать интерес учащихся к учебному процессу, в частности к изучению английского языка;
способствовать максимальному проявлению творческих способностей учащихся.
Развивающие:
развивать познавательные и творческие навыки учащихся;
развивать умение учащихся самостоятельно конструировать знания;
развивать умение учащихся выступать с мультимедийной презентацией;
развивать умение учащихся анализировать и подводить итоги;
развивать социокультурную компетенцию
Основные понятия: wonder- is a feeling of strangeness, surprise usually combined with admiration, that is produced by something unusually fine or beautiful, or something unexpected or new to one’s experience.
Оборудование урока: компьютер, интерактивная доска, мультимедийный проектор.
Источники: ресурсы сети Интернет: интерактивная лекция «Гора Эверест» http://www.brainpop.com/ (веб-сайт образовательного проекта «Brain POP», аудиотекст), УМК English-XI (О.В. Афанасьева, И.В. Михеева – Просвещение,2008.) , методическая мозаика, приложение к ИЯШ – 2007.- №7, стр. 21-23
Ход урока
1.Организационный момент (приветствие, определение настроения учащихся, сообщение целей и задач урока) – 1мин.
Teacher: Good morning
Pupils: good morning
Teacher: Glad to see you. How are you?
Pupils: Fine, thank you. And you?Teacher: I’m OK too. Today our task is to get acquainted with some other natural wonders of the world using multimedia technologies. So, let’s start.
2. Acquaintance with the seven natural wonders of the world – 3мин.
As you know a wonder is a thing or a person that makes you feel admiration mixed with surprise. There are no so many wonders in the world but when we come across them, we are not likely to forget them. They take your breath away and make you think about the unique character of our planet and people living on it. In fact, every person could make up their own list of the greatest wonders of the world but I offer you my list of such natural wonders.
Grand canyon (Northwest Arizona, the USA)
Great Barrier Reef (the Coral sea, in Northeast Australia)
Valley of Geysers (Kamchatka, Russia)
Mount Everest (on the boarder of Tibet and Nepal)
Aurora (in both hemispheres of the Earth)
Paricutin volcano (Mexico)
Victoria falls (on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe)
Appendix 1
(the teacher shows the location of each natural object from the list using Interactive geographical map made in Power Point)
Teacher: today we’ll learn some information about this natural wonders while doing some assignments.
3. Match the words with their definitions – 5 мин.
Teacher: we’ll begin with the revision of some words and phrases. Your task is to match the given words with their similar meanings using the interactive board.
Appendix 2
4. Studying new material (Interactive lecture “Mount Everest”) – 10мин.
Teacher: Now we’ll listen to our interactive guides Tim and Moby who will tell us about the highest mountain in the world Everest, while watching a flash about Everest pay attention to the details as you are supposed to answer some questions
Appendix 3
Answer the following questions
What is the height of Everest above sea level?
Where is it located?
What shape is the mountain?
When did Everest begin to form?
How did it form?
What are the biggest dangers of climbing Everest?
Who are Sherpas?
Why didn’t Sherpas try to climb Everest untill20th century?
Who were the first people succeeded in reaching the summit of Everest?
What were the reasons of their success?
5. Reading the authentic text “New seven wonders of the world” 6мин.
Teacher: Pupils, open your books page 132. You are to read the text and complete it with the missing phrases
Appendix 4 HYPERLINK "http://yandex.ru/video/search?text=Great%20barrier%20reef%20%20video&path=wizard&filmId=apy_wDU5UXI" \o "Great Barrier rief" http://yandex.ru/video/search?text=Great%20barrier%20reef%20%20video&path=wizard&filmId=apy_wDU5UXI
(Exercises for eyes) – 1мин.
Listening Comprehension (The pupils listen to the text about the Great Barrier Reef) 10мин.
Appendix 5
before listening
Have you ever heard about the Great Barrier Reef?
Where is it?
What is it famous for?
while listening.
Complete the sentences
1.The reef is so big that it can_________
2. A number of fish and other creatures__________
3. Don’t throw rubbish into the sea as it may contain_____________
4. Help us to keep the water crystal clear so that ____
5. Remember that the reef is very much________
6. It has been formed over thousands of years by_________
7. We have to protect these creatures if__________
8. If anyone offer to sell corals________
9. The reef is a home to ____
10.All these creatures depend on the reef___________
d. after listening
The pupils speak about the Great Barrier Reef
7. Multimedia presentations about other natural wonders (done in Power Point) - 5 мин.
Appendix 6
Teacher: During the lesson we‘ve learnt a lot of interesting information about the natural wonders of our planet, but according to above mentioned map, you are supposed to tell us about other wonders of the world. So it’s your turn to show us your presentations and then we’ll discuss your reports.
Appendix 7
8. Totals – 3мин.
Teacher: thank you very much for the lesson. Today we have learned about seven natural wonders of the world. You also worked with multimedia technologies including interactive board. You have done various assignments which, I think< enlarge your vocabulary, outlook, develop your practical skills. So take care of our nature, get surprise at the beauty of our world. Remember the saying: “ those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life”
9. Home assignment- 1мин.
Teacher: Your homework is to write an essay “Wonders of my native place”