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                                                   THE COUNTRY OF BRITS

Objectives:

-   to give students basic information about the subject they are going to learn about;

-   to inform students about the geographical position of the UK;

-   to develop skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing;

-  to teach students to listen carefully, to summarise, to work in groups and individually.

-   Equipment: the maps of the UK, the texts, cards.

-  to enrich their outlook;

                                                  PROCEDURE:

     I. WARMING-UP

G	R	E	A	T	B	R	I	T	A	I	N
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

T: Children, each of you will be given the card with the riddle and the number (1-12). Your task is to guess the word and to write the first letter of it on the blackboard in the square marked by the number you have in your card.

(Students guess the riddles, go to the blackboard and write the letters as far as they know the answer. If there are some difficulties, the class helps.)

II. MAIN PART

1.  SPEAKING

T: England, tea, the Thames... Can you guess the top: we are going to speak about? Yes, you are right - it is  Great Britain. I really have much to tell you and there will be - series of lessons dedicated to Britain. Today we shall  hear- basic facts about this country, especially its geography . And at the end of the lesson there will be a short test in order to check your work. OK! Let's go ahead!

First look at the sentence.

Great Britain has several different names, some people say "Britain", or "the United Kingdom", or just "the UK".

How many names of the country are mentioned?

What do you think the official name of the state is?

What is the abbreviation?

(Remember to use the article where necessary. If the name of the state consists of several words, it is used with the article "the ": the United Kingdom. Great Britain is the name of an island, that's why it is used without article.)

     2.LISTENING

T: Now when you know the name of the state, look at the map of it. Listen to the summary and then be ready to correct the mistakes in the sentences.

SUMMARY

There are four different countries in the United King­dom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Altogether more than 56 million people live in Britain, many of them in big industrial cities like London, Liver­pool and Manchester.

Northern Ireland is situated in the northern part of Ire­land. The territory of the United Kingdom is about 244 square kilometers and it takes the 75 place among other countries in the world. The capital of the country is London.

T: Now look at the sentences and correct them if nec­essary.

1.  There are five different countries in the United Kingdom.

2.  Altogether more than 56 million people live in Brit­ain.

3.  Northern Ireland is situated in the northern part of Britain.

4.   The territory of the United Kingdom is about 422 square kilometers.

5.  The capital of the country is London.

T: OK. Let's move on and add some facts about the geographical position of the state. Now, can I ask you to make three groups? Each group gets

     -the geographical map of the UK;

-   short information about mountains, rivers or waters that wash Great Britain;

-  new words with the transcription to help you to read new geographical names.

T: Please read the texts and get ready to tell the class what you have learned. Remember that everybody has to tell us at least one sentence. While you work I come and help with the pronunciation of new words.

2.         GROUP WORK A.

T: All right, it's time to share information. Please, all members of group 1 come to the blackboard and one by one tell us what you have learnt and show everything on the map. Then go group 2 and 3.

(Students speak and listen to each other in order to get first outlook.)

T: Now please, change the cards. Group 1 gets the task of group 3, group 2 of group 1, and group 3 of group 2. You had the opportunity to hear everything that is in the card, and now you will also read this. And the task is to make up questions on the subject. When the group asks the other two groups, answer the questions. Don't forget to use the maps. Let's take turns. Group one is the first to ask.

В. T: Good job! And now after intensive work I am sure you need some rest. Let's play "Bingo!" All new geographical names are written on the blackboard. Draw a model for the game. As you remember it is a table of nine cells. Then put down some nine names in them. Example

The Wye	Ben Nevis	Wales
The Atlantic Ocean	Britain	The English Channel
Loch Ness	The Pennines	The Irish Sea

Now, I read you the names and if you hear one from your table, cross it. If you have horizontal, diagonal, or vertical crossings, raise your hand and say "Bingo!" The first is the golden winner and the second and third are silver and bronze winners.

Key: The English Channel, the Lake District, the North West Mountains, the Atlantic Ocean, the Irish Sea, the Thames, Loch Ness, the Strait of Dover, Snowdon, the British Isles.

T: Now tell me, what geographical names are the most difficult for you to read and remember? Let's pronounce them again all together.

(This activity helps the teacher to find out difficul­ties.)

T: Good. And now I have a question. Why do we use some names with the article and the others without it? You do already know some of the rules. It will be great to remember them and to add some new ones.

So, we use the article 'the' with:

-   chains of mountains;

-   channels, rivers, seas, oceans.

We do not use the article with:

-   the names of mountains;

-  the names of lakes;

-  the names of islands.

Now I suggest playing the game. I pronounce geo­graphical names without the article, and you repeat all together either with or without it.

English Channel, Lake District, North West Moun­tains, Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea, Thames, Loch Ness, Strait of Dover, Snowdon, British Isles, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Wye, English Channel.

4. WRITING

T: Well, I think that you were really working hard in the lesson. We have learned many facts about this country. And if you were attentive, it would be easy for you to pass the test. Open your exercise-books and write down the word 'Test'. It will be a multiple choice test. Choose 'a', 'b', or 'c'.

III. SUMMING UP

Well, that's all for the first lesson. As a home assignment for the next lesson I give you models of the maps where you can see only the shape of the country. Your task is to colour them, write all the geographical names there and speak about the geography of the UK using your own maps.

The teacher analyses the lesson and students' work, gives marks. 

Додаток 1

                     THE RIDDLES

1.It is green and everywhere on the ground seen. (Grass)

2.It is a very beautiful sweet smelling flower, a flower of love, but with thorns. (Rose)

3.This is the biggest animal in the world that doesn't live in water. (Elephant)

4.This fruit grows on an apple-tree. (Apple)

     5.   A     hot drink that is made of leaves and is very popular with British and all over the world. (Tea)

6.     The animals that can fly. (Birds)

7.     In Ukraine it's the Dnipro, in Britain it's the Thames. What's this? (River)

    8.It is cold and very tasty. It can be vanilla, chocolate and with jam. (Ice cream)

     9.A person who teaches you at school. (Teacher)

    10.They also live on the earth but they are not people. (Animals)

    11.The international computer net. (Internet)

    12.1, 2, 3, 4, 5. They are .... (numbers)

Додаток 2

The task for group 1

Great Britain is separated from the continent by the English Channel, the narrower part of which is called the Strait of Dover. The British Isles are surrounded by the shallow waters of the Irish Sea and the North Sea, the North Channel and the Atlantic Ocean. Britain is com­paratively small, but there is hardly a country, in the world where such a variety of scenery can be found. Glossary

The English Channel пролив Ла-Манш

The Strait of Dover пролив Па-де-Кале

British Isles           Британські острови

The Irish Sea         Ірландське море

The North Sea       Північне море

The North Channel Північний пролив

The Atlantic Ocean Атлантичний океан 

The task for group 2

Great Britain can be divided into two parts: Lowland Britain in the south and east, and Highland Britain in the north and west. The most important mountain territories are those located in the north of Scotland. Geologically these North West Mountains and the Grampians are among the oldest in the world. The highest peak is Ben Nevis (1343 m.). In the centre of England is a range of mountains called the Pennines. The Cambrian Mountains occupy nearly the whole of Wales. The highest peak there is Snowdon (1085 m).

 Glossary

Lowland Britain     Низинна Британія

Highland Britain    Гірська Британія

The North West

Mountains             Північно-західні гори

The Grampians      Грампіанські гори

Ben Nevis              Гора Бен Невіс

The Pennines         Пенінські гори

The Cambrian Mountains Кембрійські гори

Snowdon                Гора Сноудон

The task for group 3

 The rivers of the region are short and of no great im­portance as waterways. The longest of them are the Severn (354 km) and the Thames, which is 346 kilometers long. Other comparatively long rivers are the Trent, the Tweed, and the Wey. Lakes are found in the Lake District in

England and in the highlands of Scotland. One of the best known lakes is Loch Ness in Scotland, famous for its' Loch Ness Monster'. Glossary

The Severn            річка Северн

The Thames           річка Темза

The Trent              річка Трент

The Tweed             річка Туїц

The Wye                річка Уай

The Lake District   Озерний Край

Loch Ness              озеро JIox Hec

Додаток 3

1. The United Kingdom consists of four different countries...

a.     England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

b.     England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

c.      Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

     2.Great Britain is separated from the continent by...

1.     the English Channel.

2.     the North Channel.

3.     the Irish Sea.

     3.The highest peak in Great Britain is...

4.     Ben Nevis.

5.     Snowdon.

6.     Loch Ness.

4.The longest rivers in the UK are ...

7.     the Trent and the Tweed.

8.     the Wye and the Strait of Dover.

9.     the Severn and the Thames.

     5.The British Isles are surrounded by the shallow waters of ...

10.         the Irish Sea and the North Sea, the North Channel and the Indian Ocean.

11.         the Irish Sea and the Black Sea, the North Channel and the Atlantic Ocean.

12.         the Irish Sea and the North Sea, the North Channel and the Atlantic Ocean.

     6.The population of the United Kingdom is ...

13.          48 mln people.

14.         56 mln people.

15.         244 mln people.