The lesson’s plan: British poets and writers (literary seminar)

-to improve ai! four languages skills:reading, speaking, writing, listening;

-to expand the topic vocabulary

-to develop creative and critical thinking;

-handouts material;

-a textbook;

-Power Point Presentation "British poets" -personal computers;

-Test W(After Listening Comprehension task) -Video "Mini-biography of W.Shakespeare" -literary badges(for pupils)

a literary seminar.

I Introduction.

Nice to see you, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to our literary seminar! You'll be able to speak about British poets and writers represent your project works ,enjoy the poems, review the video reports of some American scholars! I hope you'll be active today.

1.Warming-up.

1.1.0ral presentation of the prayer "Our Father";

Reading the motto (slide 1);

1.2. Brain storming:

-What associations do you have with the conception of reading?(Pl;P2...)

II Main part:

2.1Bio.com. activitity:

Match the portraits and the writers' names (revise the Slides 2-7);

Match the authors and their literary works (revise the Slide 8);

Teacher: Let's speak about one of the greatest poets, who was called the son of Scotland. Surely about Robert Burns.

Pl-tells about R. Burns; P2-recites the poem "My Heart's in the Highlands";

P3-presents the Rudyard Kipling's short biography;

Teacher: You know, "Jungle Book" by R. Kipling ,a collection of short stories inspired the formation of the Wolf Cub division of the Boy Scout movement.

2.2 Reading task (Chain reading)

T:Now you will work in pairs. You and your partner have got some information about the life of George Gordon Byron, but you have not the same information. Ask and answer questions to complete the sentences.(addition #9)

Topic 7. BOOKS AND AUTHORS (PRINTABLE VERSION)

7. Work in pairs with the text “George ordon Byron”.

STUDENT A

You and your partner have got some information about the life of George Gordon Byron, but you have not got the same information. Ask and answer questions to complete the sentences.

Example:

The great English revolutionary poet George Gordon Byron was born... (where?) on January 22, 1788, into an old aristocratic family.

SA: Where was Byron born?

SB: He was born on January 22, 1788.

His mother came of a... (what- family?). His father was a poor army officer who very soon spent his wife’s money and died... (when?).

The boy was lame from birth, yet, thanks to his strong will and regular training he became an excellent rider, a champion swimmer, a boxer and took part in... (what?).

Byron spent first ten years of his life... (where?). He was fond of the rocky coast and mountains of the country. His love of natural scenery was reflected in... (where?). The boy went to a grammar school. He liked... (what?).

In 1798 his granduncle died and the boy inherited... (what?).

The family went to live there and George was sent to Harrow School, where нe wrote poems and read them to... (who?).When George was sixteen, he fell in love with Mary Ann Chaworth. But the girl did not like Byron and later married... (who?). Byron could not forget her and his love for her gave a sad colouring to all his future life.At... (how old?) Byron entered Cambridge University, and there his literary career began.

STUDENT B

You and your partner have got some information about the life of George Gordon Byron, but you have not got the same information. Ask and answer questions to complete the sentences.

Example:

The great English revolutionary poet George Gordon Byron was born in London on... (when?) into an old aristocratic family.

SB: He was born in London.

S.: When was he born?

His mother came of a rich Scottish family. His father was... (what?) who very soon spent his wife’s money and died when the boy was three years old.

The boy was lame from birth-, yet, thanks to his strong will and regular training he became... (what?) and took part in athletic exercises.

Byron spent first ten years of his life in Scotland. He was fond of... (what?). His love of natural scenery was reflected in many of his poems. The boy went to... (where?). He liked history.

...(when?) his granduncle died and the boy inherited the title of lord and the family estate in Nottinghamshire.

The family went to live there and George was sent... (where?). The boys liked George because he read a lot and knew many interesting facts from history. Heboys of aristocratic families received their education. The boys liked George because... (why?). wrote... (what?) and read them to his friends.

When George was sixteen, he fell in love with... (who?). But the girl did not like Byron and later married another man. Byron could not forget her and his love for her gave... (what?).

At seventeen Byron entered... (where?), and there his literary career began.

2.3 Monologue speech;

P5-tells about Joanne Rowling's book "Harry Potter and his Adventures" and represents the photos to some fragments of this book.
2.4 Listening Comprehension
Pre-listening activity (new lexic presentation):
Marriage record-запис про одруження
to baptize-похрестити
pretty-good businessman-вдалий бізнесмен
slang-сленг
playwright-драматург
to be common-бути простим
legacy-спадщина
influential-впливовий
civilization-цивілізація

2.5 Revising the video "W.Shakespeare" and oral California scholars' speech.

2.6 After listening activity : Doing the Test W (all pupils do these Tests on computers)- 12 questions about Shakespeare's life, his plays and sonnets);
Reading the Shakespeare's quotation , giving the Ukrainian equivalents
The world is the stage...
All's well that ends well.

3,4,5,6,7-Slide 9

Singing the song "Dream big " (playing the guitar)

2.7 Performance the Sonnet #130-P8 ^

2.8 Performance the extract from "Romeo and Juliet" (Act 5).

III Summing-up: