Self-study materials for unit II

Lesson 6

Homework

Ask students to learn the information of the lesson and present it in the form of the report.

The lesson plan

1. Introduction to the theme (2 min)

2. The task (2min)

3. Presentations (60 min)

4. Evaluation. (5-7 min)

5. Bonus (20 min)

Introduction

As an introduction to the lesson “British culture” for students a teacher may say that it is impossible to learn the language without knowing its culture. It will also help them to know their native culture better.

The task

Ask students to work in groups and prepare a presentation about English culture using internet resources recommended. Encourage students to speak about:

· Facts and figures (country, geography, weather, population, flag, economy, religion, etc.);

· Daily life (place to live, houses, transport, shops, family life, etc.);

· Etiquette (social customs, greetings, eating manners, meal times, etc.);

· Customs and traditions (festivals and holidays, unusual customs, costumes, national flowers, etc.)

Presentation

Evaluation

Evaluate the task using the following criteria.

This assignment is worth 10 grades. Points will be awarded as follows:

1 grade – the use of the vocabulary of the lesson

1 grade – the grammatical correctness of speech

1 grade – personal effort and activity

2 grades – creativity and neatness of presentation

3 grades – informativeness (did you answer all the questions)

BONUS

English humour is an integral part of the British culture. Ask students to study the following anecdotes, but to enjoy them, they should match the beginning of the jokes with their ends.

Beginning	End
I’d like some crocodile shoes, please.	Certainly, Madam. What size does your crocodile wear
Which is faster heat or cold?	Heat, because you can catch cold.
Waiter, will the pancakes be long?	No, Sir, round..
Why do birds fly south?	Because it’s too far to walk.
Doctor, what will I do? My son’s just swallowed a pen?	Use the pencil till I get there
What kind of driver has never accidents?	A screwdriver.

Ask students to reproduce any typical Russian anecdotes.

Ask students to study the table on the use of the Present Continuous Tense and do the exercises.

Formation
+	–	?
I	am	writing	I	am not	writing	am	I	writing?
you	are	you	are not	are	you
he she it	is	he she it	is not	is	he she it
we you they	are	we you they	are not	are	we you they

Exercise 1. Ask students to add –ing to the verbs to form The Present Continuous.

1. I’m writing a report.

2. They are studying English.

3. She is traveling abroad.

4. We are listening to the teacher now.

5. Don’t make noise. Sandra working on a new project.

Exercise 2. Ask students to complete the sentences about Russia using one of the verbs in the necessary form positive or negative.

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