ShostkaTown Administration
Education Board
Gymnasium
English Language Chair
Life of a Society.
Famous People of the USA.
Content author
Novikowa V. A.
Shostka 2011
Theme: “Life of a Society. Famous People of the USA.”
Aims:
General; to broaden students’ world outlook
to develop students’ creativity
Specific: to teach students to produce information about famous
people
to develop students’ aesthetic thinking
to develop fluency in English
to provide a realistic context for using lexis
Materials: photos, projects/reports
Lesson Structure.
I. Organizing class.
II. Reporting subject and aims of the lesson.
The subject matter of our lesson today is theme “Life of a
society. Famous people of the USA”. At our lesson you’ll introduce your
projects/reports devoted to famous people of the USA, you’ll develop your
listening skills, practise vocabulary in a realistic context, master oral
language skills and extend your knowledge of the USA history.
III. Warming up. Correcting mistakes.
1. Sir Alexander Fleming created comedy. (a)
2. Charlie Chaplin was a cartoonist and a showman. (b)
3. Thomas Edison stepped on Moon. (c)
4. Bill Gates made the first jeans in California. (d)
5. Nail Armstrong discovered Penicillin. (e)
6. Pocahontas is an inventor of electric bulb. (f)
7. David McConnee invented telephone. (g)
8. Alexander Bell saved the life of a white man. (h)
9. Walt Disney started Avon cosmetics. (i)
10. Levi Strauss founded the Company Microsoft. (j)
Key: 1e, 2a, 3f, 4j, 5c, 6h, 7i, 8g, 9b, 10d.
IV. Practical aspect of the lesson. Introducing projects/reports.
Pocahontas
Samuel Langhorn Clemens
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Jackqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy
Neil Armstrong
Walt Disney
Bill Gates
V. Summarizing.
VI. Home assignment.
1. Prepare a short description of a person and his/her deeds
for other students to guess who he/she is.
- Ending the lesson.
(to be continued)