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.

  1. Ending the lesson.

(to be continued)