Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку «Life in a medieval castle» с историческим экскурсом в средневековье
УЧЕБНО-МЕТОДИЧЕСКАЯ РАЗРАБОТКА ПО ТЕМЕ «life in a medieval castle»
Автор: Янс Райнир Питер
Учитель гимназии 190 г. Санкт-Петербурга
Communicative lesson (class,5,6)
Level: A1 (Elementary)
Material: handout, laptop (video and audio), black board
Elements of the lesson:
| Activities/tasks | Short description | Estimated time |
| Introduction | Goals of the lesson | 3 |
1 | Warming up activities | Video , Vocabulary built up, learning/using new words (see wordlist) | 10 |
2 | Logical thinking | task 1 Vocabulary: Match the words to the pictures | 6 |
3 | Grammar | task 2 Grammar task: Past Simple Revision | 5 |
4 | Listening | task 3 Vocabulary task 2 Now and then | 5 |
5 | Communication (work in pairs) | Task 4 Communication task (group work) Match questions and answers | 6 |
| Communication | task 5 Quiz | 5 |
6 | Summing up | what did we learn (forming an opinion) | 3 |
Introduction
Today we are going to talk about the Middle ages, a period in history that lasted for 1000 years. (Show a time line on the blackboard).
Timeline
The Middle Ages last from 500 to 1500
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0 476 1492 2014
Fall of the Western Christopher Columbus
Roman Empire reaches the New World.
Age of Discovery
What are the Middle ages The Middle ages also called or the dark ages. Life was difficult and sometimes dangerous. There were wars and diseases and sometimes people died of hunger because there was nothing to eat. Today we are going to take a tour in a castle. Who lived and worked there? And how did they defend their castle against enemies?
Goals of the lesson are:
• Communication: improving listening and speaking skills,
• Revision of basic grammar material (Past Simple Tense)
• Vocabulary revision of Module 7 and vocabulary built up,
• Meta: improving knowledge of history (Life in a medieval castle)
Some words you already know from Module Starlight 4 (revision). (Let pupils translate the words themselves)
| Castle | |
| King/ lord | |
| Queen | |
| Throne | |
| Knight/ suits of armour/fight/ horse | |
| Guard/ fence | |
| Hunter/ hunt | |
| Butler | |
| Servant | |
| Tower | |
| Thick walls | |
New vocabulary
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1 | Medieval | средневековый |
2 | To defend/ defense | |
3 | Moat | |
4 | Arrow and bows | |
5 | To fire arrows | |
6 | Arrow slit | |
7 | Draw bridge | |
8 | To raise | |
9 | Boiling liquid | |
10 | Dump on | |
11 | Villagers came for protection | |
12 | Invaders/enemies | |
13 | Great hall | |
14 | Main meal | |
15 | Gaze (look) out ‘across the land | |
16 | Lute | |
Now we are going to watch a video about the life in a medieval castle
-SHOW VIDEO-
Now we know a little bit more about the life at a castle
1. Vocabulary task 1
Stick words to the castle. (hand out 1 picture of a castle and words)
King | Tower | Draw bridge |
Knight | Arrow slit | Invaders/ Enemies |
Hall | Servants | To fire arrows |
Moat | Courtyard | Thick wall |
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| | Invaders/ Enemies | |
2.Grammar task Past Simple Tense
Example They ate meat and soup. (to eat) Did they eat meat? (to eat). There were no computers. (to be)
Castles very thick walls. (to have). There a draw bridge (to be), but there any elevators (to be not) The Lord of the castle very rich (to be), he usually with his family in one of the towers. (to live)
Knights suits of armour and rode horses. (to have)
They not cars. (to drive)
knights bows and arrows? (to have) Yes, They .
The Servants dinner. (to cook) servants a lot? (to work). They often very poor (to be)
3.Vocabulary task 2 Now and then
Fill in the chart and make sentences
In the Middle ages knights had bow and arrows, but they didn’t have pistols.
Kings and Queens lived in castles, they didn’t live in Flats.
Castle, flat, car, pistols, electricity, bow and arrow, horse, jeans, suits of armour, listen to a CD, hamburgers, play the lute, candles, fire places, central heating, bread and cheese, kings, presidents, draw bridge, elevator
Then (In the Middle ages) | Now (2014) | ||
Castle | | Flat | |
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4.Communication task (group work)
Hand out 2. First group one asks questions and group 2 answers, then the other way around.
Match questions and answers
| Group 1 Questions | Group 2 answers |
| 1.Did knights drive cars? 2.What did the king wear? 3. Did Kings and Queens watch TV in their free time? 4.Did Kings and Queens sleep in beds? 5.Was there electricity in the castle? 6.What did they dump on their enemies? | a. No, they didn’t, but they had horses. b. Yes, they did c. He wore a crown d. No, they used candles. e. They dumped boiling liquid on their enemies f. No, but they could read books or listen to music. |
| Group 1 answers | Group 2 Questions |
| a. No, they ate bread, cheese, meat and honey. b. No, they didn’t, they wore suits of armour. c. They were very thick d. They lived in one of the towers e. They had their main meal in the morning f. No, they weren’t, usually they were poor | 1. Did knights wear jeans? 2. Were servants very rich? 3. Did people eat hamburgers? 4. What do you know about the castle walls. 5. Where did the lord of the castle and his family live? 6. When did people have their main meal? |
5 Quiz choose a/b/c
Turn the computer to the class. Explain the task
6. Summing up
Did you like the lesson?
Which tasks were interesting/ boring?
Which tasks were (too) difficult/ easy?
Which new words have you learned today?
Encourage pupils to give their opinions
