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:

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)

New vocabulary

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)

   

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

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

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