Конспект урока «Welcome to Los Angeles» по английскому языку для 9 класса

Фонетическая разминка и сообщение темы урока (5 мин)-

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Teacher: Today at the lesson we are going to have a travelling-competition to the United States of America. Today’s theme of our lesson is “Welcome to Los Angeles, California, USA!”

Two weeks ago you were divided by me into three teams. Each team has its own name and leader, and motto; you had looked through the names of Hollywood’s films. Let’s greet them:

1. The men of black (Motto: Eurika! We found it!)

2.The peacemakers (Motto: Under God the people rule)

3.The invincible (Motto: To the stars through the difficulties)

For each task one of the teams will get gold star. That one will win, which will have stars as much as possible.

Please, pupils, look at the board and repeat the following words and word-expressions after me: Los – Angeles – Лос-Анджелес, Beverly Hills-Беверли –Хиллз, Malibu – Малибу, Hollywood and Highland – Голливуд и Хайленд, Rodeo Drive- Родео-Драйв, Mann’s Chinese Theater – “Китайский театр Манна”, the Egyptian Theater- Египетский театр, movie – (AmE) фильм, the suburbs- окрестности, пригород, a celebrity- знаменитость,show business (show biz)- шоу-бизнес, a film director- режиссер, a camera operator- оператор, the Academy Awards- премии Академии \ премии Оскар, a film studio- киностудия, fame- слава, известность, velvet ropes – бархатные канаты, a sidewalk- тротуар, to step – наступать, concrete- асфальт, to install – устанавливать

III. Речевая разминка ( 5-7мин)-слад №5,6,7,8

Teacher: The Task №1 is called «Magic Box», you should read the questions at the interactive board and try to answer with the help of cards from “magic box”:

1. Would you like to travel? If yes, why?

Models: I’d like to travel to change scene/learn things/ study geography/ just for fun/ learn English (выполняет первая команда)

2. How would you like to travel?

Models: I’d like to travel by bus/ by car/ by plane/ on foot/ by boat(выполняет вторая команда)

3) Who would you like to travel with?

Models: I’d like to travel with friends/ parents/ boy/girl friend/ on your own/ classmates/ anybody else(выполняет третья команда)

Teacher: Thank you for answers; the first gold star the team “….”gets

IV. Контроль домашнего задания (15-20мин)- презентации команд

Teacher: Task №2 is called “Project about California”, let’s check up your homework and ask to evaluate this task the teacher of geography

1) The first team “The peacemakers” will show us their project about History of California (музыкальное сопровождение, гимн «Я люблю тебя, калифорния»)

Information of project: Group after group of Americans travelled over the mountains to California. By 1846 a few thousand Americans lived there. They all dreamed of making their fortune. Do you know what is gold rush? The gold rush brought more than 80,000 people to California. They came from all over. Some came from South America and Mexico. More than 25,000 came from China. The gold rush helped to change California from a frontier area into a state. In 1850 California become the thirty-first (31) state of USA.;

2) The second team “The men in black” will show us their project about an administrative center of California-Sacramento

Information of project: Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California, and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a 2009 estimated population of 466,676, it is the seventh-largest city in California. Sacramento is the core cultural and economic center of the Sacramento metropolitan area which includes seven counties; with an estimated population of 2,127,355. Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles Area, San Francisco Bay Area, and San Diego Metro as well as the 25th largest in the United States. A city attaining global status, Sacramento was cited by Time magazine as America's most ethnically and racially integrated city in 2002.

Sacramento became a city through the efforts of John Sutter, a Swiss immigrant, and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew quickly thanks to the protection of Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the California Gold Rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express, and the First Transcontinental Railroad;

3) The third team “The invincible” will show us their project about Everyday’s life in California (музыкальное сопровождение, “Hotel California” of “Eagles”)

Information of project: California is one of the most attractive places in the USA. In this state you are never very far from the coast and there are lots of seaside resorts. Thanks to the nearby the Pacific Ocean and warm climate, some people can spend time swimming and lying in the sun on the beach. Lots of people go in for surfing, sailing and water skiing there. Because there are the high Cordillera Mountains, some other people go climbing and mountaineering. Fresh grapefruits, oranges, lemons, melons and peaches are not imported. Low-cost, high-quality fruits, juices and vegetables are available any time of the year due to the fact that the southern parts of the country have warm temperatures all the year round;

Teacher: Thanks for your presentations, they were very interesting; the second gold star the team “….”gets (вручает учитель географии)

V. Основная часть

Teacher: Let me introduce you our today’s guide about USA, Jane, let’s listen to her attentively:

Jane: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Let me introduce myself to you. Have a look at the map of the USA (показывает карту США на интерактивной доске). I hope you remember how many states are there in the USA? Yes, you are right, fifty ones. The USA consists of three separate parts, different in size, natural features, level of development and population

1. The Main Part, The United States proper, with an area of 7,800 sq km;

2. Alaska, which occupies the north-western part of the continent of North America(показывает карту Северной Америки на интерактивной доске), including a lot islands;

3. Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean

Today at the lesson we are going to make a trip to California. It is to the west of the USA with area 411 th sq km, population is about 20 ml pl. And some information about the well-known city Los Angeles, it is the second largest American city after New-York. It has some nicknames “City of the Angels”, “Roadsville”. LA is famous for one of its suburbs, Hollywood, which is the capital of world movie production.

Teacher: Thank you, Jane, for interesting facts. The Task №3 is called “Welcome to Los Angeles”, it will be the working with the text, pupils, open your textbooks at page 149 (работа с учебником -10 мин).

Information about Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the most populous city in California and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City, with a population of 3.8 million, on a land area of 498.3 square miles (1,290.6 km²). It is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside combined statistical area, which contains nearly 17.8 million people and center of the largest urban area in California. This makes it the 12th most populous metropolitan area in the world.^[4] Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated and one of the most multicultural counties in the United States. The city's inhabitants are referred to as "Angelenos"

Often known by its initials, LA, and nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is a world center of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, technology, and education. It is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. Los Angeles has been ranked the third richest city and fifth most powerful and influential city in the world, behind only New York City in the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area (CSA) has a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $831 billion (as of 2008), making it the third largest economic center in the world, after the Greater Tokyo Area and the New York metropolitan area. As the home base of Hollywood, it is known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World", leading the world in the creation of motion pictures, television production, video games, and recorded music. The importance of the entertainment business to the city has led many celebrities to call Los Angeles and its surrounding suburbs home. Los Angeles hosted the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics. Los Angeles is also home to renowned universities such as the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles was founded on September 4, 1781 by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence. In 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, five months before California achieved statehood.

Teacher: Look at the pictures on the interactive board, they are the places that are mentioned in the text, find and read some information about them.

Photos of sights of LA:

1. Los Angeles

2. Hollywood

3. Beverly hills

4. Rodeo Drive

5. Hollywood Boulevard

6. Mann’s Chinese Theater

7. The Egyptian Theater

8. 3,300-seat Kodak Theater

9. Academy Awards: “Oscars”

10) the Walk of Fame

Teacher: Thanks for answers; the third gold star the team “….”gets.

Teacher: Task №4 is called “American English”, let’s check up your knowledge of American English, one member of your team will take part in this kind of competition, you will have four rounds and will struggle with virtual man, who will get the most quantity of points, he will be a winner in this game. The first player, please, come to computer and begin you game (работа с интерактивной программой американского английского-15 мин).

Teacher: Thanks for answers; the fifth gold star the team “….”gets

Teacher: Task №5 is called “I want to be a star”, listen to dialogue between the guide and visitor of Los Angeles

Jane: What would you like to visit in Los Angeles?

Visitor: I’d like to visit a film studio, to see a celebrity, in my home town everybody said that I am good looking and good at acting. I am sure that very soon somebody would notice me and give me a part in a movie.

Jane: I recommend you to visit casting in the film studio “20^th Century Fox”, a famous Film Director has a casting, let’s watch…

(к доске выходит ученик-режиссер, за компьютер- ученик-оператор)

Film Director: Help me, Jorge, I am sure my film will get “Oscars”, but we need a beautiful, talented actress for main part!

Camera Operator: There are three candidates, three young women, look at them, please.

Film Director : Hm, what is your favorite film star?

The First girl: I want to look like Saline Dion. She is charming, beautiful and talented singer who has her own style of music and image.

(ученица исполняет песню, две следующие ученицы читают стихи)

Film Director : Great!!! I must think over…(обращается к учителю английского языка, присутствующего в классе). Help me to choose, please, who is the best?

Teacher: We will ask English teacher to evaluate your works and to declare the winner. Thanks for answers; the sixth gold star the team “….”gets

VI Подведение итогов, выставление оценок,

Teacher: We must do the last task for today, look at the interactive board, please, agree or disagree with the statements. Read and translate the sentences.

1. All the people are actors.

2. You can't become a star if you're not in the movies.

3. Everybody wants to be the best.

4. You need a very strong character if you want to be a star.

5. The celebrities who get a star on Hollywood Boulevard will never be forgotten.

6. You have to work and suffer a lot to become famous.

Teacher: Let me announce the results. The team ….is stronger than others. My best congratulations to you. I am satisfied with the work you have represented. Thank you, everybody. The lesson is over. You are free for today. See you on Friday.

1) change scene

learn things study geography just for fun learn English

2) by bus by car by plane on foot

by boat

3) with friends with parents

with boy friend with girl friend

on your own with classmates

The men in Black

The peacemakers

The invincible