Урок «Clementine»

SUBJECT

TERM

CLASS

ENGLISH

8 grade

The theme of the lesson

“Clementine”

The aims of the lesson:

To develop students listening comprehension through vocabulary and listening activities.

To form critical thinking skills.

To stimulate interest in the topic by drawing upon prior knowledge about the topic.

To practice the use of the Past Simple Tense.

To create motivation and memorable experiences.

Give insight into culture.

Learning outcomes:

Students will be able to talk about the content of the song, using topical vocabulary.

SWBA to ask and answer the questions on the theme.

SWBA to do presentations about the song.

The main idea of the lesson:

Teaching through songs.

Resources:

CD, active board, cards, grammar chart.

Equipment:

Flipchart, sheets of paper.

Exercises

Teachers activity

Students activity

I. Org. moment

1. Greeting of teacher

2. Lets wish each other something good.

1. S-s greet the teacher

2. S-s say each other wishes.

1 min.

Discussing of criteria of assessment

II. Forming groups

Lets form groups

s-s make up sentences and form 3 groups : (her lips were as red as Rubies, her hair was as yellow as Gold,

Her eyes were as bright as Diamonds)

1. Gold

2. Rubies

3. Diamonds

4 min.

III. Goal setting

T. suggests s-s to watch video “Gold rush in California”

listen to the song and guess the topic of the lesson.

S-s watch the video “Gold Rush in California”, listen to the song “Clementine” and try to guess the topic of the lesson

2 min.

IV. Warm up.

T. suggests in groups

5 min.

V.Pre listening task .

T. uses a strategy” Ant-hill”

Match the words that are closely related:

A miner- forty-niner

Shoes- number 9…

5 min.

VI. Pre-listening Vocabulary

T. suggests s-s to match the words to their definitions.

S-s work on the active board, matching the words to the definitions: S-s in groups match the words to the definitions.

Cavern- a cave

Canyon- a steep valley

Excavating- digging

Forty-niner- someone who went to California during the Gold Rush of 1849…

5 min.

VII. Listening

T. suggests to listen to the song and fill in the missing words in blanks.( cavern, excavating, forty-niner, Clementine, dreadful sorry, number nine, herring, topses, drove she ducklings, splinter, foaming brine,ruby, alas,missed, little..

In a _________in a canyon

_______________for a mine

Dwelt a miner_____________

And his daughter Clementine.

Chorus: Oh, my darling, _________

Oh, my darling ____________

You are lost and gone forever

______________Clementine.

II. Light she was and like a fairy

And her shoes were_______________

________boxes without____________

___________were for Clementine.

Students fill in the missing words and sing the song “Oh, my darling, Clementine”.

5 min.

IX. Assessment

Pair work

T: Make each-other assessment in pairs on the assessment cards.

The text for correctly assessment is written on the active board.

S-s assess their works in pairs.

Assessment sheet

Students name:

1 min.

X. Grammar revision

S-s find verbs in the Past Indefinite Tense in the text.

Dwell-dwelt, be-was-were, drive-drove, fall-fell, strike-struck, lose- lost, miss-missed, kiss- kissed, forget- forgot.

3 min.

X. Comprehension check.

Group work.

T: you have 6 sentences, the same for each group.

Read them and say are they true or false.

S-s work in three groups.

1. In a cavern lived a miner with his daughter Clementine.

2. Her shoes were #7.

3. She drove ducklings to the water every morning.

She fell into the foaming brine.

The narrator was a swimmer.

He didn’t miss Clementine

5 min.

Assessment in groups.

Correctly sentences are written on the active board.

S-s assess group works using a strategy “Konveyer”

1 min.

XI.Physical exercises

Lets play the game “ Where were you? What did you buy?” for training the past Simple tense and for relaxation

S-s: Where were you and what did you buy?

S2: I was in the shop. I bought a Bike, moving as he rides a bike.

4 min.

XII. Follow-up

T. suggests s-s to answer the questions.

Answer the questions:

-Where did Clementine and her father live?

-What did Clementine do every morning at 9 o’clock?...

5 min.

XII. Work on the project.

T: prepare some presentations about Clementine and Narrator.

S-s work in 2 groups:

1 group: about Clementine

2 group: about Narrator.

5 min.

Assessment

Assess the presentations using “smiles”

Use “smiles” to assess presentations of groups

XIII. Evaluation XIV. Conclusion

Give your feedback

Discuss the summary points.

Take the stickers and express their opinion about lesson. “2 stars and 1 wish”

2 min.

Task for confident student

T:

A confident student prepared a report about Gold Rush in California.

1 min.

Summary points

Sing the song “Clementine”

Count summary points and put themselves marks

Home task.

Your homework will be to learn the song “Clementine” by heart