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практически на все темы, которые проходим в школе, тем более что многие из них

имеют два уровня сложности: easier | harder. Я делаю презентации к наиболее

интересным для моих учеников статьям и, в зависимости от уровня группы, выбираю

соответствующие задания.

Автор предлагает уроки по следующему плану:

1. Event - Текст статьи (он начитан самим Шоном)

2. WARM-UPS

3. BEFORE READING / LISTENING

4. WHILE READING / LISTENING

5. LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

6. AFTER READING / LISTENING

7. STUDENT SURVEY

8. DISCUSSION

9. LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE

10. WRITING

11. HOMEWORK

Хочу предложить, в качестве еще одного примера, мою презентацию к статье-уроку

British Queen Celebrates Diamond Jubilee. (Текст и все задания взяты с сайта

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

British Queen Celebrates Diamond Jubilee (7th February, 2012)

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years as a monarch on February 6th. She

ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom in 1953, when she was a 25-year-old

princess. The 85-year-old queen spent the day on official duties. She toured the

town of King’s Lynn in the east of England. The local mayor opened the celebrations

to mark her diamond jubilee. Queen Elizabeth herself launched a new website that

shows how much the world has changed during her six-decade reign. Bigger

celebrations are scheduled to take place in the U.K. in the summer. There will be a

1,000-ship pageant on the River Thames and a concert at Buckingham Palace.

During Her Royal Highness’ reign, there have been 12 British prime ministers, 12

American presidents and six popes. She has also owned 60 corgis (her favourite

dog). The diamond jubilee website says she has answered approximately 3.5

million letters. The queen promised her citizens that she would "dedicate myself

anew to your service". She also said: "I hope also that this Jubilee year will be a

time to give thanks for the great advances that have been made since 1952 and to

look forward to the future with clear head and warm heart." The queen is still very

popular with British people, despite a downturn in her popularity after the death of

Princess Diana in 1997.

WARM- UPS

1. KINGS AND QUEENS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about

kings and queens. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share

your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article

are most interesting and which are most boring.

celebrated / monarch / princess / spent the day / official duties / a new

website / prime ministers / presidents / answering letters / citizens / great

advances / popular

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. MONARCH: What’s it like being one? Complete this table with your partner(s).

Change partners and share what you wrote. Change and share again.

Good things

Bad things

Freedom

Work

Food

Friends

Parties

Travel

4. MONARCHY: Students A strongly believe a monarchy is a bad thing; Students B

strongly believe it’s good. Change partners again and talk about your

conversations.

5. CELEBRATE: What’s the best way to celebrate? Rank these and share your

rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners and share

your rankings again.

 party

 create a website

 quiet evening with friends

 alone

 going overseas

 buy yourself a big present

 just think and reflect

 other __________________

6. QUEEN: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate

with the word ‘queen’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them.

Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.

The queen of England is celebrating her 60th birthday.

T / F

b.

Elizabeth became queen when she was 25 years old.

T / F

c.

She spent the day with her family at a big party in her palace.

T / F

d.

British people will celebrate the diamond jubilee next month.

T / F

e.

There have been 12 U.S. Presidents during the Queen’s reign.

T / F

f.

She has owned 26 corgis (her favourite breed of dog).

T / F

g.

She announced she will retire as queen at the end of 2012.

T / F

h.

Her popularity went down in the weeks after Princes Diana’s death.

T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.

monarch

a.

work

2

ascended

b.

progress

3.

duties

c.

started

4.

launched

d.

rose

5.

scheduled

e.

about

6.

approximately

f.

king or queen

7.

citizens

g.

decline

8.

advances

h.

people

9.

despite

i.

planned

10.

downturn

j.

in spite of

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years

a.

on official duties

2

She ascended

b.

3.5 million letters

3.

spent the day

c.

as a monarch

4.

the celebrations to mark

d.

to take place

5.

celebrations are scheduled

e.

reign

6.

Her Royal Highness’

f.

have been made

7.

he has answered approximately

g.

to the throne

8.

a time

h.

her popularity

9.

great advances that

i.

her diamond jubilee

10.

a downturn in

j.

to give

WHILE READING / LISTENING

GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years as a (1)

____________ on February 6th. She ascended to the (2)

____________ of the United Kingdom in 1953, when she was a 25-year-

old princess. The 85-year-old queen (3) ____________ the

day on official duties. She toured the town of King’s Lynn in the east of

England. The (4) ____________ mayor opened the celebrations to mark

her diamond jubilee. Queen Elizabeth herself (5) ____________ a new

website that shows how much the world has changed during her six-

decade (6) ____________. Bigger celebrations are scheduled to take

(7) ____________ in the U.K. in the summer. There will be a 1,000-

ship (8) ____________ on the River Thames and a concert at

Buckingham Palace.

local

reign

throne

pageant

monarch

launched

spent

place

During Her Royal Highness’ reign, there have been 12 British

prime ministers, 12 American presidents and six

(9) ____________. She has also owned 60 corgis

(her favourite dog). The diamond jubilee website says she has

(10) ____________ approximately 3.5 million

letters. The queen (11) ____________ her citizens that she would

"(12) ____________ myself anew to your service".

She also said: "I hope also that this Jubilee year will be a time to

give thanks for the great (13) ____________ that have been

made since 1952 and to look forward to the future with (14)

____________ head and warm heart." The queen is still very

popular with British people, (15) ____________ a downturn in her

(16) ____________ after the death of Princess

Diana in 1997.

despite

advances

answered

popularity

promised

popes

clear

dedicate

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 ____________________ February 6th.

She ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom in 1953, when she was a 25-

year-old princess. The 85-year-old queen spent the ____________________. She

toured the town of King’s Lynn in the east of England. The local mayor opened the

celebrations ____________________ jubilee. Queen Elizabeth herself

____________________ that shows how much the world has changed during

____________________. Bigger celebrations are scheduled to take place in the

U.K. in the summer. There will be a ____________________ on the River Thames

and a concert at Buckingham Palace.

During Her ____________________, there have been 12 British prime ministers,

12 American presidents and six popes. She ____________________ corgis (her

favourite dog). The diamond jubilee website says she has answered

____________________ million letters. The queen promised her citizens that she

would "____________________ to your service". She also said: "I hope also that

this Jubilee year will be a time to give thanks ____________________ that have

been made since 1952 and to look forward to the future with clear head and warm

heart." The queen is still very popular with British people, ____________________

in her popularity after the death of Princess Diana in 1997.

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other

meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘diamond’ and ‘jubilee’.

diamond

jubilee

 Share your findings with your partners.

 Make questions using the words you found.

 Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions

you would like to ask the class about the text.

 Share your questions with other classmates / groups.

 Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your

answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth

learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown

words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall

how they were used in the text:

 60

 25

 85

 mark

 six

 1,000

 popes

 60

 3.5

 give

 1952

 1997

KINGS AND QUEENS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about kings and queens in the table. Do this in pairs.

Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1

_____________

STUDENT 2

_____________

STUDENT 3

_____________

Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

 Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out.

Change partners often.

 Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

KINGS AND QUEENS DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

a)

What did you think when you read the headline?

b)

What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘queen’?

c)

What do you know about Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II?

d)

What would you like to know about Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II?

e)

Do you think having a monarchy is good for a country?

f)

What do you think of the Queen’s diamond jubilee?

g)

Would you like a diamond jubilee? How would you celebrate?

h)

How has the world changed in the past six decades?

i)

What do you think the queen does every day?

j)

Would you like to be a monarch?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

a)

Did you like reading this article?

b)

Is it better for a country to have a monarchy or not have one?

c)

Is it better for a country to have a king or a queen?

d)

What do you think of the Queen’s length of service to her country?

e)

Do you think the Queen has had a great life?

f)

What advice do you have for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II?

g)

What kind of letters do you think the Queen gets?

h)

Do you “look forward to the future with clear head and warm heart”?

i)

Who do you prefer, the Queen or Princess Diana?

j)

What questions would you like to ask Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II?

LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years (1) ____ a monarch on February

6th. She ascended (2) ____ the throne of the United Kingdom in 1953, when she

was a 25-year-old princess. The 85-year-old queen spent the day (3) ____ official

duties. She toured the town of King’s Lynn in the east of England. The local mayor

opened the celebrations to (4) ____ her diamond jubilee. Queen Elizabeth herself

launched a new website that shows how much the world has changed during her

six-decade (5) ____. Bigger celebrations are scheduled to (6) ____ place in the

U.K. in the summer. There will be a 1,000-ship pageant on the River Thames and a

concert at Buckingham Palace.

During Her Royal Highness’ reign, there have been 12 British (7) ____ ministers,

12 American presidents and six popes. She has also owned 60 corgis (her favourite

dog). The diamond jubilee website says she has answered (8) ____ 3.5 million

letters. The queen promised her citizens that she would "dedicate myself anew to

your service". She also said: "I hope also that this Jubilee year will be a time to

give thanks for the great (9) ____ that have been made since 1952 and to

(10) ____ forward to the future with (11) ____ head and warm heart." The queen

is still very popular with British people, despite a (12) ____ in her popularity after

the death of Princess Diana in 1997.

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

1.

(a)

is

(b)

was

(c)

has

(d)

as

2.

(a)

to

(b)

up

(c)

by

(d)

at

3.

(a)

for

(b)

on

(c)

by

(d)

to

4.

(a)

dark

(b)

lark

(c)

mark

(d)

hark

5.

(a)

rain

(b)

feign

(c)

reign

(d)

pain

6.

(a)

give

(b)

take

(c)

be

(d)

do

7.

(a)

top

(b)

first

(c)

main

(d)

prime

8.

(a)

approximately

(b)

aggregated

(c)

average

(d)

all over

9.

(a)

backwards

(b)

advances

(c)

forwards

(d)

sideways

10.

(a)

sight

(b)

vision

(c)

view

(d)

look

11.

(a)

clarity

(b)

clears

(c)

clear

(d)

cleared

12.

(a)

downturn

(b)

upturn

(c)

upbeat

(d)

downbeat

WRITING

Write about kings and queens for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a

dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more

associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about jubilees. Share what

you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. KINGS AND QUEENS: Make a poster about kings and queens. Show your work to

your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. BRITAIN’S QUEEN ELIZABETH II: Write a magazine article about Britain’s Queen

Elizabeth II. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against a

monarchy.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new

words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. LETTER: Write a letter to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Ask her three questions

about being a queen. Give her three pieces of advice on how to be a better queen.

Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer

your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE:

a.

F

b.

T

c.

F

d.

F

e.

T

f.

T

g.

F

h.

T

1.

monarch

a.

king or queen

2

ascended

b.

rose

3.

duties

c.

work

4.

launched

d.

started

5.

scheduled

e.

planned

6.

approximately

f.

about

7.

citizens

g.

people

8.

advances

h.

progress

9.

despite

i.

in spite of

10.

downturn

j.

decline

PHRASE MATCH:

1.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years

a.

as a monarch

2

She ascended

b.

to the throne

3.

spent the day

c.

on official duties

4.

the celebrations to mark

d.

her diamond jubilee

5.

celebrations are scheduled

e.

to take place

6.

Her Royal Highness’

f.

reign

7.

he has answered approximately

g.

3.5 million letters

8.

a time

h.

to give

9.

great advances that

i.

have been made

10.

a downturn in

j.

her popularity

GAP FILL:

British Queen celebrates diamond jubilee

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years as a (1) monarch on February 6th.

She ascended to the (2) throne of the United Kingdom in 1953, when she was a

25-year-old princess. The 85-year-old queen (3) spent the day on official duties.

She toured the town of King’s Lynn in the east of England. The (4) local mayor

opened the celebrations to mark her diamond jubilee. Queen Elizabeth herself (5)

launched a new website that shows how much the world has changed during her

six-decade (6) reign. Bigger celebrations are scheduled to take (7) place in the

U.K. in the summer. There will be a 1,000-ship (8) pageant on the River Thames

and a concert at Buckingham Palace.

During Her Royal Highness’ reign, there have been 12 British prime ministers, 12

American presidents and six (9) popes. She has also owned 60 corgis (her

favourite dog). The diamond jubilee website says she has (10) answered

approximately 3.5 million letters. The queen (11) promised her citizens that she

would "(12) dedicate myself anew to your service". She also said: "I hope also

that this Jubilee year will be a time to give thanks for the great (13) advances that

have been made since 1952 and to look forward to the future with (14) clear head

and warm heart." The queen is still very popular with British people, (15) despite a

downturn in her (16) popularity after the death of Princess Diana in 1997.

LANGUAGE WORK

1 - d

2 - a

3 - b

4 - c

5 - c

6 - b

7 - d

8 - a

9 - b

10 - d

11 - c

12 - a

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