Конспект урока "My home is my castle" 5 класс
Ход занятия
1. Организационная минутка
Teacher: Good morning children, I am glad to see you. Sit down, please.
2. Основная часть
Teacher: Today we are going to speak about very interesting topic. But before
that let's watch a short video and try to guess what topic is it.
Смотрим видеофрагмент
Teacher: Tell me, please what topic will we discuss today?
Pupils’ answers
Teacher: Today we are giong to speak about different types of houses and
about our own place for living. The topic of today’s lesson is “My home is my
castle”. There are many expressions about home like “Home sweet home”, “East
or West home is best” and “My home is my castle”.
How do you think what is the main idea of these expressions?
Pupils’ answers
Teacher: You are right! Today we will try to answer the question: “What does
the word “castle” mean in this saying?”
Teacher: Let’s start from the meanings of the words “home” and “house”.
HOME is the place where we live, where somebody is waiting for us and
HOUSE is just the building that we live in.
To answer today’s question we need to remember some words.
What is it on the picture? Don't forget the rule, the construction there is/there
are. We use the construction there is with the singular and there are with plural
form. Don't forget about the article in singular.
Where we can see these objects?
What can we do in it?
Pupils’ answers
Teacher: British politician Winston Churchill said “The shape of our house is
the shape of us”. The translation of this phrase is “То, как мы выглядим – это
то, как выглядит наш дом”. Have you got any ideas what does it mean?
Pupils’ answers
Teacher: It can also mean that all people are different and they have different
houses. Also people in different countries have their own houses.
Now we are going to work in groups. The task is to match the parts of the
picture.
First group
How do you think what is the name of your house?
Teacher: Now we are going to work with your work lists. All groups will have a texts
about different types of houses. First group will have semi-deteched house, group number
two - izba, and group number three - kuvaksa. The task is to read the text and fill the table
below it. You should write down the information about the country where we can see this
house, about materials from which it made of, name the rooms in this house and special
features of it. After that one or two people from your group will tell us about the house.
Under the text you have got the vocabulary with some new words. You have got 7 minutes.
Teacher: OK. Let's check. During one group will answer other groups listen ,please,
carefully and write down to your list information about other houses.
Read the text and fill the table
Semi-detached house
Typical English house is semi-detached house. Semi-detached house is joined to
another house by one shared wall. This house is usually made of bricks. There are
three rooms upstairs and three rooms downstairs in it. Downstairs there is a living
room, a kitchen and bathroom. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and bathroom. Some
houses have got fireplace in the living room. In all the rooms there is a central heating.
Outside the house there is a back garden and a front garden with a lot of flowers.
Vocabulary:
semi-detached house – дом, имеющий общую стену
to join – присоединить
shared wall – общая стена
brick – кирпич
downstairs – внизу
upstairs – вверху
fireplace – камин
central heating – отопление
outside - снаружи
back garden – сад за домом
front garden – сад перед домом
Izba
This is a traditional Russian house - izba. It’s a small wooden country house with just
one or two rooms. The family room is a bedroom, kitchen and living room all in one.
There isn’t a bathroom, but there is a wooden banya outside. There is a red corner in
izba with family icon and special table for guests. There is a large clay oven (pech’) in
a corner near the door. There are sleeping benches (polaty) above the oven. There are
low benches along the other walls, one or two tables, and a cupboard for dishes.
Outside izbas we can see special architectural features, for example the rich wood
carving decoration of windows.
Vocabulary:
wooden – деревянный
outside – снаружи
icon – икона
guests – гости
clay oven –глинянная печь
bench – скамейка
cupboard for dishes – шкаф для посуды
architectural features – архитектурные особенности
carving - резной
Kuvaksa
Kuvaksa is sami’s word. It means traditional saami’s house. Sami is small population group
lives in Northen Europe: Norway, Finland, Russia, Sweden. It is conical tent traditionally
made of animal skins and wooden poles. There is only one room in kuvaksa. There is
bedroom, living room, kitchen all in one. In the middle of kuvaksa there is a fire. Smoke
pass into the hole on the top of the house. On the floor there is reindeer skin. Kuvaksa is
typical house of reindeer breeders. They move from place to place with their reindeers and
move their houses (kuvaksas). This kind of house is very warm and comfortable in winter.
Other nations have the similar houses. For example wigwam in America.
Vocabulary:
kuvaksa - кувакса
population - население
Northen Europa - Северная Европа
Norway - Норвегия
Finland - Финляндия
Sweden - Швеция
skin - кожа
wooden pole - деревянный столб
fire - костёр
reindeer - олень
reindeer breeders - оленевод
move - двигаться
Teacher:
Name of the
house
Country
Materials (from
which it is made)
Rooms
Special features
(особенности)
It is made of…
There are
(is)___room(s)
They are…
Динамическая пауза:
Thank you for your answers.Now, please, let’s make a short break. Stand up, please.
Show me, please, everything that you will hear. (Wash your hands, open and close the door, sleep,
watch TV, clean the window, knock on the door, cook, take shower, look into the mirror, relax).
Pupils’ answers
Teacher: The next task is to answer the questions: “What is the difference between these houses and
what is the similarity between them?”
Answers of pupils
Teacher: There is one common feature between houses. It is the place that gives to the family warmth. In
semi-detached house it is fireplace, in izba it is oven (pech) and in kuvaksa it is fire.
Pupils’ answers
Teacher: We can guess that the fire is the symbol. The question is...the simbol of what. It is the symbol
of comfort, protection, unity and warmth.
I think that home becomes castle when it has fire in it.
Now, please, let’s return to our question: “What do you think the word “castle” means in saying” “My
home is my castle”?
Pupils’ answers
Teacher: Castle is safety, defence, comfort. What house can be a castle to you? Where you feel safety,
comfort and defence? We will use our simbol – fire.
I will put my fire to my home because only in my home I feel myself safety.
I woud like you to know more about the other types of the houses. To know what are they? And what are
their special features?
Pupils’ answers
Teacher: Very good! You hometask is to choose one type of the house. Find the information about it and
continue filling our table. Be ready to tell about this house!
The lesson is over! Goodbye!
