METHODICS work on the THEME
«Geography of the United States of America »
The Aims:
1. Educating
a)To inform the students of the historical, geographical and political life of the U.S.A.
b)To get the students know some new words and expressions of the theme
c)To get the students operate the new lexics and know the geographical map of the U.S.A.
2.Bringing up:
a)To know some additional information of the country speaking English and grow more interest
in learning English.
b)Compare some facts from the history of the USA and Russia.
3.Developing aim:
Developing experience in using the lexics of the lesson further. 4.Methodical: To revise lexics and use it 5.Type of the lesson: Combined. 6.Equipment:
a)The geographical map of USA.
b)Cards with the text «Geography» of the USA
c)Cards with the vocabulary of the text
d)Cards with exercises on revising the lexics of the lesson.
7. Between Subject connections:
with Geography, History (on the same themes)
8.Inter subject connections:
Some comparison with the geographical situation of Great Britain and the USA, some cities having the same names.
The Process of the Lesson:
1)Organizing moment in English.
2)Phonetic training.
3)Speech training:
a)What's the weather today?
b)How do you like the season?
c)Can you decode the USA?
e)What American cities do you know?
f)Do you know any American well-known universities?
g)What American popular actors do you know?
h) Do you like American films?
i) Do you know any Russian actors who lives and works in the USA?
j)What is your favourite American singer or actor?
Vocabulary of the text "Geography of the U.S.A."
Some lexics of the text:
The pacific ocean {}- Тихийокеан
Is bounded {}- граничит
Gulf of Mexico — мексиканскийзалив
Atlantic coast - Атлантическоепобережье
A harbout {}- гавань
Stony {} - каменистый
Lumbering {} - лесозаготовка
Trade {}-торговля
Tobacco {} - табак
Cotton {} - хлопок
Rice {} - рис
Oranges {}-апельсины
Sunny {} - солнечный
Range of mountains {} - цепигор
Fertilefarmland {} - плодородные земли для фермерства
Shore {} - берег моря, океана
A great deal {} - много ( часто)
Beyond {} - по ту сторону
Plains {} - степи
Wheat {} - пшеница
Corn {} - кукуруза
Foodprocessing!} - пищевая промышленность
Meatpacking {} - мясоконсервная промышленность
Scenery{} - пейзаж
Wild {} - дикий
Beautiful {} - прекрасный, красивый
Sandydesert {} - песчаная пустыня
То water {} - орошать, поливать
Adam {} - дамба, плотина
То travel {} - путешествовать
Toreach {} - достичь
Movieindustry {} - кинопроизводство
Fishcanning {} - рыбное консервирование
Questions to the text "Geography of the U.S.A. "
1.How is the United States stretching?
2.What country is the United States bounded by?
3.What are there along the Atlantic coast?
4.Where is the ground stony?
5.Where are the centers of trade?
6.What part is good for farming?
7.What do they grow in the state of Florida?
8.What is the largest river of the United State?
9.What industries are developed in Chicago and Kansas City?
10.What mountains are larger than Appalachians?
11.What industries are developed in California?
12.What can you say about the climate in California?
4)Now let's work using the geographical map of the United States of America
How many states are there in the U.S.A.?
The students show some states known to them as: California, Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Montana, Washington, Kansas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio, Utah.etc.
5)Now show some geographical places from the text:
The Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean
Canada
The Gulf of Mexico
The Appalachian range
Florida
The Mississippi River
Chicago
Kansas city
Rocky mountains
6)Repeating new vocabulary:
Give Russian of the following: equivalents
The centers of trade
Good for farming
Fertile farmland
A great deal
A desert is watered
Neither too hot nor too cold
Movie industry.
7)Find the most important cities on the west coast:
Seattle Portland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Find the well-known cities on the East coast:
Boston
New York
Chicago
Washington
Miami
and Dallas-in the South of U.S.A.
8)Giving home-task: a) to revise the new words of the text for vocabulary dictation.
b)to read and translate the text.
c)to answer the questions to the text for further retelling it.