Good morning, my dear students! I am glad to see you again. I hope, you are fine and ready to work, aren’t you? Today we are going to continue our work with the topic “My Town”. Answer my questions please: 1) Where do we live? 2) What is this town like? 3) What can attract tourists in Kasimov? 4) What can we do to make our town more beautiful and attractive? 5) Do we know a lot about the history of Kasimov? 6) Can we tell the foreigners about the sights of our town? 7) What grammar construction can help us to tell where something can be found? 8) What will be our aim in this lesson?What are we going to do during this lesson? But first of all we should revise some words and phrases that we need in our lesson: a town; a church; a mayor; a cathedral; to be founded…;to be located…; sights; a swimming pool; a museum; a newsagent’s; a park; a post office; a station; a stadium; a factory; a cinema; a chemist’s; a restaurant; a mosque What is there in Kasimov? Match the sights of Kasimov with the pictures. What are their Russian equivalents? Let’s get acquainted with the history of Kasimov. You see the text on the board/There are some gaps in it. Put in the missed words in the text Continue the sentences as in the text: Kasimov is located……….. Its population is about ……... The town was founded ……… In 1376, the town was destroyed ……. Kazan prince Qasim khan served as……… After 1471, the town was …………… It remained the capital of Qasim Khanate …………. In the 17th century, the town was separated ………… There are many historical ………….. Now we are going to listen to a song. Its name is “My town”. "My Town" is a song written by Reed Nielsen and Jeffrey Steele, and recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in June 2002 as the lead-off single and title track to their album of the same name. At first let’s look at the words from the song and try to understand them. Now I’m going to divide you in two groups. Each group will get the parts of this song and you should make this text in right order together. We are going to listen to the song for two times. Now let’s check up your texts. What ideas does the author have about his town? What ideas do you have about your town? What would you do if you were a mayor? What can you say about this lesson? Was it interesting or boring? What knowledge did you get during this lesson? Can you mention any new words or phrases? What was difficult for you during this lesson? What conclusion have you made from your work during the lesson? Whose work did you like the most? Why? Thank you for your work and attention! Your marks for today are the following… Now you can be free! Good by! See you later! And in the following lesson we shall revise the topic “My Town” and write a test on this theme. |