Open lesson
Class: 8 “A”
Theme of the lesson: “Holidays”
The aim of the lesson: 1. Оқушыларға мәтінді оқытып, сұраққа жауап беруге үйрету,
ойлау қабілетін арттыру.
2. Шығармашылық ой-өрісін дамыту, өзге елдердің мәдениетін меңгеру.
3. Елін сүюге, салт-дәстүрін дәріптеуге тәрбиелеу.
Type of the lesson: mixed
Visual aids: textbook, blackboard.
Produce of the lesson.
- Organization moment.
- Good morning children. How are you? I’m very glad to meet you here.
- Who is on duty today?
- Who is absent today?
- What day and date is it today?
- New theme.
O’K let’s begin our lesson. Today we are going to speak about holidays and traditions in Great Britain and in Kazakhstan. I hope you’ll enjoy our English lesson. Please, be active and friendly to each other.
Every nation and every country has its own holidays and traditions. In Great Britain and in Kazakhstan traditions play very important role in the life of people. We know some of the English traditions and holidays. I hope you remember St. Valentines Day, Halloween, which also becomes traditional American holidays. And people in Kazakhstan as people all over the world have their own traditions and customs they are for example, New Year’s Day, Nauryz, Independence Day and so on.
Slide 1. At first let’s listen and read a poem “Come to my party”
Come to the party
Don’t be late.
Eat all you want
But don’t eat the plate.
Slide 2. New words.
Witches - мыстан
Ghost - елес
Decorate - әшекейлеу
Celebrate - тойлау
Sweetheart - сүйікті
Custom – дәстүр
Tradition - салт
Midnight – түн ортасы
Announce - жариялау
Slide 3. Read and translate of the text. “Halloween” and “St. Valentine’s Day”
“Halloween”
Halloween is one of the best holidays for children. Children dress like witches and ghosts and go from house to house and say: “Trick or Treat!” We also decorate our houses and schools in the traditional Halloween colours: orange and black. Popular decorations are witches, ghosts, skeletons, black cats. People celebrate this holiday on the 31st of October.
“St. Valentine’s Day”
People celebrate this holiday on the 14th of February. It is a day of love and friendship. They send greeting cards to their sweethearts and friend and ask them to “Be My Valentine”. This means “Be his or friend of love”. They also decorate their classrooms with big red hearts and give roses and chocolate to their sweethearts, friend and family.
Task. Read the sentences and say if it is True or False.
- Halloween is one of the worst holidays for children. (F)
- People celebrate St. Valentine Day on the 14th of February. (T)
- Children go from house to house and say “Hello” (F)
4. People celebrate this holiday on the 31st of October. (T)
Slide 4. Read and translate of the text. “Nauryz”
“Nauryz”
Kazakhstan has many different customs and traditions. The most important Kazakh holiday of the year is “Nauryz” – the Kazakh New Year. People celebrate it at the 22nd of March. During this holiday people from smaller villages come to bigger cities. Families get together to help one another on constructing a “kiyiz ui” which is the traditional Kazakh home. If you enter a yurt on Nauryz you will see that it is decorated with beautiful Kazakh ornaments, rugs and blankets.
On that day you will eat such Kazakh dishes as “karta”, “baursak”, “beshbarmak”. On Nauryz people wear the traditional costumes, sing songs, play dombyra, kobyz. You may see many ancient Kazakh games.
Task. Answer the queations.
1.When is Naurys celebrated?
Naurys is celebrate at the 22nd of March.
2.What are the Kazakh people’s traditional dishes?
The Kazakh traditional dishes are baursak and beshbarmak.
3.What musical instruments do Kazakh people play?
Kazakh people play dombyra and kobyz.
4.Which Kazakh national games do you know?
I know Kazakh national games are …
Slide 5. Read and translate of these texts. “Christmas” and “New Year”
“Christmas”
Christmas is celebrated in Great Britain on the 25th of December. People prepare for Christmas weeks before: they buy gifts for their families and friends, choose fur-trees and decorate them with coloured papers, holly and lights, different toys and candles. Children wait for Santa Claus who comes to every house and brings presents. Going to bed children leave their stockings and shoes to receive presents the next morning.
“New Year”
The first holiday of the year is New Year’s Day. People see the new year in at midnight on the 31st of December. In every home there is a New Year tree glittering with coloured lights and decorations. Children always wait for Father Frost at come and give them presents. I like New Year’s Eve, the night before New Year’s Day, because my parents allow me to stay up all night! We blow horns and whistles at midnight to announce the beginning of a new year. Some people shake hand, sing and shout “Happy New Year!”
Task. Finish the sentences.
- Christmas is celebrated … (on the 25th of December)
- In every home there is a New Year … (tree glittering with coloured light)
- In New Year’s Day children wait … (for Father Frost)
Slide 6. Do you know?
1. What holidays do English people celebrated on …?
January 1-
February 14-
October 31-
December 25-
2. What holidays do people in our country celebrate on …?
August 31-
December 16-
Match 8-
Match 22-
May 1-
May 9-
Slide 7. My interview.
- Talk to your classmates and tell the class about your interview.
- What is the most interesting holiday in Great Britain?
- What is your favorite holiday?
- When do you celebrate it?
- Do you eat any special food?
- Talk to your classmates and tell the class about your interview.
- I interviewed …
- He (she) thinks …
- His (her) favorite holiday is …
- He (she) celebrates it …
- He (she) eats (doesn’t eat) any special food …
Slide 8. Invitation (A Birthday Day)
- Read the dialogue.
- Make up your own dialogue
- Role play it with a partner.
P1: Hello could I speak to Ann?
P2: This is Ann. Hello.
P1: It’s Tom. I am having a birthday party on the 20th January. Can you come?
P2: I’d love to.
P1: Great. See you there at 5.
Slide 9. Conclusion. Test.
1. This holiday is celebrated on the 14th of February as a day of love and friendship.
a. Christmas
b. St. Valentine’s Day.
c. Mother’s Day
d. Halloween.
2. People buy presents and cards and send them to relatives and friends. The traditional food is roast turkey and pudding. People decorate streets, rooms and a tree
a. Christmas
b. St. Valentine’s Day.
c. Mother’s Day
d. Halloween.
3. Children dress like witches and ghosts and go from house to house and say: “Trick or Treat!”
a. Christmas
b. St. Valentine’s Day.
c. Mother’s Day
d. Halloween.
4. What is the traditional spring time holiday in Kazakhstan marking the beginning of a New Year?
a. Victory Day.
b. Nauryz
c. Mother’s Day
d. Republic Day.
III. Home task. Dear children it’s time finish our lesson. You’ve learned a lot about holidays and traditions in Great Britain and Kazakhstan. Please, express your opinion about our lesson and draw a picture.
