Методическая разработка упражнений для использования на уроках в 5-6 классах по песне “12 Days of Christmas” ( English Christmas carol)

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Методическая разработка упражнений для использования на уроках в 5-6 классах по песне “12 Days of Christmas” ( an English Christmas carol)

Автор: учитель английского языка МБОУ СШ№1 г. Павлово Молодцова Екатерина Сергеевнпа

Павлово 2019г.

The history of the song.

Everyone is probably familiar with the popular Christmas song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” originally published in the late 1700s. The song lists the gifts someone gave to his or her true love — the number of gifts representing each day of the twelve days of Christmas beginning December 25 and continuing through January 5. The song is cumulative, meaning each verse includes the gifts of the previous days.

Двенадцать дней Рождества – это 12 дней от рождения Христа (Рождество, 25 декабря) до прибытия волхвов (Богоявление, 6 января). Впервые слова «Двенадцати дней Рождества» были опубликованы в книге «Mirth without Mischief» (1780/1783) в Англии. А мелодия гораздо старше и появилась во Франции. Считают, что это была детская игра-считалка. Ведущий выкрикивал первую строчку, следующий игрок – вторую и т.д., пока кто-нибудь не запинался. В этом случае он должен был чем-то поплатиться. Затем песенка стала популярной во время празднований «двенадцатой ночи» в рождественские праздники.

Песня с успехом может быть использована и как культуроведческий материал для изучения рождественских традиций страны изучаемого языка, так и для отработки и закрепления лексико-грамматических навыков и речевых умений ( в разных видах речевой деятельности). Представляем вашему вниманию некоторые приемы работы с этой песней.

1. Lyrics

On the first day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Ten lords a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the twelfth day of Christmas,

My true love sent to me

Twelve drummers drumming,

Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree!

Pre-listening and while-listening exercises.

• Do you like Christmas presents?

• What do you usually get and give for Christmas?

• What presents did the character of the song get?

• How many were they?

• Can you name some of them?

After the first listening it is important to explain all the new words from the song.

1. Studying the vocabulary

What gifts did the true love send to me? Match the words to the pictures.

drummers drumming pipers piping lords a - leaping ladies dancing maids a-milking swans a-swimming geese a-laying golden rings calling birds French hens turtle doves partridge in a pear tree

1. Fill in the missing words from the song

   On the twelfth day of Christmas, My true love sent to me Twelve Eleven pipers piping, Ten Nine ladies dancing, Eight

   Seven Six geese a-laying, Five Four calling birds, Three Two turtle doves, And a

2. Fill in the necessary words from the frame. Not all words are needed.

Men, drummers, ladies, doves, swans, maids, crows, pipers, lords, children, cows, hens, rings, sparrows, women, drums, geese, earrings, bracelets, birds, chickens, turtles, hawks

My true love sent to me

Twelve ______ drumming,

Eleven _______ piping,

Ten ______ a-leaping,

Nine ______ dancing,

Eight _______ a-milking,

Seven_______ a-swimming,

Six ________ a-laying,

Five golden _______,

Four calling _______,

Three French ______,

Two turtle ______,

And a partridge in a pear tree!

1. Grammar. Ordinal numbers. (from 1^st to 12^th)

Find all the ordinal numbers in the text. Name the order of the days when the true love sent:

Put the lines in the right order.

Twelve drummers drumming _____________

A partridge in a pear tree_________________

Ten lords a-leaping_____________________

Eight maids a-milking__________________

Seven swans a-swimming_______________

Four calling birds___________________

Eleven pipers piping_________________

Two turtle doves____________________

Nine ladies dancing___________________

Six geese a-laying____________________

Three French hens_____________________

Five golden rings_______________________

1. Teaching writing. “Running dictation”

Make several copies of the song’s lyrics. Put the copies up around the wall of the classroom.

Put the students in pairs or groups. The aim is for one of the students in each group to walk (or run!) to read the passage on the wall. They remember some of the passage and walk (or run!) back to their partner. They quietly dictate what they remembered to their partner, who writes it down. In this way, they will write down the whole song.

The winning pair is the team that finishes first. Then they may check each other’s writings for the mistakes.

1. Find “The 12 days of Christmas” words

S	L	L	G	N	I	L	L	A	C	E	G
G	N	I	Y	A	L	F	R	E	N	C	H
E	G	D	I	R	T	R	A	P	R	L	S
L	E	S	L	E	A	P	I	N	G	D	N
A	S	D	T	I	G	E	G	I	R	A	A
D	E	R	M	M	N	N	P	O	I	N	W
I	E	I	E	E	I	G	L	E	N	C	S
E	G	B	D	M	M	L	N	A	G	I	R
S	S	L	M	H	M	A	K	I	S	N	E
A	O	I	E	D	U	U	I	I	P	G	P
G	W	N	R	E	R	E	R	D	N	I	I
S	S	E	V	O	D	I	I	D	S	G	P

French Geese Golden Hens Ladies Laying

Leaping Lords Maids Milking Partridge Pear

Birds Calling Dancing Doves Drummers Drumming

Pipers Piping Rings Swans Swimming Tree