Путь к успеху

Тема: NO SHORT CUTS TO SUCCESS

O. Л. Гроза, О. Б. Дворецкая, Н. Ю. Казырбаева, В. В. Клименко, М. Л. Мичурина, Н. В. Новикова, Т. Н. Рыжкова, Е. Ю. Шалимова, Английский язык нового тысячелентия, Учебник английского языка для 10 класса общеобразовательных учреждений. — 2-е изд. — М. Титул, 2004.

Цели:

• Улучшение произносительных навыков при чтении пословиц и поговорок.

• Активизация лексических навыков по теме «Путь к успеху».

• Развитие навыков и умений ознакомительного чтения (с целью понимания основного содержания текста).

• Развитие навыков и умений просмотрового, поискового чтения (с целью извлечения необходимой информации)

Ход урока

I Introduction.

II Warming up.

Imagine a billionaire. How do you think he would look and behave?

Which of these pictures corresponds most closely to your view? Why? 

T: Pupils are divided into two groups. The first group gets the cards with the word ‘a millionaire’. The second group gets the cards with the instruction to open the textbook and find the picture on page 65.

Task for group I. Look at the word ‘a millionaire’ and write down ten associations you have with this image.

Task for group II. Look at the picture on page 65 and write down ten associations you have with this image.

A millionaire

A graduate student

III Phonetic activities. (EX. 2 (F), p. 65)

1). Pupils read the transcription of the following words:

Youngish Thai noodles

Unpretentious plastic container

To spoon smudged

Tousled wrinkled

2). T: Practice the sounds and learn the sayings of famous people. They can help you to be successful.

• Practice is the best of all instructions. (Syrus/42 B.C.)

• Be moral in every deed and in every thought. (H. Longfellow)

• Were man but constant he were perfect. (Shakespeare)

• Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. (R. Steel)

• The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. (Parker)

3). T: Practice the sounds, learn and translate the proverbs.

• Do what’s true – and say it, too. Правдивым будь и в мыслях, и в поступках.

• Obey today and watch it pay. Сделай так, как говорят, и увидишь результат.

• Hold wisdom tight and you’ll be all right. О мудрости не позабудь, чтоб выбрать в жизни верный путь.

• Keep ‘kind’ in mind. Помни о добре всегда.

IV. Lexical activities. (Ex. 4 (A, B), p. 66)

1. Ex.4 (A). p. 66.

T: Match the following adjectives with their definitions.

Key: 1.b, 2. E, 3. I, 4. C, 5. H, 6. G, 7. A, 8. F, 9. C.

1. Ex. 4 (B), p.66.

T: Try to form the nouns for the adjectives from ex. 4 (A), p.66 (except 5)

V V. Reading. (Ex. 2? P. 65)

1. Scanning (extensive reading). (Ex.2 (A), p. 65)

T: Read the first part of the text and answer the questions of the left of the text.

1. Does his room seem special or luxurious?

2. What is he doing?

3. Are his glasses dirty or clean?

4. Does his hair look dirty?

Answers:

P1: His room seems unpretentious. It doesn’t seem special or luxutious.

P2: This student is picking up food with a spoon.

P3: His glasses are dirty (smudged).

P4: His hair looks untidy (tousled).

2 Analytical reading (Ex.2 (B), p. 65)

T: Read the first part of the text once more and make your guesses.

• Who is the person described?

• What is his occupation?

• What does he look like?

• What do you think he is like? Write down three adjectives to describe his personality.

T: Pupils should know the difference between ‘look like’ (appearance) and ‘be like' (personality).

They use the following structures:

Example:

P1: A youngish man!

P2: This person is a graduate student!

P3: His appearance is untidy. His hair looks untidy.

P4: He is ambitious, decisive, obstinate.

3 Summarising. (Ex.3, p.66) Read the second part of the text and check whether your answers to the questions in 2B were right. Then answer the questions alongside the text. 

1. Does he have enough money to travel the way he likes?

2. Does he move quickly or slowly?

3. Did his parents want him to be rebellious?

4. Did he graduate from Harvard?

Answers:

P1: Yes, he does. He has enough money to travel the way he likes.

P2: Gates moves around Microsoft’s campus very quickly.

P3: His parents didn’t want him to stay rebellious.

P4: He didn’t graduate from Harvard.

VI Speaking 

Discuss the questions in pairs and support your opinion with evidence from the text.

Use the expressions from the language support box. 

1 Which of the qualities listed in ex. 4B does Bill Gates have? 
2 Can you add to the list of qualities Bill Gates has? 
3 Which of these qualities have you got?

VII Language work 
Look at the quotations.

What is special about their structure? 

Look through the list of ideas below. 

Join them into a chain using unless and if (not), 
Make the chain as long as possible, 
Compare it with your partner's chain.

Work in groups of three. 

Two of you discuss the issue "Is being rich the only way of being successfuI?" 
The third person listens to them and takes notes. 

VIII Writing 

Finish the story you will read below. 

A young man asked a rich old man how he made his money, The old guy fingered his woollen vest and said, "Well, son, it was 1932, The depth of the Great Depression. I was down to my last nickel. I invested that nickel in an apple. I spent ee entire day polishing the apple and, at the end of the day, I sold the apple for Ien cents. The next morning, I invested those ten cents in two apples. I spent the entire day polislung them and sold them at 5 p.m. for 20 cents. I continued this sistem  for a month, by the end of which I'd accumulated a fortune of $1,37. 
Then.. ."

IX The conclusion of the lesson.

Homework: WB Unit IV, Lesson 7-8, ex.1,2.