THE LEADER OF THE XXIst CENTURY
Extracurricular work
Forms: 8-9
Theme: Our Motherland is Kazakhstan
Aims: -to develop the students’ interests in the subject of English, to widen students’ scope ( country knowing) according to the intercommunication by subjects: Geography, History.
-to develop communicative skills and abilities through extracurricular work, to cultivate the feelings of love and responsibility to Motherland.
Visual aids: the posters, the book exhibition about the Republic of Kazakhstan, the symbols of RK (national flag), a tape, the anthem (cassette), the geographical map, tables.
The lesson as usually begins with the anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Procedure:
Presenter 1: Good morning dear teachers and students! First of all, we want to congratulate you on the Republic Day. We wish you strong health, long life without illnesses, and for our republic to prosper for happiness of our place.
Presenter 2: Today we gathered here to choose the best students of the school. Our intellectual game will include:
1st round: Baiga
2nd round: Polyglot
3rd round: Kokpar
4th round: 4 subjects
Presenter 1: All the questions will deal with the theme of the RK. We choose 1 student from each grade.
Attention please : after each tour you will gain coins for the correct answers and who will get least of the coins will go out of the game. Welcome, dear friends!
Presenter 2:
The 1st participant is ….
The 2nd participant is … etc.
( Every participant has to introduce himself in short. For example: My name is …. . I was born ….. . I am a ….. student of … . My hobby is … ( I want to be…)
Presenter 1: And our fair judges are ……
Presenter 2: The first round of our intellectual game is Baiga
We ask the questions and the one who answers the first will get 10 points.
Presenter 1: 1) Where is the Republic of Kazakhstan situated? Give geographical characteristics? ( Kazakhstan is situated / is located in the central part of the Eurasian landmass)
Presenter 2: 2) What is the area of Kazakhstan and with which countries does it border? ( The territory stretches from the lower reaches of the River Volga in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east. The total area covered by the republic is over 2,7 million square kilometers. In the west and north, the RK borders with the Russian Federation, in the south with Turkmenia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, in the east with China.)
Presenter 1: 3) How many people are there in our country and what countries taken together would fit into our republic’s territory? ( There are about 16 million people. Such countries as France, Portugal,Spain, Italy, Greece, Sweden and Finland could fit into its territory.)
Presenter 2: 4) What is the official language of the country? ( The official language of the country is Kazakh.)
Presenter 1: 5) How many rivers are there in the RK? Which of them are the biggest of all? Name the main rivers. ( The RK has almost 85,000 rivers , the biggest of them is the Irtish. Main of them are the River Ili, the Syr- Dariya, the Ural.)
Presenter 2: 6)How many lakes are there in the RK and which of them are the biggest?(There are almost 50,000 lakes in the republic.The biggest ones are Balkash,Alakol,Sasikkol, Markakol.The biggest lake is the Caspian sea.)
Presenter 1: 7) On what principles in the Constitution of the independent RK based? ( On the principles of pluralism and separation of powers within unified secular state)
Presenter 2: 8) Who is the head of State and Chief Executive? ( The president of the RK)
The 2nd round is POLYGLOT
Presenter 1: Give the translation of the words into Kazakh and Russian.
«независимость» ( английский вариант: indepence, казахский вариант:т?уелсіздік)
«достижение» (казахский вариант: Жетістік, английский вариант:achievement)
«процветание» (казахский вариант: г?лдену , английский вариант: prosperity)
«Южная столица» (казахский вариант:О?т?стік астана, английский вариант: the south capital )
«политические цели» (казахский вариант: саяси ма?саты , английский вариант:political aims)
«глава государства» (казахский вариант: елбасы , английский вариант: the head of state)
«обычаи и традиции» ( казахский вариант:салт-?дет ??рып , английский вариант: customs and traditions)
«достояние народа» ( казахский вариант: халы? м?ддесі , английский вариант: the nations' properity)
Presenter 2: The 3rd round is KOKPAR : the task is to answer the questions as quickly as you can.
1. When do we celebrate the holiday NAURYZ? (the 22nd of March)
2. Who is the author of the novel “ Abai zholy”? ( M.Auezov)
3. When was the New Constitution of the RK adopted? (1996)
4. Who are the authors of the new anthem of the RK? (N.Nazarbaev, Jumeken Najmedinov)
5. Who is the author of the book “Asia” ? (O.Suleimenov)
6. What strategy program was written by the president of the RK? ( The strategy program – 2030 )
7.How many years the president of the RK is elected for? (for 7 years)
8. For whom has the monument been built in Russia in 2006 year? ( for Abai in Moscow)
9. Where the oil resources can be found in the RK? (in the west)
10. Who founded the first Pedagogical College for girls? ( I.Altynsarin)
Presenter 1: The 4th round - 4 subjects: Choose the subject which you like. Each question has the points according to the difficulty.
Geography:
20 points : How many lakes are there in Kazakhstan? ( around 5,000)
30 points: Where is the lake Jalanash situated?(Kokshetau,the region in the north of KZ)
40 points:How many main climatic-vegetation zones are there in Kazakhstan? (4:wooded steppe,grassy or open steppe,semi-desert and desert)
HISTORY
20 points: When did the rebellion against the tsarist rule in Kazkhstan led by Amangeldy Imanov happen? ( in 1916)
30 points: When was the first President of the Republic elected? (in 1991)
40 points: When was the official residence of the President built? (in 1994 )
SPORTS:
20 points: When did Kazakhstan become a member of the World Olympic Committee? ( in 1994 )
Conclusion. Giving the prizes.
