The Discovery of America

Grade: 8 a

The theme of the lesson: The Discovery of America

The aims of the lesson:

1. to introduce the grammar theme and to consolidate the active words

2. to develop pupils reading, speaking, auding and writing habits.

The type of the lesson: mixed

The kind of the lesson: usual

The method of the lesson: explaining,modulus technology

The visual aids: a computer, cards

Plan

1. Organization moment:

 T: Good afternoon pupils. How are you? How are you feeling today? Today we have guests in our lesson. Let’s greet them

P: (in chorus) Good afternoon. We are glad to see you.

T: Our guests will watch how you will work. They will help me to control you and to estimate your answers. Who is on duty today? What date is it today? Who is absent?

1. I. Warm-up activity.

Read and say the following words.

[au] – out, about, house, found, cloud, thousand, south, ground.

[ dз] – large, college, village, language, just, juice, jam, June, July.

II. Vocabulary.

3. Read the sentences to know how to use the new words.

To discover, discovered (v) – to discover something, to discover a land. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. The Manitou Lake was discovered by Jommy Angel from a plane in 1953.

Discovery (n) – a great discovery, an important discovery. The 20-th century is the century of great discoveries of our century. In 1725 Bering made a voyage round Kamchatka and discovered the strain between Asia and America.

To sail, sailed (v) – the ship sailed out of the seaport. “The Titanic” was sailing for New York. Afanasiy Nikitin sailed to India.

To reach, reached (v) – to arrive somewhere, to get to a place: He reached the land on the 7-th day. When shall we reach the port?

Crew (n) – the people who work on a ship. There were no women in the crew.

III. Reading and Speaking.

1.Read the text and say for what reasons European people came to America.

The Discovery of America.

Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. He was born in Italy. His father and grandfathers were cloth makers. Columbus was a seaman and made many sea voyages.

Most people in Columbus’s days thought that the Earth was flat and they did not believe that beyond the Atlantic Ocean lay India. He decided to sail west as he was sure that the planet was round. There were three caravels: the “Santa Maria”, the “Nina” and the “Pinta”. After sailing 4000 miles he reached some land.

The crew saw something like a white cliff and cried out “Tierra! Tierra!” Columbus thought that it must be India but it was not. It was a new land – a new continent. It was America. Columbus named the land they had reached San Salvador (”Holy Salvador”). People began to speak about land as “The New World”.

European people came to the New World for many reasons. Some hoped to find gold and silver. Priests and missionaries came to bring the Christian religion to the Indians. Among those who came for freedom was a small group of people called Pilgrims. They wanted to start a new life and to have no religious problems they had in England. In 1620 on the ship “Mayflower” they landed in the north-east of America. They set up a colony and called that part of the country “New England”.

2. Answer the questions.

1. Who discovered America? When?

2. Where was Christopher Columbus born?

3. What do you know about his relatives?

4. Who sent him to India?

5. How many caravels did he have?

6. Did they reach India? Why not?

7. Who were Pilgrims? What did they want to do in the New World?

8. Where did they land?

9. What was “New England”?

3. Phrasal verb to turn.

To turn up – to appear, to arrive. He turned up very suddenly, unexpectedly and at once asked for a cup of tea.

To turn out – to be discovered, to be smth. The film turned out to be very dull and we left the cinema. It turned out that I was mistaken. He turned out to be my brother.

To turn around/round – to look back. He turned back and saw something that made him speechless: a huge wolf was just before him.

To turn smth. upside down – to make the place very untidy. She turned everything upside down in her room trying to find the ring she had lost. The police came and turned the place upside down.

To turn on/off – to switch on/off/Turn the TV on, please. She turned the TV on and saw a film. Turn off the light, please. The child is going to sleep.

To turn over – Turn the tape over and press “Play”. Turn over the page and read the text.

To turn into – In a few seconds three little mice turned into three beautiful horses.

To turn inside out – Tom turned his pockets inside out but didn’t find a single cent.

4. Translate the sentences into English.

1. Ол үйде күтпеген жерденпайда болды.

2. Ол мұғалім болып шықты.

3. Ол бұрылды да күлді.

4. Колумб Үндістанды емес, Американы ашқан болып шықты.

5. Өтініш, компьютерді өшір.

6. Теледидарды қос.

7. Ол сурет альбомды қайта-қайта парақтай берді. Бұл оның өмір тарихы болатын.

8. Олар үйді аударып-төңкерсе де ешнәрсе таппады.

5.Match the words and their definitions.

1. warrior a) a building where any work or handicraft is carried on;

2. workshop b) a book, forming one of a related set or series;

3. volume c) a brave or veteran soldier.

6. Choose the right preposition to complete the sentences.

1. They’ve turned everything … here!

2. What made him turn … here so unexpectedly?

3. I’ll turn her … a frog.

4. Turn your pockets … now!

5. I turned … and saw my brother’s face in the window.

6. Mary was turned … the pages of her book without reading.

IV. Word-formation.

sea + man = seaman ( seamen, pl )

sports+man=sportsman(sportsmen,pl)
police+man=policemen(policemen,pl)
fire + man = firemen ( firemen, pl )

V + er = noun

1. Conclusion

Giving marks and the home task.

Home work

1. From the list below form new words “n + man”. Give their meanings. Consult the dictionary if necessary:

Chair, watch, state, bar, trades, work, coal, boat, sails, horse, crafts.

1. Form nouns with “-er” and translate them.

Example: speak – speaker.

Eat, drink, receive, walk, talk, tell, listen, football, teach, paint, dance, sing, discover.