Урок в 9-м классе по теме "The Life of Youth"

Тема: The Life of Youth

Цели урока:

- развивать все виды речевой деятельности учащихся: чтение, монологическую и диалогическую речь, аудирование и письмо;

- активизировать известные лексические единицы во всех видах

речевой деятельности;

- развивать навыки и умения во всех видах речевой деятель-

ности;

- ознакомить учащихся с высказываниями о семье известных

людей;

- развивать творческие навыки и навыки самостоятельной

работы учащихся;

- развивать память, внимание, логическое мышление.

Оборудование урока: ноутбук, экран.

Ход урока

I. Introduction

T: What do you think about the phrase you see on the screen?

Man is a social creature, that is he is used to living in families, groups,

communities, societies, organized on the basis of some relationship.

Ps: I think that living of people in the society depends on their behavior,

discipline, culture, following some rules etc.

T: So what do you think we are going to speak about today?

Ps: We are going to speak about us, young people.

T: Yes, the theme of our lesson is: “The Life of Youth: A Problem or a Question to

decide”.

T: We have three projects to be presented and discussed in our today`s lesson. As

our today`s life starts in the family, we will start our work with the project

“Parents and children”. And our first group takes the floor.

My family

Myself

My school

II. Practice

Project 1. The group of 4 students suggests their ideas about families.

PARENTS AND CHILDREN

P 1: As it has been said we are going to speak about the life of our youth.

Family relations (problems)

Parents and children

Ideal family

If kids do wrong, should

parents be punished?

kids be punished?

Family relations:

All children do their first steps in their families. That`s why their life is influenced by their parents very much. And first problems of young people appear in their families as well. So, we are going to speak about the relations between children and their parents.

When a child is born, for his parents, especially for his mother, it means sleepless nights, restless days, children`s illnesses, scarifying her friends, interests and even career. When children grow up, they don`t want their parents interfere in their beliefs, hobbies and leisure. They don`t want to obey the rules they were taught by their parents. They want to go on their own way and find it difficult to be responsible. They express their self- identity in their clothes, hair style and slang. They smoke, drink alcohol and take drugs believing that it is the road to independence. They conflict with their parents and teachers, considering that only equals in age can understand them. But nevertheless they dream about an ideal family, about a good mother, about a good father.

What is “ a good mother”, “ a good father” for you?

Ps: A good mother is patient and caring; she understands the needs of her child, helps her child to meet her/his emotional challengers.

Ps: A good father is a man who spends all his time with his children.

An ideal family:

P 2: Read the quotations of some famous people:

“ For some people family is a shelter from vital problems, for others it is the theatre of the war operations.”

(Shewelev)

“Family will always be the base of society.”

(Balzac)

“ An ideal family is an oasis of love and kindness in the desert life evil.”

(Shewelev)

“ Family is the roof of life.”

(Shewelev)

“ Family is not a cell of the state.”

(Dovlatov)

P3: Before this lesson we asked our classmates 2 questions: “What do you think about, when you hear the word “family”? What is an ideal family for you?”

We got 15 answers and everybody answered these questions in his or her way.

P4: Making our survey we distinguished 2 main problems in creating an ideal family. On the one hand, now parents are not as strict as they used to be and most young people have considerable amount of freedom.

P1: On the other hand, all parents want to protect their children from difficulties. A parents` desire to shield the child from life`s dangers and disappointments probably indicates very understandable concern. If your child is overprotected, she or he may grow up feeling loved but may also be too passive. This is not a good thing. Excessively dependent children are at the mercy of others whether they may be parents, teachers, or other children – their self – esteem can be shattered easily.

Punishment:

P2: But there are thousands of homeless children.

They escape from their homes trying to cope with their difficulties, they think that it is a proper way to solve all their problems and they often do the wrong things. They don`t understand that responsibility begins at home. So, if kids do wrong should parents or kids be punished? We`d like to show you a typical situation which can happen in any family. And we`d like to listen to your opinions.

Role – play:

One day Ann came home and start shouting at her mother:

A: Mom! Give me 500immediately!

M: Ann, calm down! What has happened?

A: It doesn`t matter! I need money! I need 500 !

M: But I can`t give you such sum!

A: If I don`t give it back tomorrow, you won`t see me anymore! I will run away!

It turned out that Ann was gambling and lost 500 playing cards with her friends.

Who is right in this situation? Who should be punished? Ann`s family is rich and she

always gets what she wants.

T: I`m sure this problem can be solved. I`d like to divide you into 2 groups. The first one will represent Ann`s parents and the second one will represent Ann.(Each group gives their answers.)

Project 2. The group of 5 students suggests their ideas about schooling.

hard work

respect self-confidence

satisfaction self- education

job subjects

joy

students behaviour

relations with teachers

building

relations with

classmates

uniform

code of contact the freedom of speech

cheating in exams

Project 3. “I and my leisure time”

P1: Our project is connected with me, with what I do at my leisure time – when I am not at school and with my parents.

(3 students tell what they do when they have free time: go to the theatre, cinema, museums, discos and explain why they like doing it.)

P1: But some students don`t devote their leisure time to music, literature or art. They have their ways of getting as much entertainment as they can. Unfortunately, it can lead to having problems with alcohol, smoking and drugs. We would like you to listen to other 3 stories and try to help to decide the problems of these students.

(3 other students tell the class what led them to problems with alcohol, smoking and drugs.)

T: We want to help these people, that`s why we have invited “a doctor” from a rehabilitation centre “Hope”.

“Doctor”: Good morning! My name is Helen. I am a doctor from a rehabilitation centre “Hope”. I have come here to listen to you and to give you some advice. As we don`t have much time, we`ll speak only about smoking. I guess you should know the functions of the parts of our body and the effects of smoking on them. Look at this chart.

(Students complete the chart.)

THE EFFECT OF SMOKING

Body part	Function	Effects of smoking
Brain
Eyes
Mouth and throat
Lungs
Heart
Stomach
Pancreas

Sample answers:

Body part	Function	Effects of smoking
Brain	The brain makes thinking possible.	Nicotine affects a smoker`s brain. Tobacco smoke is a major cause of stroke.
Eyes	Eyes enable people to see.	Smokers have a 2 to 3 times greater chance of developing cataracts, a leading cause of blindness.
Mouth and throat	The mouth and throat are the body`s entry points for getting in food and air.	Smokers are more likely to get peridontitis.
Lungs	Lungs move air in and out on the body.	Smokers have more respiratory illnesses, including pneumonia, bronchitis, and colds than nonsmokers.
Heart	Heart pumps blood throughout the body.	Smoking causes atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. Most cases of stroke, coronary heart disease, and artery disease are caused by atherosclerosis.
Stomach	Inside the stomach, acids and other gastric juices liquefy food before it goes into the small intestine.	Smokers are more likely to get peptic ulcers than nonsmokers. Smoking causes stomach cancer.
Pancreas	The pancreas is a gland that regulates digestion by releasing enzymes into the small intestine.	Smoking causes pancreatic cancer.

“Doctor”: So, you have got some useful information about the harm made to your body by smoking. If you don`t want to degrade, if you want to live a meaningful life, we advise you to come to our centre where you can get any help you need – this is the main step. The next step is the following: you should care for your own health and not to be lazy. You should do your morning exercises with the window wide open because they warm, invigorate and purify your body; you should have a good rest; you should be moderate in eating – eat the right food and a lot of vitamins because healthful habits make healthy bodies; you should have positive thinking.

III. Summing - up

T: As we see the teenagers try to find their place in the world. Psychologists say that the majority of young people experience conflicts during this period of their lives. They are changing rapidly both physically and emotionally and they are searching for self-identity. As their values are different from the ones of their parents, they have difficulties in building their relationships with them or they have problems at school which may lead to taking alcohol or drugs, to skipping school or even to running away from home. In the most extreme cases it may lead to crime. Why is it so?

Ps: When children are brought up in the family, they are taught certain rules and laws, which they have to know to obey. In this way children come to understand that there is no absolute freedom because their freedom depends on the laws and rules of the society in which they live. Thus, they are aware they will be punished if they do wrong things: misbehave, tell a lie, skip school, steal etc. The earlier children accept the rules of behavior, the easier and saber their life is.

T: The advice is encoded on the screen:

“To than better mistakes them it`s avoid correct to.”

Answer: “It`s better to avoid mistakes than to correct them.”