Teacher: Prozorovschi Daria
Subject: English Language
Level: 8th
Topic: Great Explorers
Type of lesson: Mixed lesson
Time: 45 minuts
Date: 05.12.14
Sub Competences:
Spoken Interaction 2.4 Participating in oral conversations on a familiar topic and producing
responses to simple direct questions, repeated or reformulated by a
cooperative interlocutor.
Reading 3.2 Defining the form and logical structure of a non-literary text.
Culture 11 Knowledge of famous people from English-Speaking Countries.
Objectives:
O1 to list the great explorers
O2 to show the understanding of a give the text
O3 to produce an argumentative speech
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Teacher’s and Pupils’ Activity
Evaluation
Stages
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Strategies
Resources
Objectives
Strategies: Brainstorming, Scanning, Listening, Fill - in exercise.
Resources: posters, pictures, audio-text, text, map.
Amerigo Vespucci:
əmə’rɪgəu vɛˈspu’tʃi
Ferdinand Magellan:
to explore
sail
explorer
exploration
settlements
remains
Norse
fə’dɪnənd mə’ dgɛlən
Vinland
Greenland
Iceland
Norway
New Land
Poster
O2
INFORMATION
Christopher Columbus: ’krɪstəfə kə’lʌmbəs)
Oral
Listening the pronunciation
Your homework was do list the top 5 great explorers.
There are 3 names on the blakboard. What are these people
famous for? Christopher Columbus:
Amerigo Vespucci:
Ferdinand Magellan
Brainstorming
O1
MOTIVATION
CHECKING HOME TASK
Look through the text and unswer the following questions:
PRACTICE
1. When do Americans celebrate Columbus Day?
(Americans celebrate Columbus Day on the second
Monday in October)
2. When do Americans celebrate Leif Erickson Day?
(Americans celebrate Leif Erickson Day on the 9th of
October)
3. Who is Leif Erickson? What is he famous for?
(According to this text, Leif Erickson was a Norse explorer who
first discovered the American continent?)
4. If Leif Erickson was the first who discovered the American
continent why didn’t we hear from him?
HOME TASK
O3
APPLICATION
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there were no records about this event
somebody tried to hide this discovery
nobody did some serious research regarding this event
other options
There are 3 maps on the blackboard. Each map show the way one
of these great explorers followed: Christopher Columbus,
Ferdinand Magellan, Leif Erickson.
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Explain your choice.
Do ex. 4 p. 53 and you will find out new information about
another great explorer.
Write down a composition/ essay on the topic “Who did discover
the America?”.
Evaluation
Strategies
Resources
Map
While reading the given text
Listen the following audio text and fill in the missing words.
Appendix 1
Assessing the speech
O2
Listening
Audio text
Who was the first person to discover the America?
Write down the name of the person in your copybook.
Fill- in exercise
Find on the map the Geographical places mentioned above.
Scanning
Text
Teacher’s and pupils’ activity
Brainstorming
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Speech
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Generations of schoolchildren have been taught that Christopher
Columbus discovered the New World. In fact, the second Monday
in October is celebrated as a national holiday, Columbus Day, to
honor the European explorer.
But October's page on the calendar also has a lesser known
observance. October ninth is Leif Erickson Day. Leif Erickson was
a Norse explorer who sailed around the northeastern coast of what
we now call North America about one thousand years ago. He and
his crew returned to Greenland with news of a place he called
"Vinland."
Following his explorations, a few settlements were built. Experts
digging in eastern Canada in the nineteen sixties found the remains
of a village with houses like those in Greenland, Iceland and
Norway. But the Norse did not establish any permanent
settlements in North America.
Generations of schoolchildren have been taught that ____________________ _______________
discovered the __________ _______________. In fact, the _______ Monday in October is celebrated
as a national holiday, _______________ __________, to honor the European _______________.
But October's page on the calendar also has a lesser known observance. October __________ is
Leif Erickson Day. Leif Erickson was a Norse explorer who _______________ around the
northeastern coast of what we now call North America about __________ __________ years ago. He
and his crew returned to __________________ with news of a place he called "_________________."
Following his ____________________, a few ____________________ were built. Experts
digging in eastern Canada in the __________ found the _______________ of a village with houses
like those in ____________________, _______________ and _______________. But the Norse did
not establish any _________________ _________________ in _______________ _______________.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Generations of schoolchildren have been taught that ____________________ _______________
discovered the __________ _______________. In fact, the _______ Monday in October is celebrated
as a national holiday, _______________ __________, to honor the European _______________.
But October's page on the calendar also has a lesser known observance. October __________ is
Leif Erickson Day. Leif Erickson was a Norse explorer who _______________ around the
northeastern coast of what we now call North America about __________ __________ years ago. He
and his crew returned to __________________ with news of a place he called "_________________."
Following his ____________________, a few ____________________ were built. Experts
digging in eastern Canada in the __________ found the _______________ of a village with houses
like those in ____________________, _______________ and _______________. But the Norse did
not establish any _________________ _________________ in _______________ _______________.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Generations of schoolchildren have been taught that ____________________ _______________
discovered the __________ _______________. In fact, the _______ Monday in October is celebrated
as a national holiday, _______________ __________, to honor the European _______________.
But October's page on the calendar also has a lesser known observance. October __________ is
Leif Erickson Day. Leif Erickson was a Norse explorer who _______________ around the
northeastern coast of what we now call North America about __________ __________ years ago. He
and his crew returned to __________________ with news of a place he called "_________________."
Following his ____________________, a few ____________________ were built. Experts
digging in eastern Canada in the __________ found the _______________ of a village with houses
like those in ____________________, _______________ and _______________. But the Norse did
not establish any _________________ _________________ in _______________ _______________.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Generations of schoolchildren have been taught that ____________________ _______________
discovered the __________ _______________. In fact, the _______ Monday in October is celebrated
as a national holiday, _______________ __________, to honor the European _______________.
But October's page on the calendar also has a lesser known observance. October __________ is
Leif Erickson Day. Leif Erickson was a Norse explorer who _______________ around the
northeastern coast of what we now call North America about __________ __________ years ago. He
and his crew returned to __________________ with news of a place he called "_________________."
Following his ____________________, a few ____________________ were built. Experts
digging in eastern Canada in the __________ found the _______________ of a village with houses
like those in ____________________, _______________ and _______________. But the Norse did
not establish any _________________ _________________ in _______________ _______________.