Thanksgiving Day
розробка уроку для 6 класу
Мета:
• уведення нової лексики та її первинне закріплення;
• удосконалення навичок читання з отриманням конкретної інформації;
• розвиток навичок аудіювання;
• розвиток культурологічної компетенції;
• формування лінгвокраїнознавчих знань і умінь.
Обладнання:
• текст «The History of Thanksgiving Day»
• презентація в Power Point
PROCEDURE
1. Introduction
We continue learning some interesting facts about Christopher Columbus and the first English settlements in America. Today we are speaking about the history of Thanksgiving Day.
2. Warming-up activities
True or false?
3. Checking homework
What do you know about Christopher Columbus?
Complete the sentences
Christopher Columbus was born in ... (Italy)
He lived in ... (Spain)
He was a ... (seaman)
Columbus looked for ... (India)
Columbus discovered ... (America)
The name of the largest ship was .... ("Santa Maria")
The name of the new land was ... ("The New World")
4. Introduction of new lexical items
since - із (з того часу, як)
danger - небезпека
Separatist Church – відокремлена церква
to escape - втікати
persecution - переслідування
remain - залишатись
circumstance - обставина
harvest - урожай
hard – важкий
to prepare for smth – готуватися до чогось
together - разом
turkey – індичка
cornucopia - ріг достатку
sheet of foil – лист фольги
cranberry - журавлина
maple sugar – кленовий цукор
Task 1. Translate my word combination.
багатий урожай - the rich harvest
бути в небезпеці - to be in danger
готуватися до вечірки - to prepare for the party
працювати разом - to work together
смачна індичка - tasty turkey
із 1621- since 1621
Task 2. Read the words and try to guess.
5. The History of Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November.
Thanksgiving started over 380 years ago with Pilgrims. The Pilgrims who sailed to America were originally members of the English Separatist Church. They wanted to escape religious persecution.
In the hope of a better life, they decided to move out to America. They sailed to a new continent on board the ship "Mayflower".
The Pilgrims reached Plymouth in 1620. There, they had a terrible winter. Many of them died. But the harvest of the next year was very good. And the remaining colonists decided to make a party.
They also invited Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. The Indians taught the Pilgrims to plant corn. The feast lasted three days. Wild turkey and corn were part of their feast.
Now Thanksgiving is a national holiday. People are with their families and friends to give thanks for the good things in their lives. The families come together for a special dinner.
Thanksgiving Parade is an important tradition. It was first held in the year 1924. The Parade is famously known for its policy of going on under any circumstance or condition; be it rain or shine.
More than four hundred years have passed, but Americans still celebrate this holiday exactly the way as the Pilgrims had done it. The whole family comes together this day. The celebration begins with dancing, joking and laughing. But the moment comes... and everybody sits down at the table and becomes serious.
In the centre of the table you can see a sheet of foil symbolizing the Atlantic Ocean. In the middle of it there is a small ship. It remembers us about that ship "Mayflower", which was used by the Pilgrims. As the edge of the "ocean" there is a little stone with the date "1620" written on it. It symbolizes the rock, where more than 400 years ago the first settlers from Europe landed.
6. Thanksgiving symbols
Cornucopia is the most common symbol of a harvest festival.
Cranberry, is a symbol of thanksgiving. Pilgrims found out a way to sweeten the bitten cranberries with maple sugar. Since that time cranberry sauce is a permanent companion of turkey during thanksgiving feast.
Native Americans taught the pilgrims to grow corns, potatoes, beans. That's why they became symbols of Thanksgiving, too.
On Thanksgiving Day people decorate their homes with wreaths, fresh and dried flowers.
They also send pretty Thank You cards or beautiful Thanksgiving Day Gifts to people who had done something good for them.
7. Thanksgiving Menu
Task 3. Choose the right dishes for Thanksgiving dinner.
Thanksgiving Menu:
- roast turkey:- hamburgers;- eggs;- pumpkin pie;
- cranberry sauce; - meatballs: - sweet potatoes.
8. Song «Happy Thanksgiving» by Debbie Friedman
Chorus: Happy Thanksgiving
Hooray hooray hooray
Aren't you glad you're not a turkey
On this Thanksgiving Day?(x2)
Indians and Pilgrims celebrated on this feast
This very special holiday first started in the East
Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower thats how it all began
Feel free to join me in the chorus if you can
Chorus: Happy Thanksgiving
Hooray hooray hooray
Aren't you glad you're not a turkey
On this Thanksgiving Day?(x2)
Apple pie and pumpkin pie and lots of things to eat
Roasted turkey filled with stuffing, a very special treat
Don't forget the indigestion on this holiday
Better take some Rolaids so the pain will go away!
Chorus: Happy Thanksgiving
Hooray hooray hooray
Aren't you glad you're not a turkey
On this Thanksgiving Day?(x2)
9. Quiz
Task 4. Choose the right variant.
1) Thanksgiving Day is
a) a British holiday
b) a Ukrainian holiday
c) an American holiday
2) People celebrate Thanksgiving Day
a) in offices
b) in their houses
c) outdoors
3) When do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day?
on the fourth Thursday in November
on the fourth Tuesday in November
on the fourteenth of November
4)What is a symbol of Thanksgiving Day?
a) eggs
b) turkey
c) hamburgers
5) People decorate their houses with
a) the lights and balls
b) the toys and sweets
c) the fruit and flowers
6) What vegetables did Indians teach the Pilgrims to grow?
a) tomatoes and cucumbers
b) beans and potatoes
c) peas and carrots
7) What berry is the symbol of Thanksgiving Day?
a) strawberry
b) cherry
c) cranberry
8) When did the Pilgrims come to the new land?
a) in 1621
b) in 1620
c) in 1720
9) What was the name of the Pilgrims' ship?
a) Santa Maria
b) Mayflower
c) Victoria
10) Will people go on Thanksgiving parade, if it is raining?
a) Of course, they will.
b) No, they won't.
c) They will go on the parade on another day.
11. Why did the Pilgrims survive when they came to America?
12. The first Thanksgiving Day lasted …days.
Check yourselves .
The right answers are:
10. Homework
Make Greeting cards for Thanksgiving Day.
Додаток 1
NEW LEXICAL ITEMS
since - із (з того часу, як)
danger - небезпека
Separatist Church – відокремлена церква
to escape - втікати
persecution - переслідування
remain - залишатись
circumstance - обставина
harvest - урожай
hard – важкий
to prepare for smth – готуватися до чогось
together - разом
turkey – індичка
cornucopia - ріг достатку
sheet of foil – лист фольги
cranberry - журавлина
maple sugar – кленовий цукор
Додаток 2
The History of Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November.
Thanksgiving started over 380 years ago with Pilgrims. The Pilgrims who sailed to America were originally members of the English Separatist Church. They wanted to escape religious persecution.
In the hope of a better life, they decided to move out to America. They sailed to a new continent on board the ship "Mayflower".
The Pilgrims reached Plymouth in 1620. There, they had a terrible winter. Many of them died. But the harvest of the next year was very good. And the remaining colonists decided to make a party.
They also invited Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. The Indians taught the Pilgrims to plant corn. The feast lasted three days. Wild turkey and corn were part of their feast.
Now Thanksgiving is a national holiday. People are with their families and friends to give thanks for the good things in their lives. The families come together for a special dinner.
Thanksgiving Parade is an important tradition. It was first held in the year 1924. The Parade is famously known for its policy of going on under any circumstance or condition; be it rain or shine.
More than four hundred years have passed, but Americans still celebrate this holiday exactly the way as the Pilgrims had done it. The whole family comes together this day. The celebration begins with dancing, joking and laughing. But the moment comes... and everybody sits down at the table and becomes serious.
In the centre of the table you can see a sheet of foil symbolizing the Atlantic Ocean. In the middle of it there is a small ship. It remembers us about that ship "Mayflower", which was used by the Pilgrims. As the edge of the "ocean" there is a little stone with the date "1620" written on it. It symbolizes the rock, where more than 400 years ago the first settlers from Europe landed.
Cornucopia is the most common symbol of a harvest festival.
Cranberry, is a symbol of thanksgiving. Pilgrims found out a way to sweeten the bitten cranberries with maple sugar. Since that time cranberry sauce is a permanent companion of turkey during thanksgiving feast.
Native Americans taught the pilgrims to grow corns, potatoes, beans. That's why they became symbols of Thanksgiving, too.
On Thanksgiving Day people decorate their homes with wreaths, fresh and dried flowers.
They also send pretty Thank You cards or beautiful Thanksgiving Day Gifts to people who had done something good for them.
Додаток 3
Happy Thanksgiving by Debbie Friedman
Chorus:
Happy Thanksgiving
Hooray hooray hooray
Aren't you glad you're not a turkey
On this Thanksgiving Day?(x2)
Indians and Pilgrims celebrated on this feast
This very special holiday first started in the East
Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower thats how it all began
Feel free to join me in the chorus if you can
Chorus:
Happy Thanksgiving
Hooray hooray hooray
Aren't you glad you're not a turkey
On this Thanksgiving Day?(x2)
Apple pie and pumpkin pie and lots of things to eat
Roasted turkey filled with stuffing, a very special treat
Don't forget the indigestion on this holiday
Better take some Rolaids so the pain will go away!
Chorus:
Happy Thanksgiving
Hooray hooray hooray
Aren't you glad you're not a turkey
On this Thanksgiving Day?(x2)