Holidays in England

During the year English people celebrate many holidays.

The first holiday is New Year’s Day. It is on the first of January. On that day people send good wishes to all their friends. They say to each other: “Happy New Year!”

On Sunday in the middle of March English people celebrate Mother’s Day. This is a holiday of all mothers. On that day they do not go to work and their children bring them flowers and presents.

In England April 1st is April Fool’s Day, the day when you play tricks on people – April Fool tricks. You can play as many April Fool tricks as you want, as long as you play them before twelve o’clock midday. If you play them after twelve o’clock, you are the April Fool!

On the 1st of May English people celebrate May Day. They began to celebrate this holiday in 1890, when the workers from all parts of London went to the demonstration with demand to shorten their working day. That demonstration showed the unity and solidarity of all the working people of London.

Since then, every year on the 1st of May English people organize demonstrations of unity and solidarity with all progressive people in other countries.

On the 25th of December English people celebrate Christmas Day. They like this holiday very much. On that day they sent good wishes and give presents to each other.

Урок 3. 6 клас

Тема. New year holidays.

Тип уроку. Урок формування та вдосконалення вмінь та навичок.

Мета. Активізувати вживання лексичного та граматичного матеріалу у життєвих комунікативних ситуаціях.Формувати навички вести бесіду про святкування Різдва в Україні та англомовних країнах. Практикувати учнів в аудіюванні короткого тексту. Розвивати навички читання.

Розвивати творчі здібності та пізнавальні інтереси учнів.

Створювати умови для активного процесу мислення.

Розвивати вміння працювати в групах.

Виховувати інтерес до власних традицій та традицій англомовних країн.

Обладнання і матеріали. Підручник, робочий зошит, картки з прийменниками, кросворд, віршик “Christmas tree”, фігура чоловічка, малюнок «Seven Serious Santas sang a silly song», пісенька “JINGLE BELL”, магнітофон, текст для читання “Christmas in Australia”, картки із завданням.

Хід уроку

I. Привітання,

Teacher. Good morning, dear pupils. Nice to see you. How are you today? I hope you are in good mood. Today we are going to work in three groups. So, let’s divide into three groups according to your wishes. Then, use the adjectives and write about students in your group. Then read a few of your sentences to the class.

Example. Max is handsome.

Olena and Diana are intelligent.

intelligent talkative tall thin tired busy young hardworking friendly happy

II. Повідомлення теми і мети уроку.

Teacher. The topic of our lesson is shiphered. I want you to do the crossword and to guess the topic of our today’s lesson.

Crossword

1. The surname of American Father Frost. (Claus)

2. A plant that has shiny dark-green leaves with prickles and red berries in winter. It is often used as X-mas decoration. (Holly)

3. The colour of Santa Claus suit. (Red)

4. What great book does the X-mas story come from? (Bible)

5. What is put into the children's stockings or under the X-mas tree? (Present)

6. What is placed at the top of the X-mas tree? (Star)

7. What place is X-mas traditionally celebrated at? (Home)

8. What is the other name of the USA? (States)

9. Small, soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather. (What phenomenon is X-mas impossible without?) (Snow)

1 C	L	A	U	S
2 H		L	L	Y
3 R	E	D
		4 B	I	B	L	E
5 P	R	E	S	E	N	T
	6 S	T	A	R
	7 H	O	M	E
	8 S	T	A	T	E	S
9 S	N		W

Teacher. The topic of today's lesson is Christmas in Ukraine and English-speaking countries. We will speak about X-mas celebrations. Besides, you'll read and discuss the text “How Australian celebrate X-mas”, that will help you to enrich the stock of words, extend your knowledge and develop sociocultural competence. You'll take part in lexical and phonetic games. We'll have relaxation minutes of poetry and the «Project work».

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