БРЭЙН-РИНГ В 6 КЛАССЕ «WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AMERICA?»

Муниципальное общеобразовательное автономное учреждение

средняя общеобразовательная школа №17 имени К.В.Навальневой

муниципальное образование г. Кореновск

БРЭЙН—РИНГ В 6 КЛАССЕ

“WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AMERICA?”

Автор:

Гроза Наталья Давыдовна,

учитель английского языка

I квалификационной категории

Кореновск

2014

БРЭЙН—РИНГ В 6 КЛАССЕ

“WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AMERICA?”

Цели и задачи:

— систематизировать полученные знания по теме, создать непринужденную атмосферу общения на английском языке;

— развивать творческие способности учащихся, умение их грамотно демонстрировать и применять в учебном процессе;

— стимулировать учебную мотивацию школьников;

— развивать умение работать в команде, коммуникативную грамотность, внимательность и умение слушать и уважать собеседника;

— повысить интерес к предмету.

Необходимые материалы:

Карточки с грамматическими и лексическими заданиями (по числу команд-участниц), альбомные листы и фломастеры (для конкурсов болельщиков), иллюстративный материал по теме “WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AMERICA?”

BRAIN-RING

“WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AMERICA?”

1. Warm-up. Make of the given letters a word.

Crthisohrpe — Christopher

2. Answer the questions:

1. Who discovered America in 1492? (Christopher Columbus)

2. What part of America did he discover? (Central America)

3. How many miles did he sail to reach this land? (4 thousand miles or 6 thousand 4 hundred kilometres)

4. When did Columbus discover Cuba? (in 1492 or in 1493)

5. When did the first English settlements appear in America? (at the beginning of the 17-th century)

6. How many people were there on the “Mayflower”? (74 men and 28 women or 102 people)

7. What was the name of the colony they set up? (New England)

8. When did colonists begin to celebrate Thanksgiving day? (in the autumn of 1621)

3. Choose the right answers:

1. America is …

a) the name of the country b) the name of the continent c) the part of the world

2. Christopher Columbus was a …

a) sailor b) seaman c) discoverer

3. The first English colonists left England for America because they wanted …

a) to have no problems with church b) to travel c) to start a new life

4. In New England there were many wild birds. They were like …. but much bigger.

a) turkeys b) ducklings c) chickens

5. Native Americans lived in … houses.

a) earth b) wooden c) peaceful d) golden

6. Native American … are a very important part of their traditions.

a) music b) songs c) dances d) poems

7. Native Americans came from … .

a) Africa b) Alaska c) Asia d) Siberia

8. Now most of Native Americans live to the … of the Mississippi River.

a) east b) south c) north d) west

Key: 1a,b,c; 2b,c; 3a,c; 4c; 5a; 6b,d; 7c; 8d.

4. Word-formation. Use the following suffixes and prefixes to form the new words:

1.Christopher Columbus was a great _____. DISCOVER

2. He _____ America in 1492. DISCOVER

3. Columbus had many ships and ______ with him. SAIL

4. The first ______ came to America in 1620. COLONY

5. Their life was full of danger. It was ______. EASY

6. Native Americans helped them a lot. Most Native Americans were very _____. PEACE

KEY: 1. discoverer

2. discovered

3. sailors

4. colonists

5. uneasy

6. peaceful

1. A Game with spectators.

Make of the given word new words:

THANKSGIVING

Key: (thank, tank, ink, in, giving, sit, hat, Viking …)

2. A Game with spectators.

Guess what is it?

1. My first is what we do after we get up.

2. My second is the suffix of the present participle.

3. My third is a letter which comes after “s”.

4. My fourth is a preposition.

5. My whole is a capital.

Key: (1. wash, 2. -ing, 3. t, 4. on, 5. Washington)