Дизайн урока и планирование с нуля / Lesson Design and Planning from scratch. Technology integration

Can you tell me how much these

are?» She says «They’re £500»

And I said “£500???? That’s an arm and a leg!

Cuisenaire Rods creation

Example topic: Tourist attractions

Give each pair ofВ students aВ bunch ofВ Cuisenaire rods.

В«Work inВ pairs. Use the rods toВ create aВ model ofВ aВ well-known tourist attraction inВ [town/city/country/continent]. You have 2В minutesВ» Students then look at each model and guess the attraction.

Cuisenaire Rods model

Create your own model using rods.

Elicit what it represents.

Example ofВ the UK political parties and their share ofВ the vote, for aВ lesson on politics)

The Musical В«Guess the topicВ»

Example topic: family and relationships

Think ofВ 3В or 4В songs which inВ some way reference the theme/topic ofВ your lesson

Avril Lavigne – Skater Boi («he was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?»)

The Hollies – He ain’t heavy (he’s my brother)

Baz Luhman – Everybody’s free to wear sunscreen («maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t…”) Ozzy Ozbourne – Mama I’m coming home

Play students aВ relevant segment ofВ the song (where something about the topic is referenced).

Ask them toВ write notes on what they hear, compare notes, and guess the topic ofВ the lesson.

Family fortunes

Example topic: British customs and culture / stereotypes

Create aВ fake family fortunes style question:

«We asked 100 people from England, Scotland and Wales – which things make you a

typical Brit?В»

Board the following

1В ________________ 2В ____________ 3_____________ 4____________ 5____________

Students work inВ groups toВ prepare answers.

Make it aВ little game (they win points for each correct answer).

Five possible answers for the above: queuing, drinking tea, talking about the weather, eating fish and chips, having bad teeth.

Picture parts

Example topic: animals

Make some extreme close-up pictures ofВ animals.

Pass them around and get the students toВ guess what they are and hence the topic ofВ the lesson

– Picture association «Guess the topic» Example topic: «once in a lifetime’

Gather pictures ofВ things that people MIGHT do only once inВ aВ lifetime.

Examples: drive aВ Ferrari, skydive, run aВ marathon, win the lottery (?), see aВ shooting starВ (?).