Charles Dickens

Lesson plan of the teacher of English Dauletiyarova Akmaral,

conducted in the 8^th grade on the theme «Charles Dickens»

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Subject: English

The theme

Charles Dickens

The links

“English 8” textbook–Аlmaty, «Mektep», 2013 y.

“English 8” tteaching methodology–Аlmaty, «Mektep», 2013 y.

Internet resources

Aims

to give some information about the life and works of C. Dickens; to teach pupils to express their ideas and develop pupils’ speaking

The result of teaching

1. Students will enrich their knowledge about the life and literary works of the famous English writer Charles Dickens

2. There will be improved the skills of working in group

3. Students will express their ideas and thoughts

Teaching aids

1. Textbook

2. Internet resources

3. Active Board, ActiVote

Teaching methods by Bloom taxonomy

Stages

Aims

Result

Knowledge

They act out any act from Shakespeare’s plays

They will associate the previous theme with the new lesson

Comprehension

They will learn the new theme and present posters

They will learn new information about the theme and improve their speaking

Application

They will answer the questions about the new theme by the activity “A Reporter”

Students will answer the questions using the given material

Analysis

The students will put the sentences in the logical order according to the text

Students will learn to analyse fully new information

Synthesis

They will do the crosswords

Teacher will know how pupils have understood the new theme

Evaluation

To do the test using the ActiVote

There will be put summative marks of students as a collection of formative marks

Stages of the lesson

Teacher’s activity

Students’ activity

Organization moment

-greets with the pupils

-checks up the attendance of students

-pays students’ attention to the lesson

-divides the class into 3 groups using the cards with types of innovations

-greet with the teacher

-act on duty

-prepare for the lesson

-each student chooses a card

Checking up the homework

Controls how pupils have done the homework

They act out one of Shakespeare’s plays

New lesson

Gives short texts to 3 groups and asks to prepare a poster

They discuss the text in groups and prepare posters on the given part of the text. They evaluate each other by the method “2 stars and a wish”

“Reporter”

Explains the task of the activity and checks pupils’ answers

A student will be a reporter and will ask questions. The other students answer the questions of the reporter.

1. What was Charles Dickens?-He was an English writer

2. Where was Charles Dickens from? He was from the city Portsmouth, England

3. When was he born?– He was born in 1812

4. When did his family move to London? – His family moved to London in 1822

5. What did he do when he was twelve?–He went to work to a factory

6. When did Charles Dickens begin his career as a writer?- He began his career as a writer in 1837 with “Pickwick Papers”.

7. Who did he marry?-He married Catherine Hogarth

8. How many children did he have?-He had nine children

What were some of his stories?- Some of his most famous stories include “Oliver Twist”, “David Copperfield” and a “Christmas Carol”.

10. When did he die?–He died in 1870

Warm-up

“Alliteration”

Explains the task of warm-up

Say phrase (an adjective and a noun) beginning with the same consonant.

e.g. Nice Nurgul; Smart Symbat

They say their names adding adjectives

Tasks for developing logical thinking

Explains the task

1.Charles Dickens worked as a reporter for the “Morning Chronicle”.

2. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836.

3. Charles Dickens was a famous English writer.

4. Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812.

5. He began his career as a writer in 1837 with “Pickwick Papers”.

6. In 1822 his family moved to London.

7. He had nine children and was a very loving father.

8. Some of his most famous stories include “Oliver Twist”, “David Copperfield” and a “Christmas Carol”.

9. Charles Dickens died in 1870, more than a hundred years ago, but his stories are still popular today.

10. He travelled a lot and never stopped writing.

They find the right order of the sentences according to the text

1. Charles Dickens was a famous English writer.

2. Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812.

3. In 1822 his family moved to London.

4. Charles Dickens worked as a reporter for the “Morning Chronicle”.

5. He began his career as a writer in 1837 with “Pickwick Papers”.

6. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836.

7. He had nine children and was a very loving father.

8. Some of his most famous stories include “Oliver Twist”, “David Copperfield” and a “Christmas Carol”.

9. He travelled a lot and never stopped writing.

10. Charles Dickens died in 1870, more than a hundred years ago, but his stories are still popular today.

Doing the crossword “Think, pair, share” method

Explains the tasks

1. The planet in general.

2. A language

3. A Kazakh poet, musician, writer

4. A well-known play by Shakespeare

5. Shakespeare’s tragedy

6. A work done with extraordinary skill

7. An English writer of the 19^th century

1.World; 2.Russian; 3.Abai; 4.Hamlet; 5.Othello; 6. Masterpiece; 7.Dickens

Homework

To collect additional information about Charles Dickens and read an extract from Dickens’ stories

They listen to the teacher’s explanation

Evaluation

Teachers tells the pupils the criteria of evaluation

11 – 12 points – Excellent job!

7 – 10 points – Good job!

0 – 6 points – Be attentive.

They do the test using the “ActiVote”

Reflection

Reflection: “Six hats of mind”

1.A white hat (Expresses the main idea)

2. A yellow hat (Says the advantage of the lesson)

3. A black hat (Says the lacks of the lesson/ idea)

4.A red hat (Expresses his/ her impression of the idea/ lesson)

5.A green hat (Says creative plans about the idea/ lesson)

6. A blue hat (Controls the work of other five hats)

They express their impression wearing the hats