Welcome
to London
(scenario
& instructions for teachers)
Teacher Garina T.V.
The
Linguistic and Cultural game
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Good
afternoon, dear guests! Today we’ll learn some more information about London.
Let’s start our Linguistic and Cultural game “Welcome to London”. We have three
teams and each team should introduce itself. The first team, please.
The
rules: For each correct answer teams get a point. If the students don’t know
the answer, their supporters or spectators have a chance to answer the question
& bring their team half-a point.
Task
1
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Let’s
watch the film about London and try to remember the famous places of interest
(slide №2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56GbUFV_4ys
(YouTube London Travel Guide) or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbIwaXFxQnQ&feature=related
(YouTube London Views)
Task
2
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Let’s
do the task number two. “Match the pictures to the names”.
Don’t
forget to raise the card with your team number up if you are ready with the
task and you will get a point. (slide №3)
Task
3
-We have different
tasks for spectators and teams. Each team has some cards with letters and
should arrange them in such way to make up the name of the famous sights of
London.
(For
spectators) Look at the slide, please and make up the names of the famous
sights of London using these letters. For each right word combination you’ll bring
1 point to your team. (slide № 4)
Task
4
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Please,
listen to the description of one of the famous London sights, guess what it is.
Match it to one of the pictures on the slides.
The
first slide is for the team “…..” It is one of the most popular historical
buildings which was built in 1703. It has been used as the official Royal
residence in London and the flying of the Royal Standard above it signifies the
presence of the sovereign. (Buckingham Palace)
This
description is for the second team: It was built in 1710 and dedicated to
the Protestant faith. The whispering Gallery runs around the inside of its dome.
Among the many people buried here are Horatio Nelson, the artists Reynolds and
Turner. (St. Paul’s Cathedral)
The
description for the third team is the following:
It
is one of the most impressive public squares in the world. It was built to
commemorate Nelson’s naval victory over Napoleon’s fleet in October 1805.
Dominating the square is Nelson’s column, rising to 185 ft high. There are four
bronze lions at the base. (Trafalgar Square)
(Slides
№ 5,6,7,8).
Task
5
-The
name of the next task is “Camomile”. Please, tear the petals away one by one and
answer the questions which you will find there. (All the questions are
written on the back side of the petals)
Questions:
1. Where do the
Houses of Parliament stand on?
2. Who was in charge
of the building Big Ben?
3. How do the English
people call the Thames?
4. How old is the
Tower of London?
5. What is the Tower
of London nowadays?
6. Where do the
members of Parliament gather?
7. When did the
English people build the tower and the clock?
8. What can you see
in the Tower of London?
9. Where did the
English kings live?
10. How old is London
Bridge?
11. What names of the
villages can you find in the names of the streets in modern London?
12. What sights can
you see in London now?
13. Why do the English
people call the clock Big Ben?
14. What is the name
of the very old town which stands on the Thames?
15. How do people
call the monument which is situated in Trafalgar Square?
16. Who was Nelson?
17. How do people
call the museums in Trafalgar Square?
18. What is the name
of the English ship which went to the South Pole in 1901-1904?
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Each team can get from zero to 6 points. One point is given for every right
answer.
Task
6
-And while the
teams are doing this task, the spectators have another assignment. Please,
match the words from the first column to the second one (slide № 10).
Task
7
-
Now
complete the puzzle please. (Slide № 11)
Three
pictures of London sights (one for each team) are cut into small pieces. The
teams have 3 min to arrange the pieces and to guess the place of interest shown
in the picture. (Piccadilly Circus, the Globe Theatre, St. Paul’s Cathedral)
Task
8
-And while the teams
are solving the puzzle, the spectators should match the pieces of photos to the
names of the sights. (Slide № 12)
See
the Keys
The
keys
1.
–
2.
1-c;
2-d; 3-a; 4-b.
3. 1) The Houses
of Parliament
2) Buckingham
Palace
3)
Tower Bridge
For
Spectators:
1) Trafalgar Square
2) Tower of London
3) London Bridge
4.
1) Buckingham
Palace
2) St. Paul’s
Cathedral
3) Trafalgar
Square
5.
1) The Houses of
Parliament stand on the Thames
2) Sir Benjamin
Hall was in charge of the building Big Ben
3) The English
people call the Thames “The Father of London”
4) The Tower of
London is nine hundred years old
5) The Tower of
London is a museum nowadays.
6) The members of
Parliament gather in the Houses of Parliament
7) The English
people built the tower and the clock in 1858
8) In the Tower of
London I can see many old guns etc.
9) The English
kings lived in the Tower of London
10) London Bridge
is two thousand years old.
11) I can find Kensington,
Westminster and others in the names of the streets in modern London
12) I can see…. In
London now
13) The English
people call the clock Big Ben because the man in charge of the building was Sir
Benjamin Hall. This man was very tall and workers called him Big Ben.
14) Greenwich is
the name of the very old town which stands on the Thames
15) People call
the monument, which is situated in Trafalgar Square, Nelson’s Column
16) Admiral Nelson
was a very famous seaman
17) People call
the museums in Trafalgar Square – the National Gallery and the National
Portrait Gallery
18) “Discovery” is
the name of the English ship which went to the South Pole in 1901-1904
6. see the slide
7. Piccadilly
Circus, the Globe Theatre, St. Paul’s Cathedral
8. a-4; b-3; c-1;
d-5; e-2
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