The English party

           “ The wonderful world of the English language” (The 5^th form)

         Objectives: 

       - to  practise communicative skills in pair and group work,

       - to revise pupils’ vocabulary  through  games,

       - to develop pupils’ reading, writing, listening  skills      

        Equipment:   cards, pictures, tables, a tape recorder

                                                 Procedure

1. Greeting.

T:    Good morning! I’m glad to see you. 

         We’ll  play English games.  I hope  you’ll enjoy our English party. 

2. The main part.

 T:    We’ve  got  two  teams    in    our      competition.  Our   first station is called “Acquaintance “.  First of all I would  like the  captains of our  teams to  introduce     themselves. Tell  us about your    hobbies,  friends, favourite activities. Тhe   next  station  is  “ Riddles”. If  the   team  guesses  and   says   the  right  answer,  it  will  take  one point.

- When I eat, I live. When I drink, I die. What am I?

- All about, but cannot be seen,

  Can be captured, cannot be held,

  No throat, but can be heard,

  Who am I?

- The little old woman has twelve children: some are short, some are long,       

  some are cold, some are hot. What is it? 

-  No feet, but jumps.  

-  There are eight on spider

    and six on a bee,                                              

    Four on an elephant

    But only two on me.

-  My face is black,                                           

   As black as night.                                               

    On it with chalk                                                                            

   All pupils write.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     -There is a little green house.                                                        

 And in the little green house                                        

 There is a little brown house.                                             

 And in the little brown house                                             

 There is a little yellow house                                               

 And in the little yellow house                                                  

 There is a little white house                                           

 There is a little heart.                                                    

- You can see it –                                                                       

  But it can’t see you.                                                                  

  You can hear it,                                                                                         

  But it can’t hear you.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

- I give light

  To all nigh

    The longer I’m lit

    The shorter I get.

- I always run but never walk,

  I often murmer, never talk

  I have a mouth but never eat. Who am I?

- The more you have of me, the less you see. Who am I?

- I have four legs but no tail. I eat bugs. You can see me in the pond. Who am I?

- I’m a green house. There is a white house inside me. Inside the white house there is a red house. In the red house there are a lot of babies. Who am I?

- I live in the ocean.

  I move slowly.

  I eat clams.

  I have five arms.

  I am a...

- I live in the ocean.

  I swim wherever I want.

  I sing to my family.

  I can breathe through a hole in the top of my head.

I am a..

- I live in the ocean.

  I like to eat crabs.

  I can change colors.

  My eight legs are called tentacles.

  I am an...

-  I have a tail.

   I can fly.

   I can whistle and I can talk.

 I am a...

-  I am small and shy.

   I have eight legs.

   I eat bugs.

   I catch them in my web.

 I am  a...

- I am orange. My top is green. I am a vegetable. 

- What has teeth but cannot eat?

- It can speak any language but never went to school. What is it?

- Look at my face and you see somebody.

  Look at my back and you see nobody.

- What tables have no legs?                                              

    T: The next station is “ Grammar Pantomime’’.  Your  task is to show the actions which you are doing. The second team should guess them and make up sentences in Present Continuous:

                                                     Group 1

                                                   Group 2

      T:  The third station is “Songs”.  Listen  to   some   songs  and choose the correct  alternatives, use the words in the box.

      T:   The last station is “Captains” . The  captains  guess  the riddles prepared by

other teams.                 

3. Summing-up.

T:  What account have we got? My    congratulations.   I  think that friendship has won.