FAMILY MATTERS

While brainstorming ideas for this article, I was inspired by both literary and cinematic sources (so-called “family movies”). I was particularly interested in helping students put themselves in their parents’ shoes, and in encouraging them to appreciate more the things they often take for granted.

1.Remember an object that you associate with a particular family member. It might be a pair of glasses, a dress, a perfume, anything that calls up that person for you. Talk about this object and, through your description of this person’s use of it, create a portrait of his or her character.

2.Describe in a gentle, humourous vein the talents that your family member has. For inspiration I refer you to a hilarious poem by Edgar Guest called Father. Then change the tone and write in a serious vein about the things you admire this person for.

3.Brainstorm the list of traits that you have inherited from one or both of your parents for which you are glad or feel grateful.

4.Write about a gift your family, or someone in it, gave you. It might be an actual gift or a more intangible one. Describe it and explain why it’s precious to you.

5.Children often complain that they don’t get along with their parents. Let’s try and bridge the generation gap. Project yourself into the future (as in the film 13 Going On 30). What sort of a parent will you be? Write a set of rules for your child to follow. These can range from some practical tips to life philosophy. You may be surprised to discover that some rules you protest against now, as a child, will feature on this list you compose as a would-be parent.

6.In the 2003 film Freaky Friday mother and daughter switch bodies, and this helps them gain respect for each other’s point of view. Suppose you were to do the same. Imagine your mother/father swapping places with you and living one day inside your body. Describe this day as seen through your parent’s eyes. Also, put yourself in their place, and describe their day as perceived by you.

7.“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways” is a famous poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. What if we changed the addressee of this romantic poem and professed our love for our parents? Name the things you love about your parents. These can be some seemingly insignificant things, like the way your mother tucks you in before you go to sleep, or some major things that have shaped you as a person.

I’d like to conclude by quoting Mary Schmich, the journalist who wrote the popular “Wear Sunscreen” speech, in which she addresses the class of ‘99 and dispenses her advice. She says, “Get to know your parents. You never know when they’ll be gone for good.” I hope these exercises have made you take a closer look at your nearest and dearest and promoted your understanding and appreciation of them.

CREATIVE WRITING

FATHER

By Edgar Guest

My father knows the proper way The nation should be run;

He tells us children every day Just what should now be done.

He knows the way to fix the trusts, He has a simple plan;

But if the furnace needs repairs, We have to hire a man.

My father, in a day or two Could land big thieves in jail;

There’s nothing that he cannot do, He knows no word like “fail.”

“Our confidence” he would restore, Of that there is no doubt;

But if there is a chair to mend, We have to send it out.

All public questions that arise, He settles on the spot;

He waits not till the tumult dies, But grabs it while it’s hot.

In matters of finance he can Tell Congress what to do;

But, O, he finds it hard to meet His bills as they fall due.

It almost makes him sick to read The things law-makers say;

Why, father’s just the man they need, He never goes astray.

All wars he’d very quickly end, As fast as I can write it;

But when a neighbor starts a fuss, ‘Tis mother has to fight it.

In conversation father can

Do many wondrous things; He’s built upon a wiser plan

Than presidents or kings.

He knows the ins and outs of each And every deep transaction;

We look to him for theories, But look to ma for action.

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Listen to the poem on CD.

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Проектная работа в 5-м классе

Изучение темы “Семья” заканчивается во второй четверти и вполне возможно завершить работу над темой проектной работой. Но так как лексикограмматическая наполняемость речи учащихся в этот период еще не велика, я предлагаю им работу над проектом в конце учебного года, по завершении работы над материалом учебника. Данный проект является итогом работы за год и включает в себя практически весь грамматический и большую часть лексического материала за 5-й класс. И хотя проект называется “My Family Tree”, пo сути это речевые высказывания по теме “My Biography”.

Впроцессе подготовки проекта у учащихся появляется не только мотив узнать как можно больше о своей семье, интересах, хобби (у нас даже существует конкурс, о скольких поколениях узнает каждый ребенок), но и стремление показать, чему же ребенок научился за год, о чем и как он может говорить на английском языке.

Высказывания учащихся затрагивают следующие темы: Animals, Pets, Food, TV, Sport, Seasons, Books, Numbers, Family, Months, Dates, School.

Всвоих высказываниях учащиеся используют следующие грамматические явления: to be, Pronouns, Article, Nouns, Plurals, like/enjoy/hate + V+ing, Prepositions of time, Simple Present, Simple Past, Simple Future, Present Progressive, to be going to V+ing.

I.ПОДГОТОВКА ПРОЕКТА

Работа над созданием проекта начинается с обсуждения формы проекта.

Учащиесявыдвигаютмножествоидейпоповодутого, как может быть представлен проект: дерево из фанеры на подставке, плакат в форме дерева, план-схема (см. фотографии проектов учащихся). Каждый из членов семьи – это яблоко, цветок, сердце, листок и т.д. Корни – это наши предки (пра-пра-пра), снизу ветки толще (т.к. старше возраст их представителей), на самой верхушке дерева учащиеся располагают себя.

Какая информация должна быть указана на древе? – Имя, год рождения, родственные связи. Затем мы приступаем к работе над содержанием проекта. Мы начинаем с активизации лексико-грамматического материала необходимого для презентации проекта. Для этого я использую ряд условно-речевых упражнений: имитационных, подстановочных, трансформационных и собственно репродуктивных. Вот некоторые из упражнений для активизации лексики по теме “My family and relatives”

(см. Приложение 1).

Также активизируется лексика по темам: Pets, Sport, TV, Seasons, Months, Books, School, Food.

Затем мы работаем над собственно высказыванием, которое отражает содержание каждого из проектов. В режиме фронтальной работы и дискуссии, мы приходим

к приблизительной опорной схеме, на основе которой каждый из учащихсяспособен в полной мере рассказать о своей семье.

My name is ...

I’m ...

My hobby is ...

I have got a family.

This is my ...

His/her name is ...

Не/she is ...

His/her birthday is on the ...th of ...

Не/she was born in ...

His/her hobby is ...

Не/she likes ...ing.

We have got a pet.

It is a ...

Its name is ...

We are a happy family.

Третий этап – это обсуждение содержания, которое реализуется при выполнении следующих поставленных коммуникационных задач:

1. There are a lot of hobbies. Some people like playing sports, others enjoy reading books. What do your classmates like doing? Ask them about their hobbies. Summarize the information in the chart.

Hobby	Andrey	Olga	Sergey
Playing	+	–	–
computer
games
Watching TV	–	+	–
Reading books	–	–	–
Other			Playing basketball

Учащиеся опрашивают друг друга:

–Do you like watching TV?

–Yes, I do. / No, I don’t

–What is your hobby?

–My hobby is growing roses.

Активизируются вопросы (общие и специальные) в Present Simple.

2. You know about your friends’ hobbies. And what do his parents/grandparents, sister, brother, aunt/uncle enjoy doing? What do they hate doing? (Ведется работа в парах). В форме диалогической речи происходит повторение специальных вопросов, структуры like doing V+ing, Simple Ргеsеnt,активизируется лексика по теме

“Family”, “Hobby”.)

3.Do you like animals? Do you have any pets at home? What pets did your parents have in their childhood? Imagine that you can have any pet you like. What pet would it be? Explain why you would like it? (Активизируется лексика по теме Pets, прилагательные.)

4.When is your birthday? When were you born? Ask your classmates about their date of birth. Who is the oldest/the youngest person in your class?

5.Ask your classmates when their grandparents were born. Whose grandparents are the oldest? (При выполнении за-

даний 4 и 5 происходит повторение степеней сравнения прилагательных, количественных и порядковых числительных.)

6.What is your favourite season? Why do you like it? When are you going to visit your grandparents? Where will you go in summer? (Повторение названий времен года, прилагательных, способов выражения будущего времени: Simple Future, Present Progressive, to be going to.)

Дома учащиеся оформляют свои проекты, суммируют информацию, которая обсуждалась на уроке, готовят презентацию проекта.

II. ПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЯ ПРОЕКТА проходит на следую-

щем уроке.

Примерное высказывание учащихся выглядит так:

My name is Sergey Popov. I’m eleven. My hobby is playing sports. I like playing football, swimming, cycling, and roller blading. I also like playing computer games. I enjoy drawing, as well. At school we do English, Russian, History, Biology, Music and Sport. I like English, Sport and History a lot. My great grandfather’s name was Peter. He was born in 1905. My great grandmother’s name was Olga. She was born in 1907. Her hobby was growing roses. My grandfather’s name is Boris. His birthday is on the 9th of March. My grandfather likes cycling. My grandmother’s name is Anastasia. She likes cooking different tasty dishes. I like her pelmeni best of all. My father’s name is Vladimir. He is 35. He likes working in the garage and repairing his car. He

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is going to buy a new car this summer. My mother’s name is Elena. Her birthday is in winter. Her favourite holiday is New Year. She doesn’t like cooking but she enjoys doing yoga. My aunt and uncle live in Novosibirsk. They have got a son, my cousin. His name is Igor and he is 15. He likes doing athletics. He is stronger than me. In summer I am going to visit them. I will go to Novosibirsk by train. I like travelling. We have got a pet budgie. Its name is Kesha. Kesha is a very funny and clever bird.

My family is friendly. I love my parents and they love me. We are a happy family.

III. ОЦЕНКА ПРОЕКТА

После презентации проекта мы обсуждаем, чей проект был:

а) наиболее оригинальным; б) наиболее интересным; в) наиболее содержательным.

На ошибки в речи указывают сами учащиеся, они же и оценивают работу каждого ученика.

Приложение 1

I. Подбери транскрипцию к словам:

aunt	[nE:s]
cousin	[‘pxrent]
nephew	[kAzqn]
parent	[ant]
bright	[braIt]
naughty	[‘nefju:]
nurse	[‘nLti]
guide	[weItq]
waiter	[gaId]

II. Распредели слова по столбикам в соответствии со звуками, которые есть в этих словах.

Husband, clever, worker, see, doctor, sister, wife, teacher, children, nurse, cousin, naughty, come

[l]	[e]	[i:]	[aI]	[L]	[E:]	[о]

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III. Прочитайсловаинайди“лишнее” слововкаждой строке.

1.mother, nephew, aunt, sister

2.uncle, cousin, doctor, child

3.see, naughty, bright, clever

4.brother, father, mother, niece

IV. Прочитай слова. Напиши в скобках транскрипционныйзнакзвука, которыйдаютподчеркнутыебуквы и буквосочетания.

1.	father	[	]
2.	worker	[	]
3.	children	[	]
4.	teacher	[	]
5.	waiter	[	]
6.	see	[	]
7.	nurse	[	]

V. Найди слова:

Businessman, husband, cousin, uncle, come, niece, dentist, bright, visit, naughty, worker, waiter, see, teacher

w	r	с	o	n	d	s	h	s	e	e	d
a	k	о	m	v	e	k	u	о	r	f	u
i	b	u	s	i	n	e	s	s	m	a	n
t	u	s	h	s	t	g	b	о	n	r	с
e	k	i	1	i	i	m	a	p	s	t	l
r	u	n	w	t	s	u	n	с	о	m	e
b	r	i	g	h	t	w	d	x	у	z	b
v	h	e	i	j	w	о	r	k	e	r	с
k	m	с	о	n	a	u	g	h	t	у	d
f	t	e	a	с	h	e	r	f	1	o	g

VII. Заполни пропуски словами, подходящими по смыслу.

My mother’s son is my _______________________. My grandmother’s daughter is my _______________. Your sister’s son is your _______________________. Your sister is your Mum’s ______________________. Your father’s mother is your ____________________. My Mum’s sister is my ________________________. Your uncle’s son is your _______________________.

Words: nephew, brother, cousin, aunt, daughter, grandmother, aunt

VIII. Прочитай текст, и заполни таблицу.

John has got four cousins: a girl and three boys. Their names are: Jane, Fred, Nick and Tom. The girl is 10 and a

pupil of the 5th form. She is from London. Nick is not from London. He is not a student. He is too little. Fred and Tom are of the same age and pupils of the same form.

Name	City	Age	Form
Jane	London		5
	Oxford	3
Nick		8
Tom	Boston		2

IX. Ниже изображено генеалогическое древо семьи Браунов. Рассмотри его схему внимательно и выполни задания.

The Browns

1.Заполни пропуски словами, подходящими по смыслу. a) Howard is Tom’s _________________________.

b) Richard is Mary’s ________________________. c) Mary and Susan are _______________________. d) Susan is Graham’s ________________________. e) Richard is Jane’s _________________________. f) Faith is Justin’s __________________________. g) Tom is Susan’s ___________________________. h) Linda is Faith’s___________________________.

2.Ответь на вопросы.

а) Who is Howard’s wife?

b)Is Richard Howard’s son?

c)Has Susan got a niece?

d)Who is Susan’s husband?

e)What is Jane’s brother name?

f)Are Tom and Justin brothers?

Оксана Викторовна Нартова, к.п.н., учитель высшей категории, г. Барнаул