Тема:  «Who is a successful person?»

Цель: совершенствовать и углублять знания учащихся по теме и моделировать речевое общение с использованием лексики темы, развивать навыки и умения в диалогической и монологической речи, в чтении с применением различных стратегий чтения, в аудировании и письме.

Задачи:  Способствовать развитию логического мышления, внимания, памяти, языковых и речевых умений , развивать навыки работать в паре, группе,  познавательной деятельности учащихся, мотивация учащихся к иноязычному общению. формировать стремление быть успешным в жизни.

Ход урока:

1.Organization moment .Warm-up (  4 min)

Good morning, pupils! Sit down, please. How are you? Who is absent today?

Today we are going to continue to talk about success in our life and successful people аnd we’ll try to find the formula of success.  And at first I would like you  to read English proverbs and match the Russian meaning .

2. Speaking (  10 min)

Famous people… What does it mean?

The “Oxford Student’s Dictionary of Current English”   gives the meaning of the word “famous”  as  known widely; having fame.

What Russian successful people do you know?

Well done. And what is success for you?

Success for me is…

·        to get good education

·        to marry a rich man

·        to set up my own business

·        to become  a president

·        to enter Moscow State University

·        to set up a close family and have nice children

·        to be the best in my future profession

·        to become a star

·        to realize my dream

·        to help other people

·        to earn a lot of money

What traits of character can help you to achieve success in life?

ambitious, careful, careless, brave, cruel, creative, lazy, attentive, a coach potato, talented, silly, curious, too emotional,  serious, can’t concentrate on one thing, selfish, hard-working.

         I believe.....                                                        I’m afraid ....

You will achieve success in life if you   are ....

It’s impossible to succeed in life if you  are ....

Working with the pictures ( 4 min)

-And let`s speak about  British and American famous people.  Look at the blackboard, name a person and his  or her profession. 

Listening ( 8 min)

I see you know famous people. And the next task for you is listen and then  decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).

1.  Daniel Defoe wrote his novels in the 19^th century.

2.  Daniel  Defoe  wrote  his  novel  about  Robinson  Crusoe  when he was 30.

3.  The story of Robinson Crusoe is the author`s imagination.

4.  The  novel  wasn`t  popular  in  the  18thcentury,  it  became popular later.

5.  Daniel Defoe didn`t write his book for children.

- But before listening translate the following words:

Adventure-

Sailor-

Author imagination-

Desert island-

Incidents-

Immediately-

Reading  ( 10 min)

-In the next exercise you should read the text , guess a famous person,  and complete the table.

Order	Biography of a famous person
1	Name, surname
2	Why he is famous
3	Dates and birthplace	He was born in…
4	Education	He / She studied in …
5	Career	He / She (has) worked as…
6	Famous works

He was born on April 23, 1564, in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. He went to the local free grammar school where he studied Latin. At the age of 18 he married a local girl, Anne Hathaway. Ann was eight years older than her husband and the marriage wasn't a happy one. When he  was twenty-one, he went to London. He began to work in London holding the horses of those people who came to see the plays at the theatre. Later he became an actor and then he began to write plays himself. He  wrote history plays such as "Henry IV" , comedies such as " A Comedy of  Errors". His early tragedy is "Romeo and Juliet". Between 1600 and 1608 he wrote his great tragedies, "Hamlet" "Macbeth" and "King Lear". "Hamlet" is the most popular, the best-known of all his plays. He wrote 38 plays and many poems. His plays were staged in many theatres, translated into many foreign languages. That made him a very popular man. He  wrote also a lot of poetry including his sonnets. He died on April 23, 1616.

Check-up ( 3 min)

-Let`s check your answers. Who is this successful man or woman?

Summing-up

-Our lesson is going to the end. And now I would like you write down a formula of success. Complete the sentences:

Successful people

should have___________

 must be__________

 At home you should write down about one of the greatest people. Thank you for your work. Hand in your worksheets, I `ll check them and get the marks. Good-bye!

Worksheet

Name_______                        Surname_________________

What traits of character can help you to achieve success in life?

2) True or false

1.  Daniel Defoe wrote his novels in the 19^th century.

2.  Daniel  Defoe  wrote  his  novel  about  Robinson  Crusoe  when he was 30.

3.  The story of Robinson Crusoe is the author`s imagination.

4.  The  novel  wasn`t  popular  in  the  18thcentury,  it  became popular later.

5.  Daniel Defoe didn`t write his book for children.

3) He was born on April 23, 1564, in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. He went to the local free grammar school where he studied Latin. At the age of 18 he married a local girl, Anne Hathaway. Ann was eight years older than her husband and the marriage wasn't a happy one. When he  was twenty-one, he went to London. He began to work in London holding the horses of those people who came to see the plays at the theatre. Later he became an actor and then he began to write plays himself. He  wrote history plays such as "Henry IV" , comedies such as " A Comedy of  Errors". His early tragedy is "Romeo and Juliet". Between 1600 and 1608 he wrote his great tragedies, "Hamlet" "Macbeth" and "King Lear". "Hamlet" is the most popular, the best-known of all his plays. He wrote 38 plays and many poems. His plays were staged in many theatres, translated into many foreign languages. That made him a very popular man. He  wrote also a lot of poetry including his sonnets. He died on April 23, 1616.

Order	Biography of a famous person
1	Name, surname
2	Why he is famous
3	Dates and birthplace	He was born in…
4	Education	He / She studied in …
5	Career	He / She (has) worked as…
6	Other information

4 Successful people

should have___________

must be__________