"I live in Moldova"

Lesson stages

Time

Specific and sub competences

Teacher’s activity

Pupil’s activity

Methods, strategies and techniques

Notes

I. Evocation

1 min.

To develop sense of patriotism

Listening the national anthem of Moldova

Slide 1

3 min.

Greeting

introduction

-Good morning dear pupils!

-How are you?

- It’s unusual to hear the national anthem of Moldova at our English lesson. Let’s guess the theme of our lesson. For this I offer to you these words on the screen. Please read and say what these words are about?

Our theme is “I live in Moldova.” And Americans say: I am not without the native land, and the native land is not without me.

Good morning!

We are fine!

-Fruits, memleket, capitală, benim evim, my house, patria mea, mănăstirile, duuma erim, the Codrii, beautiful, garden, casa noastră, vii, harman

-These words are about Moldova

Reading in English, Gagauzian, Romanian

Slide 2

Slide 3

1 min.

2 min.

Reading the lesson’s objectives

Practice answering the questions

Today we’ll: practice talking about Moldova; practice reading new information ; enrich the vocabulary on the topic; practice using the verbs of Past Simple.

What do you know about Moldova?

-Is Moldova big or small?

-What are the cities of Moldova?

-What are the towns of Moldova?

-What are the rivers in Moldova?

-What colour is Moldova’s flag ?

-Moldova is small.

-The cities are : Chişinau, Comrat, Belţi.

-The towns are Teleneşti, Orhey, Vulcaneşti.

- The rivers in Moldova are Nistru, Bîc, Prut.

- Moldova’s flag is red, blue, yellow colour.

Listening the lesson’s objectives

Answering questions

Slide 4

Slide 5

II. Realization of the meaning

8 min.

Presentation the new words using the slides with the pictures

-On the blackboard you can see the useful words which you know from the II-nd form. Let’s read them.

-The next words are unknown for you. Let’s guess their meaning:

Capital

Country

Field

Fortress

Monastery

Native land

Orchard

Vineyard

Church

Please, make up some word combinations with new words using the words you know.

-beautiful, forests, large, rivers, songs, small, city, town, fruits, vegetables.

Столица

Страна

Поле

Крепость

Монастырь

Родина

Фруктовый сад

Виноградник

Церковь

-beautifulfortress,

-large vineyard,

-lovely orchard,

-small country…

Guessing the meaning of the words

Pair work

Slides 6-14

9 min.

Practice listening and reading skills

Let’s read and translate the text and….

2 min.

Practice speaking about Moldova

Say why do you love Moldova?

I love Moldova for orchards. I love Moldova for songs. I love Moldova for monasteries. I love Moldova for fields. I love Moldova for fortresses.

Slide 15

1 min.

Warming up activity

Hands up

Hands down

Clap your fingers

Top your leg

Relaxing moment

III. Reflection

3 min.

Checking comprehension

I have a letter from an American girl. She wrote it for you. Let’s read it. Let’s correct her composition:

-Moldova is a large country.

-Bălţi is the capital of Moldova.

-There are no rivers in Moldova.

-Chişinău is a small and quiet town.

-There are no orchards and vineyards in Moldova.

-The Moldovans do not grow fruits and vegetables.

-The longest river in Moldova is the Bîc.

-Moldova is a small country.

-Chisinau is the capital of Moldova.

-There are rivers in Moldova.

-Chişinău is a large and busy city.

- There are orchards and vineyards in Moldova.

-The Moldovans grow fruits and vegetables.

-The longest river in Moldova is the Nistru.

Correcting the sentences

Group work

Slide 16

5 min.

Practicing the usage of the verbs in Past Simple (positive and negative forms)

Listen to the next story: Tim is from Moldova. His cousin Greg lives in England. Last summer Greg and his parents came to Moldova. Look at the pictures and say -what places in Moldova they visited?

- what places in Moldova they didn’t visit?

-Greg and his parents visited Chisinau, circus, fortresses, orchards, monasteries.

-Greg and his parents didn’t visit Gagauzia, rivers, fields and vineyards.

Completing the sentences

Slide 17

Slide 18

IV.Extension

5 min.

2 min.

3 min.

Round up

Feed back

Evaluation

Giving homework

Relax and prepare for the next lesson

We have “Magic flower” on the blackboard but it’s without petals. let’s complete it. You should take a petal,read a word on it. If this word is about Moldova put it to the flower.

Your marks are …

Continue the story about Tim and Greg. Ex. 5 p. 78

-Let’s see our Moldova from the space. Stand up and dance.

Method “Magic flower”

Dancing “Tooti -ta”