. The Lesson Plan
I. Date: 10. 12. 2012
II. Grade: 9th
III. The theme of the lesson: Unit III. Geography and travelling. Review lesson.
IV. The aims of the lesson:
• Talking about the countries; getting new information; enlarging students’ vocabularies;
• Developing reading, writing, speaking, listening skills;
• Bringing up love and interest to the subject, respecting each other’s opinions.
V. The visual aids: cards with different questions, an interactive board, a blackboard.

The Procedure of the Lesson
1. Organization moment:
T: Good morning, students!
S: Good morning, teacher!
T: How are you?
S: Fine, thanks.
T: Who is on duty today?
S1: I am on duty today.
T: What day/date is it today?
S1: Today is the 10th of December.
T: Who is absent today?
2. Checking up the homework:
T: What was your homework?
S: To review all the steps of Unit III.
3. Warming-up:
T: Could you tell me what makes реоple spend time and money on travelling and
sightseeing? What are the reasons for travelling?

T: I absolutely agree with you! Travelling broadens our mind .So let’s begin our
journey.

4. The main part of the lesson:
T: Welcome to our lesson. Today we are going to speak about travelling and tourism .I
doubt anyone can imagine modern life without travelling and holidays are a wonderful
chance to relax, have fun and explore new places and countries.
Today we shall have a competition of 2 teams.
I - TASK
I-team: It’s very important to know the languages of the country you are going to visit .What languages are spoken in these countries?

Country Language
SPAIN Spanish
ITALY Italian
THE USA English
GERMANY German
FRANCE French
GREAT BRITAIN English
CHINA Chinese
JAPAN Japanese
EGYPT Arabic
RUSSIA Russian
KAZAKHSTAN Kazakh

II-team: Answer the question, the capitals of what countries these cities are. Put down the names of the countries!
Capital Country
MADRID SPAIN
CAIRO EGYPT
PEKING CHINA
LONDON GREAT BRITAIN
TOKIO JAPAN
BERLIN GERMANY
PARIS FRANCE
WASHINGTON USA
ROME ITALY
MOSCOW RUSSIA
ASTANA KAZAKHSTAN

II – TASK
T: All of you were very good. Your second task is to study the maps and tell us about to cities. You should show the country on the map and speak about their sightseeing. You can use this information.
London Astana
Great Britain Kazakhstan
Thames Esil
6 million 6 hundred thousand
Historic buildings Modern buildings
Underground -
Traffic and pollution Traffic

Who is supposed to be the first? Come out to the front and start speaking.
(представители от каждой команды выходят к доске и работают с картой)

It was a pleasure to listen to you.

III – TASK

T: New Year is coming and I’m sure it will be great to spend winter holidays somewhere abroad. There are 2 attractive tourist places, European countries- United Arab Emirates, India. Your task is to attract our attention to these countries in a form of a tourist guide.
Use the below mentioned information.



IV – TASK
T: The first team should say about advantages of travelling by plane and disadvantages of travelling by train. The second team should say about advantages of travelling by train and disadvantages of travelling by plane.

T: Adventure is necessary for us all. It keeps people from growing stale and old; it develops our imagination, it gives us movement and change which are necessary to our life.
In conclusion find the English proverbs.
Every country has the welcome home
East or West, like home
There is no place its customs
The wider we roam home is best

Teacher: It was our last contest .Our tour is coming to an end. I think we covered the subject quite thoroughly. Did you find it interesting? Summing it up I’d like to say that there are many beautiful places in the world but there’s no place like home .Our native place cannot boast any unusual sights or exotic landscapes but it is the best place to live
I am happy to announce the results of the competition .Congratulations to everybody.

5. Giving the homework:
T: Your homework will be to revise the grammar, especially Gerund.
6. Evoluation:
“5” –
“4” –
“3” –

7. Ending of the lesson:
T: Thank you for your active working.
Goodbye!
S: Goodbye! .