Цель: развитие навыков просмотрового чтения.

Оборудование: записи на доске; РТ; словари.

Ход урока

I. Организационный момент

- Today we will discuss the problem of independence. We will see if it is easy to be independent.

II. Фонетическая разминка

- And as usual we begin with pronunciation. Open your workbooks at p. 62. In ex. 1 there are some word combinations connected with our theme. Try to read them by the transcription. Now repeat the words after me.

- Read them yourselves in a chain.

- Use the dictionary and write the words in letters. {Computer games;pocket money; fashionable clothes; serious decision.)

III. Речевая разминка

- Continue working in your workbooks. In ex. 2, p. 62 there are some adjectives. Your task is to make up the opposite in the meaning words with the help of the prefixes. Consult the dictionary. (Independent; unreliable; impossible; unimportant; unsuccessful; unsociable; unequal; unfair; uneducated; inhuman.)

- Which of these characteristics should a successful person have? Which of them shouldn't he have?

- Use these words in the sentences of your own. For example: "My elder brother is very independent. He always solves the problems himself."

IV. Обучение речи

-. Can an independent person have any of these qualities? Let's discuss what you think about being independent. Open your textbooks at p. 107. Do the task of ex. 60. Work in pairs, please. Report to the class what you think about it. (As we see, being independent means taking serious decisions by yourself, taking care of your pets and of your room, earning pocket money for the things you want.)

- Read the text about what Americans think about being independent. Answer the questions given in the text. (Sometimes lam expected to make choices but not very often. Yes, they do. (No, they don't).)

- So, what do Americans think about being dependent? (They believe that a person should have the freedom to decide what should be done today and in the future.)

- Do the parents encourage their children to be independent? (Yes, they do.)

- From what age do they encourage their children? (From an early age. Even small children make decisions.)

- What choices do teenagers have to make? (They choose between subjects at school, they choose their friends and how to earn money and how to spend them.)

- Continue answering questions from ex. 22 on p. 111.

Примерный ответ: А:

1. Yes, they do. They ask me to do something serious for them, they always ask my opinion, and they let me earn money myself. (They never ask my opinion, they don't let me earn money. Mother says she wants me to help her.)

2.1 do nothing. (I try to work during my summer vacation.)

B:

1. Yes, they are. If a person drives a car he must think about other people and be ready to response for his deeds.

2. American teenagers are more independent because their parents teach them to be independent from the very childhood.

— Before we continue discussing the text let's have a rest.

V. Физкультминутка

VI. Развитие речевых навыков

— Read the article again. Correct the false statements in ex. 62, p. 107. Prove that you are right with the help of the examples from the text.

Примерный ответ:

1. American parents believe strongly that a person should have the freedom to decide what to do today and in the future.

2. Children decide themselves how to spend the money they have earned.

3. Teenagers should be given freedom because it's very important to be independent and to believe in yourself.

4. Usually teenagers are encouraged to take decisions themselves.

5. Children decide it themselves: to buy computer games or travel.

— What can you say about the independence in our country? Work in groups. Use the text as the model. Prepare brief information about possible ways ofbeing independent.

Примерный ответ:

Вариант 1. As for my parents, they never make me do anything without my agreement. They always ask my opinion on things they buy. My parents let me work during summer holidays and earn some pocket money. I think this is the way to be independent. Unfortunately in our schools we are not so independent. We don't have a chance to choose the subjects we like, only when we take exams.

Вариант 2. As for my parents, they never ask my opinion about the things they want to buy. Mother doesn't let me work in summer as she thinks I must do all household job. My parents strictly control how I spend my pocket money. I don't think I am independent.

— Share your ideas with other groups. Say if you have the same opinions.

- At home work on the new words from the text. Besides, learn the difference between the words "to do", "to make".

VII. Подведение итогов урока

- What new information have you learnt from the text? Can you call yourself an independent person? Is an independent person successful? That is all for today. The lesson is over. You may be free.