Lesson plan: Modal verbs. My favourite
actor/actress – Kirsten Dunst
Aims:
-
the
educational aim: remind students of the remembering
word combinations, to give more information about grammar structure
– ‘Modal verbs’(can, can’t, have to, not have
to)
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the
development aim: to develop their memory, writing skills, speaking habits
about their favourite
actors/actresses
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the
up-bringing aim: to teach them to love English
language
The
type of the lesson: New
Lesson
Visual aids: Opportunities (elementary) ‘Students
book’,
multimedia projector,
blackboard,chalk
Procedure of the
lesson
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Organization
moment
-
greeting with
students
-
speaking about the weather
conversation
-
short conversation between
duties
2 Check up home
task
Now
students who want to tell me about home task? What was your home
task?
Home
work
Learn by
heart grammar rules ‘Degrees of adjectives’.
Examples.
Learn by
heart new words about cats and their
meanings
Cheetah
, domestic cat, lion, panther, Scottish wild cat
,tiger
Introduction with the new
theme
Modal
verbs
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We
use can to say that something is allowed: In
football you can touch the ball with your
head.
-
We also
use can to talk about ability:
I can swim.
-
We
use can’t to say that something is not allowed:
In football you can’t touch
the ball with your hands.
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We also
use can’t to talk about lack of ability:
I can’t drive
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We
use have to to say that something is
necessary: You have to use a stick in
hockey.
-
We
use not have to to say that something is not
necessary: We don’t have to go to college at the
weekend
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After can and can’t we use the infinitive form
without to
New
words:
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Excitement
–
-
Fame
–
-
Beauty
–
-
Romance
–
-
Success
–
-
Performance
-
Megastars
–
-
Recently
–
-
Production
–
Before you
start
1
Look at the photos of Kirsten Dunst . What do you know about
her? Try to answer these
questions.
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What
country is she from?
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How old is
she?
-
What are
her most famous films?
2
Read the article and answer the
questions
Kirsten
Dunst was born in New Jersey, USA, in 1982. Her acting career began
at the age of three when she appeared in her first TV advert in the
end she made more than seventy! She made her film debuted with a
small part in Woody Allen’s New York Stories (1989). Shortly after
this family moved to Los Angeles and her film career early started
in a big way.
In 1994,
she got her big break in interview with the vampire, performing
with famous megastars Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Her performance as
a creepy kid earned her a Golden Globe nomination, the MTV Award
for Best Breakthrough Performance and the Saturn award for Best
Young Actress.
The
following year, People magazines included her on their list of the
world’s ‘Fifty Most Beautiful People’. Over the next few years, she
starred in more hit movies including Little Women (1994), Jumanji
(1995), the romantic Get Over It (2001) and Mona Lisa Smile with
Julia Roberts (2003). However, her most successful films are the
Spider-man films (2002 and 2004) with Tobey Maquier, where she
plays the part of superhero Spider-man’s girlfriend, Mary
Jane.
Kirsten
recently started a film production company with her mother but
plans to continue acting, too. So what does she want to do next? ‘I
don’t know. You know, I love doing comedies and I love doing more
serious films, too.’
3
Read the text again and answer the
questions.
1 What
was her first acting job?
2 How
old was she when she appeared in her first
film?
3 Who
did she star with in Interview with the
Vampire?
4 What
is her most famous part?
5 What
new project is the working on with her
mother?
Practice
Complete
the sentences with can and can’t
Exercise
6 .
1
Marathon runners ----- drink during the race but short-distance
runners ----
2
Volleyball players ---- touch the
net
3 Tennis
players ----- wear colourful
clothes
4 In
football, goalkeepers ---- touch the ball with their
hands
Exercise
7
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Footballers ----- be very big but they --- be
fast
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Basketball players ---- be
quite tall
-
Ice hockey players ----
wear helmets
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In
football , goalkeepers ---- run all the
time
Speaking task: speaking about these
things
Concerts, exhibitions, films, plays, sports
events
Marking students
answers.
Home
work: learn by heart new words their meanings, grammar
rules about Modal verbs,to give examples, speaking bout ‘My
favourite actor/actress’.