Методическая разработка урока с презентацией "Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart" (для 9-10 классов ОУ).

ГОУ СОШ №79 Калининского района Санкт-Петербурга

Учитель английского языка
Королева Наталья Анатольевна

Использование материалов статей
сайта Шона Бенвила BreakingNewsEnglish.com
на уроках английского языка, для 9-11 классов.

Шон Бенвил ежедневно добавляет свои новые статьи, посвященные последним событиям в мире, и предлагает разработки уроков к ним (их уже более 1400). Я его материалами пользуюсь с 2008 г. и очень хочу, чтобы как можно больше коллег узнало об этом замечательном сайте. Можно найти статьи практически на все темы, которые проходим в школе, тем более что многие из них имеют два уровня сложности: easier | harder. Я делаю презентации к наиболее интересным для моих учеников статьям и, в зависимости от уровня группы, выбираю соответствующие задания.
Автор предлагает уроки по следующему плану:

1. Event - Текст статьи (он начитан самим Шоном)

2. WARM-UPS

3. BEFORE READING / LISTENING

4. WHILE READING / LISTENING

5. LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

6. AFTER READING / LISTENING

7. STUDENT SURVEY

8. DISCUSSION

9. LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE

10. WRITING

11. HOMEWORK

Хочу предложить, в качестве еще одного примера, мою презентацию к статье-уроку Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart. (Текст и все задания взяты с сайта http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

Chocolate Is Good For Your Heart (2nd April, 2010)

A study carried out in Germany has found that chocolate may be good for your heart. This is fantastic news for all chocolate lovers. The extensive research was conducted over eight years. The research team followed the chocolate-eating habits and health of almost 20,000 people. They compared how much chocolate was in their diet to the number of heart attacks and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The good news is that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think, and may even lower the risk of heart disease and stroke." Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark chocolate was the healthiest kind to eat: "Dark chocolate exhibits the greatest effects, milk chocolate fewer, and white chocolate no effects," he said.

The German study showed that people who ate the most chocolate (at least one bar per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent. The risk of suffering a stroke was cut by as much as 48 per cent. Nutrition experts believe that natural compounds in chocolate called flavonols are good for our heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood pressure. They are found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more cocoa) contains more of them than milk chocolate (which has more fat). Buijsse warns people not to suddenly eat lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts will most likely result in weight gain. If people start eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace something else, preferably other high-calorie sweets or snacks."

WARM-UPS

1. CHOCOLATE: Walk around the class and talk to other students about chocolate. Change partners often. Sit with your first partner(s) and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. NAUGHTY BUT NICE: Complete this table. Talk with your partner(s) about what you wrote. Change partners and share what you heard.

4. HEALTH: Students A strongly believe that one day, we will all eat very healthily; Students B strongly believe the opposite.  Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

5. HEALTHY: Are these healthy? Rate them and share your ratings with your partner: 10 = Super healthy 1 = Will send you to an early grave Change partners and share again.

6. HEART: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘heart’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

BEFORE READING / LISTENING

1. TRUE / FALSE:
Read the headline. Guess if  a-h  below are true (T) or false (F).

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

3. PHRASE MATCH:  (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

WHILE READING / LISTENING

GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.

LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps

______________________ Germany has found that chocolate may be good for your heart. This is fantastic news for all chocolate lovers. The extensive research was conducted over eight years. The research team followed the chocolate-______________________ of almost 20,000 people. They compared how much chocolate was in ______________________ of heart attacks and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The good news is that chocolate ______________________ used to think, and may even ______________________ disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark chocolate was the healthiest kind to eat: "Dark chocolate ______________________, milk chocolate fewer, and white chocolate no effects," he said.

The German study showed that ______________________ chocolate (at least one bar per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent. The risk of suffering a stroke ______________________ 48 per cent. Nutrition experts believe that natural compounds in chocolate called flavonols ______________________. Flavonols also help reduce blood pressure. They are found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more cocoa) ______________________ than milk chocolate (which has more fat). Buijsse warns people ______________________ lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts will most likely result in weight gain. If people start ______________________ chocolate, it should replace something else, preferably other high-calorie sweets or snacks."

AFTER READING / LISTENING

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘heart’ and ‘attack’.

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

• Share your questions with other classmates / groups.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

STUDENT CHOCOLATE SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about chocolate in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

CHOCOLATE DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

LANGUAGE – MULTIPLE CHOICE

A study carried (1) ____ in Germany has found that chocolate may be good for your heart. This is fantastic news for all chocolate lovers. The extensive research was conducted (2) ____ eight years. The research team followed the chocolate-eating habits and health of almost 20,000 people. They compared how much chocolate was in their (3) ____ to the number of heart attacks and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The good news is that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think, and may even (4) ____ the risk of heart disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark chocolate was the healthiest kind to eat: "Dark chocolate (5) ____ the greatest effects, milk chocolate (6) ____, and white chocolate no effects," he said.

The German study showed that people who ate the most chocolate (at least one  (7) ____ per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent. The risk of suffering a stroke was cut by as (8) ____ as 48 per cent. Nutrition experts believe that natural compounds in chocolate called flavonols are good for our heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood pressure. They are found in cocoa beans (9) ____ dark chocolate (which has more cocoa) contains more of them than milk chocolate (which has more fat). Buijsse warns people (10) ____ to suddenly eat lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts will most (11) ____ result in weight gain. If people start eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace something else, (12) ____ other high-calorie sweets or snacks."

Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.

WRITING

Write about chocolate for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.

2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about chocolate and health. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.

3. CHOCOLATE: Make a poster about chocolate around the world. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?

4. CHOCOLATE LOVERS: Write a magazine article about two people who love chocolate. Include imaginary interviews with them.

Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).

5. LETTER: Write a letter to a chocolate expert. Ask him/her three questions about chocolate. Give him/her three of your favorite chocolate stories. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

ANSWERS

TRUE / FALSE:

SYNONYM MATCH:

PHRASE MATCH:

GAP FILL:

Chocolate is good for your heart

A study carried out in Germany has found that chocolate may be good for your heart. This is fantastic news for all chocolate lovers. The extensive research was conducted over eight years. The research team followed the chocolate-eating habits and health of almost 20,000 people. They compared how much chocolate was in their diet to the number of heart attacks and strokes people had. Lead researcher Brian Buijsse said: "The good news is that chocolate is not as bad as we used to think, and may even lower the risk of heart disease and stroke.” Mr Buijsse said his team found that dark chocolate was the healthiest kind to eat: "Dark chocolate exhibits the greatest effects, milk chocolate fewer, and white chocolate no effects," he said.

The German study showed that people who ate the most chocolate (at least one bar per week) reduced their risk of having a heart attack by 27 per cent. The risk of suffering a stroke was cut by as much as 48 per cent. Nutrition experts believe that natural compounds in chocolate called flavonols are good for our heart. Flavonols also help reduce blood pressure. They are found in cocoa beans so dark chocolate (which has more cocoa) contains more of them than milk chocolate (which has more fat). Buijsse warns people not to suddenly eat lots of chocolate: "Eating higher amounts will most likely result in weight gain. If people start eating small amounts of chocolate, it should replace something else, preferably other high-calorie sweets or snacks."

LANGUAGE WORK