Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde - Картка самостійної роботи

This term we are going to read and discuss some of the books by the greatest British authors. Many of them are fairy tales which is a very popular genre in the English literature.

We start with Oscar Wilde's fairy tales. His collection of stories for children "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" was first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". These tales are about such eternal things as love, fidelity and friendship.

Шановні студенти, що навчаються за індивідуальним графіком! Ці завдання є обов'язковими для опрацювання!

1. Read the story "Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde. Copy out all the unknown words into your vocabularies.

2. Here's the story read by Stephen Fry. Listen to it as you reread the story. Prepare the reading of the extract below.

"One night there flew over the city a little Swallow. His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind, for he was in love with the most beautiful Reed. He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her.

'Shall I love you said the Swallow', who liked to come to the point at once, and the Reed made him a low bow. So he flew round and round her, touching the water with his wings, and making silver ripples. This was his courtship, and it lasted all through the summer".

3. Make up an outline of the story.

4. This cartoon is sure to touch your soul. Watch it and do the tasks in the worksheets suggested below.

Video

Worksheets

Take the English Literature course to learn more.

The Carol of the Bells

Did you know that Shchedryk is the most famous Ukrainian song? Its English version is called Carol of the Bells.

There's a Wikipedia article devoted to this song which says it was composed by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 on the basis of the Ukrainian folk song. English lyrics were written by Peter J. Wilhousky in 1936.

Perhaps you remember hearing it while watching Home Alone.

Lyrics: 

Hark how the bells, 

sweet silver bells, 

all seem to say, 

throw cares away 

Christmas is here, 

bringing good cheer, 

to young and old, 

meek and the bold, 

Ding dong ding dong 

that is their song 

with joyful ring 

all caroling 

One seems to hear 

words of good cheer 

from everywhere 

filling the air 

Oh how they pound, 

raising the sound, 

o'er hill and dale, 

telling their tale, 

Gaily they ring 

while people sing 

songs of good cheer, 

Christmas is here, 

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas, 

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas, 

On on they send, on without end, 

their joyful tone to every home 

Ding dong ding ding... dong! (Once again) 

Enjoy here 10 best covers of Shchedryk

Talking about fashion

Do you know what are the right names for different hat models? Can you explain what kind of shoes you are looking for? If you are not sure, then here's some help.

In this video you will see the examples of the following hats: homburg hat, trilby hat, fedora hat, bowler hat, pork pie hat, deerstalker, cowboy hat, ivy cap, newsboy cap, beret (or French beret), bucket hat, panama hat, boater hat, bumper brim hat, pillbox hat, cloche (bell) hat, mushroom hat, vagabond hat, floppy hat, cartwheel hat, Breton hat, fascinator hat.


Now check yourself. What hats are the members of Radiohead wearing in this collage? British fashion rules :)

Here's a great article about the place of a bowler hat in British fashion if you want some extra reading on the topic.

At the previous lesson we also had a problem with types of shoes. So, here's Justine talking about them.

In this video you will see the following types of shoes:

Flat shoes: gladiators, ballerinas, moccasins, loafers, Mary Jane’s, mules, slingsbacks.

Heels: ankle-strap heels, kitten heels, stilettos, scarpins, killer heels, platform heels, wedges, chunky heels, peeptoes heels. 

Boots: Chelsea boots, cowboy boots, knee-high boots, thigh-high boot.

And at the end: peeptoe Mary Jane heels and peeptoe platform slingback heels.

After watching please, let me know what kind of shoes and hats you prefer. Looking forward to your comments.

Today is Saint Andrew's Day

Every year on 30 November Scotland celebrate a national holiday - Saint Andrew's Day. On Scotland's national day most people in this country get a day off and mark the occasion with traditional food, music, dances, flag flying and seeing family and friends.

St.Andrew has been honoured as a patron saint of Scotland since 1000 AD.

Get a glimpse of St.Andrew's Day parade in this video.

Find out more and get the idea of what being Scottish means by reading the following articles.

St.Andrew's Day 

Happy St.Andrew's Day! When is St/Andrew's Day and what it is all about?

Seven Weird and Wonderful Scottish Traditions

Preposition Songs

There's a wide variety of preposition songs on Youtube so it's important to choose the one which suits the needs of your class. The songs below are perfect for the third form in our country.

In, On, Under

Where is the Spider?

Let's take English outside the classroom (Blended Learning Lesson Design)

1.Use an online-dictionary to find out the meaning of the following vocabulary:

account

language course

beginner

intermediate

resource

reference

application

learning tool

sign in

log in

channel

subscribe

share

follow

post a comment

2. Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SjHBmNLRvM&list=PLE10C31C476B59EEE&index=16 and find the American equivalents to the following British words:

Trousers -

Crisps -

Chips -

Lift -

Fizzy drink -

Film -

Sidewalk -

3. Comment on the page https://okengli.blogspot.com/p/we-study-english_20.html

Use the prompts:

• I will use…
• I especially like…
• … is very useful.
• ...is great.
• I tried … . It’s very good.

Weather Song for Primary School

Knowing weather vocabulary is extremely important for future primary teachers as pupils of 2nd and 3rd forms are already familiar with basic words and expressions. Discussing weather at the lesson can be boring but there are ways to make it fun such as using songs with movements. For example, "The Sun comes Up".

 Lyrics