Overall Objective: SWBA to learn the
history of the national symbols (plants) and match them with the countries of
the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Language Objective: SWBA to learn
the names of the countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland) and symbols of plants( shamrock, leek, thistle, daffodil and rose) of the
UK and use them in vocabulary exercises.
Civic Education Objective: SWBA to
identify and match national symbols with the countries of the United Kingdom.
Curriculum Connection: English
Curriculum 7,07. 14,07.17,07.18.
Class Context and Needs: Basic level
learners.
Materials: Handouts, laptop,
pictures, board, chalk, papers, a question bag, mini whiteboard.
Activities: Describing a map of
symbols.
Reading the text.
Answering the
questions.
Playing the game.
Doing vocabulary exercises.
Assessment: To do multiple choice
exercise about the UK symbols.
Overall Objective: SWBA to learn
the history of the national symbols(plants)
and match them with the countries of the UK.
Language Objective: SWBA to learn
the names of the countries(England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and
the symbols(rose, leek, thistle, daffodil, shamrock) of the UK and use them
in vocabulary exercises.
Civic Objective: SWBA to identify
and match the national symbols with
the countries of the United Kingdom.
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Stage
of Lesson
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Activity
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Time
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Warm Up
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To stick the map with the symbols of the UK
on the board and ask the students to guess what they mean.
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5 min.
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Activity 1
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To give the students reading text handouts. Ask them to read the text
in pairs, underline the key words and then answer the questions using the ‘question
bag.’
In the ‘question bag’ the teacher puts the comprehensive questions
written on the pink paper and the names of the students on the yellow paper,
folds them and puts into the ‘question
bag’. The teacher asks the volunteer to come to the board and take out from
the bag one pink paper with a question and one yellow paper with a student’s
name. And all the students in turn answer the comprehensive questions around
the text.
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15 min.
Handout A.
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Activity 2
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The teacher shows the symbols(rose, leek, thistle, shamrock) on
the laptop and the students name them. Then they write the symbols and new
words on the board and play the game ‘hot seat’.
One volunteer comes and sits on the chair with the back to the board.
Another student tells the definition of the symbol or the new word written on
the board and the volunteer guesses
the word. The teacher changes volunteers and everyone has the chance to take
part in the game.
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7 min.
Handout B.
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Activity 3
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The teacher distributes the handouts of matching exercise.(Match the
symbols with the countries). The students do this exercise in pairs. Then
they read out the sentences and the
teacher checks them.
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8 min.
In pairs.
Handout C.
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Assessment
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The students write multiple choice exercise individually about the
symbols of the UK and show the answers to the teacher and each other using
the mini whiteboards.
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10 min.
Handout 4.
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Handout
A
National Symbols
Of The United Kingdom.
The symbol of England is a red rose. The red rose was the emblem of Lancastrians and the white
rose of the Yorkists in the war of Roses(1455-1485) for the English throne. The war ended
by the marriage of Henry VII, the Lancastrians with Princes
Elizabeth, the Yorkist. The Red Rose
has since become the national emblem of
England.
An important symbol of Scotland is the thistle. Thistles are plants. They are beautiful but they are sharp
too. An ancient story says that the enemies crossed the river to kill Scots in
their sleep. They took off their shoes so as not to make a noise. But one of
the enemies stepped on the thistle and cried with pain. The alarm was given in the Scot’s camp. For
this help, the Scots took thistle as a national symbol.
The most famous symbol of Northern
Ireland is the shamrock. It has three leaves. Every Irish wears this national
emblem on ST. Patrick’s day, March 17. The legend tells, that ST.
Patrick used the shamrock as an illustration of mystery
of the Trinity.
The oldest symbol of Wales is
a vegetable called a leek. Welsh
people wear them on their coats on ST.
David’s Day, the Welsh national holiday. The link between the leek and ST. David is the belief that he lived for several years on bread and leek. Another
symbol of Wales is daffodil.
Lancastrians-ლანკასტრიანთა დინასტიის
წარმომადგენლები
daffodil-ნარგიზი
Yorkists
-იორკისტთა დინასტიის წარმომადგენლები
leek-პრასი
Throne-ტახტი
mystery- საიდუმლო
Thistle -ბრტყელეკალა
Trinity-სამება
Alarm -განგაში
link -კავშირი
Shamrock- სამყურა
belief -რწმენა
ACTIVITY 1
Answer the following
questions:
1. What is the
symbol of England?
2. Why did the
red rose become the symbol of England?
3. What is the
symbol of Scotland
4. Can you tell
us short story why the thistle became the symbol of Scotland?
5. What is the
symbol of Northern Ireland?
6. When do Irish
people wear shamrock?
7. Why do shamrock become national emblem of Northern
Ireland?
8. What is the
symbol of Wales?
9. When do the
Welsh people wear the leek?
10. What is the link between the leek and St. David?
11. What is another symbol of Wales?
HANDOUT B
Match the sentence
parts:
1 . Irish
people wear on ST. Patrick’s Day a) red
rose
2. They are beautiful but sharp too b) kilts
3 . The
symbol of England is c) shamrock
4. Welsh people wear on ST. David’s Day d) thistle
5. Scottish men wear
e) the Queen
6. The UK
has f) leek
Keys:
1. C
2. D 3. A 4. F
5. B 6. E
Handout C
Circle correct answer:
1. Welsh oldest national symbol is…..
a) rose b)
leek c) lilac
2. The UK consists of …..countries
a) two b) three c) four
3. The War of Roses was in…..
a) England
b) Scotland c) Wales
4. Scottish symbol is…..
a) shamrock b) rose c) thistle
5. Georgians are famous for their…..
a) playing football
b) love of animals c)
hospitality
6. English national sport is……
a) rugby b) cricket c) karate
7. Irish symbol is
a)
daffodil b)
thistle c) shamrock
8 . Every Irish wears shamrock on
a)
ST.
David’s Day b) ST. Maria’s
Day c) ST. George’s Day
Keys:
1. B
2. C 3. A 4.
C 5. C 6.
B 7.
C 8.
A
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