By Katya Loskutova & Nina Zotina

The fragment of the lesson with the use of

concrete poetry.

Aimed at the 9th grade students

Topic – London

Develop speaking skills (mini-dialogue)

Develop writing skills (writing a poem)

Develop reading skills (reading techniques)

Get the students acquainted with London’s

places of interest

Develop critical thinking (the ability to find

out advantages and disadvantages)

Develop creative skills

Get the students acquainted with the

contrast type of poem

Develop logical thinking

Do you know who is a conformist? It’s a person who agrees with everything. At

present it’s important to be able to disagree. Today we’ll try to do that. We’ll look at London from some other side.

Now let’s make a bubble-scheme with positive and negative features of London.

Look at the example here. Try to find logical counter-arguments.

I created my own poem about London. Let’s read it.

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London

London is a huge city

But it’s not the biggest in the world.

A lot of people admire it

But not everybody wants to live there.

It is visited by millions of tourists

But some of us can’t afford that

You can see many interesting places there

But you won’t have time to see them all !

London But ... … But … … But … You can … But you won’t …

Try to find negative points in the things I am mentioning.

Continue my thought starting with the word ‘But..’

Listen to my example: Perm is a beautiful city. But it’s very dirty.

Now it’s your turn to continue my thoughts:

There are many interesting subjects at school. But…

(they are difficult, there are too many)

It’s sunny. But…

(it’s cold)

I like summer. But…

(I don’t like heat, I hate insects)

I want to visit Paris. But..

(I don’t have money, my parents don’t want that)

Now write a poem in pairs.Think of possible advantages and disadvantages

connected with London. There is the bubble-scheme to help you.

Be ready to present your poem in the form of an argument.St 1 – likes London,St 2 – disagrees with him/her

London ……

But ……

Now answer some question in order to assess your work during the lesson.

Do the reflexion.

Hope today`s lesson was interesting and useful for you.

London

It’s a beautiful city

There are a lot of interesting places

You can walk the whole day there

It’s rather noisy

There are too many tourists

But the weather is rather windy

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