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Intermediate 11 form
WHAT THE FLAGS SAY
Objectives:
To practice speaking in dialogues and impromptu monologues based on covered grammar and vocabulary;
To develop pupils’ listening and reading comprehension skills;
To promote pupils’ creativity;
To form pupils’ habits of team work;
Equipment: posters about Stars and Stripes and Union Jack
Time: 45 minutes
I. Warming-up. 2min
T. The teacher enters the classroom with blue and yellow Ukrainian flag. As you know the theme of our today’s lesson is: WHAT THE FLAGS SAY. Why did I choose it?
Are the flags important in the life of the countries? What for do the people use them?
The pupils answer these questions.
II. Speaking. /10 minutes.
Generalizing and revising the country-study information
T. Today you are divided into three teams. Each team will share its information with the other ones, reporting on the English-speaking countries and Ukraine, comparing the data which you found in the Internet. You have a minute to present your teams.
Team 1. We are the team “Resourceful” and our motto is “To fight, to look for, to find and not to surrender”. This is our flag.
Team 2. We are the team “Historians” and our motto is “History is the science of life”
Team 3. We are the team “Travelers” and our motto is “It is worth one time to see than seven times to hear.”
The teams chant their mottoes all together creating atmosphere of competition. The other teams applaud, greeting them. Each group of students includes: facilitator, a pupil who keeps the conversation going and/or keeps the group on task; harmonizer is a person who keeps a group from much arguing.
Some useful phrases are: Good idea! We are doing a great job! Secretary: this person takes the notes for the group, writes down the information that is needed. Reporter reports to the class about what his group did. Materials person is responsible for getting any necessary materials.
T. You have three different tasks: find the differences and similarities of the countries; ask the questions to the following answers; and finish the sentences.
Team 1 will ask the questions to the following answers between The United Kingdom and Australia.
Team 2 will find the differences and similarities between the USA and Canada.
Team 3 will talk on New Zealand and our Motherland Ukraine finishing the given sentences.
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Differences |
Similarities |
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The official names |
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The capitals |
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The population |
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language |
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Team 1 What are the official names of these countries?
P2. Their official names of countries are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth of Australia.
P1.What cities are their capitals?
P2. Their capitals are London and Canberra.
P1. Where are they situated?
P2.The UK is situated in Europe. The Commonwealth of Australia is situated in Australia.
P1.What country is larger in area?
P2. Australia is larger than the UK.
P1.Whose population is bigger?
P2.The population of the UK is more than three times bigger than Australia’s. The UK‘s population is 59,247,000 people. The population of Australia is17.027.000.
P1. What languages are spoken in these countries?
P2 English, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish (rare) are spoken in UK. English and native languages are spoken in Australia.
Team2.
P3. The official name is the United States of America./D
P4. The official name is Canada./D
P3. The capital of the USA is Washington DC./D
P4. Ottawa./D
P3. They are situated in the North America. /S The area of the USA is 9,629,091 sq. km. is almost the same as of Canada 9,976,140 sq. km./S The population of the USA is almost 9 times bigger 278,058,881 than the population of Canada 31,592,805./D
P4.The main languages of the USA are English / S and Spanish /D and those ones of Canada are English/S and French./D
Team 3
P5. The official names are (Ukraine and New Zealand.)They are situated ( in Europe and Oceania.)
P6.The capitals are (Kyiv and Wellington.)
P5.Ukraine is larger (603,700 sq km than New Zealand 268,680 sq km.)
P6. The population of New Zealand ( 3,854,129 is much smaller than the population of Ukraine 48,760,474.)
P5. The languages spoken in Ukraine are (Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian.)
P6. The official languages are ( English and Maori.)
III SONG/ 4 min
T. Brilliant presentation of the countries. Now we are going to relax and to sing more universal language of mankind, music. Read Verse 1 of the song and choose and circle the right variant from the given on the right and separate the words in the refrain.
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Papa, why1 -----play all the same old songs? |
1.you/do you/are you |
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What2 ---say with the melody? |
2.you/do you/ have you |
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“Cause down the street something3—going on |
3.is/ are/has/have |
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There4----a brand new beat and a brand new song |
4.is/was/has/do |
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“ In my life there5---so much anger, |
5.does /was/ were |
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Still I 6----- no regret. |
6.is/am/do/have |
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Just like you I7----- such a rebel, |
7.is/was/were/has |
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So, dance your own dance and never forget.” |
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N’OUBLIEZ/AMAIS |
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IheardmyfathersayEverygenerationhasitswayIneedtodisobey |
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N’OUBLIEZ/AMAIS |
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It’sinyourdestinyineedtodisagreeRulesgetintheway |
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IV. JIGSAW READING/7 min
Each person has a different letter within a group: letter A will read and choose the information about symbols of the flags: that is to read about the stripes, stars or crosses of the flags; letter B will read about the flags’ colours; letter C will read about ideals which the flags represent;. letter D will do the project work on flags.
We didn’t touch upon the flags of the abovementioned nations. Now we are going to read about what the fags of these countries say.
The Star-Spangled Banner/ Stars and Stripes
P8. My thirteen stripes alternating red and white, with union of thirteen white stars in a field of blue represented a new constellation, a new nation dedicated to the personal and religious liberty of mankind.
Today fifty stars signal from my union, one for each of the fifty sovereign states in the greatest constitutional republic the world has ever known.
My colours symbolize the patriotic ideals and spiritual qualities of the citizens of my country.
My red stripes proclaim the fearless courage and integrity of American men and boys and the sacrifice and devotion of American mothers and daughters.
My white stripes stand for the liberty and equality for all.
My blue is the blue of heaven, loyalty and faith.
I represent these eternal principals: liberty, justice, and humanity.
I embody this country’s freedom: freedom of speech, religion, assembly, the press, and the sanctity of the home.
The Union Jack/ The Union Flag
P9. I am made up of three crosses: the red Cross of St. George (England), the diagonal white Cross of St. Andrew on the blue background (Scotland), and the diagonal red Cross of St. Patrick (Ireland) representing a union of three parliaments of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1801.Although the current flag doesn’t include a flag from Wales. St. David the patron saint of Wales is not represented on it. The present name is a bad name for the actual flag, because a jack is a flag that is flown on a jackstaff which is a small flag pole on the back of a naval ship. Hence the flag should be called “Union Flag” but it is normally called “Union Jack.”
It’s interesting to know that the rose is the symbol of England, the daffodil is the symbol of Wales, the thistle is the symbol of Scotland and the symbol of Ireland is the shamrock.
The Maple Leaf Flag
P10The Canadian Flag (colloquially known as The Maple Leaf Flag) is a red flag, containing in its centre a white square with a single eleven-point maple leaf centered in the white square. Red and white are the national colours of Canada since 1921, the same as those colours used in the Union Flag (of the UK). Saint Jean Baptiste Society in Quebec adopted the maple leaf as the Canadian symbol in 1834, and the idea took its root, which is why today there is a maple leaf on the Canadian Flag.
Australian Flag
P11. The Australian flag has a group of stars on a blue background with the Union Jack , Great Britain’s flag in the left corner. Each symbol on the flag has a special meaning for Australians. The stars of the Southern Cross represent our geographical position in the Southern hemisphere, The Commonwealth Star symbolizes our federation of states and territories, and the Crosses stand for the principals on which our nation is based- namely, Parliamentary Democracy, Rule of the Law and Freedom of Speech.
The Flag of New Zealand
The official flag of New Zealand, most recently adopted on 12 June 1902, features for stars of the Southern Cross constellation, set against a dark blue background. The Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom, represents the ties between the two nations.
Ukrainian Flag
Supreme Ruthenian The origin of Ukraine’s flag can be traced back to the convention of the council, meeting in Lviv in October 1848. At this meeting, a symbol for the Ukrainians was adopted. This was a golden rampant lion on blue background. At the same time, (light) blue and yellow were accepted as the national colours of the Ukrainians. Today’s Ukrainian flag shows two equal horizontal bands of azure(top) and golden yellow represent grainfields under the blue sky.
V. JEOPARDY/7min
The answers are given about the theme of the lesson and the participants must come up with the question. Each answer is worth a number of points.
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10 London |
10 Cardiff |
10 Edinburgh |
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20 shamrock |
20 thistle |
20 rose |
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30St. David |
30 St. George |
30 daffodil |
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40 St. Andrew |
40 St. Patrick |
40 Old Glory |
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50The diagonal red Cross |
50 The Maple Leaf Flag |
50 Thirteen stripes |
VI. Writing and listening/ 5min
Fill in each gap with one appropriate word listen, check and remember some interesting information from the history of flags.
FLAGS
The idea of flags is very old. When the soldiers of ancient times went into battle, they needed to know where their leader was. In the confusion of the fighting it was not___(1)
to tell. The leaders therefore formed the custom of ___(2) where they were by carrying a tall pole of some kind. The ____(3) usually had some emblem on the top: a shield, a figure of some ____(4) or a god.
The army went into the battle with their____(5) flying out in the breeze. “With flags flying” has come to mean that ____(6) is going well. If the pole fell, the soldiers knew that their ____(7) was killed or captured.
Flags of the countries were not _____(8) until the last 200 hundred years. Now almost every ___(9) has its own flag, and every flag has a meaning. The Ukrainian flag consists of ____(10) horizontal stripes. The top is_____(11) and the _____(12) is yellow. All countries ____(13) their flags and often mention them in patriotic songs. The National ____(14) of the USA, for instance, is called “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
The keys: 1- easy; 2- showing/ demonstrating; 3- flag/ banner; 4- animal; 5- flags/ banners;
6- the battle; 7- leader; 8- so popular; 9- nation/country/ state; 10- two; 11- blue;12- bottom; 13-honour; 14- anthem;
VII. “The Star–Spangled Banner”7 min
Scrambled paragraphs
Teacher. From this short text we will find out a lot of interesting about flags. You have to unscramble three parts of the text about American Anthem “Star-Spangled Banner”. The teams will role play their parts.
The national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner “by Francis Scott Key
Team Resourceful
Author.The colonies were engaged in vicious conflict with the mother-country. They had prisoners on both sides and the American government initiated a move. Francis Scott Key, a lawyer from Baltimore went down below in the boats and what he found was a cargo full of humanity men.
Francis Scott Key: Men I’ve got news for you tonight. You’re free. You’ll be taken out of this boat, out of this filth, out of your chains.
The British Admiral: We have a slight problem. We will still honour our commitment to release these men, but it will be after tonight.
Francis Scott Key: What do you mean?
Team Travellers
The British Admiral:. Tonight we have laid an ultimatum upon the colonies. Your people will either capitulate and lay down the colours of that flag that you think so much of, or we‘re going to remove Fort Henry from the face of the Earth.
Francis Scott Key. How are you going to do that?
The British Admiral: Scan the horizon of the sea. That’s the entire British war fleet. All of the gunpowder, all of the armament, is being called upon to demolish that fort. The war is over. These men will be free anyway.
Francis Scott Key: You can’t shell that fort. It’s full of women and children.
The British Admiral:. Don’t worry about it. We’ve left them way out.
Francis Scott Key: What’s that?
The British Admiral: We have told them that if they lower that flag, the shelling will stop immediately and we’ll know that they have surrendered and you’ll now be under British rule.
P. Francis told the men what was about to happen.
Pr. how many ships?
Team Historians.
Francis Scott Key. Hundreds! Men I’ll shout down to you what’s going on as we watch. The sound was deafening. It was absolutely impossible to talk or to hear.
Prsoners. Tell us where the flag is. What have they done with the flag? Is the fag still flying over the rampart? Tell us!
Francis Scott Key: It’s still up. It’s not down.
The British Admiral: We don’t understand. The flag has been hit directly again and again and again and yet it’s still flying!
Prisoners: God, keep that flag flying were we last saw it.
Francis Scott Key. The sunrise came, but the flag was still at the top!
Author: And when it had fallen, those men, fathers walked over and held it up until they died. What held that flag in place at the unusual angle, were patriots bodies. The song was penned.
Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro’ the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there,
Oh, say, does the star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
VIII. Our History/ 2 min
What story connected with the Ukrainian anthem do you know? Tell the class.
IX. HW/1 min Your home task will be to write a story connected with the Ukrainian anthem.