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Вправа 2. (умовно-комунікативна, репродуктивна)
Мета: сформувати навички використання таких художніх засобів відтворення дійсності як епітет, метафора та порівняння.
Прийом: читання тексту, бесіда на основі прочитаного.
Our English-Rending Club suggests an extract from "Cider with Rosie", a modern classic by Laurie Lee. Read another example of the description of place and be ready to answer the questions after the text.
Cider with Rosie
With our mother, then, there were eight of us in that cottage, using rooms on its three large floors. There was the very big white attic where the girls used to sleep. On the floor below, Mother and Tony shared one bedroom, Jack, Harold and I had the other. But the house had been so often changed, since its building that it was almost impossible to get to one's room without first passing through someone else's. So each night there was a procession of half-seen figures going sleepily to bed, until the last candle was blown out.
But most of the time when we were awake, while we were growing up, we spent in the kitchen. Until we married or ran away, it was the common room we all shared. In it, we lived and ate in the thick air of crowded family life; we didn't mind the little space; we trod on each other like birds in a nest, pushed past each other without unfriendliness, ail talking at the same time or all silent. But we never, I think, felt overcrowded, because we were as separate as the notes of a piano.
That kitchen, showing the marks of our boots and our lives, was untidy, warm and low. Its muddle of furniture seemed never the same; it was moved around every day. Coal and sticks of beech wood crackled in a black fireplace and stove; towels hung to dry on the fireguard; the mantelpiece above the stove held an untidy collection of fine old china and potatoes of unusual shape. On the floor there were strips of muddy matting; the windows were crowded with plants in pots; the walls supported stopped clocks and picture postcards. There were six tables of different sizes; some armchairs with their insides bursting out; boxes, books and papers on every chair; a sofa for cats, a small organ lor coats, and a piano for dust and photographs. And on the floor all round everything, the years had made shapeless piles of Mother's newspapers.
1) What is the room described in the essay? Compare two essays (this and given in exercise 1). Which of them appeals to you more? Explain your choice.
2) What is particular about this kitchen? What details of the interior does the author present? Do you think they are necessary?
3) Restore the picture of the kitchen using only adjectives. Do not consult the text.
Вправа 3. (умовно-комунікативна, репродуктивна)
Мета: формувати навички розпізнавання структурних елементів твору, їх компонентів та засобів мовлення, які використовуються при їх написанні.
Прийом: виконання тестового завдання.
a) Answer the following True/ False statements. Does it in figures and letters, b) Correct the false statements orally.
1) Three main parts of any descriptive essay are the hook, the body and the conclusion.
2) The author states the name of the place in the hook. _
3) The reasons for choosing the place are given in the body. _
4) Using associations makes the description logical. _
5) Feelings and final thoughts about the place arc given in the conclusion.
6) The topic sentence expresses the main idea of the essay. _
Key: I - F: 2 - F; 3 - F; 4 - F;T: 5 - T; 7 – F.
Група вправ для формування навичок і розвитку вмінь написання структурних компонентів твору-опису місця.
Вправа 1. (умовно-комунікативна, репродуктивна)
Мета: формувати вміння написання простого і розгорнутого плану майбутнього писемного висловлювання.
Прийом: читання зразка тексту-опису.
You've got an opportunity to get acquainted with one more description, which was chosen as a successful sample in a competition on www.essayedge.com. After reading you are expected to discuss it with your classmates. You won't be allowed to use the text while discussing it, that's why write either a general (5 items) or a specific (more than 5 items) outline tor the essay.
My House
Our house is in a quiet neighbourhood in Oakridge. Every time I walk into it, I feel an immediate sense of warmth and security.
It is the most noticeable house in the street because of its colourful garden. There is a long driveway, which leads to the house and even before you enter through the old oak front door you can hear the sound of the happy voices of the large family that lives within.
The front door opens into a specious hall. Downstair there's a bright kitchen with an open fireplace and a large wooden table where we all sit chatting for hours on winter evenings. The air is usually filled with the delicious smells of my mother's cooking. Next to the kitchen is the living room, which ft usually untidy as this is the place we go to relax, watch TV or listen to music. As you go upstairs you can tee doors leading to five bedrooms and two bathrooms. My bedroom has an antique four-poster bed and a dressing-table next to the window. This is where I wake up every morning to the delightful sounds of birds singing and the refreshing smell of coffee from downstairs.
When my friends come to my houss they often describe it as a dream house, but to me it's just "home sweet home".
(Prom "Enterprise: 2 by V. Evans. J.Dooley)
Вправа 2. (умовно-комунікативна, репродуктивна)
Мета: сформувати навички написання речення-гачка.
Прийом: ознайомлення з типами написання речення-гачка, виконання тесту перехресного вибору.
То learn how to catch your readers' attention, match each way of writing a hook with examples given below. To do this you need to read the information in the HINT.
HINT. The hook is the opening statement or statements. Just as fisherman uses a hook to catch в fish, so a writer uses a hook to catch readers' attention. If a hook does its job well, readers will want to read the rest of the essay after they have read the hook. Writing a good hook is not easy. It requires a great deal of thought and practice.
There are many different ways to write a hook.
One common way to writs a hook is to ask a question. If readers want to know the answer to the question, they are "hooked" and will read the assay.
Another way to writs a hook is to begin an essay wtth an interesting observation.
Writers often begin en essay with в unique scenario to catch readers'attention.
Sometimes writers use a famous quote as a hook.
Examples
A. Happiness is sleeping in your own bed and sharing your dreams with your own pillow.
B. Since my childhood I've been pretty sure of the idea that every house hait its own particular smell, and we can't judge it to be pleasant or not, because it is the smell that reflects the nature of the people who live there, and this very smell makes the image of the house complete.