Literature

THE SNOW QUEEN (a fragment) by Hans Christian Andersen

1. Do you like winter? What activities do you like to do in winter? Role-play the dialogue and discuss the lifestyle of main characters.

GERDA: Can the Snow Queen come in here? KAI: Just let her come and I will put her on the stove, where she will melt. GERDA: You are so brave. KAI: What was that? Did you see? GERDA: What? KAI: At the window just now. A face, a woman’s face. She was all in white fur coat, a white cap and glimmering like the ice. And she was so beautiful and white. GERDA: You can’t see outside. The glass is frosted over. KAI: Oh, there is something in my heart and I have got something in my eye! GERDA: I believe it is gone. KAI: I’m fine. GERDA: Where are you going, Kai? KAI: To the town square, to play in snow. GERDA: Kai, wait! You forgot your beanie and scarf. It's too cold. KAI: It's called winter, Gerda. Stop being such a baby. You've got your fancy new coat and fur muff. GERDA: And I don't want to get them dirty out here in the slush. Come on, let's go back. KAI: Wait, are you...scared? GERDA: No... KAI: You are! Don't tell me you believed your grandmother's stories about the Snow Queen. GERDA: (not amused) Ha ha. Very funny, Kai. QUEEN: Don’t pay attention to this girl. KAI: Who are you? QUEEN: I’m the Snow Queen and I invite you to my Palace. Come with me, Kai.

2. Answer the questions.

1) What clothes do Gerda and Kai need to go outside? 2) How did the Snow Queen look like? 3) Do you believe in the Snow Queen? Prove your opinion.

Hometown Unit 4

Read the proverb and translate. Do you agree? Why? Why not? East or West, home is best.

•Before you start…

• Do you live in a city, town or village? • What is your favourite place in your city/ town/ village? • What do you know about the history of your native city/town/village? • Do you know how to keep safe on the road?

•Listen, read and talk about…

… names of buildings … public places … historical and cultural places … famous cities of the world … London and New York sights … city in the past and now … traffic signs

•Write / Create …

…a paragraph about your place …a fact file about your hometown …a map of your own cyber city …a report about city …a questionnaire …an email

•Practise…

…pronunciation …spelling rules …linking words and, or, but

•Grammar in use…

…prepositions of place …there was/there were …verb to be in past simple …past simple …must/mustn’t for rules and laws

•Culture: Culture famous firsts •Literature: Alice in Wonderland (a fragment) by Lewis Carroll