Презентация на тему Урок английского языка по теме Walter Scott 

British
writer

(15.08.1771 - 21.09.1832)

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poet
novel writer
education author
poetry ballads
legends literature career

Why do people read?
3. What British poets and writers

do you know?
4. Do you know the famous British poet and writer Walter Scott?
5. What his novels and poems do you know?

a successful lawyer
3. a legal administrator
4. a significant

effect
5. interested in mountaineering
6. the works of ancient authors
7. a three-volume set of collected ballads
8. a poetic society
9. a series of historical studies

a famous British writer, poet, historian and the founder

of historical novel. During his life he combined writing with being a legal administrator and a member of Tory fraction. He was born in Scotland, on August 15th, 1771. His family was rather rich and noble. His father was a successful lawyer and his mother was the daughter of a professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the ninth child in the family. When he was little, he had polio, which left him lame. This condition had a significant effect on his further life and writing.

of time at his grandfather’s farm at Sandyknowe, which

was close to Scottish Borders. Despite his poor health, he was an active boy with lively mind and phenomenal memory. Starting from 1779 he studied at the Royal High School. Prior to that, he received private education. At the age of 14, he entered the Edinburgh College, where he became popular among the peers for his excellent storytelling. As a student, he got interested in mountaineering. This activity helped him to become physically fit and healthier. At his free time he liked reading books, including the works of ancient authors.

ballads and legends of Scotland. For that reason, together

with his peers he organized a poetic society. In 1792, he passed the most important exam in his life and became a lawyer. Since then he practiced law and became a respectable man in Edinburgh. It was then that he visited the Scottish Highlands for the first time and was highly impressed. He started his literature career in 1796. Soon, he published a three-volume set of collected ballads. His narrative poem “The Lay of the Last Minstrel” (1805) became was very popular not only in Scotland, but in England. Writing his first novel “Waverley” (1814), he preferred to hide his real name and did so for the subsequent 10 years.

the title of a baronet. During the 1820s and

1830s he wrote many other outstanding novels, including “Ivanhoe”, “Quentin Durward”, “Count Robert of Paris”. At the same time he was leading a series of historical studies. In 1829-1830, he published the two volumes of “History of Scotland”. The art of writing has brought Walter Scott financial independence and fame. However, at some point of his life he was trapped in debts and had to work day and night to pay them. He worked at the limit of his intellectual and physical abilities. In 1830, he suffered a stroke, which left his right hand paralyzed. It was followed by another two strokes and the writer died of a heart attack in September, 1832.

American writer
b) British writer
2. He was the … child

in the family
a) ninth
b) second
3. His first novel is …
a) “Waverley”
b) “The Lay of the Last Minstrel”
4. He started his literature career in … .
a) 1779
b) 1796
5. As a student, he got interested in … .
a) engineering
b) mountaineering

and noble.
2.At his free time he liked reading books,

including the works of ancient authors.
3.Since then he practiced law and became a respectable man in Edinburgh.
4.Soon, he published a three-volume set of collected ballads.
5.At the same time he was leading a series of historical studies.
 
1. В свободное время он любил читать книги, в том числе произведения древних авторов.
2. Вскоре он опубликовал трехтомный сборник баллад.
3. Его семья была довольно богатой и благородной.
4. В то же время он руководил серией исторических исследований.
5. С тех пор он практиковал юриспруденцию и стал уважаемым человеком в Эдинбурге.

born?
2.What is known about his parents?
3.What is the title

of his first book and when was it written?
4.What genre of literature did Scott use most often and successfully?
5.When and where did Walter Scott die?

фиолетовая звёздочка;
узнали много нового по теме – желтая

звёздочка;
урок не произвел впечатления, не расширил знания по теме – голубая звёздочка