Урок "Books and writers. Тaras Shevchenko is a famous Ukrainian writer".

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Тема: Books and writers. Тaras Shevchenko is a famous Ukrainian writer.

 Мета:   – активізувати вживання ЛО теми в мовленні учнів;

              – удосконалювати навички монологічного та діалогічного

                 мовлення;

              – розвивати навички аудіювання, читання, письма;

              – виховувати інтерес до вивчення іноземної мови.

Хід уроку

І. Підготовка до сприйняття іноземного мовлення

   1. Привітання,  повідомлення теми та мети уроку.

 Dear pupils, today we are having an unusual lesson, we are having guests. I believe that you are ready to show your good knowledge of English. Be more active, do not be afraid of making mistakes.

2. Aims:

T.: Today we are going  to talk about role of books in our life and about  a famous Ukrainian writer, poet  Тaras Shevchenko

We′ll read the text, do some tasks and speak a lot.    So, the topic  of our lesson is…..

 Our motto is:

I’m lucky to be a Ukrainian.

To be born on the marvelous land,

To enjoy in the third millennium

All the beauty of cultural brand.

2.  Warm-up. Уведення в іншомовну сферу:

T. You know books are very important in our life. I like to read books very much. I hope you too. What kinds of books do you like to read?

T. What do different books teach us?

ІІ. Основна частина уроку.

1. Reading

T. Today we′ll speak about outstanding writer , poet and artist Taras Shevchenko.

Before you start reading and translating, read and remember new words:

So, children look at the screen.  You can see new words there. Let’s repeat them together.                ―    serf – кріпак;

• shepherd – пастух;
• orphaned – осиротів;
• poverty – бідність;
• misery – злидні;
• apprenticed –став учнем;
• freedom – воля;
• literary activity – літературна діяльність;
• collection of poems – збірка віршів;
• established –встановлював.

T.  Let’s read and translate the text about Taras Shevchenko and  do some tasks after reading.                              Ex. 2, p. 74

2. Speaking  and writing

1) Test

T.  Now we have to do the first  task. We are going to do test .

1. T. Shevchenko was born in the family of …

a) serfs

b) nobleman;

c) teachers.

2. He lost his mother at the age of …

a) ten;

b) nine;

c)  eight.

3. The boy had a special talent for …

a) playing games;

b) dancing;

c) drawing.

4. At the age of … he became a servant.

a) fourteen;

b) thirteen;

c) sixteen.

5. K. Bryulov painted the portrait of the poet …

a) Ivan Franko;

b) V. Zhukovsky;

c) LesiaUkrainka.

6. K. Bryulov sold portrait for … roubles.

a) 3500;

b) 1500;

c)  2500.

7. In  …he published his first collection of poems “Kobzar”.

a) 1840;

b) 1740;

c) 1940.

8. Shevchenko was the founder of the new Ukrainian …

a) language:

b) literature:

c) music.

9. There is a monument to Taras Shevchenko in the …

a) Australia:

b) Canada:

c) USA.

10. The money was used to buy Shevchenko’s …

a) freedom:

b) land:

c) book.

2) T. What facts do these dates refer to?

1814                      1838   the age of nine  1861

  1840  the age of fourteen

3) Work in groups

The first group ― finish the sentences

― T. Shevchenko is …

― He was born in …

― He lost his mother at …

― Shevchenko was admitted to…

― In 1840 he …

The second group have to make a cinquan

T. Look at the screen. You see the word Shevchenko. What part of speech is it?  Іt is a noun. Write other parts of speech such as adjectives, verbs, combination of adjective and noun. Such exercise is called cinquan .

III. Заключна частина уроку

1. Homework  Ex. 3, p. 75

                    Ex. 8, p. 77

2. Summarising

― метод «Мікрофон»

What new information have you known?

What new words have you learnt?

What task was difficult for you?

What task was easy?

What did you like in this lesson?

Acrostic « Shevchenko»

Seeked for freedom and love,

Hated violence and slovery

Enormous wish had

Valued the truth and bravery

Created his  brilliant works,

Hurry up his life

Encouraged his friends,

Not had a wife

Kept on the fight for all his life,

Objector was and real fire.

The lesson is over. That’s  all for today. Your marks are… Thank you very much for your work. Good bye.