Урок для 5-го класу на тему «Різдво в Україні»

Christmas in Ukraine

(Lesson-competition)

Form 5

Tetiana Feodosieva

A teacher methodologist

The Kyiv P. Tychyna

Gymnasia №191

Objectives:

•                  To widen pupils’ knowledge on the theme;
•                  To develop the ability to work in a team;
•                  To practice speaking, listening, reading and writing skills;
•                  To bring up the respect for Ukrainian traditions.

Equipment: handouts, pictures about Christmas in Ukraine, a computer.

Procedure

1. Introduction

Announcing the topic (2 min.)

T: Today we are going to have a lesson-competition. But first of all listen to music and guess the theme of today’s lesson.

(Shchedryk tune is played and pupils easily guess that the lesson will be about Christmas in Ukraine).

2. Warming up

(The class splits into 2 teams. Each team chooses its captain. The jury is elected too. And the competition starts.)

Round 1.

Brainstorming (4 min.)

T: How do people greet each other at Christmas? (Answer: Merry Christmas!) Now make as many words as you can from the letters of Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas!

Team 1

Team 2

Hat

Rat

_____

Mat

Cat

________

(The representatives of each team write the words on the board)

Keys: sit, miss, hate, sea, team, etc.

Round 2

Christmas Quiz (3 min.)

 T: There is a good tradition at Christmas to give presents to children. Children usually find them in Christmas stockings. We also have a Christmas stocking. There are questions about Christmas there. Answer them and get a small gift for each correct answer.

1. What is Christmas?
2. When do people celebrate Christmas in Ukraine?
3. What is Sviata Vecheria?
4. What are the symbols of Christmas in Ukraine?
5. What is the main Christmas dish in Ukraine?
6. What are the ingredients of kutia?
7. Who gives presents to children in Ukraine?
8. Where does Did Moroz leave Christmas gifts?

Keys:

1. A holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
2. On January 7.
3. Holy Supper.
4. Didukh, Vertep.
5. Kutia.
6. Wheat, poppy-seeds, honey, nuts.
7. Did Moroz.
8. Under Christmas tree.

3. Main Part

Round 3

Project Presentation (8 min.)

T: Your home task was to prepare computer presentations about Christmas in Ukraine. And now, please, give your presentations to the class.

Team 1. Christmas in Ukraine.

Slide 1. Introduction.

Slide 2. Christmas is a very popular holiday in Ukraine. It is on January 7. On this day all members of the family should be at home together.

Slide 3. January 6 is Christmas Eve. It is the most interesting part of Christmas. On Christmas Eve people have Sviata Vecheria (Holy Supper). It begins when the children of the family see the first star in the evening sky.

This supper is different from other evening meals because people make 12 Lenten dishes. They symbolize 12 months of the year or 12 apostles of Jesus.

Slide 4. Among Christmas dishes are uzvar (the drink made of dried fruits) varenyky, mushrooms, borshch and others. But the main Ukrainian Christmas dish is kutia. It is a sweet grain pudding with raisins, nuts, poppy-seeds and honey. It is the first dish that should be eaten on Christmas Eve.

Slide 5. After the Supper children go from house to house and sing koliadky or Christmas carols. They spread grains wishing all the best to the mistress and the master of the house. They also ask for donations.

Slide 6. An important part of Christmas decoration is didukh. It is a magic tree that is made of wheat stalks. People put it under the icons in the house. Didukh is a symbol of good crops.

Team 2. Christmas in Ukraine

Slide 1. Introduction

Slide 2. Ukrainian Christmas festive days start on January 6, Christmas Eve, and end on January 19, Epiphany. Ukrainian Christmas traditions are unique. They are not the same in different parts of Ukraine.

Slide  3. In most parts of Ukraine on Christmas Eve people make verteps. These are scenes about Jesus birth. People can see verteps near and inside churches. At night people put candles inside verteps for those who come to church for the night service.

Slide 4. Christmas Eve is called in Ukraine  Sviaty Vechir (Holy Evening) or Sviata Vecheria (Holy Supper). People cook delicious meals for this evening. There should be 12 meatless dishes. The ritual Christmas food is kutia.

Slide 5. After repeating the Lord prayer the head of the family greets the family with the traditional  Khrystos Rodyvsia! (Christ is born) and all reply Slavimo Yoho! (Let us glory him). After that the family eats Christmas food. When supper is over it’s time for Christmas songs.

Slide 6. At midnight the family goes to a special Christmas service. There people hear again a nice story the birth of Christ. They also sing Christmas carols.

Relaxation (2 min)

T: Let’s sing together a famous Ukrainian Christmas song “GOOD EVENING TO YOU, SIR”:             

Good evening to you, Sir, master of the household!

Refrain after each line:  

   O, rejoice!

O, rejoice the whole Earth

    For God’s Son has been just born!

 Do cover your tables with tapestry precious.

And put on them sweet cakes from white spring wheat flour.

  For to you will come soon three feasts as guests welcome.

  The first feast to come here will be Christmas Holy. 
  The second  one will be the Saint Basil’s feast day. 

  And the third feast will be Our Lord’s Baptism Holy. 

  May then all your fam’ly celebrate together. 

  Together your fam’ly and all Ukraine glorious.

Round 4

Reading (4 min.)

T: There are many other beautiful Ukrainian carols. But one of them is the most famous. It is Shchedryk.

Pre-reading

 (Both teams continue to compete and answer in turn)

1. Look at the photo of a man and guess what this man has to do with Shchedryk. (The right answer: The man wrote Shchedryk).

2. Read the text about the composer who wrote Shchedryk.

Mykola Leontovych

Mykola Leontovych was a famous Ukrainian composer. He was born in Podillia region. He studied in Kamianets-Podilskyi seminary. Later he lived and worked in Kyiv. He was a teacher of music at the Kyiv Conservatory and the Mykola Lysenko Institute of Music.

People all over the world know Mykola Leontovych because in 1904 he wrote Shchedryk. It is a famous Christmas carol. In 1936 Peter Wilhousky made an English translation of this song. He called it Carol of the Bells.

This song is so popular that it became a soundtrack for lots of films. One of them is Home Alone. Many groups and singers like to sing this song too.

Post-reading

Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

1. Mykola Leontovych was a famous Ukrainian writer.
2. He was born in Polissia region.
3. He studied at Kyiv University.
4. Mykola Leontovych lived and worked in Kyiv.
5. He was the Rector of the Institute of Music.
6. His most famous song is Shchedryk.
7. Peter Wilhousky wrote the English words to this song.
8. The name of the English version of this song is Carol of the Bells.
9. This song is a soundtrack only for one film.
10.                     Lots of singers like to perform this song.

(Keys: 1-F, 2-F, 3-F, 4-T, 5-F, 6-T, 7-F, 8-T, 9-F, 10-T)

Round 5

Listening (8 min.)

Pre-listening

T: Now listen to the song Carol of the Bells.

Carol of the bells

1. Hark how the bells,

Sweet silver bells,

All seem to say,

Throw cares away

2. Christmas is here,

Bringing good cheer,

To young and old,

Meek and the bold.

3. Ding-dong ding-dong

That is their song

With joyful ring,

All caroling.

4. One seems to hear

Words of good cheer

From everywhere

Filling the air.

5. Oh how they pound,

Raising the sound,

O'er hill and dale,

Telling their tale.

6.          Gaily they ring

While people sing

Songs of good cheer,

Christmas is here.

7.                    Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas,

Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!

8.                    On on they send,

On without end,

Their joyful tone

To every home.

Ding-dong ding-dong...

Post-listening

1. The text of the song is cut into pieces. Put all the pieces together into the correct order.

1.        Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas,

Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas!

2.        Hark how the bells,

Sweet silver bells,

All seem to say,

Throw cares away

3.        Ding-dong ding-dong

That is their song

With joyful ring,

All caroling.

4.        Gaily they ring

While people sing

Songs of good cheer,

Christmas is here.

5.         Oh how they pound,

Raising the sound,

O'er hill and dale,

Telling their tale.

6.         One seems to hear

Words of good cheer

From everywhere

Filling the air.

7.        Christmas is here,

Bringing good cheer,

To young and old,

Meek and the bold.

8.        On on they send,

On without end,

Their joyful tone

To every home.

Ding-dong ding-dong...

Keys: 1-B, 2-G, 3-C, 4-F, 5-E, 6-D, 7-A,8-H.

2. Choose the correct answer.

1)Hark how the ____________

1. balls
2. bells

Sweet silver bells,

All seem to say,

Throw cares away.

1. Christmas is _________

1. here
2. hear

Bringing good cheer,

To young and old,

Meek and the bold.

2. Ding-dong, ding-dong

That is their song

With joyful ________

1. ring
2. thing

All caroling.

3. One seems to hear

Words of good _________

1. chair
2. cheer

From everywhere

Filling the air.

4. Oh how they pond

Raising the __________

1. sound
2. south

O'er hill and dale,

Telling their tale.

5. Gaily they ________

1. read
2. ring
3. While people sing

Songs of good cheer,

Christmas is here.

6.            ______, ______, ______, _______ Christmas,

______, ______, ______, ______ Christmas!

1. Mary
2. Merry

7. On on they send,

On without __________

1. and
2. end

Their joyful tone

To every home.

(Keys 1-b, 2-a, 3-a, 4-b, 5-a, 6-b, 7-b,8-b)

3. T: Now let’s sing this beautiful song together

Round 6

Writing (4 min.)

T: What do you know about new Christmas traditions? What are they?

Possible answers:

1. People send each other SMS at Christmas
2. At Christmas people phone their relatives and friends and wish Merry Christmas.

T: Now each team should write 2 Christmas messages.

Possible answers:

1. Merry Christmas! Peace in Ukraine
2. Merry Christmas! Hope, Health and Happiness!
3. Merry Christmas! Joy! Joy! Joy!
4. Merry Christmas! Peace, love and Joy to you!

4. Summing up.

(The jury announces the results of the competition. Small presents are given to the winners.) (3 min.)

Game “Interview” (3 min.)

T:          1) What activities did you like most of all?

                                        2)What new information did you get?

3. Whose answers were the best?
4. Were all the pupils active?
5. What did you find difficult?

5. Home assignment (4 min.)

T: Your home task is to write a Christmas poem. You should use letters from Christmas to start each line.

Example:

Christmas Day

Holy Day

Right here it is

I love it with its trees.

Songs of Christmas

Together we sing

Merry Christmas

And peace in Ukraine

So important I wish.