Урок у 5 класі на тему " Ukrainian culture. Christmas"

TOPIC: UKRAINIAN CULTURE. CHRISTMAS

Level: A1

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

-practice word order in Wh- questions;

-- learn some information about Christmas in Ukraine;

-see the difference between Christmas traditions in Ukraine and Great Britain;

MATERIALS: envelopes with words, paper strips with a story, Venn diagram poster, word cloud picture.

Introduction

Greeting Chant

• Good morning, children.
• Good morning, teacher.
• Are the boys present?
• Yes, they are.
• Are the girls present?
• Yes, they are.
• Is the teacher present?
• Yes, she is.
• Is the board ready?
• Yes, it is.
• Are you ready?
• Yes, we are.
• Can we start the lesson?
• Yes, we can.

Motivation

Students watch the word cloud and discuss the words they see and answer the teacher’s questions.

(What do you think, what is the topic of today’s lesson?

What country are we going to speak about?

What food is eaten on this day?

What synonyms to the word “holiday” can you see in the cloud? Etc.)

Main Part

Speaking/Listening  ENVELOPE QUESTIONS

The students are divided into groups of four. Each group gets an envelope in which they can find words on different colors. Their task is to make up sentences. Then the teacher names the color, the students read the question of this color and answer.

Group 1

Group 2 

Group 3 

Group 4 

Group 5

While-reading activity 

STRIP STORY

(Pair work)

The students put the sentences in order to have a story about Christmas in Ukraine

Christmas in Ukraine is celebrated on the 7^th of January.

The evening before Ukrainian people have the Holy Supper.

It begins when the first star appears in the evening sky.

Then the head of the family brings in didukh (a sheaf of wheat) and puts it in the corner of the room.

The hostess puts kolach ( sweet Christmas bread) and 12 dishes on the table.

The main dish is kutia . It is made of boiled wheat grains, poppy seeds, raisins, nuts, honey.

The dinner starts with the prayer.

At the end of the holy supper the family sings koliadky (Christmas carols).

Young people organize vertep (Christmas play).

They go from house to house and show the scenes of Jesus Christ’s birth.

Post-reading activity

 VENN DIAGRAM

Aim:

-to compare Christmas traditions in Ukraine and in Great Britain;

The students can see Venn diagram on the board and with the help of the teacher they write similar and different features of Christmas in these two countries.

Writing

A poem

Line 1- a noun (title)

Line 2- two adjectives that describe this noun

Line 3- three verbs about the noun (usually with –ing ending)

Line 4- a sentence that characterizes the noun

Line 5- a noun (word that is a synonym of the title or is very similar to it)

Example:              Holiday

                       merry, enjoyable

                 attracting   enjoying   treating

                   Everybody likes it

                            Happiness

Conclusion

Students’ evaluation

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