Ukrainian Holidays and Traditions.

TOPIC: Ukraine.
Ukrainian Holidays and Traditions.
( Form 8 )
The beginning of the lesson.
1). Организационный момент.
2). Aim:
T: The topic of our today’s lesson is “Ukraine. Ukrainian Holidays and Traditions”.
Today we have to revise some information about Ukraine.
We have to revise some words on our topic which we have learned at the previous lessons.
We have to learn the new words.
To read the text and to identify the main ideas and details from the text for reading.
We have to ask and speak about national holidays and traditions and customs of Urraine.
3) Warm-up.
T: Do you love your Motherland?
Let’s recite the poem by Volodymyr Sosyura about what it means to love the
Motherland.
Love Ukraine as you would love the son,
The wind, the grass and the streams together…
Love her in happy hours, when joys are won,
And love her in her time of stormy weather.
The main part of the lesson.
Актуализация опорных знаний.
Повторение и закрепление общих сведений об Украине.
T: You can see a map of Ukraine on the blackboard. At our lessons we have learned a lot of interesting things about Ukraine. Now, children, let’s devide into two groups. One group is the delegates ( tourists ) from Ukraine and another one is from England.
Ask as many questions as you can to give English delegates some key-facts about Ukraine to get the main idea about this country.
Dialogue.
Eng.: Hi, We are from England We want to know some facts about Ukraine.
Where is Ukraine situated?
Ukr.: Ukraine is situated in the south-east of Europe.
Eng.: What countries does it border on?
Ukr.: It borders on Russia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus.
Eng.: What seas is Ukraine washed by?
Ukr.; It is washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Eng.: As I know the capital of Ukraine is Kyiv. What river does it stand on?
Ukr.: It stands on the Dnieper River.
Eng.: What are the best places to travel and places of interest to visit?
Ukr.: You can travel to the Crimean Mountains in the south and to the Carpathians in the west. The nature and the landscapes are beautiful and marvelous.
Ukr: You can visit Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. It is a big monastery with many ancient churches and museums. It is famous for its underground caves.
Ukr: Kreschatyk is the main and the most beautiful street in the city. A lot of chestnut trees grow along this street. The trees are a symbol of the city.
Ukr: St. Sophia’s Cathedral is famous for its beautiful mosaics and frescoes.
Ukr: St. Andrew’s Church is famous for its splendid design and sculpture. You can also see the works of the famous painter Andriy Rublyov there.
Ukr: The Golden Gate is served as the main entrance to the city.
Ukr: Also you can visit Mykhailivsky Zlatoveskyi Cathedral, Monument to Mother Homeland.
So you see Ukraine is a nice place to live and to travel in.
Welcome to our country!
Сообщение темы и цели урока.
T: Boys and girls! We have talked a lot about Ukraine. We have spoken about the population, nature, geography, industry, about big cities. But we haven’t spoken enough about national holidays and traditions.
So, today we are going to discuss some holidays and traditions and ways of life in Ukraine. Every country, every nation has its own customs and traditions.
Ukrainians are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up.
The topic of our lesson is “Ukrainian National Traditions”.
Proverbs.
T: Let’s recollect some proverbs. Look at the blackboard and match the first part of the phrase with the second one to make up a proverb. Which do you think may be the motto of the lesson?
East or West like home
There is no place so many customs
So many countries has its customs
Every country home is best
Revising and learning the new words.
T: Let’s study the new words which will be necessary for our lesson and revise some words learned at the previous lessons. Look at your cards ( on the blackboard ). Let’s read them.
a forefather предок
religious религиозный
to embroider вышивать
checked клетчатый
a chaplet венок
holy supper святой ужин
to sew шить
linen полотно
threads нитки
a sash пояс лентаto twine сплетать (венок)
a towel полотенце ( рушник )
a candle свеча
a willow ива
a snowball tree калина
T: Task 1. Now your task is to make up your own sentences using these words.
Task 2. Match the pairs ( on the blackboard ).
a religious holiday a) религиозный праздник
an embroidered shirt b) вышитая рубашка
checked cloth c)клетчатая ткань
to wear a red sash d) носить красный пояс
fur caps e)меховые шапки
a Ukrainian chaplet f)укр. венок
a yellow ribbon g)желтая лента
bread and a towel h)хлеб и рушник
Writing a dictation. ( Самодиктант ).
T: Let’s play a game . Whose list of words will be the longest one? Write as many words as you can on the topic in 2 minutes.
Speaking about Ukrainian holidays and traditions.
T: Your task was to find new information about Ukrainian holiday.
You are divided into two groups: England and Ukraine. Let’s discuss them.
Dialogue.
Eng: Are there any holidays in Ukraine?
Ukr: Almost every country has its own holidays and traditions.
Eng: What are they?
Ukr: Ukrainian people celebrate both public and religious holidays. New Year’s Day, Day of Knowledge, Constitution Day … are our national holidays ( or public holidays ).
Eng: And what about religious holidays? In Great Britain Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December. On that day they celebrate the birth of Christ and winter coming. In Britain people have many Christmas traditions.
Ukr 1: Yes, as for Christmas it is a national holiday in Ukraine. It is my favourite holiday. On the 7th of January Christmas comes. It is also a religious holiday because it is connected with the birth of Jesus Christ. On the Christmas Eve children bring traditional supper to their godparents They treat them to kutya, vareniki and sweet buns. The next day some people go round carol-singing.
Ukr 2: Frankly speaking, as for religious holidays I don’t know many of them, but my granny does. She often attends church. As for me I am looking forward to Easter, which is my favourite religious holiday.
Ukr 3: It was nice to find out more about Ukrainian holidays. While celebrating them we have to restore our national holidays and customs.
P1: I’d like to tell you about men’s clothes. The main element of the men’s clothes is an embroidered shirt. It was sewn of white linen. The collar of it was embroidered with grey, black or blue and red threads.
P 2: There are two kinds of Ukrainian trousers: narrow trousers and sharovary. Sharovary are almost always red. Men wore sashes. The young men wore red and green sashes, the old men wore black sashes.
P 3: There is a tradition to wear hats and caps. By the way, it was a sin to go with an uncovered head. There were fur caps.
P 4: I’d like to draw your attention to the women’s clothes. The women’s blouse is the oldest piece of clothes of our foremothers.
P 5: I’d like to draw your attention to a chaplet which is not only the girl’s decoration, but it is also a guard. To twine a chaplet is a real science ( art ). Our foremothers knew when and how to twine, when to gather flowers for the chaplets. It was interesting for me to know that the girls began to wear chaplet at the age of three. There were forget-me-nots, marigolds, periwinkles, camomiles in them. To sum it up there were 12 flowers in the chaplet of a grown-up girl. I won’t go into details but in short there are 77 chaplets in Ukraine, 40 of them are medicinal, 24 are ritual, 13 are magical.
P 6: I want to say a few words about ribbons. There were 21 ribbons in the chaplet. For example, a yellow ribbon is a symbol of sun, a light-green is a symbol of beauty and youth.
P 7: There is one thing in the Ukrainian house that is very important. Our people say “The house without a towel is like a family without children”. A towel on the wall is our old tradition. A towel is compared with a song. What are the main colours in the towel? Love and sorrow, red and black. But there are other colours in the towel. What do they mean? For example, blue is the symbol of the blue sky, yellow is a symbol of health and success. As we know, bread and a towel are our eternal symbols. Bread and salt on the towel are a symbol of hospitality of the Ukrainian people.
Eng: Thank you very much for your interesting information about Ukrainian Traditions.
Reading.
T: Do you know what trees are our national trees?
P: Our national trees are willows and snowball trees.
Pre - Reading Activities.
T: Now we are going to read the text about a legend of a snowball tree. Before reading answer the question. What do you know about these trees?
P1: I know that there are many poems and songs about these trees in Ukraine.
P2: I know that a snowball tree is dear to Ukrainians.
P3: The last Sunday before Easter is called Willow Sunday.
P4: On Easter pussy-willow branches are blessed in the church. The people tap one another with these branches repeating the wish: Be as tall as the willow, as healthy as the water, and as rich as the earth. Now I am tapping, the willow is tapping. Easter is in a week.
P5: People say that there is no Ukraine without a willow and a snowball tree.
While - Reading Activities.
Task1: Look through the text to get the main ideas of it. Also you have to find and translate some words and word-combinations.
жениться to marry
свадьба a wedding
острые красные ягоды bitter red berries
красота и любовь beauty and love
известный поэт a famous poet
характерная черта a distinctive sign
лучшее лекарство от простуды the best medicine of cold
хорошее материальное положение good circumstances
символ богатства a symbol of richness
Task 2: Read the text again to get the specific information. After reading you have to say if the sentences are True or False.
True or False.
One handsome boy was in love with a pretty girl Kalyna.(T)
His parents proposed the boy a poor girl Ganna as a wife. (F)
Kalyna came to his wedding. (T)
Kalyna cried out: You, Ganna will live with my beloved! (F)
Many our famous poets wrote about a snowball- tree. (T)
The Great Kobzar mentioned a snowball-tree in his works. (T)
Ukrainian people didn’t like to plant a snowball-tree near the houses. (F)
Ukrainian people put a snowball-berries on the window-sills in summer. (F)
Post- Reading Activities.
T: What interesting information have you learned about a snowball-tree from the legend and which of them do you like most of all?
P1: A snowball-tree is a bush with bitter red berries, which grew on the steep slope where Kalyna as a murder was buried.
P2: A snowball-tree become a symbol of the girl’s beauty and love.
P3: T.G. Shevchenko loved a snowball-tree very much.
P4: Ukrainian people put snowball-berries on the window-sills in winter.
P5: When people come to congratulate a father with a birth of a baby they brought bread as a symbol of good circumstances, money as a symbol of beauty of their native land.
Quiz “Do you know National Ukrainian Traditions?”
The end of the lesson.
Summing up.
T: You have done a lot of activities today.
You have gathered very interesting material about Ukrainian (folk) traditions.
You have told us many interesting things about our clothes, towels, chaplets, celebrating Christmas and Easter.
And now I want you to answer the last question of the lesson.
Why it is very important to keep the national traditions and to know more about them?
P1: Because it is the history of the country.
P2: Because it is important for the future generation in any country.
P3: Knowing where we come from helps people to know where to go.
Announcing the marks. Homework.
T: Write a letter to your English pen-friend about the Ukrainian traditions in Ukraine and about your favourite folk holiday.