Christmas in Ukraine
Procedure
I. Introduction
Announcing the topic
T: Today we are going to have a lesson-competition.
Brainstorming
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.
Christmas Quiz
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?
Keys:
1. A holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
2. On January 7.
3. Holy Supper.
4. Didukh, Vertep.
II. Reading
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)
1. !
III. 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?
1) Whose answers were the best?
2) Were all the pupils active?
3) What did you find difficult?
IV. Home assignment
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.
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