Ukrainian customs and traditions

Presentation Lesson

THEME: UKRAINIAN CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

Objectives: To broaden student's knowledge about our country, our traditions, culture;

To practice their listening, speaking, reading, writing skills through various creative activities;

To revise the grammar material - the Present Perfect Tense

Equipment: text-books, computers, computer presentations, cards for group work, pictures.

Procedure

1. Greeting.

T: Good morning everybody! Students, please greet our guests. Glad to see all of you in good health and mood!

Today we have unusual lesson. It's a Presentation Lesson and its topic is "UKRAINIAN CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS". The aim of our lesson is to improve our knowledge, to learn more and broaden our outlook, to watch presentations, to play games.

At previous lesson you were divided into 2 groups. But it'll be a little bit later.

2. Warm-up activities.

1. Let's review the words.

1. independent, territory, ancient, foreign, independence, national, region, be famous for…, be proud of…

2. Let's play a "snowball" game.

2. Finish the sentences…

1. Ukraine is … (an independent county)

2. It's territory was a part of …(Kyivan Rus)

3. Today Ukraine is … (an independent country)

4. Ukrainian people live …(in small towns and big cities)

5. They are …(talented and friendly)

6. They have got their own …(language, culture, customs and traditions)

7. Two colours of the Ukrainian flag symbolize …(Ukraine's golden fields of grain under blue skies)

8. Many tourists …(from other countries visit Ukraine every year)

9. They enjoy … (their visit to Ukraine and come back again.)

3. Translate my sentences:

1. Ukraine is famous for its culture, customs and traditions. (Україна відома своєю культурою, звичаями і традиціями.)

2. We are proud of our talented writers, poets, painters and musicians. (Ми пишаємось нашими талановитими письменниками, поетами, художниками, музикантами.)

3. So, today we are going to work in two groups. The 1^st team will have pictures of our sights. The 2^nd team will have the names of these sights. Your task is to find your partner. You have 3 minutes.

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (The Kyiv Cave Monastery) in Kyiv

The Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv

Mariinskiy palace in Kyiv

The National Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Solomia Krushelnytska in Lviv

St. Andrew's church in Kyiv

The Golden Gate

Derebasivs'ka Street and the City Garden in Odesa

The Opera Theatre in Lviv

T: I need a circle. We have two countries with their sights. Now your task is to divide these sights according to the place they are situated. You can see two flags. Those pupils who have pictures with English sights should stand near English flag; pupils with Ukrainian sights should stand near our flag. When you stand near the flag make up a sentence about your sightseeing using this example.

This is ….. It is a Ukrainian sightseeing.

This is …. It is an English sightseeing.

You have 2 minutes for this task.

ENGLAND:

Big Ben Houses of Parliament Buckingham Palace Westminster Abbey

UKRAINE:

St. Andrew's church Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (The Kyiv Cave Monastery) in Kyiv

The St. Volodymyr's Cathedral The Opera Theatre

T: Thanks a lot!

ОСНОВНА ЧАСТИНА УРОКУ

T: If you look at the blackboard, you will see a lot of maps here. But at today's lesson we are going to use the maps of Ukraine and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We have already read many texts in your books, watched video and spoken about England. Last lesson we began to speak about our country. Today we are going to learn more about our Motherland by the means of using different activities. Our country is rich in different holidays and traditions.

• What holidays does Ukraine celebrate?

• When do we celebrate all these holidays?

Let's make the mind - map (word - map) and do the task.

Pupils name the holiday, take the title of it from the teacher's table and stick it on the blackboard.

Pupils make the word - map on the blackboard and teacher follow their answers.

T: What are the symbols of these holidays? There is another task for you.

You have the table with the names and symbols of some Ukrainian holidays. Match the names and the symbols. For this task you have 2 minutes.

Учні співвідносять подані дати зі святами і відповідають ланцюжком на запитання

«What are the most popular holidays, festivals and celebrations in Ukraine?»

e.g. The most popular holiday in Ukraine is …. Its symbol is/symbols are ….

SYMBOLS OF UKRAINIAN HOLIDAYS

1.

a)New Year

2.

b) The 8^th of March

3.

c) April fool's day

4.

d)Victory Day

5.

e)Easter

6.

f)Christmas

Answers:

1. 1-e; 2-a; 3-d; 4-b; 5-f; 6-c.

1. The most popular holiday in Ukraine is Easter. Its symbols are paska, pysanka.

2. The most popular holiday in Ukraine is New Year. Its symbols are Father Frost, presents under the New Year's Tree.

3. The most popular holiday in Ukraine is Victory Day. Its symbols are parades, flowers, veterans of the Great Patriotic War, thematic songs.

4. The most popular holiday in Ukraine is the 8^th of March. Its symbols are flowers, presents to women.

5. The most popular holiday in Ukraine is Christmas. Its symbols are Christmas tree, balloons, songs, 12 dishes, Christmas dinner with the whole family.

6. The most popular holiday in Ukraine is April Fool's Day. Its symbols are jokes.

T: And now let's listen to the text about the traditions of some holidays. (Ex. 2 p.222)

Take the pieces of paper on the desks and you are to fill in the blanks while listening to the text.

1. Christmas and ……are public holidays in Ukraine.

1. Humour Day

2. Victory Day

3. St. Nikolas's Day

2. St. Valentine's Day and ….. are not days off.

1. Taras Shevchenko's Birthday

2. Constitution Day

3. Easter

3. The 24^th of August is ….

1. T. Shevchenko's birthday

2. Victory Day

3. the birthday of our country

4. On the Independence Day people can ….

1. decorate the New Year Tree

2. watch fireworks

3. paint eggs

In Ukraine people make Easter baskets. They cook an Easter cake. It is called "paska" or "babka". Ukrainian people paint eggs beautifully. They put Easter cake, some sausages, Easter eggs and some ham into their baskets. After that, each family usually has a holiday lunch or dinner. They thank God, sing Easter songs and have fun.

Grammar

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE AND PAST INDEFINITE TENSE

Read and compare

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

Вказує на дію, яка відбувалась в минулому, часто із зазначенням часу

e.g. I went to Paris in 1996.

I visited St. Sophia's Cathedral last summer.

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE

Вказує на дію, яка, хоча і почалась в минулому, але має зв'язок з теперішнім (завершилась або продовжує тривати і впливає на теперішню ситуацію.

e.g. She has been to London already. (And she can tell about the city.)

T: And now I suggest you practise a little bit. Let's do the following. I will read you some sentences and your task is to distinguish if they are used in Past Simple or in Pr. Perfect. If they belong to Past Simple, you have to stand at the blackboard, if the sentence is used in Present Perfect you have to stand at the bookcase. Be very attentive and careful.

My brother (has finished/finished) school last year.

His sister (didn't finish/ hasn't finished) school yet.

I (haven't seen/didn't see) Tom today.

They (have never studied/ didn't study) Spanish before.

T: The next task will be for the whole team. I give you the list of sentences which are used in PP or Past Simple. The winner will be that team which can do the task as accurately as possible. After finishing you are to read the whole text loudly.

(Pupils do the task in 5 min.)

Physical Activities.

T: And at the end of the lesson I want you do the following task. We've listened to the text about Easter traditions. I suggest you get your team Easter baskets ready for going to the church. Remember everything you've heard in the text. Be ready to speak about the things you have put into the baskets.

The 1^st team:

Our task was to make Easter baskets. Ukrainians cook an Easter cake. In our village it is called "paska". So we put it here. Ukrainian people paint eggs beautifully. We call them krashankas and pysankas. That's why we put these painted eggs into our basket too. When we go to the church we also put some sausages, and some ham into our baskets. So as the result of this we have a paska, krashankas, some sausages, some ham in our basket.

The 2^nd team:

Our Easter basket has paskas, pysankas and krashankas, some sausages and some ham too. But we also have a carton of juice, some apples, cucumbers, some lard and some radish. Usually adults put a bottle of vine into their baskets. We cover our basket with a towel.

T: Thank you very much for your participation. You were very active and clever. Your marks are…. Write down your home task.

Learn the rules at p. 224 and p. 263

And the last minutes of our lesson let's devote to our Easter song.

(Pupils stand and sing the Easter song using their Easter baskets)

MY EASTER BASKET

"I have a basket, it's for Easter.

What's in the basket? Please tell me."

"Paska, babka, cheese and butter.

Ham, horseradish and kovbasa.

With some onions and beet radish,

A painted egg and coloured ones.

And an Easter Egg!

We are going to light a candle,

Go to church and have it blessed,

And together we'll all sing out.

Christ is Risen!

Indeed He has Risen!

T: So, our lesson is over. See you next time. Have a rest.