Тема  уроку: Taras Shevchenko is famous Ukrainian poet.

Мета уроку: practical: to practise speaking, reading, listening, mutual decision making and summarizing on the topic, to develop language skills;

developing: to develop anticipation to teach to memory and logical thinking, discover cultural and moral value through varied creative classroom activities;

up-bringing: to increase awareness of every pupil  about  the life and creativity of Taras Shevchenko

Equipment: computers, discs, textbooks, multimedia, visual ( posters, pictures),  a portrait of Taras Shevchenko,  pictures of monuments to Taras Shevchenko, presentation about Taras Shevchenko in Power Point, poems and paintings of Taras Shevchenko.

Textbook: Oksana Karpiuk. English. 8 form.

                                        PROCEDURE OF THE LESSON

      І.   INTRODUCTION. 

1.  Greeting.  Teacher's introduction into the topic.

Teacher. Good  morning, students!

( звучить мелодія пісні «Реве та стогне Дніпр широкий» у виконанні народного хору ім. Г.Верьовки.)

На фоні пісні учитель читає вірш Т.Г.Шевченка «Реве та стогне Дніпр широкий» англійською мовою.

                                         

                The Mighty Dnieper

The mighty Dnieper roars and bellows,

The wind in anger howls and raves,

Down to the ground it bends the willows,

And mountain-high lifts up the waves.

The pale-faced moon picked out this moment

To peek out from behind a cloud,

Like a canoe upon the ocean

It first tips up, and then dips down.

The cocks don't crow to wake the morning,

There's not as yet a sound of man,

The owls in glades call out their warnings,

And ash trees creak and creak again.

The topic of  our lesson is really interesting to everyone. Today we shall speak about our famous countryman - Taras Shevchenko.

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Warming up activities.

Teacher. And now, please, look at the board. This is a portrait of  Taras Shevchenko. Tell me who is Taras Shevchenko? (Учні приклеюють «стікери» з надписами жовтого і блакитного кольору біля портрету)

Taras Shevchenko  is a famous poet.

 Taras Shevchenko is a  well-known artist.

Taras Shevchenko is a prominent writer.

Taras Shevchenko  is an outstanding  literary researcher.

Taras Shevchenko is a noted  playwright.

Taras Shevchenko is a glorious  public  figure.

II. MAIN PART.     

  1. Listening

a)      Pre- listening activity

Introduction of new vocabulary units:

Serfdom( кріпосне право) – A member of the lowest feudal class, attached to the land owned by a lord and required to perform labor in return for certain legal or customary rights; an agricultural laborer under various similar systems, especially in 18th- and 19th-century Russia and eastern Europe.

a workshop (майстерня) – a room or a building in which the work of craftsperson is carried on

to grant (надати) –  to give or accord; to agree or to accede

an exile (заслання )– to be away from one's home (i.e. city, state or country), while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return. It can be a form of punishment and solitude.

to be orphaned (бути сиротою)– to cause to become an orphan

a precentor (регент)– a person who leads a congregation or choir in the sung parts of church services

to apprentice ( віддавати в навчання) – to send someone or go to work for another  to learn a trade.

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 b)     While- listening activity.   Listen to the text.

   Taras Hryhorovych  Shevchenko was born in a serf family in the village of Moryntsi of Kyiv Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Cherkasy region) March 9, 1814. Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, artist and humanist. His literary heritage is regarded to be the foundation of modern Ukrainian literature and, to a large extent, the modern Ukrainian language. Shevchenko also wrote in Russian and left many masterpieces as a painter and an illustrator.

      Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven. He was taught to read by a village precentor, and loved to draw at every opportunity. Shevchenko went with his Russian aristocrat landlord Pavel Engelhardt to Vilna, 1828–31, and then to Saint Petersburg. There he met the Ukrainian artist Ivan Soshenko, who introduced him to other compatriots such as Yevhen Hrebinka and Vasyl Hryhorovych, and to the Russian painter Alexey Venetsianov. Through these men Shevchenko also met the famous painter and professor Karl Briullov, who donated his portrait of the Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky as a lottery prize, whose proceeds were used to buy Shevchenko's freedom on May 5, 1838. In the same year Shevchenko was accepted as a student into the Academy of Arts in the workshop of Karl Briullov.

   He began writing poetry while he was a serf and in 1840 his first collection of poetry, «Kobzar», was published. Shevchenko also wrote plays. In 1842, he released a part of the tragedy «Mykyta Hayday» and in 1843 he completed the drama «Nazar Stodolya». While residing in Saint Petersburg, Shevchenko made three trips to the regions of modern Ukraine, in 1843, 1845, and 1846.

    In 1844, distressed by the condition of Ukrainian regions in the Russian Empire, Shevchenko decided to capture some of his homeland's historical ruins and cultural monuments in an album of etchings, which he called «Picturesque Ukraine».

   Shevchenko was sent to prison in Saint Petersburg. He was exiled as a private with the Russian military Orenburg garrison at Orsk, near Orenburg, near the Ural Mountains.

   Taras Shevchenko spent the last years of his life working on new poetry, paintings, and engravings, as well as editing his older works. But after his difficult years in exile his final illness proved too much. Shevchenko died in Saint Petersburg on March 10, 1861, the day after his 47th birthday.    

         

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c) Post-reading activity

2. Answer the following questions.

1.       Why is the name of Taras Shevchenko famous all over the world?

2.       What do you know about his parents and childhood?

3.       While was he exiled?

4.       When did he publish his first poems?

5.       Who is the main character of his works?

6.       What are the characteristic features of Shevchenko’s poems?

7.       What problems did he touch in his works?

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d) This list of dates connected with life and heritage of  Taras Shevchenko. Your task is to write the events connected with the dates.

May  5, 1838 –

1840 –

1814 –

1845 –

1861 –

1847- 1857 –

a) Shevchenko also met the famous painter and professor Karl Briullov, who donated his portrait of the Russian poet Vasily Zhukovsky as a lottery prize, whose proceeds were used to buy Shevchenko's freedom.

b) Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was born in a serf family in the village of Moryntsi of Kyiv Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Cherkasy region).

c) His first collection of poetry, «Kobzar», was published.

d)  The Council of the Academy of Arts granted Shevchenko the title of an artist.

e) Shevchenko was arrested along with other members.

f) Shevchenko died in Saint Petersburg, the day after his 47th birthday.

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(Key: 1- a; 2- c; 3- b; 4- d; 5- f; 6- e.)

e)  Complete the sentences:

was born, Saint Petersburg, «Kobzar», Ukrainian literature, an official member, died

1.Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko __________in a serf family in the village of Moryntsi.

2. He began writing poetry while he was a serf and in 1840 his first collection of poetry, ___________, was published.

3. Although he probably was not _______________of the Brotherhood, during the search his poem «The Dream» («Son») was found.

4. Shevchenko was sent to prison in___________.

5. Shevchenko_______ in Saint Petersburg on March 10, 1861, the day after his 47th birthday.

6. His works and life are revered by Ukrainians and his impact on_____________ is immense.        

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( Key: 1 - was born; 2 - «Kobzar»; 3 - an official member; 4 - Saint Petersburg; 5 – died; 6 - Ukrainian literature.)

f)  Read and say if the statements are true or false.

1. Taras Hryhorovych  Shevchenko was born in a serf family in the village of Moryntsi.

2. Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko was a Russian poet, artist and humanist.

3. He began writing poetry while he was a serf and in 1870 his first collection of poetry, «Kobzar», was published.

4. While residing in Saint Petersburg, Shevchenko made three trips to the regions of modern Ukraine, in 1843, 1845, and 1846.

5. Shevchenko was sent to prison in Saint Petersburg.

6. Shevchenko died in Orenburg on March 10, 1861, the day after his 47th birthday.

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(Key: 1-T; 2-F; 3-F; 4-T; 5-T; 6-F)

g)  Read and match the names  of the famous  writers to the paragraphs about them.

       

     T.H.Shevchenko                  I.Ya.Franko                 Lesia Ukrainka

1.A Ukrainian writer, poet, fiction writer,, journalist, and revolutionary leader of the Socialist movement in the Kingdom of Galicia. He was  born in August 27, 1856, died: May 28, 1916, burial place of Lviv: Lviv's lychakiv cemetery.

2.In 1842, he released a part of the tragedy «Mykyta Hayday» and in 1843 he completed the drama «Nazar Stodolya». While residing in Saint Petersburg, he made three trips to the regions of modern Ukraine.

3. She was born  on the 25th of  February 1871 in the town of  Novohrad-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr region in an intellectual, "literary" family. Нer father was a lawyer.

h) Complete the sentences with  a), b), c) to speak about Taras Shevchenko.

1. Taras Hryhorovych  Shevchenko was born in the family of ___________.

       a)  serf peasants;         b) workers;               c) artists.

2. His first teacher  was __________ who lived in this village.

       a) the artist;                 b) the deacon;          c) the priest.

3. ___________, a Russian artist, noticed Shevchenko’s talent and bought him out of serfdom.

      a) Pavel Engelhardt;    b) Karl Bryullov;      c) Vasyl’  Zhukovsky.

4. In 1844 the poet wrote his satirical poem ___________.

     a) «Nazar Stodolya»;    b) «Haidamaky»;      c) «A Dream».

5. His friends helped  Shevchenko to return from exile in ________.

     a) 1857                            b) 1840                       c) 1860

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(Key: 1-a; 2-a; 3-b; 4-c; 5-а)

i)                  Put the dialogue in the right order.

       ----  I like to read  poems  and dramas.

      ----  Who is your favourite poets?

      ----  What kind of books do you like to read?

      ----  Of course, I am.

      ----  Are you fond of reading?

      ---- I like many Ukrainian poets. T.H.Shevchenko,  I.Ya.Franko, Lesia Ukrainka are among them.

     

Слайд 9

Teacher. Listen to the poems by Taras Shevchenko translated into English

(звучить мелодія гри на кобзі).

     MY TESTAMENT

When I die, let me be buried

In my beloved Ukraine,

My tomb upon a grave-mound high,

Amid the wide-spread plain,

That the fields, the steppe unbounded,

The Dnieper’s plunging shore

My eye could see, my ear could hear

The mighty river roar,

When from Ukraine the Dnieper bears

Into the deep blue sea

The blood of foes… then will I leave

These hills and fertile fields –

I’ll leave them all behind and fly

To the abode of God

To sing His praise… But till that day –

I nothing know of God.

On bury me, then rise ye up

And break your heavy chains

And water with the tyrants’ blood

The freedom you have gained.

And in the great new family,

The family of the free,

With softly-spoken kindly word

Remember also me.                                                                                 

                                          Translated by John Weir

           My Thoughts

My thorny thoughts, my thorny thoughts,

You bring me only woe!

Why do you on the paper stand

So sadly row on row?...

Why did the winds not scatter you

Like dust across the steppes?

Why did ill-luck not cradle you

To sleep upon its breast?...

My thoughts, my melancholy thoughts,

My children, tender shoots!

I nursed you, brought you up -- and now

What shall I do with you?...

Go to Ukraine, my homeless waifs!

Your way make to Ukraine

Along back roads like vagabonds,

But I'm doomed here to stay.

There you will find a heart that's true

And words of welcome kind,

There honesty, unvarnished truth

And, maybe, fame you'll find...

So welcome them, my Motherland,

Ukraine, into your home!

Accept my guileless, simple brood

And take them for your own!

 St. Petersburg, 1839.                      Translated by John Weir

ІII. Summary.  Our lesson is coming to an end. Well done. I think you have worked a lot. All the students were very active at the lesson and deserve good marks.

IV. Home  assignment.  To write a letter  to Taras Shevchenko.

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1.Карп’юк О.Д. Підручник для 8 класу загальноосвітніх навчальних закладів. Рівень стандарту. Тернопіль.: Видавництво «Астон»- 2011.

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