Приближается светлый праздник Пасхи. Как мы празднуем Пасху в России? Какие у вас ассоциации? Что вы готовите? Ходите ли в церковь, чтобы освятить куличи? В этом материале мы поделимся с вами подборкой идей для уроков английского для студентов низких и средних уровней.
Внимание: хотите произвести впечатление хорошей хозяйки, умеющей печь лучшие куличи? Или вы новичок и хотите попробовать испечь их первый раз? А может быть, вы просто не любите куличи из супермаркета? Мы поделимся рецептом, который 100% получится, обсудим, как покрасить яйца, украсить дом, а также не забудем о драгоценных яйцах Фаберже.
Содержание:
- Идеи для Beginner / Elementary (prepositions, there is/are)
- Идеи для Pre-intermediate (recipes, decorations)
- Идеи для Intermediate (listening, discussion)
1. Идеи для Beginner/Elementary
Для детей и взрослых уровня Beginner проведите мини-викторину или сделайте кроссворд. Повторите времена года, месяцы, дни недели.
Мини-викторина.
Answer the questions:
- Easter is usually in
- spring
- autumn
- winter
- summer.
- Easter is always on
- Friday.
- Saturday.
- Sunday.
- Monday.
- Easter is a holiday of a new
- house.
- season.
- year.
- life.
- Traditional food for Easter is
- eggs and Easter cakes.
- apples.
- pizza.
- ice cream.
5. Where do Russian families usually go at Easter?
- park.
- church.
- forest.
- cafe.
Пасхальные раскраски для детей. Повторите цвета.
Easter colorings.
Устройте настоящий грамматический Egg hunt.
Объясните, что это европейская традиция, когда родители заранее прячут шоколадные яйца в доме или в саду, а дети ищут их и кладут в корзинку. Используйте эту идею для повторения предлогов места, а также конструкции there is/are.
Подготовьте картинки: в саду, в парке, в разных комнатах.
Parents hide eggs for their children to find. People can play it indoors and outdoors.
1. Игра на повторение предлогов. Попросите студента спрятать пасхальные яйца. Задайте вопросы. Поменяйтесь ролями.
E.g. Where is an Easter egg? Is it in the house? Is it behind the tree?
2.Игра на повторение конструкции there is/are. Нарисуйте пасхальные яйца на картинке. Студент рассказывает, где они находятся.
E.g. There is an egg in the kitchen in the fridge.
2. Идеи для Pre-intermediate (recipes, decorations)
Discuss
- What Easter traditions do you have in your country?
- How do you celebrate Easter in your family?
- Do all people go to the church?
- Is an egg hunt game popular in Russia?
- What food do you usually eat on Easter Sunday?
- What do you like about the Easter most of all?
A. Read two stories about Easter traditions. Compare and discuss what is common and what is different.
For religious followers, Easter Sunday is an important day for attending church services.
in Russian, you don’t normally say “happy Easter” per se. Instead you say: «Иисус воскресе» (“Jesus has risen”), and the other person responds, «Воистину воскрес» (“Indeed, he has risen”).
Two of the most traditional foods served on a Russian Easter table is “kulich” and “paskha”.
The evening before Easter people dye and decorate eggs.
Egg tapping is a traditional Easter game.
One person holds an egg and taps an egg of another person to break it.
The person whose egg doesn’t break is the winner
One of the most popular Easter traditions in the UK is the giving and receiving of Easter eggs.
These can be chocolate eggs, decorated eggs, or other treats. It’s common for families to exchange Easter eggs with each other, and many shops and supermarkets sell a wide variety of Easter eggs.
People celebrate Easter in various ways, including attending church services, exchanging gifts, enjoying festive meals with family and friends, and participating in Easter egg hunts.
Easter fancy costumes are a popular tradition that adds fun to the holiday.
B. Any ideas how to decorate your home?
Blown-Eggs Decorating Ideas
Now that you’ve emptied the eggs, you’re ready to paint the shells or decorate with them as you wish! String ribbons through holes and you will get an Easter tree decoration.
LIFEHACK
THE BEST RECIPE OF EASTER CAKE
What ingredients do you add? Do you know any secrets of tasty pastry?
Ingredients for 4 Easter cakes:
- 450 gr cottage cheese
- 5 eggs
- some flour
- 150 gr butter
- vanilla sugar
- baking powder
Glaze:
- 3 white of eggs
- 300 gr sugar powder
- some lemon juice
Вам могут быть интересны и другие материалы к урокам английского:
3. Идеи для Intermediate (listening, discussion)
Для студентов высоких уровней Intermediate/Upper intermediate предлагаем посмотреть и обсудить видео.
Перед тем как перейти к видео, попросите студента прочитать информацию из Wikipedia о том, что же такое яйца Фаберже. Задайте вопросы.
Pre-listening.
Have you ever been to the museum of Faberge eggs? Where do you think is it situated?
Let’s read what is called a Faberge egg.
- jeweled egg — decorated with jewels (инкрустированный драгоценными камнями)
- to survive — to continue to live and exist (уцелеть, сохраниться до наших дней)
- opulence — the quality of being expensive and luxurious (роскошь)
Listening. Let’s watch this video and discuss it.
Why Fabergé eggs are eggs.
Answer some questions:
- What family likes to collect Faberge eggs?
- Who created and manufactured Faberge eggs?
- Who was the first who got such an egg as a present?
- How did it look? What did it remind the princess about?
- Why was an Easter egg called an egg bomb?
- What happened in Russian Empire that time?
- What is the meaning of the Faberge egg?
- What were these eggs jeweled with? What precious stones do you know in English?
Lifehack
Practice precious stones pronunciation
Precious [‘preʃəs] stones
Ruby [‘ruːbɪ] | рубин |
Emerald [’emərəld] | изумруд |
Nephrite [‘nefraɪt] | нефрит |
Pearl [pɜːl] | жемчуг |
Malachite [‘mæləkaɪt] | малахит |
Sapphire [‘sæfaɪə] | сапфир |
Amber [‘æmbə] | янтарь |
Diamond [‘daɪəmənd] | алмаз |
Чтобы закрепить материал, попросите студента пересказать или перевести предложения.
1. Imagine that you are a guide at a museum. Tell what you know about Faberge eggs based on the above mentioned information.
2. Your friend came from abroad for the Easter holidays and you went on an excursion. Translate a guide for him.
3 main Easter words
- The Resurrection — return to life after death
- to crucify — to kill someone by tying or fastening them with nails to a cross and leaving them there to die
- to consecrate Easter cake — to officially make something holy and able to be used for religious ceremonies
Tell about the religious meaning of Easter using these words.
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