Meals in Ukraine

Meals in Ukraine
Level : elementary
Objectives:
- to broaden students’ knowledge on the topic “Food” ;
-to develop students’ listening ,speaking , writing and reading skills ;
-to practice students’ communicative skills in given situation ;
-to interest to traditional eating habits in Ukraine .
Materials: a poster «Traditional Food in Ukraine», a text for listening

«Ukrainian Cookery» and reading «Favourite Ukrainian Dishes», flashcards ,
a poem «Mother bakes such lovely pies», crossword .
Procedure.
1.Greeting .
- Hello, dear pupils! Hello, dear guests! I hope you are very well. Maybe
somebody’s nervous. Don’t worry dear. You are clever children. Everything will
be Ok.
2.Aim.
- The topic of today’s lesson is «Meals in Ukraine». You’ll extend active and
passive knowledge of vocabulary and talk about traditional Ukrainian food. By
the end of the lesson you should be able…
3.Warm up .
Find the names of the dishes hidden in the word search below as quickly as
you can.
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4.Listening.
1) Pre-listening activity.
Discussion:
- What kind of food Ukrainian famous for?
- What are eating customs and traditions in Ukraine?
- What are eating habits in your family?
- Why do many Ukrainians prefer traditional food?
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2) Listening to the text. «Ukrainian Cookery».
- If you invite your new friends from England or from another
country, you’ll treat them to our traditional meals. Let’s listen to
about traditional Ukrainian cookery.
Ukrainian Cookery .
Ukraine enjoys a variety of traditional cookery, as well as favourite imported dishes .

Breakfast is a simple meal of bread butter, and perhaps soft-boiled eggs. Home-
made jam with whole berries in heavy syrup is priced. Lunch may consist of a fish
dish, a salad, or a vegetable.
Dinner is the main meal, and guests are treated with great hospitality. Soup is made
from available vegetables, such as carrots, cabbage, or turnip, plus a piece of meat
that is removed for serving. Accompaniments may include kasha, cabbage or pearl
barley.
Desserts are simple, perhaps small pastries, a fruit puree, or a fruiit compote. Tea is
the favourite drink, although coffee is enjoyed as well.
Kvass, a slightly fermented drink, may, be make from white or dark bread,
cranberries, or berries.
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3) Comprehension cheсk.
- Say “True” or “False” to the following statements.
1) Ukrainians enjoy only traditional cookery.
2) Breakfast in Ukraine is simple.
3) It consists of bread and butter and soft-boiled eggs.
4) Dinner is the main meal in our country.
5) Desserts are usually simple.
6) Kvass is one of the favourite drinks.
5.Speaking.
Work in pairs.
Imagine your English friend has come to Ukraine and you tell him everything about
meals in Ukraine. The student from Great Britain asks you questions as for traditional
Ukrainian food. The table will help you.
Cabbage soup Cabbage leaves are

Meat Borsch (kapustniak) used
in making cabbage
rosel
(holubtsi)
Kasha, Traditional Food in Ukraine Boiled or

mamalyga, baked potato
kulish
Dishes made from Food prepared with

The favorite dishes either fresh or milk.
made of flour are dried fruit: usvar, soured milk, cottage
dumplings(halushki); compote, kysil cheese, brynza
filled (a salty cheese from
dumplings( varenyky) sheep’s milk)
with different types of
filling
6.Rest time. Read the poem.
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Mother bakes such lovely pies,
They smell and taste so fine
That when my daddy looks at them,
He always says, "My, my!"
The pies we make are pretty too,
Sally and me and Bud.
They look so fine, and nice to eat,
But they are made of mud!
7.Reading. «Favorite Ukrainian Dishes».
1) Pre-reading activity.
Read the following list of dishes. Which of them are Ukrainian?
a) Pizza, macaroni, borsch, cabbage soup (kapusniak), deruny, varenyky,

holubtsi, beefsteak, pudding, French fries.
b) What is your favourite food made of potatoes?

(Deruny, fried potatoes, boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, French fries).
c) Continue phrase: Potato is very important vegetable for Ukrainians because...

(we can make deruny of it, we cannot cook borshch without potato, it is the
main food for Ukrainians, it is very tasty, etc.)
Text
Deruny is a traditional Ukrainian dish made of potatoes. Deruny are small potato
pancakes fried in oil. We eat deruny with sour-cream. Ukrainians prepare deruny
filled with meat or cottage1 cheese, fried mushrooms. They are very tasty!
You prepare deruny in this way: First you grate the potato, then you may add eggs,
flour, then fry the mixture in the pan. They are very tasty with butter, sour cream and
when they are hot.
Another favourite Ukrainian dish is borsch. It is made of potatoes, beets, cabbage,
meat and tomato source.
Ukrainians like varenyky very much. Varenyky can be filled with cheese, potatoes,
cabbage, meat. So, Ukrainian cuisine is rich and tasty!
2) Post-reading activity.Work in groups
A card for the 1st group

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A. Fill in the chart "The way of cooking deruny".
a) First, you...
b) Then you...
c) After that you...
A card for the 2nd group
B. Fill in the chart:

a) To cook borshch, all you need is:
b) a head of cabbage;
A card for the group 3
C. Say if it is true or false:

a) Deruny are small fruit pancakes;
b) Deruny is a traditional English food;
c) Deruny are very tasty with icecream;
d) Borshch is a favourite Ukrainian dish;
e) Ukrainians like varenyky veiy much;
A card for the group 4
D. To cook varenyky all you need is:
a) flour, garlic, aubergines;

b) salt, apples, cottage cheese;
c) eggs, fish, orange juice.
8. Writing. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box.
sour-cream, varenyky, hot, borsch, tasty, cuisine, dish
Deryny is a traditional _______ made of potatoes. We eat them with ______ .

They are very _________. Whith butter and when they are ________ .
Another favourite Ukrainian dishes are _______ and _______ . Ukrainian
________is rich and tasty.
9.Oral Practice.
Simulation: Playing Host. Receiving Visitor.
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- Pretend you’re receiving visitor from England and, naturally, you’ll
treat them to your favourite traditional dishes.
Act it out, dramatize the situation.
10Home assignment.
Write down the recipe of the favorite Ukrainian dish in your family.
11.Summarizing.
Let’s sum up our work. Most of you have worked hard today.
Some of you were rather quiet today; you are to be more active at the lesson.
You can’t learn to speak English just by sitting and listening to other pupils.
Forget about being shy and nervous. It’s far better to make a few mistakes than
to say nothing. Your marks are… Bye.

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Materials: a poster «Traditional Food in Ukraine», a text for listening

Ukraine enjoys a variety of traditional cookery, as well as favourite imported dishes .

Cabbage soup Cabbage leaves are

Kasha, Traditional Food in Ukraine Boiled or

Dishes made from Food prepared with

6.Rest time. Read the poem.

7.Reading. «Favorite Ukrainian Dishes».

a) Pizza, macaroni, borsch, cabbage soup (kapusniak), deruny, varenyky,

b) What is your favourite food made of potatoes?

c) Continue phrase: Potato is very important vegetable for Ukrainians because...

2) Post-reading activity.Work in groups

A card for the 1st group

A card for the 2nd group

B. Fill in the chart:

A card for the group 3

C. Say if it is true or false:

A card for the group 4

D. To cook varenyky all you need is:

a) flour, garlic, aubergines;

sour-cream, varenyky, hot, borsch, tasty, cuisine, dish

Deryny is a traditional _______ made of potatoes. We eat them with ______ .

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