«Abai Kunanbayev: A legacy that connects people across time, culture and space» внеклассное мероприятие посвещенное к 175 летию Абая Кунанбаева

«Abai Kunanbayev: A legacy that connects people across time,

culture and space» тақырыбында А.Құнанбаевтың 175 жылдығына

арналған сабақтан тыс іс-шара.

The aims of the lesson:

Upbringing: to up pupils be polite and responsibility, to love English, to educate the respect and interest in Abai’s compositions. 

Educational: to introduce pupils new words on the theme, to revise the grammar material, discussion about the biography of the poet.

Development: to develop pupils critical thinking, logical speech, reading and speaking skills, to enrich pupils knowledge in literature. 

Type of the lesson: mixed lesson. 

Method of teaching:  question-answer, brainstorming. 

Visual aids:  slides, a portrait of Abai Kunanbaev and video.

Procedure of the lesson:

I.Organisation moment: a) greeting

II.Introduction of the new lesson: Brainstorming:

Good afternoon dear students, teachers and guests! Welcome to our activity dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev. We are glad to see you and we hope that you’ll enjoy today’s activity. -Dear students! Look at the screen.

Look at the portrait attentively.

Answer the questions:

- Who can you see in this picture?

- What is Abai Kunanbaev?

-What is Abai Kunanbaev famous for?

- When and where was he born?

- What poems written by Abai do you know? 

Listen to the text about Abai Kunanbaev from the recorder:

Abai Kunanbaev (1845-1904)

Abai was a great Kazakh poet, musician, and a writer. He was born in Abai settlement near the city of Semey. He was from the rich family. His father Kunanbai was very strict person. But his mother Ulzhan and grandmother Zere were kind, good-natured and warm-hearted. They were good story-tellers. They told little Abai a lot of interesting stories, tales and legends of Kazakh people. At the age of 9 Abai went to a religious school. When he was 13 he began to learn Russian school in Semey. He liked to read books of great Russian poets and writers.

Abai was born in Karauyl village in Chingiz volost of Semipalatinsk uyezd of the Russian Empire (this is now in Abay District of East Kazakhstan). He was the son of Qunanbai and Uljan, his father's second wife. They named him Ibrahim, as the family was Muslim, but he soon was given the nickname "Abai" (meaning "careful"), a name that stayed with him for the rest of his life.

The boy first studied at a local madrasah under Mullah Ahmet Ryza. His father was wealthy enough to send Abai to a Russian secondary school in Semipalatinsk. There he read the writings of Mikhail Lermontov and Alexander Pushkin, which were influential to his own development as a writer. Moreover, he was fond of reading eastern poetry, including Shahname and 1000 and 1 night.

Dear students! As we know there are students, who likes to read Abai’s poems. Let’s listen them and enjoy of wonderful poems .

1. “Autumn” –Aitbek Uldanai

2. “Summer” –Zhanalieva Akzharkyn

3. “Winter” – Kerim Almira

4. “Spring” - Kalybayeva Dinara

1. When and where was Abai born?

-In 1845, in Semey

2. Who were his parents?

- He was from poor family. His father Kunanbai was a very kind person

3. When did Abai go to a religious school?

- At the age of 9

4. What was Abai famous for?  - Abai was famous for his Books of Words.

5. What language did he begin to learn at the age of 18? - When he was 18 he began to learn English.

6. What did Abai like to read ? - Abai liked to read books of great Russian poets and writers.

7. Abai’s mother and grandmother were good… - Abai’s mother and grandmother were good story-teller.

8. Abai Kunanbaev died in…. - In 1904.

9. “Broad-shouldered, white-coated, powdered with snow. Blind and dumb, with the great silvery beard…” - Winter.

10. “Feed from winter’s hibernations and heartache all that lives dings with its heart so warmth and light…” – Spring.

11. “Quit, shoulder-deep in water stands the herb; The grown-up horses wave their silky-tales…” – Summer

12. “The clouds are grey and gloomy boding rain, An autumn mist envelops the bare earth..” - Autumn.

-Now it’s time to conclude our today’s activity dedicated to the 175th anniversary of Abai Kunanbayev. As the consolidation we sing a song of Abai “Желсіз түнде жарық ай” (all participants sing this song).