Christ was crucified on a cross, so cross has come to have a special meaning to Christians. It represents Christ’s victory over death. It is a significant Easter symbol.
The rabbit
In ancient Egypt the rabbit symbolized new life and birth. The rabbit is the symbol of the spring festival.
The egg
Egg represents new life. Long ago people believed that the Earth was hatched from a gigantic egg.
The lamb
Jesus was known as the lamb of God. At one time, the Jews sacrificied a lamb during a Passover festival
3. Информация о праздновании Пасхи в разных странах (Приложение, слайд 3)
Easter is a festival that occurs on the first Sunday after the first full moon in spring. Easter is the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Many Easter customs have come down to us from long ago. People celebrate the holiday according to their believes and religious denominations. People commemorate Good Friday and Easter Sunday. All over the world people celebrate Easter.
5. Составить слова из букв, входящих в слово Easter.
6. Поиграем. (Приложение, слайд 5)
– Let’s have a rest. Whenever I say the word:
cotton tail” shake your bottom. “pink nose” wrinkle your nose like a bunny “soft brown eyes” blink your eyes three times “long tall ears” hold your arms over your head and wiggle your hands. “hopped” hop away to whenever you wish.
7. Прочитайте текст и вставьте слова.
Christians 1) ____ the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday/ Many churches hold Easter 2) _____ services. Churches are decorated with 3) ____ lilies and are filled with people 4) _____ new Easter outfits. The choir and congregation join in. 5) ____ special hymns of joy. For many children the excitement of receiving an Easter 6) ____ filled with goodies and hunting for eggs 7) ____ by the Easter rabbit is topped only by the excitement of receiving gifts from 8) ____ at Christmas. Did you ever wonder why the Easter 9) ____ brings the eggs instead of the Easter chicken? After all, 10) ___ not rabbits lay eggs.
I know an Easter bunny who is so funny…. He stands six feet tall., his whiskers curl around His ears stand high at the slightest sound.
He wears a green west and a pink bow tie If he flaps his ears….you should see him fly! He can bend and twist into any shape at all He can hop and skip or curl up like a ball.
He has a gold watch, which he keeps very near, But he only has use for it in spring each year. And as for eggs…well he has lots All children want what he has got.
(«Английский язык» еженедельное приложение к газете «Первое сентября» 14,1994).
9. Игра «Прыгаемкакзайчик»
– The players simulate the movements. (Приложение, слайд 6)
Hop like a bunny Crawl like a snail Slither like a snake Fly like a bird Leap like a frog Scamper like a squirrel Run like a fox Trot like a horse Walk like an ape Jump like a kangaroo Walk like an elephant
Pupil 1:In Britain Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs. But Easter means much more. It is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ. For Christians the dawn of Easter Sunday with its message of new life is the high point of the year.
When is Easter?
Easter is a movable feast meaning that it is not always held on the same date each year. Easter Day is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox – the Paschal Full Moon. This means that Easter can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25. The feast of Easter was well established by the second century. But the question of the date of Easter was solved by the emperor Constantine in 325.
Pupil 2:(Origins of Easter)
Like most Christian festivals, Easter has its origins in pre-Christian times. Before arrival of Christianity, people believed that the sun died in winter and was born again in spring. The arrival of spring was celebrated all over the world long before the religious meaning became associated with Easter. Today, Easter celebrates the rebirth of Christ.
Different Gods were thanked for bringing the Earth to life. The word Easter is thought to come from “Eostre”, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose spring festival was celebrated in April.
Even though Easter is associated with spring here in England, it is not so in countries in the southern hemisphere. In these countries Easter falls near the end of autumn. However, throughout the world Easter is felt to be a time of new life and new beginnings because of Jesus’ rebirth.
Pupil 3:(Easter Events)
Holy Week before Easter begins with Palm Sunday. It marks the end of Lent and celebrates Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem on a donkey for the Jewish festival of Passover. Great crowds of people lined the streets waving palm branches to welcome him.
On Palm Sunday, children are given crosses made from single palm leaves. In Britain people used to go ‘a palming’ 2 or 3 days before Palm Sunday to collect yew, hazel or willow branches, since palm trees do not grow in northern countries.
On each day of Holy Week there are services in churches.
Pupil 4:On Maundy Thursday (ЧистыйЧетверг) Christians remember the Last Supper. Maundy Thursday is the day before Good Friday. Its name is derived from the Latin word ‘mandatum’ (command) and recalls Christ’s words as the Last Supper (тайная вечеря): “And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another”.
During the Last SupperJesus washed his disciples’ feet. This act has sometimes been followed literally in history as a good way of reminding rulers that they are here to serve their subjects.
In England the custom of washing feet was preserved until 1689. The King or Queen would wash the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday in Westminster Abbey. (You should, however note, that the feet were first washed by Yeoman of the Laundry before the monarch had to wash them and kiss them!) Food and clothing were also handed out to the poor.
Gradually over the years the foot washing and the gift clothing has been replaced by specially minted Maundy money.(Maundy coins are specially minted for the occasion and are legal tender and, as they are produced in such limited numbers, they are much sought after by collectors.)
In Britain Queen Victoria began the custom of giving specially minted money in white leather bags, with more money in small red bags instead of food.
Pupil 5: In England today, the Queen attends a service in one of the many cathedrals throughout the country, to distribute the Maundy Money. The Queen is accompanied by a Yeoman of the Guard, who carries a golden tray of Maundy Money, and the “Maundy children” who are selected from local schools to attend her. The Queen gives Maundy coins in a white purse (one coin for each year of her reign) and extra money in a red purse. The money is given to old people – one man and one woman for each year of the Queen’s age. Everyone carries posies (‘nosegays’) of flowers – a traditional protection at the time of the great Plague. (King Charles I distributed his Maundy coins in 1639 during an outbreak of plague.)
Pupil 1:Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. On this day, Christians remember the day when Jesus was crucified on a cross. The name may be derived from ‘God’s Friday’ in the same way that good-bye is derived from ‘God be with ye (you).
Pupil 3:(Easter Sunday) To celebrate the arrival of spring, Easter parades often take place on Easter Sunday afternoon, where people can wear new clothes as a sign of the changing seasons, and competitions are held to find the best Easter bonnet. Traditionally, large Easter parades are held in Battersea Park, London.
Easter Mondayis a national holiday in Britain, when games and sports are played.
Pupil 4: I’d like to tell you about Easter symbols. They are the cross, the lamb, eggs and Easter rabbits.
The cross. Christ was crucified on a cross, so the cross has come to have a special meaning to Christians. It represents Christ’s victory over death.
The lamb. Jesus was known as the Lamb of God (агнец божий). At one time, the Jews sacrificed a lamb during a Passover festival, and early Christians adopted this as a sign of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Lamb is now a traditional Easter meal, and cookies and cakes are often made in the shape of a lamb for Easter.
Pupil 5: Of course, eggs represent new life. Long ago, some people believed that the Earth was hatched from a gigantic egg! Eggs have been exchanged for centuries.
Decorating and colouring eggs for Easter was a common custom in England in the Middle Ages. Eggs were brightly coloured to mimic the new, fresh colours of spring. The practice of decorating eggs was made by King Edward I of England who ordered 450 eggs to be gold-leafed and coloured for Easter gifts in 1290.
Pupil 1:Easter Rabbits.British children believe that the Easter bunny brings Eastereggs and hides them for finding on Easter morning. Where did this tradition begin? There are many different legends, but here is a popular one. (Эту легенду можно рассказать на русском языке.)
Long ago in Germany there lived an old, loving woman who adored children. Each year she would give children gifts to celebrate spring. One year she had nothing to give because it was a bad year and she had become very poor. All she had were some eggs. She did not want to disappoint the children, so quickly before they arrived for their gifts, she coloured the eggs and hid them in the grass.
When the children arrived, she told them to run out into the lawn to find their gifts hiding there. Of course, the children ran into the yard in search of their surprise. Just as one of the children uncovered the eggs, a large rabbit hopped away. So the children thought that the rabbit had left the eggs for them! And ever since, children have searched for the eggs left by the Easter rabbit on Easter morning. It is called the Easter Egg Hunt.
Pupil 2: It is also true that in ancient Egypt the rabbit symbolized the moon. It also symbolized new life and birth. Because Easter’s date is determined by the moon, and Easter occurs in the spring time, it was natural that the rabbit continued to be one of the symbols of Easter.
GAMES AND CONTENTS
Pupil3: А теперь мы хотели бы познакомить вас с играми и конкурсами, которые проводятся в Британии во время Пасхи.
Игра называется “Hatch an egg” – «Выведи цыплёнка».
К доске приглашаются 4 человека-«наседки». Им вручается по 7 пластиковых яиц. В каждом яйце – слово. Каждая «наседка» по очереди открывает свои «яйца», читает слово, пишет его на доске. Когда все яйца открыты, «наседки» выстраивают из слов предложение, читают и переводят его.
Кто правильно составил предложение, получает приз. (Eggs are the symbols of newlife.)
Pupil4: Игра называется “HatchMatch” – «Соедини яйцо». На каждый стол раздаются конверты, в которых находятся 5 разрезанных яиц. Выигрывает та команда, которая быстрее из половинок сложит все яйца, прочитает пословицу и переведет:
While there is life, there is hope.- Пока есть жизнь, есть и надежда.
There are two sides to every question. – У каждого вопроса есть 2 стороны.
First catch your hare, then cook him.- Cначала поймай зайца, а потом приготовь его.
Make hay while the sun shines.- Коси коса, пока роса.
There is no smoke without fire. – Нет дыма без огня.
Pupil5: А теперь мы хотим проверить ваши знания английского языка по теме ‘Easter’. Каждый столик получает вот такой листок в форме яйца, на котором написаны анаграммыслов. Все слова имеют отношение к Пасхе. Вы должны за 5 минут написать эти слова правильно.
