Literature lesson notes, 5th grade. Andersen "The Snow Queen"

G.H. Andersen "The Snow Queen"

Literary reading lesson “The Snow Queen”

Lesson objectives:

• enrich fourth-graders’ ideas about literary fairy tales; introduce the biography of H. C. Andersen and summarize students’ knowledge about the writer’s fairy tales; consolidate ideas about the artistic image and the means of its creation;
• develop the ability to find the necessary information in a book, focusing on the “Contents” or “Table of Contents” page; the ability to determine the content of a text by its title (topic, main idea, main experience);
• form the activity of observation (looking for details and details in a literary work) and generalization (making conclusions based on the discovered details and details; combining disparate information into a holistic picture);
• teach children to comprehend the motives and consequences of the actions, feelings and experiences of the characters in a literary work;
• teach children to adapt the statement to the character of the heroes;
• contribute to the education of a consciousness that sensitively and intelligently perceives the world (not only works of literature and artistic culture, but also the entire surrounding world - the world of people and nature).

During the classes

1. Organizational moment

2. Updating knowledge

a) Work on content

• What is the name of the chapter whose works we are reading?
• What works of oral folk art have we met?
• What two groups can fairy tales be divided into?
• What fairy tale did you read?

b) Conversation “Comparing the author’s fairy tale and folk tale”

What do the author's fairy tales and folk tales have in common?

— Features of a fairy-tale hero.

Let's remember how an author's fairy tale differs from a folk tale? Let's compare our guesses with the answers of children from the village of Mirny. To do this, open the notebooks for independent work on page 21.

— In the author's fairy tale, there are many details and details in the description of objects and events.

— The author’s fairy tale is more interested in the world of feelings.

— In the author’s fairy tale, love is more important than magic.

3. Conversation about the author

The origins of Andersen's character lie in his childhood.

«In blooming Denmark, where I saw the light, my world begins.

In Danish, my mother sang songs to me, my darling whispered fairy tales to me..."

• Why do you think Andersen became a storyteller?

He had the ability to discern the mysterious and beautiful in the ordinary. “There are no fairy tales better than those our lives create.” He was an unusual person, unlike others, who saw life, as he himself said, “through a magic glass.”

All his life Hans Christian Andersen was very lonely, he lived as a bachelor, never waiting for reciprocal love. Only two months before his death, the writer learned from an English newspaper that his fairy tales were among the most read in the whole world.

4. Lesson topic message

• What fairy tale did you read at home?
• Open the desired page in the reader

5 . Working with an explanatory dictionary. Finding out the meaning of the word troll

6. Work on content

a) Definition of genre

• What kind of fairy tale is this?

b) Structural and content division of the text

• "The Snow Queen" is a fairy tale in 7 stories. Why do you think?

Theologians call the number 7 a “truly holy number” because seven is made up of the symbolic numbers 3 and 4:

3 is a symbol of Divine perfection.

4 is a symbol of world order.

3 + 4 = 7

7 is a symbol of holiness (the union of Heaven and earth: the union of God and man).

There is a deep Christian subtext at the core: how a person can regain union with God and resist evil.

c) Working with text. Selective reading of fragments of a fairy tale. Answers to textbook questions. Oral retellings

Story three. "Witch"

• What happened to Gerda when Kai didn’t return? Could she accept that the boy had disappeared? Why ?

Gerda was ready to believe in Kai’s death, but she is convinced otherwise by the forces of nature (the sun, swallows) - and hope again appears in the girl’s heart.

• What is Gerda willing to sacrifice for Kai?

The most expensive thing she has.

• Gerda with the old sorceress. Is there anything in common between the desires of the witch and the Snow Queen? What about the differences?

The Snow Queen is cold, evil.

Witch - warmth, beauty, goodness.

• Why does the witch remove all the roses from her flower garden?

To strive to drown out Gerda’s anxiety, generated by her Christian love for Kai.

• Gerda had a good time with the old woman, but she was able to remember Kai. Whereby?

The roses on the witch's hat make me remember the boy.

• How do roses appear?

Gerda's tears (a tear is a symbol of Christian compassion) awaken to life the roses driven underground by the old woman and work miracles.

• Who is the first to tell Gerda that Kai is not dead?
• Is it a coincidence that it is the roses that say this?
• What did Gerda learn from the flowers, and how did this influence her decision to continue searching for Kai?

“Can the flame of the heart go out?” Gerda's search for Kai was a moral duty.

• After Gerda left the old sorceress’s house, the whole world seemed “dull and gray” to the girl. Why? Because autumn has come?

Story four. "Prince and Princess"

• What events happen in the chapter?

Gerda continues to look for Kai.

• How is this search described? Let's look at the contents of the entire chain of events episode by episode.

• Working with a table (Slide)

• How is this chapter similar to other fairy tales?

The motive of the obstacle on the hero's path and overcoming it.

How did the prince and princess react to Gerda's story?

• Gerda's dream. Why exactly were the angels carrying Kai in the girl’s dream?

The parallelism of this episode and the episode of Kai's abduction by the Snow Queen. The obvious meaning: evil forces carried Kai along with them. Hidden meaning: the angels (forces of good) will bring the boy back.

d) Working with text. Selective reading of fragments of a fairy tale. Answers to textbook questions. Oral retellings

Fifth stories. "Little Robber"

• What must Gerda have experienced when she heard that Kai had married the princess?

It probably wasn’t easy in the girl’s heart, but the main thing for her was still something else: “Kai is alive!”

• What happened to Gerda in the forest?

“So Gerda rode into a dark forest in which robbers lived; the carriage burned like heat, it hurt the robbers' eyes, and they simply could not stand it. "Gold! Gold!" - they shouted, grabbing the horses by the bridles, and pulled Gerda out of the carriage.” (P.77)

• What did the little robber look like? Find its description in the text.

“The little robber was as tall as Gerda, but stronger, broader in the shoulders and much darker. Her eyes were completely black, but somehow sad.” (P.78)

• Why were the little robber’s eyes “sad”?
• What words and actions help to understand her character? How does she talk to her mother, to Gerda, to her animals?

“...she was bitten on the ear by her own daughter, who was sitting behind her and was so unbridled and willful that it was just fun! ...And the girl again bit her mother so hard that she jumped and spun around in place. ... grabbed one pigeon by the legs and shook it so hard that it flapped its wings. ...They must be kept locked up, otherwise they will fly away quickly! ...the girl pulled the antlers of a reindeer tied to the wall in a shiny copper collar. ...Every evening I tickle him under the neck with my sharp knife - he is scared to death of it! ..."

(P.78 -79)

• What did the forest pigeons tell Gerda?

“Suddenly the forest pigeons cooed: ... - Kurr! Kurr! We saw Kai! The white hen carried his sleigh on her back, and he sat in the Snow Queen's sleigh. They flew over the forest when we, the chicks, were still lying in the nest. She breathed on us, and everyone died except the two of us!

...
She probably flew to Lapland, because there is eternal snow and ice there! Ask the reindeer what's tied up here! ...Yes, there is eternal snow and ice: it’s a miracle how good it is! - said the reindeer. - There you jump in freedom across huge shiny icy plains! The Snow Queen’s summer tent will be pitched there, and her permanent palaces are at the North Pole, on the island of Spitsbergen!” (P.80-81)

• How does Gerda get ready for the trip?

“The little robber put Gerda on him, tied her tightly to be sure, and even slipped a soft pillow under her so that she could sit more comfortably. ... “So be it,” she then said, “take back your fur boots - it will be cold!” But I’ll keep the muff, it’s too good. But I won’t let you freeze: here are my mother’s huge mittens, they will reach your very elbows! Put your hands in them! ... I can’t stand it when they whine! - said the little robber. - Now you should be happy. Here's two more loaves of bread and a ham so you don't have to starve! ... Then the little robber opened the door, cut the rope with which the deer was tied with her sharp knife, and said to him: “Well, come on!” Yes, take care, look, the girl." (P.81-82)

• Why did the little robber decide to help Gerda?

• What trait of her character won out over the others?

“And she wiped away Gerda’s tears. ...The little robber wrapped one arm around Gerda’s neck.” (P.79-80)

• Could Gerda have overcome all the difficulties if people and animals had not helped her? Why are they helping the girl?

Gerda awakens mercy in the hearts of people. Even animals serve her - this emphasizes the power of her faith.

Stories six. "Lapland and Finnish"

• Are specific place names mentioned in the fifth and sixth stories? (Lapland, North Pole, Spitsbergen island, Finland.)

• Are such details found in folk tales?
• What next test did Gerda have to endure in order to get into the palace of the Snow Queen?

“You still have a long way to go! You’ll have to travel more than a hundred miles before you get to Finland, where the Snow Queen lives.” (P.83)

• Why did the Finnish woman refuse to prepare a magic drink for Gerda? Read the appropriate passage.

“I can’t make her stronger than she is. Don't you see how great her power is? Don't you see that both people and animals serve her? Her strength is in her heart. If she herself cannot penetrate the palace of the Snow Queen and remove the shard from Kai’s heart, then we will certainly not help her!” (P.84)

• How do you understand the highlighted words?
• Why does the Finnish woman say that she cannot make Gerda stronger than she is?

Witchcraft is not stronger than the faith of a pure heart.

• Find and read a phrase that helps you understand the most important thing about Gerda.

"Her strength is in her heart." (P.84)

• What is more important in the author's fairy tale: the power of magical objects or the power of feelings?
• And again the motive of suffering appears in the fairy tale. Where?

“The poor girl was left alone in the bitter cold, without shoes, without mittens. She ran forward as fast as she could. A whole regiment of snow flakes was rushing towards her, but they did not fall from the sky - the sky was completely clear, and the northern lights were blazing in it - no, they ran along the ground straight towards Gerda and became larger and larger. Gerda remembered the big beautiful flakes under the magnifying glass, but these were much bigger, scarier, and all alive. These were the advanced patrol troops of the Snow Queen." (P.85)

The seventh story. What happened in the halls of the Snow Queen and what happened next?

• Was it not only scary and uncomfortable in the kingdom of the Snow Queen? Or more beautiful and majestic? Support your answer with lines from the text.

“How cold, how deserted it was in these white, brightly sparkling palaces! Fun never came here! ...Cold, deserted, grandiose! The northern lights flashed and burned so correctly that it was possible to accurately calculate at what minute the light would intensify and at what moment it would darken. In the middle of the largest deserted snowy hall there was a frozen lake. The ice cracked on him into thousands of pieces, so identical and regular that it seemed like some kind of trick. The Snow Queen sat in the middle of the lake when she was at home, saying that she was sitting on the mirror of the mind; in her opinion, it was the only and best mirror in the world.” (P.86-87)

• Can it be said that in the palace of the Snow Queen everything was subordinated to reason and not to feeling?
• Andersen, speaking about Kai, indicates that the boy “turned blue, almost blackened.” What does this mean? Is it just about changing your complexion?

No, his soul changed, “blackened”. “The Snow Queen’s kisses made him insensitive to the cold, and his very heart was like a piece of ice.” (P.87)

• What was Kai doing at this time?

“Kai was tinkering with flat, pointed ice floes, arranging them in all sorts of ways. Kai put together various intricate figures from ice floes, and this was called an ice mind game. In his eyes, these figures were a miracle of art, and folding them was an activity of paramount importance. This happened because there was a piece of a magic mirror in his eye! He also put together figures from which whole words were obtained, but he could not put together what he especially wanted - the word “eternity.” The Snow Queen told him: “If you put this word together, you will be your own master, and I will give you the whole world and a pair of new skates.” But he couldn’t put it together.” (P.87)

• Why did Kai need to make the word “eternity” out of ice floes? Why couldn't he do this?

He fails to do this because he is guided only by reason.

• Who managed to do this? Why did the ice floes themselves make up this word?

Gerda's faith puts this word together regardless of her wishes . Kai and Gerda have different concepts of eternity. Eternity is an icy order, logical and unmistakable (Kai). Eternity is Christian love (Gerda).

• How did Gerda “revive” Kai? Can we say that he came to life?

The girl’s tears melted the icy heart, her faith returned the boy’s love.

• From which lines is it clear that Gerda is served not only by people and animals, but also by natural phenomena?

“They walked and the violent winds died down in front of them, the sun peeked through. They walked, and along the road spring flowers bloomed and the grass turned green. " (P.89)

• What did Kai and Gerda see on their way home? (Love and kindness.)
• Why did the city greet them with the ringing of bells? (The devil is defeated, everyone rejoices.)
• What did the children see when they returned home? (The roses bloomed.)
• What has changed in Kai and Gerda?

“ They walked, and on their way spring flowers bloomed and the grass turned green. Then the bells rang, and they recognized the bell towers of their hometown. They climbed the familiar stairs and entered a room where everything was as before: the clock said “tick-tock”, the hands moved along the dial. But, passing through the low door, they noticed that they had become quite adults. Blooming rose bushes peered from the roof through the open window; their children's chairs stood right there. Kai and Gerda each sat down on their own, took each other's hands, and the cold, deserted splendor of the Snow Queen's palace was forgotten like a heavy dream. ... So they sat side by side, both already adults, but children in heart and soul, and it was summer outside, a warm, blessed summer.” (P.90)

7. Generalization

a) Conversation on issues

• What is Gerda's strength? Find the lines you need. What kind of power is this?
• In what other fairy tales is love stronger than magic?
• What is characteristic of author's fairy tales?

b) Work in groups

• Correlation of heroes and their characteristics.

• Examination.

c) Quiz.

8. Lesson summary. Reflection