Religion in My Life: Islam / Turkiye

I’m Berke. My religion is Islam. Islam appeared over 1400 years ago in Mecca, Arabia. The followers of Islam are called Muslims and I’m a Muslim boy.

ALLAH

We, Muslims, believed that there is only one god. The name of our god is Allah. We believe in Allah and all the prophets such as Adam , Moses and Jesus.

QURAN

We believe in our holy book Quran. Quran was sent to the Muslims via one of Allah’s messengers Mohammed. He is the final prophet and We, Muslims, believe in him.

SHAHADAH

The basic statement of Islamic faith is “Shahadah” It means that Allah is the only god and that Mohammed is Allah’s prophet. A Muslim believes in this statement with his whole heart.

EZAN & SALAH

Ezan is a chant that is used to call Muslims to salah. Muslims perform salah five times each day. Allah ordered Muslims to pray five times a day.

MOSQUE

The sacred place of we , Muslims , is Mosque. A mosque is the worship place of a Muslim. It has one or more minarets. A minaret is a tall thin tower. A muezzin stands at the top of the tower and calls Muslim prayer.

PRAY

For us, lifting our hands up for praying before sleeping or eating or anytime we need is enough to be heard by Allah. We don’t need any other people or things to hope wishes from Allah.

KAABA

The holliest place for Muslims is The Kaaba. It is a cube building in Mecca . Allah told the Prophet Mohammed that he should use the Kaaba to do his worship.Muslims must go to Hajj at least once in their life if they can afford.

ZAKAT

In the eyes of God all people are equal in race, gender, poor or richness and one of the ways to keep that equality is giving ZAKAT for poor people. We, Muslims, give ZAKAT for people to help them . Zakat can be given as money or food. A rich Muslim has to pay to benefit the poor and the needy each year.

RAMADAN

Ramadan is one of the most important event in a Muslim's life. We, Muslims, fast during Ramadan. It lasts almost 30 days. We don’t eat or drink anything from dawn to night. After sunset , with the evening salah , we start to eat  a big dinner with our family.

EUD UL -FITR

After Ramadan, We celebrate the festival of Eid ul –Fitr. It lasts for three days. We dress up and visit our relatives and friends and gather candies and chocolate.

NOAH'S PUDDING DAY : ASHURE DAY

Ashure is a traditional Turkish dessert cooking in the Ashure month. It symbolizes the true friendship and unity among God’s people.
In this day, our mums prepare the huge amount of ashure and share with families , friends and neighbours by serving in the small bowls.
We , Muslims believe that the prophet Noah and his family mixed all the storage and cooked pudding after the great flood to save themselves from starving. Now , Noah’s pudding is called ashure.

THE BIRTHDAY OF 
THE PROPETH MOHAMMED

We , Muslims celebrate the birthday of the prophet Mohammed on 20 th April. We believe that our prophet Mohammed smells like a rose. So giving the rose is a custom to greet and hug all people. The prophet Mohammed says “Your smiling in your brother’s face is charity.

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

My Hobby: Natalka/ Poland

BASKETBALL 

I play basketball every day. My favourite basketball stars are Michael Jordan and Marcin Gortat.

SKATING

I go skating at the weekends. I like this sport very much. I go skating for 4 years.

CINEMA

 I go to cinema every 3 months. My favourite movies are ,,Twilight saga’’ and ,,Spy Kids’’.

MUSIC

 I listen to music every day. My best music performers are Adele, Gotye, Małpa and O.S.T.R.  I‘ve got my favourite tracks on MP3 player. I like listening to music very much.

TELEVISION

 My favourite TV program  is ,,You can dance‘’. Our television is in the living room.  

BOOKS

 I like reading books. My favourite book is ,,Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’’.   

Bozena Gobcewicz, English Teacher of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 47 im. J.K. Branickiego/Poland

My Family: Karolina Dulko / Poland

  My name is Carolina.I’m 10 years old . I go to sport class. I like  drawing and desinging clothes

My Sister: Her name is Kasia.
Kasia is 14 years old . She likes painting and reading books.

My Mother: My mom's name is Małgosia. She is 36 years old.She likes cooking and reading books.

My Father: My dad’s name is Piotrek . 

He is 38 years old. He likes watching movies.

 Grandparents: My grandfather's name is Stanisław and my grandmother’s name is Jadwiga. They like playing cards.My grandfather's name is Stanislav. He’s 87 years old. He likes watching movies. He likes plants.

Great  Grandparents: Their names are Franciszek and Janina.

Bozena Gobcewicz, English Teacher of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 47 im. J.K. Branickiego/Poland

My Family :Marcin / Poland

 This is  my family.

 This is my dad . He likes drawing.

 This  is my mum . she likes cooking.

 This is my sister . She likes going to school.

 This is my cat . Its name is Lucky.It likes playing with me.

 This  is my  cat .Its name is Kawa.The photo is with his small cats

This is me . My name is Marcin . I like skateboarding.

Bozena Gobcewicz, English Teacher of Szkoła Podstawowa nr 47 im. J.K. Branickiego/Poland

Lesson Plan : Education For Peace and Tolerance / Italy

EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE

LESSON PLAN

TOPIC:           The Meaning of Faith and feelings

Skills:              -   oral production

   -  written production and listening

Level:                          -  A2 or pre-intermediate

Duration:        -  120 minutes

Organization: -  plenary and group work

Material:          -   song by Leonard Cohen “Hallelujia”( attached file 1)

Objectives:

Linguistics

-          To understand discourse in L2 while listening

   

 Communicative

-          To understand and produce texts  in L2.

Structure of the activity:

Pre-listening activity:  brainstorming on vocabulary concerning faith, feelings and  tolerance (idioms in different languages, for example: faith, self-esteem, relationship, feelings...)

Listening activity:  Listen to the song from you tube and then read the script of Cohen’s song analysing its meaning

Post-listening production: write your own small e-mail on faith and tolerance and its meaning. (attached File 2).

Project:  Look for a movie or another song  on peace and tolerance in L2 and share it with the class.

Hallelujah

Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Michela Chiappini,English Teacher Of Istituzione Scolastica Autonoma n.11 Vezzano Ligure/ Italy

My Home- My Family / Turkiye

Şevval Akyıldız , 4th grade student , describes her house and family...



Berke Diler , 6th grade student, describes his house and family...




İrem Gülen , 5th grade student, describes her home and family...

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

My Hobby /Turkiye

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

My Hobby / Czech Republic

ICE HOCKEY

DANCING

WESTERN RIDING

THE WAR

Barbora Hejtmankova, English Teacher of Základní škola Bělá pod Pradědem /Czech Republic

The Relationship Between Lithuanian Students and The Orphans From Tanzania / Lithuania

Class 3A teacher Rima Kijauskiene together with Irada Miltiniene, the English teacher, took part in the establishing contacts among  the Lithuanian students from class 3A and the orphans from Tanzania and their teacher Jane Sanare. Next time we are going to exchange the video clips with traditional songs of both countries.

Irada Miltiniene,English Teacher Of Vilkaviskis Primary School/Lithuania

Osobnosti / Czech Republic

Barbora Hejtmankova, English Teacher of Základní škola Bělá pod Pradědem /Czech Republic

Holocaust /Czech Republic

Barbora Hejtmankova, English Teacher of Základní škola Bělá pod Pradědem /Czech Republic

Religion in My Life / Czech Republic

Barbora Hejtmankova, English Teacher of Základní škola Bělá pod Pradědem /Czech Republic

How To Do " EBRU": The Turkish Art of Marbling Paper /Turkiye

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

MY SPORT / Turkiye

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

My Home- My Family / Czech Republic

Barbora Hejtmankova, English Teacher of Základní škola Bělá pod Pradědem /Czech Republic

The Money Collected For The Orphanage in Tanzania / Lıthuania

Collecting money for the orphanage in Tanzania was one of most important project activities. In Lithuania it was conducted in two phases. We were lucky to collect about 500 litas and transfer the money to the account of the orphanage . The head of the fundation in Tanzania sent us the receipt .

Irada Miltiniene,English Teacher Of Vilkaviskis Primary School/Lithuania

The Posters Against The Violence / Turkiye

Art teacher , Mrs. Özlem Şenyüz and students of art class performed the posters against the violence. A flower in the desert of violence is growing with tolerance.

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

The Photostory of Tolerance / Turkiye

Aslı Altan Altundal, English Teacher of Türkkonut Emel Önal  Primary School/Turkiye

The Legends Of Lithuanian Sport / Lithuania

Sport in Lithuania is one of the favorite leisure activities. Although our Motherland is very small we have got lots of famous athletes we can be proud of. Basketball is extremely important for each sports fan. It is often called the second religion in Lithuania and it is also Number 1 sport in Lithuania by the number of medals won at Summer Olympic Games. However, we are very pleased to have significant achievements in other branches of sports as well.


BASKETBALL

ARVYDAS SABONIS -is a professional Lithuanian basketball player, a world and olympic Champion.Since the 24 October 2011, Sabonis has been the president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.

DISCUS THROW

VIRGILIJUS ALEKNA  is a Lithuanian athlete who specializes in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.

THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD

ŽYDRŪNAS SAVICKAS  is titled as the strongest all-time man. Six times in a row he won the title of the strongest man on earth in the most prestigious contest “Arnold‘s Strongest Man“.

TENNIS

RIČARDAS BERANKIS  is a Lithuanian professional tennis player and a prominent member of Lithuania Davis Cup team. He is the first Lithuanian to enter ATP top 100 and the highest ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time.

CYCLING

SIMONA KRUPECKAITĖ  is a Lithuanian professional track cyclist. She is the 2009 500 m Time Trial World Champion, the World Record holder, and the 2010 Keirin World Champion.
She also won the 2009 Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year award.
In 2010 Krupeckaitė reached one more world record.

PENTATHLON

EDVINAS KRUNGOLCAS  is a Lithuanian modern pentathlete who won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

HEPTATHLON AND DECATHLON

AUSTRA SKUJYTE is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366.
Her personal best in the 7-event heptathlon of 6435 was set on 21 August at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she won the Olympic silver medal.

RACING

KAZIMIERAS  VASILIAUSKAS-the first driver, competing at international open-wheel racing level.

SHOOTING

DAINA GUDZINEVICIUTE - Olympic gold medalist in shooting(2000).

FIGURE SKATING

MARGARITA DROBIAZKO and  POVILAS  VANAGAS
Figure skaters & ice dancers – bronze medal at the European Championships (2000, 2006) and at World Championships (2000)

Irada Miltiniene,English Teacher Of Vilkaviskis Primary School/Lithuania