Black chicken or underground inhabitants slides. Presentation for a lesson based on A. Pogorelsky’s fairy tale “The Black Hen, or Underground Inhabitants”
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A. Pogorelsky “Black Chicken, or Underground Inhabitants” Project team members: 5th grade students of the MKOU Novonikolaevsk Secondary School, Secondary School of the Novorozinsk School Leader: N.S. Belkeeva, teacher of Russian language and literature, 2016
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Alyosha’s other occupation was to feed the chickens, who lived near the fence in a house specially built for them and played and ran around in the yard all day long. Alyosha got to know them very briefly, knew everyone by name, broke up their fights, and the bully punished them by sometimes not giving them anything from the crumbs for several days in a row, which he always collected from the tablecloth after lunch and dinner. Among the chickens, he especially loved one black crested one, named Chernushka. Chernushka was more affectionate to him than others; she even sometimes allowed herself to be stroked, and therefore Alyosha brought her the best pieces. She was of a quiet disposition; she rarely walked with others and seemed to love Alyosha more than her friends.
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During all these worries, our Alyosha was completely forgotten, and he took advantage of this to play in the yard in the open space. As was his custom, he first approached the plank fence and looked through the hole for a long time; but even on this day almost no one passed along the alley, and with a sigh he turned to his kind chickens. Before he had time to sit down on the log and had just begun to beckon them to him, he suddenly saw a cook next to him with a large knife. Alyosha never liked this cook - an angry and scolding little girl; but since he noticed that she was the reason that the number of his chickens was decreasing from time to time, he began to love her even less. When one day he accidentally saw in the kitchen a pretty, very beloved cockerel, hanging by the legs with its throat cut, he felt horror and disgust for her. Seeing her now with a knife, he immediately guessed what it meant - and, feeling with sorrow that he was unable to help his friends, he jumped up and ran far away.
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Alyosha, Alyosha! Help me catch the chicken! - the cook shouted. But Alyosha began to run even faster, hid by the fence behind the chicken coop and did not notice how tears rolled out of his eyes one after another and fell to the ground. He stood by the chicken coop for quite a long time, and his heart was beating strongly, while the cook ran around the yard, either beckoning to the chickens: “Chick, chick, chick!”, or scolding them in Chukhon. Suddenly Alyosha’s heart began to beat even faster... he thought he heard the voice of his beloved Chernushka! She cackled in the most desperate way, and it seemed to him that she was shouting: Where, where, where, Alyosha, save Chernukha! Kuduhu, kuduhu, Chernukha, Chernukha!
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Alyosha could not remain in his place any longer... he, sobbing loudly, ran to the cook and threw himself on her neck at the very moment she caught Chernushka by the wing. - Dear, dear Trinushka! - he cried, shedding tears. - Please don’t touch my Chernukha! Alyosha threw himself so suddenly on the cook’s neck that she lost Chernushka from her hands, who, taking advantage of this, flew out of fear onto the roof of the barn and continued cackling there. But Alyosha now heard as if she was teasing the cook and shouting: Where, where, where, where, you didn’t catch Chernukha! Kuduhu, kuduhu, Chernukha, Chernukha! Meanwhile, the cook was beside herself with frustration!
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Then she cackled in a strange voice, and suddenly, out of nowhere, small candles appeared in silver chandeliers, no bigger than Alyosha’s little finger. These sandals ended up on the floor, on the chairs, on the windows, even on the washstand, and the room became as light as if it were daytime. Alyosha began to dress, and the hen handed him a dress, and thus he was soon completely dressed.
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When Alyosha was ready, Chernushka cackled again, and all the candles disappeared. “Follow me,” she told him, and he boldly followed her. It was as if rays came out of her eyes and illuminated everything around them, although not as brightly as small candles. They walked through the front...
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They went down the stairs, as if into a cellar, and walked for a long, long time along various passages and corridors that Alyosha had never seen before. Sometimes these corridors were so low and narrow that Alyosha was forced to bend down.
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Suddenly they entered a hall illuminated by three large crystal chandeliers. The hall had no windows, and on both sides hung on the walls knights in shiny armor, with large feathers on their helmets, with spears and shields in iron hands. Chernushka walked forward on tiptoe and ordered Alyosha to follow her quietly, quietly...
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At the end of the hall there was a large door made of light yellow copper. As soon as they approached her, two knights jumped from the walls, struck their spears on their shields and rushed at the black chicken. Chernushka raised her crest, spread her wings... Suddenly she became big, tall, taller than the knights, and began to fight with them! The knights advanced heavily on her, and she defended herself with her wings and nose. Alyosha became scared, his heart fluttered violently - and he fainted.
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While he was looking at everything with curiosity, a side door, previously unnoticed by him, opened, and many small people, no more than half an arshin tall, in elegant multi-colored dresses, entered. Their appearance was important: some looked like military men by their attire, others looked like civil officials. They all wore round hats with feathers, like the Spanish ones. They did not notice Alyosha, walked sedately through the rooms and spoke loudly to each other, but he could not understand what they were saying. He looked at them silently for a long time and just wanted to approach one of them with a question, when a large door opened at the end of the hall...
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The next day, at the appointed hour, the teacher picked up the book from which Alyosha’s lesson was assigned, called him over and ordered him to say what was assigned. All the children turned their attention to Alyosha with curiosity, and the teacher himself did not know what to think when Alyosha, despite the fact that he had not taught the lesson at all the day before, boldly stood up from the bench and approached him. Alyosha had no doubt that this time he would be able to show his extraordinary ability: he opened his mouth... and could not utter a word! - Why are you silent? - the teacher told him. - Say a lesson.
Illustrations for the story by A. Pogorelsky “The Black Hen, or the Underground Inhabitants” Work of 5th grade “B” student Valentina Kaneva Supervisor – Yazeva T.V. Municipal educational institution "Secondary school" Kozhva 2014 - 2015
Alexey Alekseevich Perovsky invented and wrote down the magical story “The Black Hen, or the Underground Inhabitants” for his nephew when Alyosha (nephew) was no more than nine or ten years old, like Alyosha, the hero of the fairy tale.
Reading books was Alyosha's only consolation on Sundays and holidays.
Alyosha ran up to the fence. He stood on tiptoe and looked intently into the round holes that dotted the fence.
Alyosha threw himself on the cook’s neck so unexpectedly that she let Chernushka slip out of her hands.
Alyosha rose a little in bed and saw even more clearly that the sheet was moving... Suddenly the white sheet lifted, and out from under it came... a black chicken!
And he boldly followed her. It was as if rays came out of her eyes and illuminated everything around them, although not as brightly as small candles.
Alyosha saw all kinds of antique furniture in the first room... Alyosha wanted to stop to examine the furniture, and especially the figures on the couch, but Chernushka did not allow him.
They entered the second room - and then Alyosha was happy! In a beautiful golden cage sat a large gray parrot... next to the parrot there was a bed with white curtains, through which he could distinguish an old woman... in the other corner there was an identical bed where another old woman was sleeping, and a gray cat was sitting next to her. Passing by her, Alyosha could not resist asking her for her paws...
At the end of the hall there was a large door made of light yellow copper. ...two knights jumped from the walls, hit their spears on their shields and rushed at the black chicken. Chernushka raised her crest, spread her wings... suddenly she became big, big, taller than the knights, and began to fight with them!
....a lot of little people came in, no more than half an arshin tall, in elegant multi-colored dresses.
The paths were strewn with large multi-colored pebbles, reflecting the light from countless small lamps with which the trees were hung...
....the hunters began to gallop at full speed along various passages and corridors. They galloped like this for a long time, and Alyosha did not lag behind them, although he could hardly restrain his mad stick... Suddenly, several rats jumped out from one side corridor, such large ones that Alyosha had never seen...
... the teachers could not praise Alyosha enough. Without exception, he knew all the lessons perfectly, all the translations from one language to another were without errors, so they could not be surprised at his extraordinary success.
They brought rods... Alyosha was in despair! For the first time since the boarding school existed, they were punished with rods, and who - Alyosha, who thought so much about himself, who considered himself better and smarter than everyone else! What a shame!.. He, sobbing, rushed to the teacher and promised to completely improve...
The next morning, the children woke up and saw Alyosha lying on the floor, unconscious. They raised him up, put him to bed, and sent for the doctor, who declared that he had a violent fever.
Russian writer, one of the largest prose writers of the first half of the 19th century. Member of the Russian Academy (1829).
Summarize
- Which Russian writers studied in private boarding schools as children? - How do you understand what a boarding house is? - Why did the nobles send their children to boarding schools to study? - What kind of education did Alexey Alekseevich Perovsky receive? - What is a pseudonym? - What pseudonym did Perovsky take for himself? - To whom did Antony Pogorelsky dedicated his fairy tale “The Black Hen, or the Underground Inhabitants”?
What animals were
in the royal menagerie?
Fantastic and authentically real in a fairy tale.
Bizarre plot
- How will you prove that this is a fairy tale, and not just a story from the life of a boy in the 18th century? - What events and phenomena can be called fabulous, fantastic in this story? - What features of a fairy tale sometimes make us believe that this is not a fairy tale, but a real story?- What facts, descriptions show us the actual, real life of that time, reliably depict the events and customs of that era before us? - Could such a fairy tale be a folk tale?
- Reading the passage from the words: “Monday has come...” p.140 to the words “Alas! Poor Alyosha didn’t know...” p.147.
- - How did the character change, in the old way, disposition Alyosha after he received a magical gift?
- There are works of art whose authors simply entertain readers. There are works whose authors teach. What type of fairy tale do you think this is?
- What does the example of Alyosha’s transformation teach?
- The author in this tale teaches us through the example of Alyosha, but not only. There are several paragraphs in which we see direct instructions. Find these paragraphs
“His conscience often reproached him for this, and an inner voice told him: “Alyosha, don’t be proud!” Do not attribute to yourself what does not belong to you; thank fate for giving you advantages against other children, but do not think that you are better than them. If you don’t improve, then no one will love you, and then you, with all your learning, will be the most unfortunate child! (p. 142) .
“Don’t think,” answered Chernushka, “that it is so easy to recover from vices when they have already taken over us. Vices usually enter through the door and exit through a crack, and therefore if you want to improve, you must constantly and strictly look after yourself.” (p. 146-147) .
“...To correct yourself, you need to start by putting aside pride and excessive arrogance” (p. 147) .
A. Pogorelsky “Black Chicken, or Underground Inhabitants” History of creation
- A. Pogorelsky published the fairy tale “The Black Hen, or Underground Inhabitants” in 1829. He wrote it for his pupil, nephew Alyosha, the future outstanding writer Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy. The publication was met with positive press reviews.
- Alyosha saves his beloved chicken Chernushka, and she reveals to him a secret: under the floor, in the dungeon, there is a kingdom of little people, where Chernushka is not a chicken, but the chief minister. At night, when everyone is sleeping, Chernushka secretly brings Alyosha to the king and he rewards him. Alyosha's desire, expressed with thoughtless haste, turns out to be disappointingly petty - to always know the lessons without teaching them. The hemp seed received as a gift helped Alyosha, but due to idleness, “from a kind, sweet and modest boy, he became proud and disobedient.”
- When the seed disappeared, the boy lost his wonderful gift. The story with the seed ends with Alyosha facing punishment if he does not confess how he manages to know twenty pages by heart. And then the boy reveals a secret, which, of course, no one believed, he was even whipped. But not this, nor even the disappearance of the hemp seed forever, turned out to be the main punishment for him. He is about to part with Chernushka. Due to Alyosha's fault, the king and his entire people must move far from these places, and his friend, the chicken minister, is condemned to wear gold chains.
- The fairy tale teaches us not only that we must work diligently, but also that children's frivolity can make both themselves and those dear to them unhappy. It is better to endure suffering than to break fidelity to your given word due to cowardice.
- Alyosha will remember for the rest of his life the wise fairy tale written for him by A. A. Perovsky. Having become a writer, Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy will write many works in which he will carefully preserve the ideas of truth, goodness and justice.
Russian writer, one of the largest prose writers of the first half of the 19th century. Member of the Russian Academy (1829).
Summarize
- Which Russian writers studied in private boarding schools as children? - How do you understand what a boarding house is? - Why did the nobles send their children to boarding schools to study? - What kind of education did Alexey Alekseevich Perovsky receive? - What is a pseudonym? - What pseudonym did Perovsky take for himself? - To whom did Antony Pogorelsky dedicated his fairy tale “The Black Hen, or the Underground Inhabitants”?
What animals were
in the royal menagerie?
Fantastic and authentically real in a fairy tale.
Bizarre plot
- How will you prove that this is a fairy tale, and not just a story from the life of a boy in the 18th century? - What events and phenomena can be called fabulous, fantastic in this story? - What features of a fairy tale sometimes make us believe that this is not a fairy tale, but a real story?- What facts, descriptions show us the actual, real life of that time, reliably depict the events and customs of that era before us? - Could such a fairy tale be a folk tale?
Moral content of the tale
- Reading the passage from the words: “Monday has come...” p.140 to the words “Alas! Poor Alyosha didn’t know...” p.147.
- - How did the character change, in the old way, disposition Alyosha after he received a magical gift?
- There are works of art whose authors simply entertain readers. There are works whose authors teach. What type of fairy tale do you think this is?
- What does the example of Alyosha’s transformation teach?
- The author in this tale teaches us through the example of Alyosha, but not only. There are several paragraphs in which we see direct instructions. Find these paragraphs
“His conscience often reproached him for this, and an inner voice told him: “Alyosha, don’t be proud!” Do not attribute to yourself what does not belong to you; thank fate for giving you advantages against other children, but do not think that you are better than them. If you don’t improve, then no one will love you, and then you, with all your learning, will be the most unfortunate child! (p. 142) .
“Don’t think,” answered Chernushka, “that it is so easy to recover from vices when they have already taken over us. Vices usually enter through the door and exit through a crack, and therefore if you want to improve, you must constantly and strictly look after yourself.” (p. 146-147) .
“...To correct yourself, you need to start by putting aside pride and excessive arrogance” (p. 147) .
