Ukraine 9th Grade Curriculum - Ukrainian Language and Literature

Ukrainian Literature

This curriculum emphasizes Ukrainian literary history and cultural heritage, covering folklore, prose, poetry, and drama.

Folklore

• Songs: Exploration of various song types, including family, household, and ballads. Examples include "The Moon Is In The Sky, The Stars Are Shining," "The Blackthorn Is In Bloom," "The Sun Is Low," "Under the Cherry Tree," "The Flying Arrow," and "There Is Fire On The Mountain."
• Ballads: Study of traditional Ukrainian ballads.

Ancient Literature (XI-XV Centuries)

• Medieval Literature: Overview of Ukrainian medieval literature.
• Handwritten Books: Examination of early handwritten books like the Ostromir Gospels and Svyatoslav's collection.
• Translated Literature: Study of translated works, including excerpts from the Bible (e.g., the Tower of Babel, Moses, and the Parable of the Prodigal Son) and Ukrainian Bible translations by figures like P. Kulish, I. Pulyu, I. Nechui-Levitsky, I. Ohienko, and I. Khomenko.

Renaissance and Baroque Periods

Hryhoriy Skovoroda: Focus on works such as "The Bee And The Hornet," "Every City Has Its Own Customs And Rights," and "De Libertate" from the Garden of Divine Songs* collection.

New Ukrainian Literature

Ivan Kotliarevsky: Study of Eneida and Natalka from Poltava*. Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko: Analysis of Marusia*.

• Ukrainian Romanticism: Overview of the Romantic movement in Ukrainian literature, including poets like Levko Borovykovsky, Petro Hulak-Artemovsky, Yevhen Hrebinka, Mykola Kostomarov, Amvrosy Metlinsky, Viktor Zabila, Mykhailo Petrenko, Oleksandr Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky, and Markiyan Shashkevych. Specific works include Hulak-Artemovsky's ballad "The Fisherman" and Hrebinka's poem "The Boat."

• Taras Shevchenko: In-depth study of Shevchenko's works, including "To Osnovyanenko," "The Dream," "The Caucasus," "To the Dead, and the Living, and the Unborn," "Catherine," "The Worker," "In Our Paradise On Earth," "The Fate," "We Grew Together," "Isaiah. Chapter 35," and "The Backs Of Spiteful People." The curriculum also explores the theme of women's destiny in Shevchenko's work and the influence of the Bible on his writings.

Additional Requirements

• Literature of the Native Land: Supplemental study of local literature.
• Home Reading: Assigned readings to be completed independently.
• Speech Development: Focus on developing oral communication skills.

Ukrainian Language

This curriculum focuses on grammar, syntax, and language history, aiming to enhance students' understanding and usage of the Ukrainian language.

Language Introduction and History

• Importance of Language: Understanding the role of language in personal and societal contexts, with emphasis on Ukrainian as the official language.
• Development of Ukrainian Language: Exploration of the historical evolution of the language.

Lexicology

• Word Groups: Study of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, paronyms, loanwords, active and passive vocabulary (including archaisms, historicisms, and neologisms), common and stylistically colored words, dialect, occupational terms, and colloquialisms.
• Phraseology: Study of idioms and expressions.

Morphology and Orthography

• Word Structure: Analysis of word formation and spelling rules.
• Parts of Speech: Study of nouns, adjectives, numerals, pronouns, verbs, participles, transgressive verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, particles, and interjections.

Phonetics, Writing System, and Orthoepy

• Speech Sounds: Understanding the sounds of the Ukrainian language and their written representation.
• Syllables and Stress: Study of syllable structure and stress patterns.
• Consonant Pronunciation: Focus on correct pronunciation of consonants.
• Alternating Vowels and Consonants: Examination of common instances of sound changes.

Syntax and Punctuation

• Phrases and Sentences: Study of sentence structure, including two-member and one-member sentences, complete and incomplete sentences, expanded sentences, and sentences with homogeneous parts.
• Sentence Parts: Identification and analysis of subjects, predicates, attributes, objects, and adverbials.
• Vocatives, Parentheses, and Detached Parts: Study of these sentence elements and their punctuation.
• Direct and Indirect Speech: Distinguishing between these forms of speech representation.
• Compound and Complex Sentences: Analysis of sentence types, including those with and without conjunctions.
• Text as a Speech Unit: Understanding the structure and function of texts.