THIS IS CHRISTMAS

 

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Watch the video about Christmas in Britain.  Compare the traditions to the ones in your own country.

Watch the video.  Write down the following:

- country

- interesting Christmas tradition.

Do they talk about your country?  Is what they say true?

The above video is about Christmas in South Africa.  What do you think Christmas tradtions are like in that country?  Make some predictions then compare them to what you see in the video.

Watch the video again.  Write down the questions that the interviewer asks.  Then answer them.

What are the origins of Christmas?

Watch the video and answer these questions.

1.  They mention the Norse country, Ancient Rome and the Roman Empire.  What have these places got to do with Christmas?

2.  What festivals were celebrated there?

3.  When were the festivals celebrated?

4.  Why is Christmas celebrated on the 25th December?

5.  Why do we put Christmas trees in our homes?

 

Happy Hanukkah!

 

Describe the above picture.  Can you explain what is happening?

Click on the link below and scroll down to the video.  Watch the video and answer the following questions:

1.  What celebration do they talk about in the video?

2.  What is this festival sometimes called?   Can you think of another festival with this name?

3.  Who celebrates this festival?

4.  When did they first start celebrating it? 

5.  Why did people start celebrating it?

6.  How long does the celebration last?

7.  What do people do during this festival?

8.  Does this festival remind you of something (is it similar to something that you know about)?

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: How an ancient revolt sparked the Festival of Lights

Watch these videos from Elmo's World.  Which things from the National Geographic video and article does Elmo mention?

MODERN DAY MAP

Watch the video above about how people in Israel celebrate Hanukkah.

1.  In the story of Hanukkah, who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?

2.  What is a "yamulke"?

3.  What is a sufganiot?

4.  How old is this festival?

5.  What is a "miracle"?

6.  What is the Hanukkah miracle?

7.  Why did the Maccabees light the Menorah?

8.  What is an important ingredient in the foods people eat during this celebration?  Can you explain why?

9.  What does the Dreidel have on its four sides?

10.  Why was playing with the Dreidel important during the time of the Maccabees?

11.  What symbol appears on the screen at the end of the video?

12.  Who is Adam Sandler?

SUMMARY

The Story of Hanukkah

Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) is a religious holiday which is celebrated by Jewish (or Hebrew) people, or those who practice a religion called Judaism. Hanukkah lasts eight nights and is often called the Festival of Lights.

This holiday occurs on different dates each year, with Hanukkah starting anytime from the end of November to the end of December.

The Hanukkah holiday is an old one. It honours the struggle of ancient Jews to restore the Temple of Jerusalem.

More than 2000 years ago, Judea was ruled by the Syrian king Antiochus, who said that Jews should give up worshipping Yahweh and worship the Greek gods instead.

The Jews refused to abandon Yahweh. They decided to do something about it.

A man named Judah Maccabee got a group of people together to fight back. These people got more people to join, and they soon had an army.

They fought back. For three years, the Jews battled the Syrians for control of Judea. Finally, the Jews won.

They cleaned the Temple of Jerusalem, removing all Greek symbols and restored the Jewish symbols. The job was finished on the 25th day of the month of Kislev. This is the day Hanukkah is celebrated. The day varies in the Western calendar.

To help celebrate, Judah and his followers lit an oil lamp. The supply of oil was very low.  There was only enough for one day, but this lamp stayed lit for eight days.

To honour this extraordinary event, Jews today celebrate the Eight Days of Hanukkah and call it the "Festival of Lights." They light a special eight-branched candlestick called a menorah.

People today give each other gifts and children receive small presents for each night of the festival.  Special foods are made, there are special dinners, and people remember their ancestors who fought to take their temple back.

1.  Look at the underlined words.  What do they mean?

2.  Write down the sentences in green.  What do you notice about the structure of these sentences?

3.  Classify the past simple verbs into regular and irregular verbs.

4.  Divide the regular verbs into three groups according to how you pronounce the -ed ending.

Hello!

 

Introducing yourself

Introduce your family

HELLO!  HELLO!  HELLO!

Draw a picture of your family.  Introduce the members of your family.

FEELINGS

 

Watch the above video and list the feelings mentioned in the video.

Watch the video again and answer these questions:

1. What are some of the problems the children describe?

2. Why is it important not to ignore our feelings?

3. According to the psychologist, what are some ways of dealing with our 

feelings? 

Watch the next video and answer these questions:

1.  Why do we experience emotions?

2.  Why is it important to understand what we are feeling?

How emotional are you?  Discuss your reactions to different life situations with your classmates.

What advice would you give for different situations?

Do the listening activity.

PROBABILITY

MODALS OF DEDUCTION

MODALS FOR OBLIGATION AND ADVICE

MODALS 2 by Janine on Scribd

ADJECTIVES:  Something ING  ⇒  makes you feel ED

1. What do you find: “Boring”, “Exciting”, “Frightening” and “Disgusting”?

2.  How do these activities make you feel?  

3.  Look at the picture below.  Describe what you see.  

4.  Create a short story with your classmates inspired by the picture.  Use adjectives ending in -ing and -ed.

BBC One Christmas 2017 | The Supporting Act

1.Watch the Video and talk about how the girl felt

- when she came out of the school.

- when she gave her dad the talent show leaflet.

- when her dad answered the call.

- when she rehearsed at home, in the street...

2.How did her dad feel when he saw her jumping on the escalators?

3.Why did she slam the door?

4.How did she feel when she ...

- drew the curtains?

- couldn ́t remember the dance?

- when her dad came out of the audience to help?

- the dance finished?

ACTIVITIES

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Christmas is around the corner!

BRAINSTORM: Christmas

Watch the videos.  Which words have you got on your list?

CHRISTMAS GAME 1

CHRISTMAS GAME 2

CHRISTMAS VOCABULARY: HANGMAN

PEPPA'S CHRISTMAS

1. What is the problem with the tree?  The tree is very _______ and the car is too __________.

2. What is at the top of the tree?   There is a _________ at the top of the tree.

3. What do Peppa and her family call Santa Claus?

4.  What presents do Peppa, George and their friends get for Christmas?

5.  What problem has Father Christmas got?

6.  Who do Peppa and George see?

7.  Who helps Father Christmas?

8.  What's the weather like?

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS

1. Describe the picture at the beginning of this post.

2. Does the character in the picture look good or bad?  Why?

3. We are going to read the story, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas".  What do you know about the story?

While you read the story, write the following:

1. the name of the town

2. the inhabitants of the town

3. the characters in the story

4. food

5. words related to Christmas

After you read the story, answer these questions:

1.  Where does the story take place?  What is the name of the town?

2.  Who are the inhabitants of the town?

3.  When the story begins, what are they doing?

4.  What does the Grinch want to do?  Why?

5.  How does the Grinch carry out his plan?

6.  What lesson does the Grinch learn at the end of the story?

Adjectives

 COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES

GRADABLE AND NON-GRADABLE ADJECTIVES

Adjective Gradability

Adjectives describe qualities (characteristics) of nouns. Some qualities can vary in intensity or "grade", for example:

• rather hot, hot, very hot; hot, hotter, the hottest

The adjective hot is gradable.

Other qualities cannot vary in intensity or grade because they are:

• extremes (for example: freezing)
• absolutes (for example: dead)
• classifying (for example: nuclear)

The adjectives freezing, dead and nuclear are non-gradable.

Gradable Adjectives

A gradable adjective can be used with "grading adverbs" that vary the adjective's grade or intensity. 

A gradable adjective can also have comparative and superlative forms:

• big, bigger, the biggest
• hot, hotter, the hottest
• important, more important, the most important

Look at these example sentences:

• My teacher was very happy with my homework.
• That website is reasonably popular. But this one is more popular.
• He said that France was a little cold and Denmark was rather cold. But Sweden was the coldest.

Non-gradable Adjectives

A non-gradable adjective cannot be used with grading adverbs:

• It was rather freezing outside.
• The dog was very dead.
• He is investing in slightly nuclear energy.

Non-gradable adjectives do not normally have comparative and superlative forms:

• freezing, more freezing, the most freezing
• dead, deader, the deadest
• nuclear, more nuclear, the most nuclear

Often, non-gradable adjectives are used alone:

• It was freezing outside.
• The dog was dead.
• He is investing in nuclear energy.

ACTIVITIES

activity 1

activity 2

What are you thankful for?

 

What do you know about Thanksgiving?

Look at the picture above.  Describe what you can see.

What is happening in the picture?

What food can you see in the videos?

What are important elements of this celebration?

Watch the video below.  Write down the highlighted words.  What do they mean?

Count the number of times turkeys appear in these clips.

After watching the above two videos, list traditions associated with Thanksgiving.

How do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?

Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?

What are the differences between American and Canadian Thanksgiving?

Draw a table with two columns in your notebook and note down the differences between the two celebrations.

THANKSGIVING MOMENTS IN MOVIES

DIWALI

1.  Look at the image above.  Describe what you see.

2.  Where do you think this is?

3.  Why do you think this is happening?

4.  Watch the video.  Were you right or wrong?

DIWALI ACTIVITY

 

What is Diwali?, una ficha interactiva de JanineJoan
liveworksheets.com

READING ACTIVITY

Now, answer the questions.

 

1. Who celebrate Diwali?
2. When do they usually celebrate it and how long is the celebration?
3. Who is Lakshmi and why is she important?
4. What do people do to prepare for Diwali?
5. What do people do during Diwali?
6. What are diyas?
7. What are rangolis and what are they made of?
8. What do people share during Diwali?
9. Is this celebration similar to any celebrations in your culture?
10. Explain how Diwali might be the same or different to your celebration.

Look at the pictures.  What is happening in them?  Use the present continuous tense.

Write down any new words you have learnt.

DIWALI TEENS

STUDENT SUMMARY

DIWALI:  What is it?

Diwali is a festival celebrated in India.  Hindus, Jains and Sikhs celebrate it.  It is a religious festival.  It celebrates the victory of the forces of light over the forces of darkness. 

People celebrate it between mid-October and mid-November.  It lasts five days.

People clean and decorate their houses.  They decorate their homes with garlands of jasmine which is a type of flower.   They also make rangolis in front of their houses and diyas which are small lamps.

They go to the temple to worship Lakshmi and other important gods and goddesses.  Lakshmi is the goddess of prosperity and wealth.  She is associated with Diwali.

During Diwali, people wear new clothes.  They give treats to their neighbours and they give presents to family and friends.

They put on firework displays in big cities.  In the streets, there are many lights similar to Christmas.

Diwali has many similarities to Christmas but many differences too.  The religions are different and the time when people celebrate them.

Written by Mark, Pete and Anna

TALKING ABOUT PAST HABITS AND ACTIONS

 

We can use would to talk about repeated past actions that don't happen any more. 

We don't normally use the negative or question form of would for past habits. 

We don't use would to talk about past states.

USED TO: VIDEO, EXPLANATION, PRACTICE

USED TO, WOULD, PAST SIMPLE

EXPLANATION

QUIZ

LET'S PRACTISE

1. USED TO

2. USED TO and WOULD

3. WOULD and USED TO

BE CAREFUL!

USED TO vs BE USED TO

USED TO, BE USED TO, BE GETTING USED TO IN SONGS

PRACTISE

ACTIVITIES

1. Used to & Be/Get Used To

2. Used to, get used to & be used to        

3. USED TO-WOULD

Who are you?

 

ROLL THE DIE

Adverbs of Frequency Game by Janine on Scribd

HELLO HALLOWEEN!

ACTIVITY 1: THE ORIGINS OF HALLOWEEN

1. Draw a mind map of Halloween.  Include everything you know about this holiday.

2. Are there any holidays in your country that are similar to Halloween?  Explain.

3. What do you know about the origins of Halloween?  How did it start?

4. Watch the video.  Are any of your ideas in the video?  What are they?

5.  Watch the video again and answer the questions below.

a. Who were the first people to celebrate Halloween?

b. Where did people first start celebrating Halloween?

c. When did they first celebrate Halloween?

d. What was Halloween called in the beginning?

e. What did this festival mean?  Why did they celebrate it?

f.  Who honoured the goddess Pomona and commemorated the passing of the dead?

g. Who changed the name to All Saints Day?

h. Where does the name "Halloween" come from?

i.  How did Halloween become an American tradition?

j.  How much money do Americans spend on costumes and candy every year?

k. Which is the most expensive American holiday?

ACTIVITY 2: HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE, 

Chapter 10 - Halloween

 

Read pages 170 and 171, then complete the activities below.

1.  What problems is Harry having when we first start reading on page 170?

2.  Find words that mean the following on pages 170-171:

- floating

- move very fast

- consolation, comfort

- the joint between the hand and arm

- sit near the edge of something

- move through the air making a soft sound

- hit something with a short sudden movement

- push somebody or something with your finger

3. Identify some regular past simple verbs and classify them according to the pronunciation of their endings.

 

4.  Who are work partners in Professor Flitwick's class?

Read pages 172 and 173. 

5. Find words or expressions on pages 172 and 173 for the following:

 - when you don't like someone 

- see someone for a short moment

- surprised

- when aren't present or don't come

- accidentally hear something

- uncomfortable

- run very fast

- lots of delicious food

- lose consciousness

- not get separated

- bend down suddenly

 

6.  How are the decorations in the book different to the ones in the film?

 

7.  How does Dumbledore silence everyone?

 

8.  Explain in your own words what a dungeon is.

 

Read from page 172 to 179. 

9.  Read the description of the troll on page 174 and draw a description.

 

10.  Identify some irregular past simple verbs on page 175 and write their infinitive forms.  What do they mean?

 

11.  Find examples of the past perfect tense on page 176.

 

12.  Find an expression that means "not be able to breath properly".

 

13.  Find an expression on page 177 that means "to confront or solve a problem"

 

14.  What expression on page 178 means "to look down in shame and embarrassment"?

 

15.  What differences are there between the book and film?

16.  Explain how Hermione, Harry and Ron became friends in this chapter.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (4)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by Janine on Scribd