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