Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Vocabulary 

Questions related to the PowerPoint Presentation 

Choose the correct answer:

1.     What is Thanksgiving?

a.     A national holiday   b. An international holiday

2.     When is it celebrated in US? _____________of November.

a.     On the second Monday    b. on the fourth Thursday

3.     When is it celebrated in Canada? _________of October

a.     On the second Monday    b. on the fourth Thursday

4.     Who start this tradition?

a.     The Native Americans      b. the Pilgrims

5.     Why do pilgrims die?

a.     No food and illnesses       b. in wars

6.     What do Native Americans teach them?

a.     To dance and sing             b. to survive

7.     Why do Pilgrims invite the Native Americans to their celebration?

a.     To say “thank you”          b. to say “good bye”

8.     What is Americans’ favourite Thanksgiving meal?

a.      Hamburgers                      b. turkey

9.     How do Americans spend Thanksgiving?

a.     With their family and friends    b. buying

10.                       When is Black Friday?

a.     After Thanksgiving           b. Before Thanksgiving

11.                       What do people do on Black Friday?

a.     Buy , buy & buy                b. stay home & watch TV

12.                       Do other countries celebrate “Black Friday”?

a.     Yes, they do.                      b. No, they don’t. 

What's your name? How do you spell it ? Where are you from?

Hello everybody!!

This is the video we used in our class. Watch it and repeat it as many times as you want.

What is your job? 

Where are you from? Sing along!!!!!

The Alphabet.

Listen and review! 

How do you spell your name?

How do you spell your surname? 

Halloween

Adults and children celebrate Halloween on the 31 of October every year.

People celebrate Halloween with parties and with various activities.

Some Halloween activities:

• o   Trick-or-treating
• o   Halloween costume parties
• o   Decorating and carving pumpkins into jack –o-lanterns
• o   Lightning bonfires
• o   Apple bobbing and divination games
• o   Playing pranks
• o   Visiting haunted houses
• o   Telling scary stories
• o   Watching horror films

Some Halloween vocabulary!!!  And some language review!!

Halloween vocabulary 2015 from teteg662

And if you want to read the legend of Jack of the Lantern or Jack-o-lantern…..

The Legend of Stingy Jack from teteg662

Or sing along with Marilyn Manson   in This is Halloween.

I hope you enjoy yourselves!!!

Welcome to the new course 2015 - 2016

Dear all,

Once more we are beginning a new course.! Welcome to the new and old students!
We are starting once more Introducing ourselves.

It's a pleasure to have you all in my class!

Learning through theatre.

Foreign language teachers spend most of their time trying to adapt different materials found in text books, the Internet or all kind of material to their students. This is, we are always thinking about how I can use this or that in my classes.

The English Department in our school offers our students the opportunity to attend to an adapted theatre performance. Last year it was the turn of “A CHRISTMAS CHAROL”. This performance is an excuse to read the script and comment it, vocabulary exercises, comprehension exercises and some discussions too. We also learn something about the author and its time, trying to contextualize the learning of the language. As the student level is varied, the activities are also adapted to a beginner level. Of course, the outcome of those activities and the performance itself are a great success. Our students rate them quite high and they are aware that it is an excellent way of learning the language and its culture.

This school year, I suggested my students a representation of “THE STONE SOUP”. First I adapted the script to the number of the students and their level. Then we worked over it, reading, translating, and explaining any difficulties. We started rehearsing the play, first reading aloud and checking pronunciation, then practicing intonation and finally focusing on the performance itself. We did this during three months one day a week, and on our last class we made a performance and taped it. The play turned out to be a very motivating way of putting in practice language and grammar they had learnt during the course.
Furthermore, as students felt more relaxed and even those who are quiet shy felt more comfortable after rehearsing several times the final performance was very successful although not perfect. Pronunciation and intonation need to be improved, of course, but the development of the activity was excellent.
To conclude, theatre plays are an excellent way to learn a language because they give a context and a script, so students have to understand and learn the words, the plot and internalize the feelings but they do not need to produce new dialogues, which is very stressful for beginners. Once they feel comfortable with the script and the situations, the learner can focus on the non-verbal gestures, on pronunciation, and dramatization. When the process finishes they feel more self – secured and ready to perform in new situations and with new vocabulary.

Example

The Stone Soup from teteg662

The Kitchen´s Language in Carnival

The kitchen language basic english from teteg662