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INTRODUCTION
TASK
PROCEDURE
Saint Valentine
Halloween
Bonfire night
Christmas
April Fool’s day
EVALUATION
CONCLUSION
SOURCES
Mother’s day
May Day
Saint Patrick’s day
Are you ready?
HOME TASK
In this written project you will have to write information about different aspects of the
British or American festivities.
You will have to stick the information and some photographs on ½ card and give the
project to your teacher.
For this job, you will join in groups of 2 people, and each group will work on a topic.
In this way you will understand British and American festivities and celebrations
better and you will be able to tell the differences and similarities between your culture
and British or American culture.
INTRODUCTION PROCEDURE Home
Choose your Topic and Let’s Start!
STEP 1:
Form groups of 2. Each
group will choose a topic of
the 8 provided:
1. Halloween
2. Mother’s Day
3. Saint Patrick
4. May day
5. Christmas Day
6. Saint Valentine
7. Guy Fawkes night
8. April Fool’s day
STEP 2:
Individual work. You’ll find
useful links to find
information on your topic.
This step will take a session
of 55 minutes and it will be
developed in the
computers’ room at
school. If you need extra
time, finish it at home. Your
teacher will help you in
everything you need.
STEP 3:
Group work. Share the
information you have about
your topic and decide what
to include in the final
project.
You will do this at home.
STEP 4: Present your work to your
teacher. She will evaluate it
and stick in on the class
wall.
TASK EVALUATION Home
CLICK HERE!
Click on the name of the festivity to go to the information
Your topic is Saint Valentine’s day. The following list of questions can help to decide what to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the
links provided below: INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Saint Valentine’s day. Write a recipe and include pictures. Draw a comic of Saint Valentine’s day history. Write a love poem Links:
http://holidays.kaboose.com/valentines-day/history/val-history.html http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/Valentine-recipes.html http://www.brownielocks.com/valentinepoems.html
PROCEDURE EVALUATION Home
PROCEDURE EVALUATION Home
Your topic is Halloween. The following are the list of questions you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided
below: INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs or crafts of Halloween. Where does the name Halloween come from? Write a recipe and include pictures. When is it celebrated? What are the typical costumes? What is the pumpkin’s name? What is the sentence that all children say in Halloween? Links:
http://www.makingfriends.com/halloween_crafts.htm http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Halloween/history.htm http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-recipes/ http://www.michellehenry.fr/hallo.htm
PROCEDURE EVALUATION Home
Your topic is Guy Fawkes Night. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links
provided below. INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Guy Fawkes night What was the gunpowder plot? Who was Guy Fawkes? Draw a comic of the history of the gunpowder plot Write a rhyme about this night
Links: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/guy/history.htm http://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/gunpowder-plot/
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Guy.html
PROCEDURE EVALUATION Home
Your topic is CHRISTMAS. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided
below. INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Christmas What are the Christmas traditions? Talk about the stockings, the sleigh and reindeer, the candles, the mistletoe and the christmas cards. Write a Christmas recipe with some photographs Talk about some films we can see at Christmas (include picstures)
Links: http://www.claus.com/santashome/traditions.php.htm http://www.wilstar.net/xmas/xmassymb.htm http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Seasonal/Tatsuki-XmasMovies.html http://www.michellehenry.fr/christmas4.htm#rec
PROCEDURE EVALUATION Home
Your Topic is APRIL FOOL’S DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the
information in the links provided below. INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Stick pictures of April fool’s day What is April fool’s day? When did April fools celebrate the new year? In what country did children often tape pictures of fish on their friends’ backs? Can you write a joke in English? Can you add some pictures? Links: http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/aprilfool.htm#AprilFool
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html
Your Topic is MOTHER’S DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the
information in the links provided below. INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
History of mother’s day. When was the first mother’s day? Pictures of mother’s day When is mother’s day celebrated in England? Include a poem What can you do to make your Mother's Day special? Links: http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://wilstar.com/holidays/mothers.htm http://holidays.kaboose.com/mothers-day/history/mom-about.html
Your Topic is MAY DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links
provided below. INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
When is May Day celebrated? What is the maypole? What is the Morris Dancing? Who is the May Queen? What is a bank holiday? Links: http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/mayday.htm http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/mayday.htm
Your Topic is SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in
the links provided below. INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Where is Saint Patrick’s day celebrated? When? What is the history of Saint Patrick’s day? What are the symbols? Include some pictures of this day Links: http://www.michellehenry.fr/patrick.htm#hist http://pws.gamewood.net/~byoung/holidays/stpatricks/stpatricksday.htm http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/videos#history-of-st-patricks-day
PROCEDURE CONCLUSION Home
LOOK AT THE EVALUATION CRITERIA
HERE
EVALUATION SOURCES Home
After completing your tasks successfully you should have learnt:
•To use the Internet as a useful tool to search information on festivities
•To organise group work and share information to reach an agreement
•To consider how important visual presentation is.
By now, you should already know something more about festivities and you have probably realised about the similarities and differences between our culture and British culture.
A language is a reflection of the culture where the language is spoken. So if you want to learn English you have to learn about its Culture. There many other things you can learn: legends, songs, history ….. Now it’s up to you. CONGRATULATIONS ON FINISHING THIS WEBQUEST!
Home CONCLUSION
Special thanks to the websites
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
http://www.inmagine.com
http://webquest.xtec.cat
http://www.michellehenry.fr/