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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/

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http://webquest.xtec.cat

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