DC or NYC ?

Where can you see these places ? In Washington DC or New York City ? How many can you name ?

Aaaaggghhh ! It's Friday the Thirteenth !

In France, Friday 13th is often considered lucky - people say that you should play the lottery !

In England and America, the superstition says that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day. It is a day of bad luck, bad news and accidents.

What happened to these poor people on Friday 13th?

Imagine that you are the most unlucky person in the world. (Maybe you are Mr Bean !) What do you think will/won't/may happen to you for the rest of this Friday 13th ?

Christmas activities

Have fun and enjoy the holidays !

You can do a wordsearch here.

Watch Mr Bean celebrating Christmas in his unique way below !

You can also watch the Simpsons' Christmas message :

Now get ready to sing !

Now go here to play Spot The Difference - you must tell me the differences in English !

Play Christmas hangman here 

Play the Christmas wordmatch game here.

Do some Christmas crosswords here.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was last week in America. What do you know about Thanksgiving already ? What do people eat ? What do they do ? What are the origins of the celebration ?

Watch this video :



1)Comple the sentence : "Thanksgiving is a touchstone for ______________________________________ and _______________________________."
2) When is Thanksgiving ?
3) Who created Thanksgiving ? In which year ?
4) Why did he create Thanksgiving ?
5) What name represents the first Europeans to arrive in America?
6) Who was Sarah Hale ?
7) Which recipes are mentioned ?

Watch this video :



Can you explain the story in your own words ?

Now watch this one :



Read and translate the words and sentences.





1) Why were people in England unhappy ?
2) Who was the king ? When ?
3) What happened if they refused ?
4) Where did they go ?
5) What was the problem ?
6) What name was given to America at the time ?
7) What was the name of the ship ?
8) How many Pilgrims were there ?
9) What were conditions like ?
10) How did they feel ?
11) How many Pilgrims died during the first winter ?
12) Who was Squanto ?
13) What did they say ? "Let us ..."
14) What did they eat at the first Thanksgiving ?

Just for fun, watch these videos.

http://youtu.be/BmhvCWTjq5s Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Penpals - write a letter to introduce yourself

Try to make yourself and your life sound interesting. Ask questions about them so that they will have something to say to you.

Ideas for things to talk about :

- you
- your family, home and pets
- your hobbies, what you do at the weekend
- school
- Dunkirk
- things you like and things you hate (food, sport, TV, music, actors, .......)

It would be great if you could find a photo to send them too.

Penpals #4 : Mrs Vrotsos' class from Canada

Mrs Vrotsos' class :

Hi,

I'm looking to have 10 of my Grade 9 students (ages 13-15) correspond with students from another country. They're looking to learn about a new country and improve their writing skills. We are from Ontario, Canada (very close to Toronto).  I look forward to hearing from you.

Look at the map of Canada again. Can you find Ontario and Toronto ?

You can learn about Ontario here and here.

You can learn about Toronto here.

Penpals #3 : Mrs Boyd's class in Canada

 Mrs Boyd's email :

I am teaching a class of grade 7 students. Despite the fact that they have been learning French for a few years their level is quite low. We would like to write out letters in French but have the replies in English. I'm hoping to find a French speaking class who are interested in practing their English writing.
We are located in Northern British Columbia, Canada.
I would love to hear from you if you are still interested in finding penpals.

Thank you!

 

Look at the map of Canada. Can you find British Columbia ?

You can learn about British Columbia here and here.