This lesson contains 10 slides, with interactive quiz and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 50 min
Items in this lesson
Unit 4: Party time
Lesson 3: Celebrations
Slide 1 - Slide
Today:
TGIF!
Introduction
Assignment: special holiday research!
Report back what you've found.
Slide 2 - Slide
Introduction: special holidays
Last Friday's reading: what holiday did you like most?
Today: May 25th = International Children's book day.
Slide 3 - Slide
What is/was your favourite book?
Slide 4 - Mind map
Children's book day
Why: it's the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen
Who: the International Board of Books for Young People
How: each year a different country is responsible. They invite a writer of their country to write a message for children and an illustrator to make a poster.
What else: writing contests, book awards, meetings with writers.
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Now you!
- Today you will be working in groups of 4.
- Each group will do research on special holidays around the world, choose one they like and find out everything about it.
- End of lesson: each group will report back to class about their findings.
- To help you research, you will receive a hand-out with information.
Slide 6 - Slide
Getting started
Make a group of four
Read through the hand out: one person reads it to the rest of the group.
Start doing research (10 minutes) and choose a holiday.
Find out everything about this holiday (15 minutes).
Report back to class about your chosen holiday.
And Everything in English!
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Let's go!
Find your holiday!
Research your holiday!
timer
10:00
timer
15:00
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So! Tell us!
One person per group reports back to the class. In English ofcourse!
Slide 9 - Slide
Homework:
Let's vote: which holiday of all of them did you find the most interesting? And..did you enjoy this type of lesson?
Lesson duration is: 50 min
