New Year's (eve)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g
• Leerjaar 2-4

Write your answer  on your white board.

After seeing the video, what do you think this lesson is about?

Learn about how people in the UK and other countries celebrate New Year's eve.

Show understanding of the traditions by comparing .

Practise reading and listening.

Useful words and their definition.

Match the word with the description of that word.

Match

Match the word with the description of that word.

Go to page 1 of the handout.

(if there isn't a handout click on image to enlarge and answer in notebook/schrift)

Check Answers

Check to see what you did well.

Read the text on page two and three.

Write down the similarities between the New year's (eve) traditions of the Netherlands and the uk. Page three.

Answer the following questions on your whiteboard.

1. Translate New Year's eve to Dutch.
2. Choose between London, Edinburgh or both. In which city do they celebrate New Year's eve with a (big) street party?
3.  Choose between London, Edinburgh or both. In which city do they link arms and sing Auld Lang Syne ?
4.  Choose between London, Edinburgh or both. In which city do they have the tradition "first-footing"?
5.  Choose between London, Edinburgh or both. In which city do they go to a famous tower to hear it ring 12 times?

1. oudjaars avond
2. Edinburgh
3. Both
4. Edinburgh(Scotland)
5. London

Ask a few students.

What did you write down on page three?

• How did you celebrate New Year's Eve? Prepare an answer to this question in English.
• Read the rest of the text on page ..four.. and do the two tasks.
• What are your New Year's resolutions for 2024? Go to page ..five.. Read the questions first  and fill in the balloon. Look at example.

Example

• How did you celebrate New Year's Eve? Prepare an answer to this question in English.
  
• Read the rest of the text on page ..four.. and do the two tasks.
  
• What are your New Year's resolutions for 2024? Go to page ..five.. Read the questions first and fill in the balloon. 

                                    

Check Answers

Task 1

1. c

2. d

3. b

4. f

5. a

6. e

Task 2

1. Eve

2. together

3. fireworks

4. midnight

5. first

6. resolutions

7. up

8. to

• Share with the class how you celebrated New Year's eve. 
• Share one of your resolutions you have written down.

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Look at the video.

• What is the main differences between the way different cultures celebrate New Year's eve?
• And what is a similarity between all those cultures?
• Which of New Year's traditions would you like to experience and why?

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• What is the main differences between the way different cultures celebrate New Year's eve?
• And what is a similarity between all those cultures?
• Which of New Year's traditions would you like to experience and why?