Sinterklaas

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo, vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Sinterklaas or ...?

Road map

• Thirty seconds
• Sinterklaas 
• Our Sinterklaas feast
•  Buddies 

Groups

6 groups of 4: 

2 Dutch & 2 English students

The Rules of the Game

• 30 seconds
• Describe the names/items listed on your card to your team members. 
• Your team members guess what you are referring to
• you are allowed to sing, hum, use signs and gestures

Don'ts

• DO NOT use the names of the items on the card
• DO NOT translate them  
• NO rhyming and such
• NO pointing 

Answer 

Correct?          -  1 point

Wrong?            -   next group can try - right? = 2p

- 30 seconds - 

Sinterklaas, Santa Claus of Father Christmas?

Key words

- je (e.g. 'paardje', 'hallootje')

Sinterklaas

Hoofdpiet / Pieten

Stoomboot

Paardje: Amerigo/Ozosnel

Schoen zetten

Pepernoten

Cadeautje 

nos.nl

Sinterklaas 

Present - 5 euros

Suitable for every one

Poem / 'Surprise' (Dutch word for a specific kind of gift wrapping)

Thursday afternoon

Classes 

10.45 - 13.00

Go to classes with your buddy

No class? - Studium: make 'schoentjes'

13.00: lunch (coins)