BRITISH FESTIVALS

BRITISH FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL DAYS

 What do you know about British festivals? Let's have fun and learn about them! Search the Web to find the answers to the questions below.

Once you have answered them, don't forget to do the big task.

QUESTIONS

1.-What is a bank holiday? ______________________________________________________________

2.- Name five traditional holidays in Britain. _____________________________

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3.-Who are the patron saints of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland?

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4.-Who was St.George?

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5.-How do the English celebrate St.George's Day?

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6.- Halloween:
a)When is Halloween celebrated? _____________________________________
b)What's a Jack-o-lantern? __________________________________________

c)What's "Trick or Treat"? __________________________________________

7.- Christmas:
a)How do the British celebrate Christmas Eve? ____________________________

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b)Name four traditional foods or meals eaten at Christmas.____________________

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c)What's a Christmas cracker? ________________________________________

d) And a carol? _____________________________________________________

8.- Pancake Day:
a)When is it? ______________________________________
b)What's a pancake? _________________________________________________

c)How is it made? ___________________________________________________

9.- Easter:
a)What kind of cake is traditionally eaten on Good Friday? _____________________

b)What does it symbolize? _____________________________________________
c)What's an Easter egg? ______________________________________________

10.- Valentine´s Day:
a)When is it celebrated? ___________________________________________
b)What season traditionally begins on this date? _________________________

c)How do we celebrate this day?______________________________________

THE BIG QUESTION:

Make a poster with information, photographs and illustrations about British festivals. Get ready to show it and tell the class about it. 

LINKS YOU CAN USE:

Ø  FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL DAYS IN BRITAIN

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/index/festivals.htm#seasons

http://www.educationuk.org/global/articles/festivals-and-holidays/

Ø  HALLOWEEN

http://www.englishpage.com/holidays/halloween2fr.html

Ø  EASTER

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/texte/easter.htm

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/shrove.html

Ø  CHRISTMAS

http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/

LET´S VISIT SCOTLAND

Go to the blog tab: Places to visit in UK

You´ll find ten photographs, in this case they are all from Scotland (one of the four countries of U.K.)

They are all very famous and well-known.

Try to guess the name of each photograph, asking your family, looking for information in Internet, reviewing books, ....

Remember to write down the photo number and the answer in your commentaries, OK???

AI'm waiting for your answers. COME ON!!!!

Learn a new rhyme: 

THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. 

(Click on the drawing or go to "Video Tab"

LET´S VISIT UNITED KINGDOM

The blog has a new tab: Places to visit in UK

You´ll find ten photographs, in this case they are all from England (one of the four countries of U.K.)

They are all very famous and well-known.

Try to guess the name of each photograph, asking your family, looking for information in Internet, reviewing books, ....

Remember to write down the photo number and the answer in your commentaries, OK???

Are you brave enough to do it???? I´m sure the answer will be .... "Yes, I am"

A new season has arrived. Let´s sing and learn a song about the different seasons. Do you dare to memorize and sing it at class?

NEW CLUE:
JUANITO BAROJA ... TRAVELS TO LONDON

(NUEVA PISTA DE JUANITO BAROJA ... VIAJA A LONDRES)

In the tab for this GYMKHANA  you´ll find the answer to the first clue and we suggest a new one.

Can you solve it?

(En la pestaña de esta GYMKHANA encontrarás la respuesta a la primera pista y te planteamos una nueva incógnita. ¿Serás capaz de resolverla? ) 

Easter is coming!!! This is another English Festival.

• Go to VIDEO SECTION to watch and learn more things about it.
• Go to ENGLISH PROJECTS and you´ll learn how to make an Easter basket
• EXTRA ENGLISH WORK:  If you go to the FESTIVALS section you can read a letter written by James, an English boy. He explains how is Easter celebrated in England. You can write (adding photos or drawings) how we celebrate Easter in Spain and the games and things we do at class. Remember: the best works will appear in this blog.

I hope you like it and I wish all of you...HAPPY EASTER!

JUANITO BAROJA ... VIAJA A LONDRES

EL BLOG DE INGLÉS Y EL BLOG DE EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA VAN A AYUDAR A JUANITO BAROJA A ENCONTRAR LO QUE NECESITA EN SU VIAJE A LONDRES PARA DESCUBRIR THE LONDON TOWER  MYSTERY.

¿QUÉ MISTERIO ES ESE?

VISITA LOS BLOGS DE EDUCACION FISICA E INGLÉS E IRÁS DESCUBRIENDO PISTAS PARA PROSEGUIR EN ESTA APASIONANTE AVENTURA

... VISITA EL BLOG DE INGLÉS PARA AVERIGUAR LA TRADUCCIÓN DEL MISTERIO Y DE QUÉ LUGAR ES ... Y EL BLOG DE EDUCACIÓN FÍSICA, PUES EN EL HAY UN JUEGO DE DOS PALABRAS DONDE LA SEGUNDA NOS DESCUBRE QUE HAY ALGUIEN EN PELIGRO.


PODÉIS HACER COMENTARIOS ESPECULANDO LO QUE ESTÁ SUCEDIENDO.


LA PRÓXIMA SEMANA .... MÁS PISTAS!!!!
(NEXT WEEK MORE CLUES)