THANKSGIVING DAY ACTIVITIES

1º Bachillerato 

Watch this video with the subtitles and answer these questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BQSOkkoDjc#t=388.536627

1. Why did the group of people called "The Pilgrims" move to the Netherlands? when did this happen?
2. When did the Pilgrims arrive to Plymouth Rock and why they set sail there?
3. Describe the journey, what happened to the passengers, the name of the ship and how long the journey lasted.
4. How did the Pilgrims finance the journey?
5. Why did they choose Plymouth?
6. Why were they sad after having managed to settle down and build their houses and barns?
7. What was the Pilgrims' surprise when they met the Indians? Talk about the two Indians who met the Pilgrims and how they helped them.
8.What did Squanto teach to the Pilgrims?
9. What was the result of Squanto's teachings?
10. What did the Pilgrim Governor, William Bradford, do?
11. Why was November 29th proclaimed a day for thanksgiving?
12. When is the official Thanksgiving Day at present and when it was considered an annual observance?
13. Why has Thanksgiving Day become one of the busiest travel vacations of the year?
14. What do people do on Thanksgiving Day?

Halloween activities

1. : Let’s learn Halloween vocabulary and the origin of this celebration with this interactive book.
(1º, 2º y 3º ESO)

INTERACTIVE HALLOWEEN BOOK

2. Origin of Halloween: video and quiz. (Bachillerato)

VIDEO AND QUIZ

3. Story of Jack O'Lantern (video)

VIDEO OF THE STORY OF JACK O'LANTERN

4. Find Halloween words in this wordsearch. (ESO)

HALLOWEEN WORDSEARCH

Readers

These are the readers we are going to work with during this school year. You will have to read them at Christmas and then we will do some activities on them and play the CD in the classroom.
I hope you like them!

1º ESO The Borrowers

1º ESO The Borrowers
Pincha en la foto para oir los capítulos en inglés

1º Bachillerato A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1º Bachillerato  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Pincha en la foto para oir los capítulos en inglés

4º ESO Sense of Danger

4º ESO   Sense of Danger
Pincha en la foto para oir los capítulos en inglés

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Amos Bronson Alcott
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Chinese Proverb
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