HOLIDAYS

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AJLINDA

LENA

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Country: EMONA
Population: teenagers (economically
disadvantaged students but BRIGHT)
UNIT: Holidays
Duration of the program: Two years
Four lessons a week (4 hours per week)
Winter / Summer Camp each year
20 students
Two teachers, Fun teacher, Native speakers

OBJECTIVES:

Students should be able to:

1. get acquainted with American
holidays
2. enrich English vocabulary; learn
about American holidays;
3. Compare the American traditional
holidays with their own
To peer-learn and share through
experience
4. Understand the notion of diversity

WHAT WE NEED

Assessment: quizzes, PPT, essay,

discussion, projects, theatrical
performance,
Places: American Corner, Peace
Corps, Library, Orphanage, Regular
school
Materials: books, hand outs,
magazines, videos, Internet.
IT: Internet, PPTs, videos, mobile
phones, camera

LESSON 1
Introduction consists of questions:
1. What is a holiday?
2. What holidays do you know?
3. What holidays do you celebrate?
4. What American holidays do you know?
Main part:
T divides Ss into FOUR groups
Instructions for the following 5 lessons

Thanksgiving

July 4th

Halloween

Christmas

LESSON 2
Decorations (hand-made)
Symbols
Clothes

activities

Introduction

Presentation about holidays and a quiz

Main part

Ss have to prepare a poster of the symbols

Creative work hand made decorations (T provides all necessary
materials)
Creating greeting cards
Design a costume for the occasion

Final activity

Demonstration decoration

LESSON 3
Historical background of the holiday

activities
Intro

Kahoot quiz

Main part

Group work
1. Ss read 4 stories about the historical background of these holidays
2. Ss make a poster they are supposed to illustrate the most
important facts about he holiday
3. Presentation/ a short discussion
4. Ss prepare 10 questions using the previously given texts for the
HISTORIAN who is about to come
5. A discussion with an expert

game

A bag with words (holiday vocabulary)

They take the words out of the bag and stick them to the chart
(divided into four columns).
Announcing the winner

LESSON 4
Food, Menu, Recipes

activities
intro

The students from 4 groups will name the food appropriate for
each holiday

Main part

Pictures of different dishes for the holiday

Recipes
Making the food

Final activity

Ss take the food to the orphanage and organize a celebration

for the children

LESSON 5
Traditional holiday songs / poems / legends

activities
intro

T presents on a lap top

several short songs, Ss
need to guess which holiday
they represent

Main part

Activities - Stationary
1. Matching cards
2. Historical background of
different poems/legends
3. Ss try to create their own
short poem
4. Word search

Final activity

Reading their poems

LESSON 5
Video/Interview about the holiday

activities
intro

Ss prepare the questions for the native speakers

Main part

Meeting native speakers in the American Corner

Interviews
Authentic celebrations of these holidays making
videos

presentation

Ss present their videos/interviews

LESSON 6
Lets invent EMONAS perfect holiday

activities

Intro

Wordle activity
Find the words and phrases given in the wordle concerning
your holiday

Main part

Group work
Rubrics invent your own holiday, take elements from all
American holidays, Ss should have five items in their rubrics:
Symbols, Decorations, Food, Historical background,
Legends/Poems
(they can choose how they are going to do poster, PPT,
video, play, essay)

presentation

Ss present their perfect holidays

discussion

Thank you for the

attention