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UNIT5: HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS IN MY REGION
Contents: Different international holidays and their celebrations.
Transversal theme: Sustainable Human Development
Functions:
1. Expressing about different kinds of food and beverages in my community.
2. Using table manners and tableware
3. Knowing leisure time activities
4. Expressing preferences about
5. Learning different kinds of food, beverages and leisure time activities
| |My social life |
|Activity 1 |Function: Knowing different activities about international holidays |
| |Content: Different international holidays and their celebrations. |
| |Seating arrangement: W |
|[pic] |Skills: L/S/R |
| |MI: VS |
| |Time: 15’ |
| |Materials: handout 1,handout 2, and construction paper |
| |Procedure: |
| |Paste handout 1 in different pieces of construction paper |
| |Show the students the poster. |
| |Read the students the information that is in handout 2 |
| |My social life |
|Activity 2 |Function: Using different ways to express preferences about |
| |different kinds of food, beverages and |
| |leisure time activities |
| |Content: Celebrations in different parts of the world |
|[pic] |Seating arrangement: G |
| |Skills: L/S |
| |MI: VL, Inter, B |
| |Time: 15’ |
| |Materials: handout 2, handout 3, handout 4, glue, color pencils, and construction paper (in case |
| |you want to put the party hat and the mask in a surfeace that would give more support to the |
| |material), pieces of elastic (the length should be of a child’s head), hole puncher |
| |Procedure: |
| |Read handout 2 to the students. |
| |Organize the students in groups of 5. |
| |Give each group a party hat from handout 3. |
| |Give each student one copy of handout 4. |
| |Ask them to color the party hats and the masks, and to make holes in each of them in order to put|
| |the piece of elastic in the hats and masks. |
| |Put a piece of elastic in each hat and mask. |
| |Ask them to organize celebration. |
|Activity 3 |Social Life, Holidays and Celebrations in my Region |
| |Functions: Comparing the different ways in which holidays are celebrated in Costa Rica and in |
| |different parts of the world |
| |Content: Celebrations in different parts of the world and my country |
| |Seating arrangement: C |
|[pic] |Skills: L/S |
| |MI: VL, Inter |
| |Time: 15’ |
| |Materials: Handout 5 |
| |Procedure: |
| |Discuss the questions that appear in Handout 5 with the students. |
| |Check their pronunciation. |
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HANDOUT 1
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|Merry Christmas |
|Date: December 25th |
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|Happy Saint Patrick’s Day |
|Date: March 17th |
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|Happy Thanksgiving Day |
|Date: Last Week of November |
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|Happy Halloween |
|Date: October 31st |
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|Happy Valentines Day |
|Date: February 14th |
HANDOUT 2
Christmas
It is celebrated in December the 25th. It conmorates the birth of Jesus. Even though the origins of this celebration are related to Christianity, nowadays it is celebrated by non-christians. Popular celebrations include gift exchange, sending giftcards, and decorating the Christmas tree. In Costa Rica, many people prepare tamales that are prepared with the whole family, and the Nativity scene.
Saint Patrick’s Day
This holiday is celebrated on March 17th . It was originated in Ireland. This holiday has Catholic origins, but it is also celebrated by non-Catholic people in many countries like Ireland, Great Britain, United States, Canada, and Argentina. During this celebration people wear green. In these countries, people organize festivals where they prepare Irish food like bread and pudding. In Costa Rica, most of the people are not used to celebrate this holiday.
Halloween
This celebration has no religious origins. This celebration has Celtic origins. The common elements of this celebration are spiders, ghosts, witches, and pumpkins. In this celebration, children go to houses asking for candy. Many children use to wear disguises. In Costa Rica instead of celebrating Halloween, it is celebrated “El Día de la mascarada” where people wear disguises like La Giganta and La Tsegua.
Thanksgiving Day
This Holiday was created when the English arrive at the United States. The puritans, as it is know the group that came to the United States, did not know how to survive so the Native Americans taught them to grow some vegetables and hunt animals as the turkey. This is one of the most important celebrations in the United States. Americans use to cook food plates such as the pumpkin pie and the turkey. During this celebrations families get together to have dinner.
Saint Valentine`s Day
During this celebration, people use to express their affection to the people they love by giving them flowers, hearts, and gifts. This celebration was named after a priest that used to marry couples in secret, but he was executed on February 14th by the Emperor Claudius II because he did not want to believe in the Roman gods. It is said that he was friend of the prisoner’s daughter, and every time he sent letters to her, he signed them as “From your Valentine.”
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HANDOUT 3
Party Hats
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HANDOUT 4
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HANDOUT 5
Holidays Questionnaire
1. What celebrations are done during Saint Patrick’s day?
2. What celebrations are done during Saint Valentine’s day?
3. What celebrations are done during Halloween?
4. What celebrations are done during Christmas?
5. What celebrations are done during Thanksgiving?
6. Which celebration you liked the most? Why?
7. What do you do to celebrate Christmas?
8. Did you know that we have a Mascarada Day?
9. What food do you prepare for Christmas?
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