Let's Celebrate
Learning American Holidays
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GET INVOLVED
Activity 1 / Writing (Describe a picture)
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Instruction: Pick up one of the given picture of celebrations below and describe it. Give a general overview of what the picture is about (what, when, why, which, and how) and write a paragraph (less than 150 words).
Activity 2 / Listening and Speaking (Rcording)

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Instruction: In this activity, listen to two English conversations and understand what is going on between two friends. You can listen to the sound tracks many times as you want so that you could better understand the whole story. Take notes while listening. Use a sound recorder to record your summary of the stories for 1 minute each.
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Happy Birthday Wishes and Invitation
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Arranging a party at home
Instruction: Use an online poster maker website, Glogster, to create your poster. The teacher will illustrate how to use the website in the class. You need to create an account for an online poster by uploading music, photos, and videos (or you can use clips) to illustrate your personal celebrations. It can be your favorite celebration, or is the most impressive celebration in your life? After completing the project, save the work on the website and then comment at two peer's projects. In the last day of the class, you will present the project in front of class to talk about your personal celebration. Other people will listen to your presentation. You are allowed to print posters in classroom if you do not have a printer at home. Each of your posters will be demonstrated to share on the back wall of the classroom.
Activity 3 / Project ( Create a poster)

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Glogster Tutorials
Activity 3 / Listening and Speaking (Retelling)

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Instruction: Have the class divide into two groups of A and B. Watch two video clips of the American holiday histories and then share your thoughts with a partner. You can watch the videos at least 2 times until you could better understand the whole story. Take notes while listening.Tell the story that you have heard to a person who is from other group.
A: How Did Thanksgiving Start?
B: Understanding the History of Halloween.
