Celebrating the worldGrade: _______________Group: _______________Duration: _____________Date: ________________

In this unit, students travel with two children to different countries. They listen to and read about different kinds of festivals, collect information about international celebration and, as a wrap-up, prepare a scrapbook about one of them.

Broad Areas of Learning: Citizenship and Community Life

Educational Aim: To ensure that students take part in the democratic life of the classroom or the school

and develop a spirit of openness to the world and respect for diversity.

Overview

Activity Description Materials CompetenciesPreparing students to learn

Warm-up -Students receive a map of the world. They have to identify 13 countries on the map. -Students listen to a conversation about an up-coming journey and trace the planned route.

-Flags and tags of the 13 countries-Document (Celebrating...)-Audio recording, Unit 8 Chatterbox-Student Book p.65-66 (√)-Magnets

ESL: 1, 2

Learning

1. May Day in England -Students read about a May Day festival in a small English village and match sentences with illustrations-They answer supplementary comprehension questions-Give their opinion on the importance of the festival-Homework on Wh-questions for next class.

-Student Book p.67-Document (Celebrating...)-Homework (in doc.)

ESL: 2, 3

2. A Day in Vietnam -Students answer comprehension questions about the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam-Students place in order pieces of information from the text.

-Student Book p.68-Document (Celebrating...)

ESL: 1, 2

3. Kwanzaa in the United States

-Students read a text and an invitation about Kwanzaa and design their own invitation to one of the other festivals mentioned in the unit.

-Student Book p.70-White sheets-Homework*

ESL: 3

Consolidation

Wrap-up -Students prepare a scrapbook about a festival or celebration

-Student Book p.71-Example of a Scrapbook-Computer Lab or 1 computer-Evaluation grid

ESL: 1, 2 and 3

*Homework Pass can’t be used

Warm-upDuration: ___________

1. Display flags of 13 different countries on the board. (Canada, United States, Mexico, Brazil, France, Italy, South Africa, Ethiopia, England, Sweden, China, India, Vietnam)

2. Ask students if they can identify the flags. When a flag is identified, put its name tag using a magnet.

3. Distribute the documents.

4. Ask students to situate each country that is on the board on the map they received.

5. Distribute Student Book Chatterbox and ask students to go to page 66 and correct the previous activity.

6. Tell students that they will listen to a conversation between Paul and Paulette about their journey.

7. Ask students to trace Paul and Paulette’s journey as they listen to the tape.

8. Play the recording. If students find the activity too difficult, play the recording and stop at each mention of the next stage in the journey.

9. Correct the activity.

Transcript

Boy: We’re going, we’re really going! This is greatGirl: Dad and Mom will be busy but we can exploreBoy: Where do you go first Paulette?Girl: New York City. We take a plane from there to London, England. Then we take a boat over to France.Boy: We’re staying in France for about a month. We go to Italy next, then to India. Girl: And after India we go to Vietnam. I can’t wait to see that country.Boy: Mom says we fly from Vietnam to Africa.Girl: Do you remember where in Africa? Boy: No, but I remember that we leave Africa and go to Mexico.Girl: Then back to the United States and finally...home! Boy: Yes, but what an adventure! Nearly a whole year travelling around the world.

Homework

Evaluation-Demonstration of understanding of oral text.

Note*Observe students during the listening of the recording

Activity One: May Day in England

Duration: ___________

1. Refer students to Student Book p.67. Draw their attention to the illustrations and ask them to name what they see. (Group of people dancing, hat, flowers, man with a stick)

2. Ask a student to read the instructions. Check understanding.

3. Tell students that they must find the sentences that best describe Paul’s pictures. They have to write the four sentences in their document entitled Celebrating the World.

4. Tell students that they can work in teams of two, but that you will circulate and evaluate their English while they work.

5. Call on students to share their suggestions for the best description of each picture. Write their suggestions on the board and comment on them. Underline key words.

6. Ask students to complete the second part of the activity. They have to extract more information from the text by answering supplementary questions.

Homework

- Wh-questions

Evaluation

-Demonstration of understanding of key elements and overall meaning

-Transmit an oral message

-Compose a text using strategies

Note

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Activity Two: A Day in Vietnam

Duration: ___________

1. Check the homework and review the Wh-question words using the poster.

2. Ask students to go to p.68 of their student book.

3. Draw their attention to the illustrations by asking them these questions:

-What kind of animal is this?-What kind of food do you think this is? -What do you think these children are doing?-What kind of text is this? - Who wrote this letter? -Who is it to? Who is it intended for? -Where was it written?

4. Read aloud the first paragraph of the text and ask these following comprehension questions:

-What does this festival celebrate?-When does this festival take place? -Why does it take place then?

5. Have students read the rest of the text and complete the first part of handout 41 of the document.

6. Correct the order with the class.

7. Brainstorm words that describe the festival and its activities.

8. Ask students to complete the second part of the handout.

9. Call on students to share what they have drawn.

Homework

Evaluation

-Demonstration of understanding of text

Note

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Activity Three: Kwanzaa in the United States

Duration: ___________

1. Refer students to Student Book p.70 and explain that they will be reading a text about a celebration that began fairly recently. Tell them that they will be writing an invitation to a celebration so they must pay attention to the kind of information that is given in the invitation in the Student Book.

2. Have the students read the text What is Kwanzaa ? Individually and answer comprehension questions orally.

- When did Kwanzaa begin?-What is the duration of this holiday?-Who is this celebration helping to remember their African Heritage? -What are the colours of the candles?-What is the signification of each colour?

3. Read the invitation aloud with the students and discuss what information an invitation contains. Write the information contained in an invitation in the board. 4. Divide students in teams of 2 and ask each group to choose one of the festivals in the unit to write an invitation for.

5. Show students how they should proceed to make the object.

6. Ask students to fill in the questions in their document before to start their invitation. When they are finished, they raise their hands and show you their work. If it is correct, they can start their invitation.

7. Post the invitations around the class.

8. Brainstorm on festivities and celebrations that students know. (Chinese New Year, Father’s Day, Hanukkah, Halloween, Holi, Hina Matsuri, Mardi gras, Mother’s Day, Purim, Raksha, Bandhan, St-Patrick’s Day, Thanksgiving.

9. Ask students to select one of the celebrations to work on next class. Note the selections.

10. Explain the homework. Tell students that they are highly encouraged to take a celebration that doesn’t exist in Canada.

Homework

Research your celebration

Evaluation

Note

*Note the selection of each student

Wrap-up

Duration: ___________

1. Check the homework

2. Ask students to turn to p. 70 of their Student Book.

3. Read the steps aloud and make sure students understand them.

4. Remind students that they can use their document and Student Book to help them complete the final activity.

5. Tell student that they will work individually since this activity will be graded.

6. Have students write a draft of ________ words to describe their festival. They should correct it using the checklist provided in their document. Ask the students to give you their draft so you can correct it.

7. When they have handed their draft in, they can start working on the invitation part of the scrapbook.

8. Students should then rework the cover page and recopy the neat copy of their celebration description in their scrapbook.

Homework

Evaluation

-Use the evaluation grid

Note

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Name: ____________________

Group: ____________________

Warm-up Locate the 13 countries on the map

Listen to the recording

Trace Paul and Paulette’s journey on the map

Activity One: May Day in EnglandPart One

Write down the sentence that best describes each picture

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Part Two

Who wrote this text?

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Where is he?

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When this did happen?

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What is May Day festival celebrating?

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How is the group of men dancing called?

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Homework OneWh-questions

Fill in the table below

Question Word in English Mot questions en FrançaisWhatWhenWhoWhy

WhereHow Many

Fill in the blanks by placing the correct question word in each sentence

1) __________ is the color of the maple leaf in the Canadian flag? The maple leaf is red.

2) __________ is the drawing in the Mexican flag? The drawing is in the middle of the flag.

3) __________ candles do you see on the candlestick? There are seven candles on the candlestick.

4) __________ do they celebrate May Day festival? They celebrate May Day festival in the month of May.

5) _________ performs a traditional dance during the May Day festival? A group of mean called Morris dancers.

6) _________ do they celebrate Kwanzaa in the United States? Because in the United States, this celebration helps African-American remember their African heritage.

Activity Two: A day in Vietnam(Photocopy and modify Handout 41)

Activity Three: Kwanzaa in the United States

Part OneDraft of the invitation

I chose the __________________ festival

What? ________________________________________________________________________

When?________________________________________________________________________

Who?________________________________________________________________________

Why?________________________________________________________________________

Where?________________________________________________________________________

*When I am finish, I can show my work to my teacher and if it is correct, do the invitation on a white sheet of paper.

Part TwoBrainstorming

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_____________________ _____________________ _____________________

Finally, I decided that I would work on ______________________ for the final project.

Homework TwoInformation on my festival or celebration

Name of my festival or celebration: _______________________

Answer the following questions. You can go on the internet to find the information or look into books.

When

Where

Who

Why

Why

Additional information on my festival or celebration

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