samedi 1 décembre 2018

Christmas is coming! New Year 2019 comes next...



in Strasbourg

See please
at the bottom of the page.
Thanks.


To 
Miss France 2019,
Vaimalala Chavez,
Miss Tahiti 2018!

Miss France first words...
... and you,
what would you say in English, hey?

What is behind the body and smile?



sTaRtEr +
FoR 
EvErYoNe

Watch these Christmas advertising videos 
and
choose your favourite one!
[you may classify them 
and vote for your first three favs.
Say why.]



















To the 6th Graders
[Optional]

ACTION 1 
Look and react.
Do you know this tradition? 

ACTION 2
Read and understand.
Answer the questions below.


 1° Who can you see on the miniature?
2° What is his German name?
3°  When does he come?
4° What is the tradition for children?
5° What is this man's tradition? 


ACTION 3
Look, describe and compare!



About the Christmas stocking...

For the Adventurers

For the Explorers

For the Bold and the Experts

ACTION+
Make your Christmas stocking!





ACTION++
Let's sing a song in German
to celebrate
Saint Nicolas!




To the 8th Graders
[Green points!]

ACTION 1 
Watch and tell about the legend!
[in English or French]


ACTION 2
Watch and take notes.


ACTION +
Now be a story-teller
and 
tell the story of St Nicholas
by beginning with:
"Once upon a time ...".

You can report
in front of the class 
or 
film your performance at home 
and
send it to your teacher!

To the 9th Graders
[Green points!]

 ACTION  1
Watch, listen 
and tell about the legend.

ACTION 2
Learn more
 and
tell about
the legend and the tradidions today...



ACTION +
Get ready
to put yourself in St Nicholas'shoes 
and
perform his legend
either in front of the class 
or
 film your performance at home 
and
send it to your teacher!




FOR
 THE ADVENTURERS AND THE EXPLORERS

FOR THE BOLD AND THE EXPERTS





tO tHe 6th GrAdErS

ACTION 1
LOOK AND REACT


ACTION 2
WATCH AND UNDERSTAND
a) Discover Christmas vocabulary.
b) Play with Christmas vocabulary!
https://englishflashgames.blogspot.com/

ACTION 3
READ AND UNDERSTAND

Document 1
ACTION+
Start your Advent Calendar!

Break Time for Help and for the Best!


 Use a medium of your choice
[a cardboard material preferably]

 Choose
the Christmas words,
images or actions,
or small objects
 you are going to hide
behind your windows
from Dec. 1st to Dec. 25!


 Write
your complete name and class
overleaf.











EXTRA IDEAS!
http://confidencesdemaman.fr/a/2014/11/idees-calendrier-lavent-realiser-soi-meme-diy-tuto/


ACTION 4
WRITE

a) Describe the scene.

Break Time for Help and for the Best!

There is / There are
["Il y a" en français]




b) Describe Father Christmas.
Break Time for Help and the Best!

Have got

Description Vocabulary
of
Father Christmas
http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/santa.html



ACTION++
Have fun... 

...and make your Santa!


Break Time for Help and for the Best!


...and make your Christmas Hat!
Here is a Santa Hat template!
http://craftygeminicreates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/santahat-1.pdf

...and make your Snowman!
https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/winter/cotton-ball-snowman.asp

...and make your Christmas stocking!


...and make your Christmas tree!

ACTION 5
WATCH AND LEARN OR REVISE

Make yourself at home...
...in the living-room!

...in the dining-room!

ACTION 6
WATCH AND LEARN

a) Be reporters and take notes.
 b) Let's talk about the family!




 What are
the 3 days of Christmas Season
 in the UK?
Click here and take notes:
http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/day.html
http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/boxingday.html

The Queen's Speech 2018
Which specific issues [=sujets]
does her Majesty talk about?


ACTION +++
Make DIY crafts

a)
Make 2 Christmas crackers to offer.



Break Time for Help and for the Best!





b)
Write your letter to Father Christmas!








Want to
write and send
your letter online?
http://www.aletter4santa.com/
https://www.emailsanta.com/email_santa.asp


c)
 Write your Christmas card.




Break Time for Help and for the Best!
















ACTION 7
READ AND LEARN
ABOUT
CHRISTMAS MENU

Answer the questions.

  1° What is the document?
2° Where

can you find this document'?
3° How many parts are there?
How are they called?
4° What can you eat as the starter?
Which do you prefer?
5° What can you eat as the Main ?
Which do you prefer?
6° What can yo eat as the dessert?
Which do you prefer? 


 ACTION ++++
Love cooking?
https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/gingerbread_men_99096

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/68611/double-ginger-gingerbread-men





Ready for Christmas?























tO
 tHe 8th GrAdErS


ACTION 1
Look at the drawing above
and
complete the family tree.


ACTION 2
Watch the video and answer the questions below.

 1° Who is your hostess?
2° When is it? How do you know?
3° What is your hostess going to teach you about?
4° What is her main question?
5° What is the most stressful thing 
at this time of the year for adults? Why?
But what must they always remember in the end?
6° What are children
most excited about?
Why?
7° What is central 
to this very special event?
8° How do things get organized? 
9° What is the most famous broadcast programme?
 10° What time is it broadcast?
On which channel?
 11° Which message is conveyed [=given]?
 12° What do we learn about letter sending to Santa?
13° Finally, what is the answer
to the question 
your hostess asked 
at the beginning of her video? 

ACTION 3
Read the document below
and answer the questions. 
   1° What is the document?
2° Who issued it? What for?
3° Which ingredients can you buy 
for the Mains or Main Course?
4° Which ingredients can you buy for dessert?
5° How much do they cost?
(convert the prices in Euros!)

ACTION 4
Make your Christmas File
and be creative!
Get inspired by this wonderful interactive book
on Collège Chagall English website
where you can find not only vocabulary, but also listenings, grammar and comprehension
in a funny and interactive way.



from
 Darth Vader
to
the 9th Graders!

STARTER+
Look at the drawings above
and anwser the questions below

by using the links below.




 1° Which fictional character

can you recognize? 

2° What is his name in French?

3° What is
the origin of the name "Vador"?
What does it mean in English?
4°  What was
his original name and who was he 
before being hit by the dark side
of the Force? 
5° In which fiction does he appear?  
6° How many episodes
have been released so far?
7° What are the titles
of each episode?
8°What do these titles evoke?
9° Have you seen 
any of these episodes? 
If yes, what is/are
your favourite one(s)? Why?
10°  Are you a fan of this saga ? Why or why not?

* Food for Thought *
Do you understand
the idea/the philosophy 
behind  the Star Wars Saga?
[explain in your own words!]

Smart Time
for Help and for the Best!




ACTION+
Be reporters...
... and 
make your Christmas File!



ACTION 1

LOOK AND UNDERSTAND


1° How can you link
Darth Vader's look 
to  the one's in the picture below?
2° What is strange in both cases?
3° Do they express the same ideas? Why or why not?
Which ones exactly?


ACTION 2
READ AND UNDERSTAND

Step 1
Step 2


ACTION 3

WATCH AND UNDERSTAND















ACTION++


Smart Time

for Help and for the Best!




+ Did you know's video!









https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/france-hunts-gunman-who-shouted-allahu-akbar-strasbourg-attack-doc-1bi9y412

Shooting suspect killed by French Police







Keep
the victims
ALIVE
on your minds and in your hearts
and
HOP(E)
for
them
as the New Year approaches...




sTaRtEr +

FoR 


EvErYoNe



Be Happy, Be Creative,

Be just Human and Humble...

for

the New Year

and

Every Single Day 
of
your Life,
Unique and Eternal!








2 commentaires:

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    1. Thank you for this nice support!
      It is a pity though that your message is "anonymous".
      Sincerely
      Miss B

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