Thursday, October 16, 2014

Homework for Wednesday

In your comments write about your favourite festival:



What is the name of your favourite festival?

What is the date of this  festival?

Where is it held?

How  do the people celebrate it?

How did this festival come to be, and why do people celebrate on this day?
Use the words below!

Here are some words to learn for your Spelling Test.
ritual
A ritual is a ceremony that has been done the same way for a long time.
For example, at many weddings, the bride must walk slowly down the aisle with her father.
custom
A custom is a way of doing something that many people expect and are used to.
For example, it is a custom at many birthday parties to bring a birthday gift. 
ceremony
A ceremony is a formal event that usually celebrates something.  
wedding
A wedding is a ceremony where two people get married.
Описание: wedding
funeral
A funeral is a ceremony that happens when someone dies.
Описание: funeral
symbol
A symbol represents an idea or a different thing. When you see the symbol, you think of that idea.
For example, the heart is often a symbol for love.
costume
A costume is something you wear to look like someone or something else.
Описание: costume
prank
When you prank someone, you play a trick on them.
dawn
Dawn is the first light in the day, right before the sunrise.
dusk
Dusk is the last light in the day, right before the end of the sunset.

fee
A fee is the money you have to pay to get in somewhere or to do something.
ticket
You need your ticket to get in!
Описание: ticket
parade
In a parade, you stand on the side of the street and many performers come through the middle.
Описание: parade
contest
In a contest, people try to be the best at something. There is usually a prize for the winner.
fair
A fair has many games and small rides.
Описание: fair
carnival
A carnival is a big celebration. Usually, there is a parade and many bright costumes.
Описание: carnival
circus
A circus is a show where people perform amazing tricks and sometimes magic.
Описание: circus
fireworks
Описание: f
entertainment
Entertainment can be anything that is fun to watch or look at. Entertainment can be a magician, a singer, a book, even a television.
spectator
A spectator is a person who is watching something. 

 

17 comments:

  1. 1)My favorite festival is ORANGE FESTIVAL IN NETHERLANDS
    2)On 30.04
    3)They do all of orange

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  2. My favorite festival is Brasil festival
    People celebrate 40 days before Eastear
    People wear bright custom
    In 1928 opened the first school for learn samba
    In 2011 on parade came 4.9 milion people whis 400 000 actors

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  4. My favourite festival is the Thanksgiving day.
    It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
    People celebrate it in the USA and Canada.
    Thanksgiving day is celebrated like this: people go shopping, go to the restaurants and say to all “Thanks”.
    The first Thanksgiving holiday was held in 1621 as a harvest celebration.

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  6. My favourite festival is my birthday,(HAPPY BIRTHDAY)))). The date is February the 19 th. It is a custom to celebrate it in different places.(DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS))).My parents have got a ritual - to put a present near my bed at the dawn. They never prank me. My mother is a Queen of entertainment!. Ceremonies are never the same)). And we never change the date,never earlier and never later.February 19th -FOREVER!!

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  8. My favorite festival is festival of tulips.
    It start from 30 th april to 4 th of may.
    It celebrate in Holland.
    On this parade of flowers you dont need any tickets, because a lot of people exhibit along the streets different kinds of tulips. They show and sell it to us.

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  9. My favorite festival is a La Tomatina.
    People celebrate it on the last Wednesday of August.
    This festival is held in small town of Spain Bunol.
    The ritual of this festival is throwing tomatoes from a truck.
    There are a lot of tomatoes in the streets of Bunol when the battle is over.

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  10. The name of my favourite festival is Orange festival.
    The people celebrate it every year on the end of February.
    It held on Menton, France.
    The people make big sculptures from lemons and oranges,wear bright customs, dance and sing on streets.

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  11. My favorite festival is "jazz bez"
    It celebrate in Kharkiv from 7 to 10 December
    On this festival people play on music tools jazz music.

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