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.
funeral	A funeral is a ceremony that happens when someone dies.
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.
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!
parade	In a parade, you stand on the side of the street and many performers come through the middle.
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.
carnival	A carnival is a big celebration. Usually, there is a parade and many bright costumes.
circus	A circus is a show where people perform amazing tricks and sometimes magic.
fireworks
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.

 

Halloween Drama

Learn these songs!!!

Boys and girls of every age          Leva
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see
This, our town of Halloween

This is Halloween, this is Halloween    Daniel
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene        Dasha
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It's our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween

I am the one hiding under your bed         Illya
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red

I am the one hiding under your stairs            Sveta
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair

This is Halloween, this is Halloween                         Liza
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song      Popov

In this town, don't we love it now?               Volik
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise

Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can              Eskander
Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...

Scream! This is Halloween      Zlatkin
Red 'n' black, slimy green

Aren't you scared?    Alice

Well, that's just fine                Dasha Y
Say it once, say it twice
Take a chance and roll the dice
Ride with the moon in the dead of night

Everybody scream, everybody scream   Yatsenko

In our town of Halloween!

I am the clown with the tear-away face   Dima O
Here in a flash and gone without a trace

I am the "who" when you call, "Who's there?" Alyona
I am the wind blowing through your hair

I am the shadow on the moon at night   Valera
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright

This is Halloween, this is Halloween    
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween!

Tender lumplings everywhere       Nikita
Life's no fun without a good scare

That's our job, but we're not mean   Fomin S
In our town of Halloween

In this town

Don't we love it now?
Everybody's waiting for the next surprise

Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back   Istomin
And scream like a banshee
Make you jump out of your skin
This is Halloween, everybody scream
Wont' ya please make way for a very special guy

Answer the questions in your notebooks!

1. What should visiting insects watch out for?

2. What kind of insect eats from the venus flytrap?

3. How many times does the fly touch the hairs before the venus flytrap closes?

4. What size flies may be able to escape?

5. How many days later does the trap open again?

6. Do you think a venus flytrap could be useful in your home? Why or why not?

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1. Why did Nemo’s dad turn around?

2. Why do the other fish start to scream and get scared?

3. What is Nemo’s plan to save Dory?

4. Why doesn’t his dad want to let go of Nemo?

5. What happens to Nemo and Dory when they are out of the water?

6. What starts to happen when the fish swim down?

7. What do the fish all say together as they swim down?

8. What finally happens to free the fish?

Homework!!16.09.2014

Watch the videos and answer the questions in your notebooks!

Media Comprehension

1.     During which season does Diwali take place?

a.     Summer

b.     Spring

c.      Winter

d.     Fall

2.     When does the speaker recommend going to the temple?

a.     Early in the day

b.     In the afternoon

c.      In the evening

d.     During the night

3.     Why do people buy jasmine at Diwali?

a.     So that they can use it to cook

b.     To adorn their homes

c.      To give as gifts

d.     To pour over their doorways

4.     Which of the following is NOT a custom of Diwali?

a.     Sharing food with neighbours

b.     Pouring coloured sand in doorways

c.      Closing all the shops

d.     Spending time with family

5.     Describe some of the ways you saw light being celebrated in this video.

Media Comprehension

1.     What festival are these markets for?

a.     Diwali

b.     Christmas

c.      New Year

d.     Winter

2.     How many markets does Munich have?

a.     One

b.     Five

c.      Twenty

d.     Fifty

3.     Which of the following things did the woman buy at the first Christmas market?

a.     an ice skating rink

b.     a gingerbread house

c.      a Christmas card

d.     a gingerbread cookie

4.     What is special about the ice skating rink?

5.     It was easy to skate on the modern skating rink.

a.     TRUE

b.     FALSE

6.     Why do you think the woman didn’t buy anything at the stores she was shopping at?

7.     From what you saw in the video, what do people buy at these Christmas markets?

SUMMER !!!!!

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How are you?
Where are you?
Love you!!!

Specially for my students who want to improve their English in summer!!!