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Lesson 3
World celebrations
EnglishQuest Γλωσσάριο-Lesson 3

Lead-in

In groups, look at you list of celebrations in Speaking-

Lead-in: A on page 68 and discuss the following:

- What do people do during these celebrations?
- Has their purpose changed over the years or is it still the same?
- Are these celebrations important or not for your area? Why? Why not?

Discuss as a class.

Task 1 - Christmas around the world

A local newspaper has asked young people to write an article on the following:

“Baubles, tinsel, snowmen and the sound of piped carols”,
wherever you are in the world, there is no getting away from Christmas.
But why is it such a universal festival? And what does it mean to you?

Read the comments from teenagers in other countries. Do

you agree or disagree with them? Why? Why not?

There's an unnecessary

emphasis on material gifts. I

just hate it!7

In a multiracial country, Christmas is visiting

friends to celebrate. I do not agree with this

practice, it just makes it all so commercial.

Christmas is all about having fun,

getting together and enjoying good food.

Leave people to do what they want with this

fabulous winter celebration, because the central

message is the same: have fun, and love one

another. Merry Christmas to you all!

For me it doesn't really mean anything except a holiday -

time off school! It's a time when the TV is full of adverts for

toys, and toy shops charge exhorbitant prices for their goods.

Task 2 - Project: The Meaning of Easter

A.

Work in groups of four: each of you will ask three people what they think Easter

means to them. Decide what kinds of questions you will ask these people to find
 

out about the meaning of Easter.

Use the questions to make a short questionnaire

as the one on the right:
B.

Report back to your group what you have

found about the meaning of Easter to the

people you have asked.

Put your findings together and then, with

the other students in your group, prepare an

Easter means:  
Eating lots of food
No school
Spending time with family and friends
Going to church
Going away on a trip
...

article with the title ‘The Meaning of Easter in Modern Greece'.
Present your article to the class.
Self-evaluation
Γλωσσάριο-Lesson 3 Επαναληπτικό Τεστ Αυτοξιολόγησης

Activity A

Complete the sentences with a correct form of the words in the box as in the example.

celebrate instruct pack excite marry argue
  1. Guy Fawkes had an … argument… with the Royalists about politics.
  2. The plotter had to follow the ………………. to blow up the Houses of Parliament.
  3. It is with much ……………….. that all the children celebrate Halloween.
  4. National ………………… are a very important part of all cultures.
  5. The …………….. between Maria and James, took place in St. Paul's Church.
  6. He received a ………………… from his pen-friend in Cairo.

___/5 points

Activity B

Complete the two halves of each sentence.

1. People allow a) their children a story about ghosts
2. Children wear b) from the wall.
3. Guy Fawkes tried c) costumes with scary faces.
4. The picture fell d) to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.
5. All the parents tell e) their children to stay out late on Bonfire Night.

___/2½ points

Activity C

Make a meaningful sentence by matching 1-5 with a-e.

1. Years ago, the adults in the family would a) sit by the fire playing with her toys.
2. As a child she would b) leave the body when it died.
3. Before they had Christmas trees, people would c) meet at each other's home on New Year's Eve.
4. People believed that the soul would d) always make him wear new socks on Christmas day.
5. When my father was young, his granny would e) put a small boat in their sitting-room window.

___/2½ points
Self-evaluation

Activity D

Complete the following sentences with a suitable verb from the box in the correct tense.

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  1. The children ………………… to lift the heavy tar barrels.
  2. If you go to the carnival, I ……………….. you to go early to get a good place to see.
  3. Be careful when you walk on the wet grass or else you will ……………………… .
  4. I hope you have ………………. the lesson on customs and traditions
  5. Let me ……………… you a hand to lift the effigy.

___/5 points

Activity E

Complete the following sentences by choosing the most suitable word from those given.

1. Years ago village people would use lanterns to see where to go, but …………they use electricity.
a) at present b) nowadays c) over the years d) in the dark
2. At the …………of the 21st Century, many people were afraid something bad would happen.
a) end b) top c) turn d) finish
3. Diane wore a …………… costume to the carnival.
a) scary b) frightened c) sticky d) wedding
4. In the past, it was the tradition in Greece for the bride to get a ………… when she got married.
a) crown b) ribbon c) dowry d) stocking
5. The young man …………his name with a knife on the wooden bench in the park.
a) wrote b) made c) signed d) carved

___/5 points

Total ___/20 points

Now tick how well you can do the following:


  With difficulty Quite well Easily
√ I can recognize different verb patterns
√ I can read a text and understand how pronouns are used
√ I can listen and sequence information
√ I can talk about celebrations in different countries