1. Holidays in Great Britain 2. Holidays in the USA 3. Holidays in Slovakia
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PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Holidays in Slovakia Holidays in the USA Holidays in Great Britain Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:
Which holidays are celebrated in the following months? The USAGreat BritainSlovakia JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE New Years Day Easter New Years Day Valentines Day St. Patricks Day Easter Memorial Day Valentines Day Presidents Day Easter The Queens Official Birthday
The USAGreat BritainSlovakia JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER Independence Day Halloween Columbus Day Halloween Guy Fawkes Night Remembrance Sunday Thanksgiving DayAll Saints Day Christmas St. Cyril and Methodius Day Constitution Day Slovak National Uprising
Look at the pictures and describe the Christmas symbols. Are they also typical for your country? What do people do before, during and after Christmas?
Name the typical Christmas food in the pictures. Which of them are typical British or Slovak meals? What traditions and customs do you keep during Christmas dinner?
Describe Christmas traditions on Christmas Eve (24 th December) in different countries according to the pictures below.
How do people spend New Years Eve (31 st December) and New Years Day (1 st January) in your country? What about you?
Describe Easter symbols according to the pictures below. Talk about Easter traditions in your region. What Easter food is typical for the place where you live?
How do people spend All Saints Day in Slovakia? Who do we commemorate?
What is Halloween? Why is it celebrated? What do you think of celebrating this holiday in Slovakia?
What do you know about Independence and Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the USA? What do they have in common? What other patriotic holidays are celebrated in the USA?
Make up a ghost story with an unexpected ending with the listed vocabulary. Use narrative form and dialogues in your story. Retell it to your classmates in a dramatic way. at the stroke of midnight haunted house raining cats and dogs howling of the dog shiver with fear piano play corpse goose bumps creepy crawlies