With Christmas just passing, I have been thinking of how different cultures celebrate the holiday of Christmas. Within families there is different traditions and customs that are done every year. In the Italian household, Christmas Eve is definitely more celebrated than Christmas day. At Christmas Eve, the entire family from both my mom and dad's side come over to eat a huge multiple course meal filled with delicious food. The Italians like to have a feast of the seven fishes. After dinner, we spend some wonderful family bonding time and sometimes play games. Throughout the night, we are patiently waiting for Santa Claus to arrive at our house. Before midnight, my father dresses up as Santa Claus and comes with a gigantic bag of presents and delivers one to each member of the family. On Christmas Eve, we are allowed to all open one present and we have to wait until morning to see what else Santa brings us. Every year, this whole production gets better and better. It is highly entertaining and enjoyable for all the family and friends that come to celebrate.
What is your favorite holiday? How do you celebrate it?
Vocabulary with definitions:
1) traditions- event that happens annually
2) multiple- many or a lot of
3) delicious- tasting very good
4) feast of the seven fishes- seven different fishes prepared for the holiday.
5) bond- a form of attachment
6) Santa Claus- magical man that delivers gifts for the holiday
Vocabulary Excercise:
Fill in the blanks:
1) It is very nice to leave cookies and milk for _________________ and his reindeer.
2) During the school day, you take ________________ classes.
3) I have a strong _______________ with my family.
4) During the _______________________________ it is hard to stop eating because the food is too good!
5) For your birthday, we must go out to dinner, it's ______________________!
6) My favorite dessert is _______________ chocolate cake.
Grammar Point: The passage above includes many verbs and phrases in the past tense. List those verbs and any words that indicate the present time such as: words ending in "ed" and have.
Grammar Exercise: Write a description of your favorite holiday using words in the past tense and any new vocabulary words that you have learned.
Well done! The word "production" could be added to the vocabulary list. Add a photo too!
ReplyDeletegreat blog entry. I think the students will find it interesting and the activities enjoyable due to the topic of holidays
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