CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT

CHRISTMAS WARM UP ACTIVITY

Before you begin the scavenger hunt, click here and complete the activities.

CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT

Start by examining these question words.

QUESTION WORDS

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. You must answer thirteen questions.

2. Click on the questions to look for the answers.

3. Answer the questions in your notebook.

4. Write your answers in the following link to correct them: WRITE YOUR ANSWERS HERE

1.  What colours are Santa's clothes?

2. What do people call Santa Claus in Britain?

3. Who was the original Santa Claus?

4. What was his job?

5. In the poem, The Night Before Christmas, how many reindeer are there?

6. What are their names?

7. When do the Twelve Days of Christmas begin?

8.  In the song"The Twelve Days of Christmas", what present does the singer receive on the fifth day?

9.  Who are the three most important people in a Nativity Scene?

10.  What are the names of the Three Wise Men?

11. Look at the picture. What colour is the angel's dress?

12.  What animals have the shepherds got?

13.  How many days does an Advent Calendar represent?

Also check out: Christmas songs for kids

What is a Nativity Scene?

What is a Nativity Scene?

A nativity scene shows the nativity or birth of Jesus  Typically, the scene includes the Holy Family (Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph), angels, the Magi (the Three Wise Men or Three Kings - Balthasar of Arabia, Melchior of Persia, and Gaspar of India), the ox and the ass, and shepherds.

People think that St. Francis of Assisi  created the first nativity scene in 1223 near Greccio, Italy.  It was very popular and people in different places copied it.

Adapted from: KIDZSEARCH.COM

The Origins of the Twelve Days of Christmas

The Origins of the 12 Days of Christmas 

 

The 12 Days of Christmas are famous as a song about someone receiving lots of presents from their "true love". 

The true story of the twelve days of Christmas is very old.  People celebrated the twelve days of Christmas before the middle ages.  They started on Christmas Day and ended on the 5th January.  People called the 5th January, "Twelfth Night". 

Each day celebrated the feast day of a saint.  On Twelfth Night, people had big parties.  They ate cake made with eggs, butter, fruit, nuts and spices.  The Italian Panettone is similar to this cake.  People also played games and different musical instruments. 

Another name for Twelfth Night is Epiphany Eve.  In many countries, people put figures of the Three Wise Men or the Three Kings into a Nativity Scene.  Then they celebrate Epiphany on the 6th January. 

It is traditional in many places to take down Christmas decorations and put them away on this day.

Adapted from the following article: The Twelve Days of Christmas

LEARNERS DICTIONARY

Describing people

Dear Year 6 students,

Here are some activities to practice what we've learnt in class.

PEOPLE

WHAT ARE THEY LIKE?

DESCRIBING FAMOUS PEOPLE

REMEMBERING THE NAMES OF CLOTHES

CLOTHES


I hope you find these activities useful!

Until next time.
Janine

Countries and nationalities

Dear Year 6 students,

Here are some activities to practise what we've learnt about countries and nationalities.

FLAGS AND COUNTRIES

HANGMAN: What's the nationality?

COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES

Have fun!
Janine

New Blog by English teacher Janine

Check out my new blog for very young learners!

Big ESL ideas for small Learners

Janine

WILLIAM TELL AND OTHER STORIES - Oral presentation

Dear Year 5 students,

Your oral presentation for this term will be in the form of a dramatic presentation.  You must do the following:

1. divide yourselves into groups of five

2. choose a story from the book, "William Tell and Other Stories" that we've read in class

3.  each person must choose a character and say some of the lines

4. decide who will have the following responsibilities: director, stage manager, script writer, props, costume

5.  write the script - you can make any changes you think will be necessary

6. present the play - you can do the presentation inside or outside

You can use these resources to help you:

William Tell

King Matthias and the Good Shepherd

Johnny Appleseed

Lord Bao and the Stone

Tom Blood

Have fun working on this project!

Janine

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? - question structures

Interrogative sentences

Dear year 6 students,

Please review QUESTION STRUCTURES before completing the activity.

Review notes

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-questions_structure.htm

Activities to practice

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=14129

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/question-words-what-where-who-why-when-which-how-grammar-activity/

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/archived-word-games/make-the-sentences/questions

PROJECT

Make a QUIZ

In groups of three or four,

1.   Formulate five questions in each of the following categories.

-      History

-      Geography

-      Famous people

-      General knowledge

2.   Check the questions of another group and choose the two best questions in each category.

3.   Go to the comments section of this Blog and enter the questions.  Don’t forget to include your group’s name.

4.   Use the questions to make a WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE QUIZ

I hope you have fun doing this Project!

Janine

Adventure Sports, the Present Perfect Tense and more!

Dear Year 5 students,

In Unit 9 we will learn vocabulary related to adventure sports and the Beaufort Scale.  We learn a completely new grammatical structure: the Present Perfect Tense and we will read about an incredible sportswoman, Ellen MacArthur.  We will also focus on two sounds in English, /eɪ/ and /ɑ:/.

Introduction

Dame Ellen MacArthur - listening comprehension

Vocabulary

ADVENTURE SPORTS ACTIVITY

THE BEAUFORT SCALE - HANGMAN

Pronunciation: Interactive phonemic chart (you must scroll down to find it)

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICE - INTERACTIVE PHONEMIC CHART

Grammar

Review: Comparative and Superlative adjectives

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES THROUGH SONG

NEW GRAMMAR: Present Perfect Tense

Explanation:

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE - Explanation in Spanish

Practice:

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRACTICE

PRESENT PERFECT TENSE PRACTICE

Verb list

These are some of the verbs you will find in the unit.  The list includes both the Past form and the Past participle form.  The list of regular has a pronunciation guide for the -ed endings.

file:///C:/Users/6181/Downloads/312887129-VERBS-UNIT-9-5%C2%BA.pdf

OR

VERB LIST with Spanish translations

I hope you find these activities useful!

Janine

Bike safety, rules, asking for permission and numbers

Dear Year 4 students,

Our new unit is about bike saftey and rules.  We will also practice using BIG NUMBERS and review ordinal numbers. Below you will find activities to help you learn the vocabulary and grammar for this unit.

Introduction:

Grammar - Must / Mustn't

ACTIVITIES TO PRACTICE:

Vocabulary:

At the bike track crossword puzzle

Speed vocabulary crossword puzzle

BIG NUMBERS

Activity Book page 98, activities 1 and 2

BIG NUMBERS: SPEED

Ordinal Numbers

ORDINAL NUMBERS

Grammar:

Must and Mustn't - deber y no deber

To talk about rules (normas / reglas)

We use:
must + infinitive  OR  mustn't + infinitive

mustn't is the short form (forma corta) of MUST NOT


GAME - RULES (must or mustn't)

BRITISH COUNCIL KIDS - MUST / MUSTN'T - Explanation and Game


Asking for permission

ASKING FOR PERMISSION - online activity

I hope you find these activities useful!

Janine

At the Planetarium

Dear Year 6 students,

I've prepared some activities for you online to practice the vocabulary and grammar for Unit 8.  I hope this will help you to prepare well for Tuesday's test.

Vocabulary: The Planetarium

http://www.classtools.net/crossword/201605-CeZa8E

Vocabulary: The Solar System

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=14125

Grammar: The Second Conditional

“One of Us” Joan Osbourne      

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=14124

You can also download the following PDF document and complete the activity on paper along with two other Second Conditional activities.

file:///C:/Users/janine/Downloads/311804991-Second-Conditional-Practice%20(2).pdf 

More Second Conditional Practice:

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=14126

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=14127

From the Perfect English Grammar website, so not one of my activities ;-)

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional-exercise-1.html

Enjoy improving your English!

Janine

Possessive Apostrophes

Dear Year 5 students,

Here is your homework for today.

1. Watch the video which explains how to use possessive apostrophes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dY2SE1G900

2. Go to the link below.  Complete the first activity on page 2 of the pdf document.

https://daniellenglish.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/possessive-nouns-multiple-ws.pdf

You can complete the activity in your English notebooks or print out page 2 of the pdf document and complete it on the worksheet.

I hope you find this activity useful!

Janine

Jobs - Vocabulary

Dear Year 5 students,

This is your homework for today.  It will introduce you to the main vocabulary in Unit 8 and help you to develop your listening comprehension skills.

Go to the link below and listen to the song about jobs.  You can listen to it as many times as you want.  Then, answer the questions in your English notebooks.

SONG: People Work

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORGLQudvMWE

QUESTIONS:

1.    How many jobs do they mention in the song?

2.   Which jobs are also on your vocabulary list?

3.   Do you know anybody who does any of these jobs?  Write down their names.

4.   In the song, where do people work?

5.   When do they work?

6.   Why do they work?

I hope you enjoy the activity!

Janine

First Conditional

Dear Year 6 students,

Below you have some activities that you can use to practice for your English test.

Remember: With the First Conditional you are reviewing two structures that you have already seen:

PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
FUTURE WITH WILL.

Present Simple Tense Review

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5926

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5689

http://www.englishexercises.org/exercise.asp?id=5693

http://www.englishexercises.org/exercise.asp?id=5701

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5702

Future with WILL Review

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3226

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1834

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5812

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2589

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2718

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4402

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10752

Structure for the First Conditional

Condition + consequence

                        OR

Consequence + condition

·         What will we do if it rains? 

·         If it rains, we’ll build a shelter.

                       O        

·         We'll build a shelter if it rains.

IF + PRESENTE SIMPLE (for the condition)

WILL / WON’T + INFINITIVE (for the consequence)

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3226

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1834

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5812

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2589

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2718

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4402

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10752

Videos:

To extend and deepen your knowledge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xipe37PuYy0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjl50ggUVmE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO3G88mcxxA

I hope you find this useful!

Janine

BE GOING TO VERB

Dear Year 5 students,

Here are some resources to help you to prepare for your English Test.

REMEMBER:

USE: We use this structure to talk about future plans or intentions and also as a warning (ÇBe careful, you're going to fall!)

STRUCTURE:  The correct form of the verb BE + GOING TO + INFINITIVE of the main verb.

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUJETO	BE  GOING TO INFINITIVO	En Español
I (yo)	am going to    watch  TV.	Yo voy a ver la tele.
YOU (tú)	are going to    do        your   homework.	Tú vas a hacer los deberes.
HE (él)	is    going to    visit     his grandma.	Él va a visitar a su abuela.
SHE (ella)	is    going to    play     tennis.	Ella va a jugar al tenis.
IT (para objetos y animales)	is    going to    eat       some food.	Va a comer un poco de comida.
WE (nosotros)	are  going to    go       to the park.	Nosotros vamos a ir al parque.
YOU (vosotros)	are  going to    see     many animals.	Vosotros vais a ver muchos animales.
THEY (ellos)	are  going to    have   lunch.	Ellos van a comer.

NEGATIVE SENTENCES   * We join BE and NOT to make the SHORT FORM

SUJETO	BE  not GOING TO INFINITIVO	Forma corta	En Español
I (yo)	am not going to     watch  TV.	-	Yo no voy a ver la tele.
YOU (tú)	are not going to     do        your   homework.	aren’t	Tú no vas a hacer los deberes.
HE (él)	is not   going to      visit     his grandma.	isn’t	Él no va a visitar a su abuela.
SHE (ella)	is  not  going to      play     tennis.	isn’t	Ella no va a jugar al tenis.
IT (para objetos y animales)	is  not  going to      eat       some food.	isn’t	No va a comer un poco de comida.
WE (nosotros)	are not going to     go       to the park.	aren’t	Nosotros no vamos a ir al parque.
YOU (vosotros)	are not going to     see     many animals.	aren’t	Vosotros no vais a ver muchos animales.
THEY (ellos)	are not going to    have   lunch.	aren’t	Ellos no van a comer.

QUESTIONS

* The order of the words changes.  

BE	SUJETO	GOING TO INFINITIVO	En Español
Am	I (yo)	going to     watch  TV.	Yo voy a ver la tele.
Are	you (tú)	going to     do        your   homework.	Tú vas a hacer los deberes.
Is	he (él)	going to     visit     his grandma.	Él va a visitar a su abuela.
Is	she (ella)	going to     play     tennis.	Ella va a jugar al tenis.
Is	it (cosas /animales)	going to     eat       some food.	Va a comer un poco de comida.
Are	we (nosotros)	going to     go        to the park.	Nosotros vamos a ir al parque.
Are	you (vosotros)	going to     see      many animals.	Vosotros vais a ver muchos animales.
Are	they (ellos)	going to     have    lunch.	Ellos van a comer.

SHORT ANSWERS

AFIRMATIVAS	NEGATIVAS
Yes, I am.	No, I’m not.
Yes, you are.	No, you aren’t.
Yes, he is.	No, he isn’t.
Yes, she is.	No, she isn’t.
Yes, it is.	No, it isn’t.
Yes, we are.	No, we aren’t.
Yes, you are.	No, you aren’t.
Yes, they are.	No, they aren’t.

TO PRACTICE:

Be going to + verb (infinitive)

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10375

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2792

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10550

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10570

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10563

Game

http://www.englishexercises.org/snakesandladders/game.asp?id=10165#a

I hope you find this helpful!

Janine