CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT

CHRISTMAS WARM UP ACTIVITY

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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
     or you can write them in your notebook.

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?

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RIP VAN WINKLE

 

PRE-READING

1. Where are the Catskills Mountains?

2. Who was the first president of the United States?

3. Who ruled North America before this president?

4. Can you think of a famous American princess?

5. Who was Henry Hudson?

6. Who was the sixteenth president of the United States?

7. Which three of the above people are in the story?  Why do you think so?

CHAPTER 1

1.  What was Rip Van Winkel like?  Use adjectives and complete sentences to describe him.

2.  How did the people in his village feel about him?

3.  Draw a family tree of Rip Van Winkel's family.

4.  Describe Rip Van Winkel's relationship with his wife.

5.  Where does Rip go with his dog Wolf?

6.  Who does Rip meet on his way home?

7.  What country might the person be from?  Explain your answer.

8.  What does the person want?

9.  What happens after Rip goes with the man?

10.  What do you think will happen in the next chapter?