At the end of the project Ss will be able to: Understand different holidays and their

origins Work in groups Look up for specific information Present research findings orally Synthesize information graphically

Look at the pictures

What is a holiday ?

Do you know:

A day set aside for the commemoration of an important event. Example

•Valentine's day:•Halloween:•New Year's Eve:•September 18th

Now you will learn more about the most important holidays around the world

Hanukkah

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I have some cool

pictures!!!

I will give

style to this task

Internet is my

second house

Look for information on internet about the holiday

given by the teacher.

Make a poster Required for poster. Purpose of the holiday reflect the purpose in

one line Origin (brief) Date of celebration: Music (images) Images of the

celebration Costumes (images)

REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR MATERIALS

Scissors

Magazine or pictures

Colored cards

Glue

Present your findings in class.

Required for presentation Purpose of the holiday Origin Date of celebration: What

happened that day ? Music Costumes Country (ies) of

celebration Brief exposition of the

content required (5 min max)

Look for information about the given topic.

(Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving day, July 4th, September 18th, Valentine's day, Hanukkah, New Year's Eve and Halloween)

Bring all the necessary to start working in class.

Design the poster. Choose the order in

which you are going to start presenting the finished task.

Perform your oral presentation in class.

You may visit these pages in order to accomplish your task successfully. Christmas:http://www.holidays.net/christmas/http://www.soon.org.uk/christmas.htm Easter:http://holiday.ritech.com:80/easter/links.htmlhttp://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/ Thanksgiving:http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/ July 4th: http://holidays.kaboose.com/july4-why.html September 18th:

http://www.joeskitchen.com/chile/culture/fiestaspatrias.htm

New Year's Eve:http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm Halloween:http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm Other:http://www.holidays.net/http://deli.lang.uiuc.edu/exchange.contributions/culture/culture.html Valentine's day:http://wilstar.com/holidays/valentn.htm Hanukkah:http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hanukkah.htmlhttp://www.ort.org/ort/edu/festivals/hanukkah/index.html

CATEGORY Outstanding Good Average PoorUse of Time in Class Used time well

during each class period. Focused on getting the project done. Never distracted others.

Used time well during each class period. Usually focused on getting the project done and never distracted others.

Used some of the time well during each class period. There was some focus on getting the project done but occasionally distracted others.

Did not use class time to focus on the project OR often distracted others.

Required Elements The poster includes all required elements as well as additional information.

All required elements are included on the poster.

All but 1 of the required elements are included on the poster.

Several required elements were missing.

Attractiveness The poster is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness.

The poster is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness.

The poster is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy.

The poster is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive.

Accuracy Shows a full understanding of the topic. fluency no grammar mistakes.

Shows a good understanding of the topic. Minimal hesitation minimal grammar errors.

Shows a good understanding of parts of the topics Hesitate most of the time Grammar errors.

Does not seem to understand the topic very well Hesitate all the time Basic grammar errors.

Volume Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members throughout the presentation.

Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members at least 90% of the time.

Volume is loud enough to be heard by all audience members at least 80% of the time.

Volume often too soft to be heard by all audience members.

Time- limit Presentation is 5-6 minutes long.

Presentation is 4 minutes long.

Presentation is 3 minutes long.

Presentation is less than 3 minutes OR more than 6 minutes.

In this project you have learnt about different holidays and celebrations in English.

You have shown your creativity. And you have improved your capacity to work in

groups.

Cool !!!

http://www.connet.com/~paragon/xmas.htm

http://holiday.ritech.com:80/easter/links.html

http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/

http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/holidays/Easter

http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/

http://deli.lang.uiuc.edu/web.pages/Holidays/Thanksgiving.html

http://www.holidays.net/

http://deli.lang.uiuc.edu/exchange.contributions/culture/culture.html

Level: 3rd grade high school Subjects:

Foreign Language Cultures History EFL (English as a foreign language)