unit 1 - lesson 1 - cultural elements - nb6

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Cultural Elements

By Mr. Humberto Gallardo

For: 8th Graders Programme.



Gettin Ready1. MATCH the sentenceswith the people in thephotos.

a. Hi I’m Peter. I’m fromCalifornia, in The USA.

b. I’m Ahmed. I’m fromCairo, in Egypt.

c. I’m Akemi. I’m fromKyoto, in Japan.

d. I’m Sadhvi, I’m fromCalcuta, in India.



Hollidays and Celebrations



Discuss… 1. Look at the pictures and find the

names of the special occasions. Which

of them do you celebrate?



2. Match the pictures below with the words

in the box.

COSTUMES

PARADES

PRESENTS

TRADITIONAL FOOD

TRICK OR TREAT



New Vocabulary… CHRISTMAS TREE

FOLK MUSIC

PARTY

SAMBA

WATER BALLOON



LET’S LISTEN…

4. Kelly Hardrock, the International school reporter, talked to some studentsfrom all over the world about their favourite celebrations. Can you guess

which celebrations they mentioned?



6. Listen to the Recording again and Match the pictures of the children withthe celebration they are talking about.

LET’S LISTEN…

Independence Day Halloween Christmas Carnival

Ana, Brazil Francisco, Chile Elizabeth, UK Mike, USA



7. Listen again and put information in the corresponding slots in the chart

(some slots will be empty).

LET’S LISTEN…

CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES CLOTHES SPECIAL ELEMENTS

Halloween

Big Parties Tree and _______

__________ food



8. Listen and Identify the incorrect information in the sentences.

LET’S LISTEN…

a. Mike’s favourite celebration is Halloween because he

loves Playing with water.b. Ana’s favourite celebration are the parades.

c. Elizabeth doesn’t like Christmas food.

d. In Chile, the most important celebration is Christmas.



LANGUAGE FOCUS… 1. Read these sentences from the text.

a. We always enjoy our Carnival games.

b. I never miss this celebration.

c. Children often fly kites this time of the year.

d. Sometimes it rains.

2. Complete the general rule.

“We use words like ___________, ___________ to express the

frequency in which we do certain things”.

A



Frequency Adverbs 3. Complete the scale with a frequency adverb .

ALWAYS USUALLY _________ __________ NEVER

100% 90 – 70% 70 – 40% 30 – 10% 0%



MORE ACTIVITIES… 9. How do you celebrate INDEPENDENCE DAY? What speacial activities do

you do? Complete the following letter to a friend.

Letter to a friend...In Chile, Independence Day is celebrated on the ___________________.

We have ______________ days off school. People usually go to

_________________ and to eat _____________ and fly

_______________. There are also ______________.



Pronunciation practice … “ordinal numbers” 10. LISTEN and REPEAT these ordinal numbers.

1st

2nd

3rd 4th

5th

11th

12th

13th

14th

19th

20th

21st

22nd

23rd

First

Second

Thirdfourth

fifth

eleventh

twelfth

Thirteenth

Fourteenth

Nineteenth

Twentieth

Twenty-first

Twenty-Second

Twenty-third



Did you know that…



11. Read the following dialogue and match the underlined parts with the words

in the box. Listen, check and repeat. Then role-play it with your partner.

A: What’s your favourite celebration?

B: It’s Independence Day. It’s wicked!

A: Do you usually fly kites?

B: Sure! I love it!

Listen , Repeat and Role-play!!



GREAT WORK!!! See you Next lesson!!

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