HALLOWEEN (1A)

Hi guys!!

Here are the activities about Halloween.

TASK 1
Click on the audio track here and listen.

https://elt.oup.com/elt/students/highfiveitaly/audio/hfi_level1_4_29.mp3?cc=it&selLanguage=it

Then Answer the following questions:

1- When is 'All Saint Day'?
2- What are 'fancy dress'? give 3 examples
3- What is a popular Halloween game?
4- What is a Jack O'Lantern?
5- What is a 'trick'?
6- What is a 'treat'?

TASK 2
Now watch the video below on the History of Halloween.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4uI3iMZyWc

Add some information (keywords) to your vocabulary map.

SOURCES
Here's the text about Halloween.

TECHNOLOGY

Nowadays technological gadgets (see page 29 of your student book)

But do you know what comes before?
30 years ago things were different...

TASK 1
Do a description of these vintage devices in your handbook and then compare them with their modern versions. Add pictures if possible.

TASK 2
How GLUE TO THE SCREEM are you? [idiom]

Click on the link below and do the exercises.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p5Ev4dQLI6a8-KTjKCYQDj-Vq1OPXbxN/view?usp=sharing

What does "glue to the screen" mean?

DIET & CULTURE

Have a look at the following websites

Typical American diet
https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/standard-american-diet/

Typical Italian Diet
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/features/the-italian-diet#1

South Africa Diet
https://businesstech.co.za/news/lifestyle/110325/this-is-what-the-typical-diet-looks-like-in-south-africa/

Now compare the 3 different ways of eating:
- Write or draw a typical day menu
- What food can you find if you go there?
- Describe which type and quantity of food they eat
- How healthy or not is their diet?
- Show your result in a poster or a presentation (group activity)

The longest Day - Omaha Beach

Sorry guys,

Saving Private Ryan is forbidden under 14.

So, I choose for you another film scene [it's taken from The Longest Day (1962)] that shows you the Normandy Landings we talked about this morning.

https://youtu.be/cpWYxVM80Mw

Have a look.

We will discuss about it in class.

Here's attached you find the Cornell Sheet to help you study the text:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Ck1_S3czo45ihYqUXLacMAKHEKFsOQ/view?usp=sharing

IRREGULAR VERBS RAP

Hi guys!!

How boring is it to study the IRREGULAR VERBS, isn't it?

Try this way!

Watch the video and sing!

https://youtu.be/Tgb9ZGbvmWo

Then tell me:
* Which of the verbs we studied are in the song? Which not?
* Take note if you recognize them.

And now train with these games:

https://wordwall.net/resource/233882/verbi-irregolari-inglesi

https://wordwall.net/resource/243092/irregular-verbs-past-tense

https://wordwall.net/resource/235055/find-base-form-2