The Silk Road and the Silk Road Festival

Lesson for Fifth Grade Designed By: iyad aldakar

((Motivating Question)) 1- What is the meaning of festival? 2- Do you know the Silk Road Festival? 3- What can you see and hear in the Silk Road Festival?

Dear Students: Read the following text then answer the question:

The Silk Road Festival The silk road festival began in You can go to the festival every year, in September. The festival lasts for four days. It is very interesting There are a lot of different things to see and hear. There is music from a lot of the countries on the Silk Road. You can see paintings, too

The Silk Road The Silk Road is very old and very long. It joined Asia in the east to Syria and Europe in the west.

People used the road to visit different countries. They sold clothes, food, vases and medicines to people in different countries. It could take three years to travel the Silk Road from east to west.

Comprehension Question 1-When did the Silk Road Festival begin? 2- When is the festival? 3- How long does the festival last? 4- What can you see at the festival? 5- What did people use the Silk Road for? 6- How long could it take to travel along the Silk Road?

The Answers 1-When did the Silk Road Festival begin? The Silk Road Festival began in When is the festival? The festival is in September. 3- How long does the festival last? The festival lasts for four days. 4- What can you see at the festival? you can see musicians from a lot of the countries on the Silk Road. 5- What did people use the Silk Road for? People used the road to visit different countries. 6- How long could it take to travel along the Silk Road? It could take three years to travel the Silk Road from east to west.

The First Group Activities Dear students, Search through the internet using the following URL: nt&event_id= to get a brief idea about the origin name of Silk Road after that write the gained information by using the word program then exchange your ideas by using the of your group.

The Second Group Activities Dear students, Search through the internet using the following URL: ral.htm then get the rule of Regular Plurals of nouns after that write the gained information by using the word program then exchange your ideas by using the of your group. - After that use the following Link to do exercises ral2.htm

The Third Group Activities Dear students, Search through the internet using the following URL: plu.htm then get the rule of Irregular Plurals of nouns after that write the gained information by using the word program then exchange your ideas by using the of your group. - After that use the following Link to do exercises: plu2.htm

The Fourth Group Activities Dear students, Search through the internet using the following URL: question-words.htm then get the rule of Wh-question after that write the gained information by using the word program then exchange your ideas by using the of your group.

Read and write the question: ? She plays the violin ? She is going to play in Damascus ? I like it because it is interesting ? It is two hours long.

The Answers: 1- Which instrument does she play? She plays the violin. 2- Where is she going to play? She is going to play in Damascus. 3- Why do you like classical music? I like it because it is interesting. 4- How long is the concert? It is two hours long.

Write the plural nouns: - girl - foot - man - glass - tooth - woman - pen - mouse - child - foot

The answers: - girl girls - foot feet - man men - glass glasses - tooth teeth - woman women - pen pens - mouse mice - child children - foot feet

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