1. Holiday Celebrations Around the World
Name: ____________
Grade: ______ Class:______
Date: __________

2. Instructions The United Nations Children's Fund is
making a special book about holiday
celebrations in different cultures.
Read about other children's holiday
Celebrations. Choose a country and write about a holiday celebration people celebrate there.
קרן הילדים של האו"ם מוציאה לאור ספר
מיוחד המתאר כיצד חוגגים חגים בארצות
ובתרבויות שונות בעולם. קִראו כיצד ילדים
אחרים חוגגים את חגיהם. בחרו מדינה ואחר כך כִּתבו
כיצד חוגגים חג מסוים באותה מדינה.

3. Holiday Celebrations Around the World
How do children in different countries celebrate special holidays? Read and find out what children from other countries say.
My name is Kiko. I am from Japan. We celebrate the New Year for three days. We make decorations* from wood and bamboo. Children get money and gifts. At midnight* a special bell rings. Many people go to temple* to pray* for happiness, health* and peace. We drink wine and eat vegetable soup.
My name is Janet. I live in the United States. On Thanksgiving, my family has a special holiday meal.* We are very happy to be together. We eat turkey* and pumpkin pie.* We go to holiday parades* or watch football games on TV.

4. Holiday Celebrations Around the World
Hello. I am Nisha and I live in India. Diwali is a festival celebrated on the darkest night of autumn.* Diwali means lights. On Diwali, rows of lights decorate* our houses and we give each other presents. The special cookies we eat on Diwali are so yummy! decorations ,קישוטיםmidnight , חצותtemple ,בית תפילה to pray להתפלל health ,בריאותmeal ,ארוחהturkey ,תרנגול הודוpumpkin pie מאפה דלעת parades ,מצעדיםautumn ,סתיוdecorate מקשטים

5. Holiday Celebrations Around the World- Task
Fill in the chart:
What they eat
What they do
Holiday
Country
Japan
United
States
India
What people eat
What people do
What holiday people
celebrate
The country I chose

6. Presentation As you can see, everyone has their own holidays.
Prepare a presentation: Choose a country- tell where it is located and give some information about the country. Choose a holiday people celebrate in that country- describe how they celebrate their holiday, what they eat…..
You should use pictures, objects, newspaper and more….
Use the information you wrote in Part One.
Your presentation should last around 5-8 minutes. Remember you work in pairs or groups so each pupil has to take part in the presentation.

7. Holiday Celebrations Around the World Checklist
teacher
pupil
Criteria
I read the texts and filed in the chart in slide 5.
I chose a country- wrote where it is located and gave some information about the country.
I chose a holiday people celebrate in that country- described how they celebrate their holiday, what they eat….
I used pictures, objects or newspapers etc.
I started each sentence with a capital letter and ended it with a period.
I paid attention to spelling, vocabulary and grammar.
I used only English while presenting my work.
I managed to cooperate with my peer/s.

8. Timetable By the 20th of May the work must be done.
25th of May- 2nd of June – presentations in class