Take a Break for Thanksgiving!

Take a Break for Thanksgiving!

 

Time Allotment	Activity	Materials Needed
10 minutes	Tell students about Thanksgiving in America (день подяки). It is a time when we think of all the things we are grateful for (Я вдячний за ...). Have students think about the things they are grateful for.  Make a table or a spider map on the board.	·         Chalkboard ·         Chalk
20 minutes	Students will create their own flipbooks (see instructions in this link.) Title page: Happy Thanksgiving—З Днем Подяки! First Page: practice adjectives прикметники ·         I am grateful to be… ·         For example: I am grateful to be happy. (Я вдячний за можливість бути щасливим.)   Adjectives Example Page     Second Page: practice verbs дієслова ·         I am grateful that I can… ·         For example: I am grateful that I can play with my friends. (Я вдячний, що я можу грати зі своїми друзями.)   Verbs Example Page   Third Page: practice nouns іменники ·         I am grateful for (or…I am grateful to have…) ·         For example: I am grateful for my family. (Я вдячний за мою родину.)   Noun Example Page	·         Flipbooks
10 minutes	Students share their books with the whole group, reading aloud.

Students busy at work on their gratitude journals

 

Review Week

Due to some schedule changes and poor weather, many students were not able to attend in the past weeks. However, they are coming again, and have missed out on some cool activities.

Egyptian map, flag, and more cartouches!

This week, students reviewed the countries that they missed, filled in their travel journals, completed the Egyptian map/flag and had the opportunity to create cartouches if they had not previously created one. Here are some more outstanding examples:

Take Time Off for Halloween!

Halloween

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Papier Mache Pumpkins

 

A great way learn more about a different culture is through celebrating its holidays. That’s why the English Club took a break to help Berezanka School prepare for Halloween.

English Club making Halloween decorations

 

English Club members took a week to make Halloween decorations for the celebration. We made origami hanging bats and paper pumpkins.

Hanging Pumpkin decorations

 

The celebration consisted of a party hosted by myself and one of my students, Dima. We introduced contests, like Bobbing-for-Apples and Mummy-wrapping, had dances, like the Skeleton Dance, and gave prizes for the many outstanding costumes our participants wore.

 

Certificates for Outstanding Costumes and other contests

 

There were Jack-o-Lanterns, ghoulish snacks, and lots of games. It was an outstanding night of fun, and the English Club was proud to be part of it!

Our hosts: Sarah and Dima

 

Thank you School of Berezanka for a wonderful celebration!