http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/06/fathers_day.mp3
Father's Day is celebrated ____________________ to say thank you to dads. An old English proverb tells how important fathers are. It says: “A father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” Many of us perhaps think our father is ____________________. There is no age limit for the person saying thank you, nor for the dad. There is ____________________ when every country celebrates Father’s Day. In many countries it is on the third Sunday in June. Most fathers receive presents and cards and perhaps ____________________. The day has a special punctuation point. The apostrophe is placed before the ‘s’. This means we all think about our own father. Of course, if the ____________________ after the ‘s’, we would be honouring all the fathers in the world.
Father’s Day ____________________ day started in Washington state in the USA. A lady called Sonora Dodd was sitting in church one Sunday in 1909, listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day. She decided ____________________ also have a day for fathers. In 1910, she arranged a special church service to say thank you for own father. The ____________________ slowly. U.S. Presidents. from Calvin Coolidge in 1926 to Richard Nixon in 1972, supported the idea. Nixon started ____________________ Father's Day in June, 1972. Today it is a major holiday. It has become extremely commercialized, which is good and bad. The shops are so full of Father’s Day stuff, it is almost ____________________ when the day is.
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http://esl-library.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Victoria-Day.mp3
Click on the link to open the handout on Victoria Day to copy the answers you don't have.
Victoria Day handout
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Listening:Mother's Day
http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/05/mothers_day.mp3
Reading: Mother's Day
http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/05/mothers_day-q.htm
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April 22nd Earth Day
Environment
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Wangair Mathai was a Nobel Peace Prize winner. In this video, she tells a fable (a story about animals) of the hummingbird.
About hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds in the world. They drink nectar (a sweet liquid) from some flowers. They can fly backwards and flap (move) their wings very quickly.
I'll be a Hummingbird
Watch and listen to the story. What is the moral (message) of the story?
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EARTH PROBLEMS
Click on the link below to find out more about Earth Day. Complete the sheet the teacher gave you.
http://www.eslholidaylessons.com/04/earth_day.mp3
Click on the link to practice the vocabulary.Environment
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Wangair Mathai was a Nobel Peace Prize winner. In this video, she tells a fable (a story about animals) of the hummingbird.
About hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds in the world. They drink nectar (a sweet liquid) from some flowers. They can fly backwards and flap (move) their wings very quickly.
I'll be a Hummingbird
Watch and listen to the story. What is the moral (message) of the story?
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EARTH PROBLEMS
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Air Pollution - II.
Energy Depletion - III.
Overflowing Landfills -
IV. Rain Forest Destruction - V. Vanishing Species - VI. Water Pollution
Write these phrases under the corresponding pictures :
IV. Rain Forest Destruction - V. Vanishing Species - VI. Water Pollution
Write these phrases under the corresponding pictures :
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Click on the link to watch Home, a movie about our Mother Earth.
Home
Click on the link below if you want to watch Home in your first language.
Home in different languages
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Easter
Reading: Click on the link to read about Easter.
http://a4esl.org/q/h/9704/bd-easter.html
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Valentine's Day
Click on the link below to watch a video about Valentine's Day and complete the exercise.
Valentine's Day: Love Metaphors
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New Year
Listening: New Year's Day
Listening: Making New Year's Resolutions
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Christmas
One of the many Christmas holiday traditions is baking gingerbread men cookies. Here is a story about the gingerbread man.
Here is a video lesson on Some Christmas symbols.
The Gift of the Magi
Listen to the story to answer the questions on the sheet I gave you.
Listening: The Gift of the Magi
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Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day is on November 11th. It was chosen because the First World War ended at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918l. Remembrance Day is when we remember the people who died in wars.Red poppies grew around the graves of soldiers in Flanders fields in Belgium, where soldiers fought. Poppies became the symbol of Remembrance day. In this clip, you will see how John Mc Crae got inspired to write his famous poem in Flanders fields
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Halloween
The Choking Dog
The Death Car
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Thanksgiving
Idioms related to Thanksgiving
Watch the video and write down the idioms and expressions.
If you want to prepare a roasted turkey this year, here is a video demonstration.
Your first Thanksgiving in Canada by Jane Wangersky
Thanksgiving Day can be confusing for new Canadians and visitors to Canada. Most countries have no holiday quite like it. You may just feel like skipping the whole thing. But it’s an important holiday in Canada, and if you take part in the celebrations, you’ll feel much more at home here.
Your first Canadian Thanksgiving will be happier if you know a few things:
It’s the second Monday in October. So it’s on a different date every year. For the first few years I lived in Canada, I didn’t realize Thanksgiving was coming up until I saw ads for turkeys. Check your calendar and be ready.
It’s a stat (legal) holiday. Schools and most businesses will be closed. Some stores, especially drugstores and supermarkets, stay open. But the supermarkets will probably not have any more turkeys. (See #5.)
It’s not just for church members. Though Thanksgiving was started to give thanks to God, it was started by the government, not by any religion. Non-Christians and people with no religion also celebrate Thanksgiving.
The traditional meal is roast turkey. The turkey is usually filled with stuffing made of bread and spices. (You can get instant stuffing.) Sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie are also traditional parts of the meal.
If you’re in charge of buying the turkey, you need to do it at least a week before Thanksgiving Day. It can be very hard to find a turkey, or even pieces of turkey, in the stores a few days before Thanksgiving. Also, frozen turkey can take several days to defrost.
Canadian Thanksgiving is different from U.S. Thanksgiving. It’s earlier, of course, but that’s not all. Thanksgiving in the U.S. was first celebrated by a group of settlers called the Pilgrims. They were a religious group who wore special clothes. Americans see many pictures of them around their Thanksgiving. The first Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated by Martin Frobisher, an explorer, and his crew. We don’t see many pictures of them.
No one expects a card or a gift. You may see Thanksgiving cards in the stores, but sending them is not a custom, as it is at Christmas.
Thanksgiving is important to children. If you have children in school, they’ll hear a lot about Thanksgiving. They will make Thanksgiving art projects and hear about other families’ celebrations. They will probably be happy to help you get ready for the holiday.
Canadians expect to spend Thanksgiving Day with their families. People may visit relatives out of town. Anyone who works on Thanksgiving must be paid extra money. If you’re staying with a Canadian family, they’ll probably want you to eat dinner with them, at least.
The most important thing: It’s a day to enjoy. Try not to feel pressured. Thanksgiving is not about having a perfect day. It’s about being thankful for the good things in your life. And there are lots of good things about life in Canada.
Jane Wangersky is an ESL teacher and the author of Thanksgiving for Beginners. To learn how to cook a great Thanksgiving dinner, even if you don’t know where to start, visit her site
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