THANKSGIVING DAY

   👀 Learn about Thanksgiving Day: the origin and the traditions. Watch some videos.

🎶👀This Rap about Thanksgiving shows some modern traditions. Can you talk about them in the end?

✅ What are you thankful for? Watch a commercial, "Head of the table" and look at the images below.

• You can do some exercises: The First Thanksgiving (easy - Liveworksheet); Revise vocabulary (Listen and repeat - Liveworksheet), Guess the Thanksgiving food (video)

• Do a listening worksheet: What are they doing on Thanksgiving? First, you can practice Liveworksheet practice and then do the exercises again  Liveworksheet2 (the answers are sent to the teacher)

👀 Finally, visit the Padlet "Thanksgiving day, 24th November 2022" and watch the making of the mural "The First Thanksgiving". Big thanks to all the students!

THE 1ST THANKSGIVING de Alexandra Oliveira

HALLOWEEN SONGS - sing and dance along!

A- THRILLER, by Michael Jackson 

💃If you like to dance along, watch this video of a Flashmob: Thriller Flashmob

👉 Do exercises with the lyrics (Liveworksheet) Learn the lyrics and sing along here. 

B- CLINT EASTWOOD, by Gorillaz

👉 Learn the lyrics and do exercises with this song (LiveWorksheet).

C- GHOSTBUSTERS (Theme song) by Ray Parker Jr.

💃To dance along, watch this video from Wii Game.

D-MONSTER MASH, by Bobby Prickett

💃To dance along, watch this video from Wii Game, Just Dance2 -Monster Mash

E -THIS IS HALLOWEEN, by Danny Elfman

💃To dance along, watch this video from Wii Game, Just Dance 3 - This is Halloween

👍WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE HALLOWEEN SONG?

FAMILY

• Learn vocabulary about FAMILY (a family tree, with sound at LanguageGuide) 
• Do some exercises about family members and see if you know all the words.(myenglishpages)
• Listening about Freddie's family (Liveworksheet)
• Live worksheets: Reading about The Simpson's family; Guessing: Who am I?; Family members definition; My family is coming (conversation video)

👀 WATCH some trailers of films about family relationships.

Mr PEABODY AND SHERMAN (2014)

INSTANT FAMILY (2018)

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006)

THE ADAMS FAMILY (1991)

GREAT PERSONALITIES

Take a look to the presentation of some great personalities.

Do some research on the following links: https://www.biography.com/;  https://famouspeoplelessons.com/ 

Don't forget to state your SOURCES on your work.

And here are some guidelines to write a biography:

You can also read and find information about some great personalities on the Liveworsheets below:

• Salvador Dali
• Leonardo DaVinci, text I and text II, text III
• Vincent Van Gogh
• William Shakespeare, text I, text II, text III (video)
• Martin Luther King
• Marie Curie (video)
• Benjamin Franklin
• J. K. Rowling (listening) and video

WISHES

• To express WISHES, we can use the verb wish + Past Simple or would/could+infinitive.

🎶 In the song "Stressed Out" there are plenty of examples. Do the Liveworksheet about it! After you Finish, click one of the options: Check my answers! or Email my answers to my teacher!

• Watch the video about WISHES. *Attention: When the subject changes we should use would or could+infinitive instead of the Past Simple. 

e.g. I wish he'd know how to play the piano. I wish he would write a song about me!

SONGS THAT MATTER

🎧 Listen to famous hits. These songs were a success. They have meaningful lyrics and powerful messages. Do you now any of them?

• Perfect Day by Lou Reed (Liveworksheet) What's the meaning of the last words: "You're going to reap just what you sow"?
• My favorite Things by Julie Andrews (Liveworksheet) Watch / listen to the lyric video. What's the name of the film? And have you heard a modern version of this song called "7 rings"?
• Do a Quiz here about the song Under Pressure by Queen. Listen and watch the video clip. (You can check the lyrics here or do the live worksheet.)
• Imagine by John Lennon
• Where is the love by Black Eyed Peas
• The Earth song by Michael Jackson

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW THE IMAGE TO GO TO THE EBOOK OF SONGS!

SONGS THAT MATTER - an eBook (Bookcreator)

IRREGULAR VERBS (Infinitive - Past Simple- Past Participle)

 

Do some Liveworksheets:

• A list (multiple choice)
• Complete the table
• Irregular verb quizz
• Verb Test