Magic X-mas tree!

Look for the wishes inside the tree:)

MERRY CHRISTMAS! YO-HO-HO!

Revising adverbs

End of semester post:)

The Beatles

HELLO, GOODBYE ~ THE BEATLES
(engl. lyrics)

You say yes, I say no.
You say stop and I say go, go, go.
Oh, no!

You say goodbye and I say hello.
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye.
I say hello.
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye,
I say hello!

I say high, you say low.
You say why, and I say I don't know.
Oh, no!

You say goodbye and I say hello.
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye.
I say hello!
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye.
I say hello!

Why, why, why, why, why, why
do you say goodbye?
Goodbye, bye, bye, bye, bye!

Oh, no!

You say goodbye and I say hello.
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye.
I say hello!
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye.
I say hello!
hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello.
Hello!

You say goodbye and I say hello.
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye.
I say hello!
Hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye.
I say hello!
hello, hello!
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello.
Hello!

Oh, no!

Hella, heba, helloa.
Hella, heba, helloa.

Science project

Christmas is soon

Let's help project

Thanksgiving wordsearch

http://www.abcteach.com/wordsearch.php?words=Thanksgiving%0D%0Aturkey%0D%0APilgrims%0D%0AIndians%0D%0Afeast%0D%0Acorn%0D%0Apumpkin%0D%0Asquash%0D%0Afamily%0D%0Ayam%0D%0AThursday%0D%0ANovember%0D%0Athankful%0D%0Asharing%0D%0Afood%0D%0Afootball%0D%0Aautumn%0D%0Aleaves%0D%0Acornucopia+&create_button=Create

Thanksgiving day

Transcript:

0:10

turkey pumpkin pie family football and parades

0:14

where did these traditions come from and how did they become a part of a national

0:18

holiday

0:19

we call Thanksgiving to understand the origins at this holiday

0:23

we must take a look back at the origins of our country itself

0:27

particularly at the Plymouth Colony and it's crucial first year

0:31

in the fall of 1620 the cargo ship mayflower transported a group of 100

0:36

to englishmen women and children to the new world

0:40

a portion of this group or separatists people who had religiously separated

0:44

themselves from the church in England

0:46

and wanted to come to the new world to find religious freedom

0:50

in time these people would come to be known as the pilgrims

0:53

the mayflower arrived at the New World in December 16 20

0:58

weeks later than they had originally hoped and lending much farther north

1:02

than they had planned

1:03

putting them in present-day Massachusetts these unfortunate

1:06

circumstances made for a particularly harsh

1:09

winter nearly half the colonists died and those who did not fail

1:13

as the spring at 16:21 approached

1:17

the lack of Plymouth Colony began to change the colony was visited by several

1:22

local indians

1:23

or want to know it people one of these visitors

1:26

with his quantum otherwise known as Squanto

1:30

Squanto spoke English and showed the pilgrims how to use fish as fertilizer

1:36

to grow crops on sandy land

1:38

he was there interpreter he even chose to live among the colonists a Plymouth

1:43

by November's 1621 things were looking up for the pilgrims

1:48

they had survived their first year in the new world

1:51

and had a successful in apartments to continue living there

1:55

the pilgrims collected their harvest which could have included

1:58

corn pumpkins squash in some grain

2:01

they cut fish and gather together wildfowl or birds

2:06

such as Dax peace and even wild turkeys to feast on in celebration

2:10

the mighty king at the one the node people masses site

2:14

joined the pilgrims with 90% of his men

2:17

he also donated five deer to this great feast which lasted

2:21

for three whole days to the pilgrims

2:25

this celebration was not the start of a new holiday

2:28

it was a common harvest festival much like the ones held in Europe

2:32

every fall after a good harvest on December 18

2:37

1777 Washington held a national day of Thanksgiving to commemorate

2:41

the defeated the British Army in Saratoga through the remainder of the

2:45

Revolutionary War Washington proclaims several national days of Thanksgiving to

2:49

commemorate special days

2:51

by the end of the war individual states particularly in the North had gotten

2:55

used to having a yearly Thanksgiving Day

2:57

though there was no official national holiday and

3:00

the dative the feast would vary from state to state Thanksgiving as we know

3:05

it today

3:06

was made possible largely by the efforts have a nineteenth-century brighter

3:10

named Sarah Josepha Hale she was america's first female magazine editor

3:16

and author of the famous nursery rhyme mary had a little lamb

3:20

during the Civil War hale was convinced

3:24

that a national Thanksgiving Day would awake in an american hearts

3:29

the love home and country of thankfulness to God

3:32

and peace between brother and she wrote letters to Governors

3:36

and even to President Abraham Lincoln a few days after receiving her letter

3:41

on October 3rd 1863 President Lincoln

3:45

issued a proclamation declaring the last Thursday up November

3:49

to be Thanksgiving Day year after year americans continue to celebrate this day

3:55

of feasting and thanks even though Congress had not yet ratified it as an

3:59

official holiday

4:00

over the years the date seems to coincide with the beginning of the

4:03

Christmas shopping season

4:05

in 1924 Macy's department store started their Thanksgiving Day Parade

4:10

which route heads down the streets of New York and ends

4:13

at the store also in the nineteen twenties the Detroit Lions came up with

4:17

the idea over Thanksgiving Day football game

4:20

in order to boost dwindling attendance it was not until 1941 the congress

4:25

finally made

4:26

Thanksgiving Day a legal holiday when they did they moved the holiday up

4:31

one week so the official day of Thanksgiving would be the fourth

4:34

Thursday in November this was done in an attempt to extend

4:38

the Christmas shopping season today more than

4:41

anything else Thanksgiving is about family

4:45

though the way we serve our turkey and our pumpkin may have changed

4:49

and our entertainment varied over the years from

4:52

archery and displays of arms to football and parades

4:56

thanksgiving has become a welcomed a everest

5:00

to spend with loved ones in recognition and appreciation

5:04

for all the blessings for which we are thankful

Comparatives. Who is stronger?

Television

Please, study words: http://flashcards.educationlabs.com/Default.aspx?page=Play&mode=Study&deckid=29#/YourDecks

Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

This is how we celebrated Halloween! We cooked party snacks! Our ghosts came out nice! Bananas and pieces of chocolate - the recipe is easy! BOO!

Halloween party snacks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEfT0BlRP8U

Halloween's soon

In October  many shop windows in Britain turn orange and black, with pumpkins, witches, broomsticks and cats. What do young people do to celebrate Halloween? Read this article to find out.

Flying witches, pumpkin lanterns, trick or treat... What do you know about Halloween? Here are some Halloween facts to get started.

• Halloween is celebrated on 31st October. This isn’t a public holiday in Britain.
• Halloween is the night before the Catholic festival of All Saints and the pagan Celtic festival of Samhain (1st November).
• Halloween is also sometimes called All Hallows' Eve, All Hallowtide and can also be written Hallowe’en.
• Halloween colours are orange and black. Orange is related to harvests because the end of October is the end of the harvest (the time when fruit and vegetables are collected). Black is related to death.

In the UK Halloween traditions are very much alive and popular, especially amongst kids and teenagers. We looked at some of the most common.

Pumpkin lanterns

These are pumpkins (an orange, football-sized vegetable) with the inside removed and a nose, eyes and mouth cut into one side. A candle is placed inside the empty pumpkin and the light creates a scary face effect. In the past people used potatoes or turnips to make lanterns but nowadays pumpkins are more popular. They are easier to cut and you can buy them in supermarkets. People use pumpkin lanterns to decorate their homes at Halloween. Do people actually eat their pumpkins? Yes, they do! Pumpkin soup and pumpkin curry are very popular meals at this time of year.

Apple bobbing

To play this game, lots of apples are placed in a large tub or bowl of water. The competitors have to take a bite from one of the apples without using their hands. To make this more difficult, the competitors have their eyes covered with a scarf. You are not allowed to use the sides of the bowl to help you bite the apple. This game often involves getting very wet so it's a good idea to bring a towel!
Apple bobbing may be related to the ancient Roman festival of remembering the dead, which was also in October. The Romans remembered the goddess of trees and fruit, called Pomona. When they came to the UK, about 2,000 years ago, they continued with this tradition.

Dressing up

People of all ages dress up on Halloween. The most popular fancy dress costumes include witches, vampires, ghosts, skeletons, zombies or monsters. You can buy a costume from a shop or you can make your own costume at home. It’s easy to make a ghost costume from an old white sheet or wear black clothes to look like a witch. You can even cover your face in bright red tomato ketchup to look like a vampire! What would you choose? Rachel, 14, from Liverpool says, 'If you go trick or treating it’s best to dress up as a witch. You don’t need a bag for the sweets – you can just use your witch’s hat!'

Trick or treating

Children dress up and then visit the houses in their neighbourhood asking for a ‘trick or treat’. The neighbour gives them sweets or money as a ‘treat’. If there is no treat, the children play a trick on the neighbour, for example they might throw soap at the window. Some people think that playing tricks is unkind but luckily there is nearly always a treat! This custom is imported from the USA and is more popular with young people than with adults. The police in some parts of Britain give out 'No trick or treat, please!' posters for people to display on their door on the night of Halloween. Young children usually go trick or treating with parents or with an older brother or sister.

Halloween parties

If you are in Sheffield, in the north of England, at the end of October you can go to Fright Night. What is Fright Night? People in Sheffield say it’s 'Britain's Biggest Halloween Party' and it attracts about 40,000 people each year. There are activities for kids, teenagers and adults including a fancy dress catwalk, urban dance, a monster in the fountain and a zombie garden, as well as the traditional apple bobbing and a competition for the best pumpkin lantern. If you don't have a big Halloween party in your area, some people have parties at home or at youth clubs where they dress up and play scary games or tell ghost stories.

Watch a horror film

Not in the mood for a Halloween party? Older teenagers that aren’t helping their younger sisters and brothers to trick or treat sometimes watch a scary film with friends either at home or at the cinema. Any film with the words 'Halloween', 'Vampire', 'Dead' or 'Zombie' in the title is probably going to be quite scary. In the UK films are divided into categories depending on whether they are for children, teens or adults. 'U' films are suitable for all ages, '15' films are for people aged 15 or over, and '18' films are for adults only. Many cinemas in the UK show old black-and-white, classic horror films such as 'Psycho' on the night of October 31st. Interestingly, you needed to be over 18 to see  'Psycho' at the cinema in 1960. Now the film has a ‘15’ rating.

Happy Halloween!

- See more at: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/read-uk/halloween#sthash.vjjvJlI5.dpuf