• INTRODUCTION

     We are going to celebrate "The Languages Week" in our school, where we are going
      to show some cultural features of the languages you can learn here. I would like to invite
      you to participate in this activity.

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• TASK    

          Imagine you are a journalist and you are going to write an article about a celebration in
          an English speaking country. You need a photographer to help you. He/She will take
          care of  the "photos". Make a team with a friend.

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• PROCESS

            Follow the topics and write your "article":

• Name of the celebration
• Country or countries where this special day is celebrated
• Date
• Why do they celebrate it?
• How do they celebrate it?
• Have we got a similar celebration in Portugal?
         

       Note: Ilustrate your work.

        Choose one of the following celebrations:      

Anzac Day	Victoria Day
Bonfire Night	St. Patrick's Day
Columbus Day	St. Valentine's Day
Halloween	Thanksgiving Day

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• RESOURCES

Anzac Day	http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/anzac_tradition.html http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/AUSTRA-W1.gif http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/NEWZEA-W1.gif
Bonfire Night	http://web.idirect.com/~redsonja/guy/index.html http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/UKGB-W1.gif
Columbus Day	http://www.bluemountainarts.com/eng/columbus/index.html http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/americas/Canada.GIF
Halloween	http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~cstrick/halloween/halloween.html http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/americas/Canada.GIF
Victoria Day	http://www.pch.gc.ca/ceremonial-symb/english/day_vic.html http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/americas/Canada.GIF
St. Patrick's Day	http://www.nando.net/toys/stpaddy/stpaddy.html http://www.bconnex.net/~mbuchana/realms/stpatric/spatindx.html http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/IRELAN-W1.gif
St. Valentine's Day	http://www5.interaccess.com/chronicle/back/feb1097/article13.html http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/UKGB-W1.gif
Thanksgiving Day	http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/ http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/americas/Canada.GIF

Search:	http://www.yahooligans.com/
	http://www.ajkids.com/

 

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• CONCLUSION

          
         You must have learned a lot about the celebration you have chosen. But to know about
         all the other celebrations visit the exibition and read the articles of your friends "journalists".

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• ASSESSMENT

           Multiple-choice test.

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• STUDENTS

        Pupils of the English Club (10/12 year old children - beginners)

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• CREDITS

        By: Maria da Graça Baleizão
        André Resende School - Évora

        This Webquest was made for the European Inniciative Netd@ys99  during the workshop
         "The Internet as a Didactic Resource -- Creating Adventures in the Web" - University of  Évora - Portugal -
         October/November 1999

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