Unit 5: Promises, promises

Welcome back students!
This unit we are going to talk about New Year celebrations and also  about our intentions for this second semester.

To start, watch this video about Times Square in New year's eve...

How do you celebrate?

Now...

Here are the different groups, questions and links you can use for the oral evaluation. Remember the presentations are on Wednesday, July 31st, and you are going to have 2 classes to work.

1. The history of new year celebrations.

·         What is the oldest “New Year Celebration” recorded in history?

·         When was it celebrated ? What was celebrated?

·         What other important ancient civilizations celebrated New year?

·         When was the first time New year was considered to start in January 1^{st   ?}

·         What is the Gregorian Calendar? Why is it important?

·         What interesting facts did you learn during this project? Why? (each person has to answer)

EVALUATION CHART HERE

Some sites:

http://www.ducksters.com/holidays/new_years_day.php

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/newyearhistory.html

http://www.history.com/topics/new-years

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/gr/Gregorian_calendar

http://www.history.com/topics/new-years/videos#history-of-the-holidays-new-years-eve

2. New year traditions around the world (4 traditionsà Hugging, Champagne toast, other two ). For each tradition provide a picture and the following information:   

·         Place where it is done (country-city -other)

·          Explanation of the tradition: procedure and what it is for.

Each person must answer:

·         What was your favorite tradition and why? (each person has to answer)

EVALUATION CHART HERE

Some sites:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/new-year-celebrations-around-world

http://www.history.com/topics/new-years/videos#champagne

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/newyearcelebrations.html

http://www.history.com/topics/new-years

http://www.policymic.com/articles/21774/top-10-strangest-new-year-s-traditions-from-around-the-globe

3. New year traditions in Chile (4 traditions). For each tradition provide a picture and the following information:  

·          How it is done (explain the procedure)

·          What it is for

Each person must answer:

·         Do you do any of these traditions?

·         What was your favorite tradition and why? (each person has to answer)

EVALUATION CHART HERE

http://www.chile-attractions.com/chile-new-years.html

http://cachandochile.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/9-chilean-traditions-for-a-happy-new-year/

4. Chinese new year.

·         Where is China?

·         When do they celebrate New Year?

·         How old is this celebration?

·         What do they celebrate?

·         How do they celebrate?

·         What is/are the most interesting you learned about the Chinese new year? Why? (each person has to answer)

EVALUATION CHART HERE

Some sites:

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/chinesenewyear1.html

http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Chinese-New-Year

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/chinesenewyear1.html

5. Mapuche new year

·         Who are the Mapuche?

·         Where do they come from/live?

·         When do they celebrate New Year?

·         What do they celebrate?

·         How do they celebrate?

·         What is/are the most interesting you learned about Mapuche New year? Why? (each person has to answer)

EVALUATION CHART HERE

http://www.mapuche.nl/english/mapuche.htm

http://www.mapuche-nation.org/english/html/news/n-391.html

http://www.interpatagonia.com/paseos/ano_nuevo_mapuche13/index_i.html

http://www.santiagotimes.cl/chile/human-rights-a-law/26366-we-tripantu-mapuche-new-year-across-chile

Here are some exercises to practice "be going to"... remember the quiz is on Tuesday, August 13.

Exercise we did in class

More exercises