11th # 6 Lesson 2 What are they celebrating?

Achievement indicators -I can write short paragraphs on

people’s culture with respectful language and correct use of vocabulary. -I can ask for and provide basic
information on a country’s main festivities with adequate vocabulary and grammatical accuracy. - I can
contrast and compare customs and traditions of countries around the world with grammatical accuracy and
coherence. Answer the following questions using complete sentences. How are holidays celebrated in other
countries? What is special about Joya de Cerén? What is a World Heritage site? During which holidays do
people feel most obligated to spend money? What is special about the date March 19th? Does this festival
remind you of any annual festivals here in El Salvador?
Thanksgiving
Halloween
Valentine’s Day
Saint Patrick’s Day
Christmas
Mother’s Day
Identify the holiday or celebration shown in each of the following photos. Read the caption above each photo for
clues. 1. This ancient, pagan holiday happens every year on October 31st and corresponds with the end of the harvest
season.2. This saint is said to have used the shamrock, a plant with three leaves, to explain the holy trinity to the pre-
Christian Irish. In modern times, this holiday is celebrated with Irish food and drinks and the color green.3. This
holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth and corresponds approximately to the winter solstice. Listen to
and read the conversation below.
A: What do you remember most about when you lived in A: What? Why do they set them on fire?
Spain? B: They set them on fire on March 19th in
B: I remember the year we went to see Las Fallas. honor of Saint Joseph, the patron saint of
A: What is that? carpenters. I remember that we stayed up really
B: It is a festival in Valencia, Spain. Valencia is a pretty,late
little
and that the fires were very big. The statues
city on the Mediterranean coast. Every year to prepare were forbeautiful. A lot of them made fun of famous
the Fallas festival, people spend months making statues people
out and politicians.
of papier-mache and wood. On the last day of the festival the A: I would like to see that someday.
statues are set on fire.
Time to read Read the following passage. The United Nations Language in use Determine the sequence of
Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) works events by using “when” and “while” An action
to protect and preserve properties of natural and cultural value. that was happening in the past continuous is
The list of UNESCO World Heritage sites includes over eight interrupted by an action that happened in the
hundred places around the world. El Salvador has one UNESCO
simple past.Fill in the blanks using “when” or
World Heritage site called Joya de Cerén. The two following
“while”. Follow the examples below.
passages can be found on the UNESCO website: “Heritage is our
Example:______ I got home, everybody was
legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass
watching TV. Answer: When
on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritages are
both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. Places as Example: They left ______ the band was still playing.
unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Answer: While
Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the 1. We were walking home ______ we saw Jaime.
Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s 2. ______ I was driving, my cell phone rang.
heritage. What makes the concept of World Heritage exceptional 3. The couple arrived ______ we were eating.
is its universal application. World Heritage sites belong to all the 4. ______ we got to the theater, it was raining.
peoples of the world.” “Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming 5. She was watching TV ______ the power went out.
community that, like Pompeii in Italy, was buried under an 6. She called me ______ I was reading.
eruption of the Laguna Caldera Volcano c. AD 600. Because of the 7. ______ I turned fifteen, we were living in
exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight Olocuilta.
into the daily lives of the Central American populations who
worked the land at that time.”
HELLO. ELEVENTH GRADES. I´m MR. MORAN, I hope all is good with you. I
gave you the gia#5. I think you already paste the parts on your notebook
so clean and organized.
PLEASE INVESTIGATE ABOUT THE COUNTRY YOU CHOOSE. HOW BIG IS IT,
NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE, CLIMATE, TYPE OF HOUSING, WORK
OPORTUNITIES, MONEY, MIGRATION, TOURIST ATTRACCION,
TRANSPORTATION AND OTHERS. THIS WILL BE THE INTEGRATIVE
ACTIVITY THAT I WILL COLLECT IN 4 WEEKS.

I SHARE WITH YOU THE GUIA #6 THAT TALK ABOUT CELEBRATION IN

OTHER COUNTRY AND OUR. CUT THE PARTS AND PASTE IN YOUR
NOTEBOOK CLEAN AND ORGANISE, YOU CAN DO IT IN THE CLASS HOUR
BASED ON THE SCHEDULE. NEXT WEEK I WILL SEND A LINK FOR THE QUIZ
#1 SECOND PERIOD

HOLA. UNDÉCIMO GRADOS. Espero que todo esté bien. Compartí la gia#5.
Creo que ya pegaste las partes en tu cuaderno tan limpio y organizado como
siempre.
POR FAVOR INVESTIGUE SOBRE EL PAÍS QUE ELIJIO. QUE GRANDE ES,
NUMERO DE PERSONAS QUE VIVEN AHI, CLIMA, TIPO DE VIVIENDA,
OPORTUNIDADES DE TRABAJO, DINERO, MIGRACION, ATRACCION
TURISTICA, TRANSPORTE Y OTROS. ESTA SERÁ LA ACTIVIDAD
INTEGRADORA QUE RECOGERÉ EN 4 SEMANAS.

COMPARTO CON USTEDES LA GUIA #6 QUE HABLA DE LA CELEBRACION EN

OTROS PAÍSES Y EN EL NUESTRO. CORTA LAS PARTES Y PEGA EN TU
CUADERNO DE FORMA LIMPIA Y ORGANIZADA, PUEDES HACERLO EN EL
HORARIO DE CLASE SEGÚN EL HORARIO. LA PRÓXIMA SEMANA ENVIARE UN
LINK PARA EL QUIZ #1 SEGUNDO PERIODO.