PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 1. Holidays in Great Britain 2. Holidays in the USA 3. Holidays in Slovakia

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it Comment on the following quotations. “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.“ Scrooge (Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens) “A New Years resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.“

Holidays in Great Britain Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics: HOLIDAYS PUBLIC Holidays in Slovakia Holidays in the USA Holidays in Great Britain

The Queen’s Official Birthday Which holidays are celebrated in the following months? The USA Great Britain Slovakia JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE New Year’s Day New Year’s Day New Year’s Day Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day President’s Day St. Patrick’s Day Easter Easter Easter Memorial Day The Queen’s Official Birthday

The USA Great Britain Slovakia JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER St. Cyril and Methodius Day Independence Day Slovak National Uprising Constitution Day Halloween Columbus Day Halloween Halloween Thanksgiving Day Guy Fawkes Night Remembrance Sunday All Saints’ Day Christmas Christmas Christmas

What do people do before, during and after Christmas? Look at the pictures and describe the Christmas symbols. Are they also typical for your country? 3. 1. 2. 4. 7. 5. 8. 6. 9. 12. 11. 10. What do people do before, during and after Christmas?

Name the typical Christmas food in the pictures Name the typical Christmas food in the pictures. Which of them are typical British or Slovak meals? What traditions and customs do you keep during Christmas dinner?

Describe Christmas traditions on Christmas Eve (24th December) in different countries according to the pictures below.

How do people spend New Year’s Eve (31st December) and New Year’s Day (1st January) in your country? What about you?

What Easter food is typical for the place where you live? Describe Easter symbols according to the pictures below. Talk about Easter traditions in your region. 1. 3. 4. 2. 7. 5. 6. What Easter food is typical for the place where you live?

How do people spend All Saints’ Day in Slovakia? Who do we commemorate?

What is Halloween? Why is it celebrated? What do you think of celebrating this holiday in Slovakia?

Independence Day (4th July) Thanksgiving Day (November) What do you know about Independence and Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the USA? What do they have in common? Independence Day (4th July) Thanksgiving Day (November) What other patriotic holidays are celebrated in the USA?

Make up a ghost story with an unexpected ending with the listed vocabulary. Use narrative form and dialogues in your story. Retell it to your classmates in a dramatic way. at the stroke of midnight haunted house raining cats and dogs howling of the dog shiver with fear piano play corpse goose bumps creepy crawlies