1 Holidays in Great Britain 2 Holidays in

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

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. “

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

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

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

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

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 (24 th December) in different countries according to the pictures below.

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

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?

What do you know about Independence and Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the USA? What do they have in common? 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. Øat the stroke of midnight Ø haunted house Ø raining cats and dogs Ø howling of the dog Ø shiver with fear Ø piano play Ø corpse Ø goose bumps Ø creepy crawlies