Providing information about a unique celebration in your own country
Reading to improve intonation and pronunciation
Discovering traditions practised in the United Kingdom
Comparing traditions
English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
READING
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving ceremonies were held in North America long before the arrival of European settlers. The native tribes held harvest festivals that included singing, dancing and praying to their ancestors. In 1620, a group of 100 people tool the ship “May Flower” from Plymouth, England, to find a better life in America. They were called the Pilgrims. When they landed in North America, they did not know much about the land. Many died of illness and starvation that first winter. The next year was much better for them. The Native Americans taught the settlers how to grow corn and other crops; They taught them to gather the sap from maple trees to make maple syrup; They showed them how to find wild rice and berries; The settlers of the new colony also learnt how to catch fish and hunt. They had a lot to be thankful for. They planned a feast, and invited the Native Americans to join them. They celebrated for three days. This was the first Thanksgiving. English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
VOCABULARY
Thanksgiving They planned a feast, and invited the Native Americans to join them. They celebrated for three days. This was the first Thanksgiving. Two hundred years later, President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. The fourth Thursday in November is celebrated as Thanksgiving Day in the USA. Thanksgiving is a time to spend with family. People stop work to give thanks for life, health, family, and freedom. Some spend time praying in church, while others relax at home. Most families share a festive meal together. They cook traditional dishes such as turkey with cranberry sauce. Pumpkin pie is a popular dessert.
English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
EXERCISE
Practise asking the questions and listen to your teacher’s answers:
1. How did the Native Americans celebrate their harvest festivals? 2. Why did the Pilgrims leave England? 3. Why did these settlers invite the Native Americans to their first Thanksgiving? 4. Why is Thanksgiving a public holiday now? 5. How do Americans in the USA spend Thanksgiving? English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary matching: Match the words on the left with the correct meaning on the right.
1. harvest
a. hunger; not enough food
2. settler
b. sickness; disease
3. colony
c. a person who begins to live in a new place
4. starvation
e. family from long ago
5. illness
d. a place where people from another country settle or start living/ a settlement
6. ancestors
f. gather/Take grain and vegetables from the land
English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
EXERCISE
Choose the word with the closest meaning: 1. sap
4. turkey
a. drink b. liquid from a tree c. water 2. tradition
a. a plant b. a bird c. an animal 5.celebration
a. life b. a party c. a custom 3. gather a. collect b. hunt c. plant
English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
a. a happy time b. a family c. a month
VOCABULARY
Use adjectives to improve the sentences, for example:
1. a) Families share a meal together; b) Families share a traditional meal together; c) Happy families share a traditional meal together; 2. a) Turkey is served at the meal. b) . . . turkey is served at the meal. c) . . . turkey is served at the
...
meal.
3. Friends and family spend time together. 4. People give thanks to God for their families.
English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
EXERCISE
Add the appropriate Question Tag
1. Thanksgiving Day doesn’t fall in December, …? 2. On this day American people thank God for what they have received,…? 3. This tradition goes back to the 17th century, …? 4. Life wasn’t very easy for the Pilgrims at the beginning, …? 5. They left England in search of religious freedom, …?
English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
EXERCISE
Add the appropriate Question Tag
6. They didn’t sail from Portsmouth, …? 7. “Mayflower” was the name of a ship, …? 8. Thanksgiving Day didn’t become an annual feast until after the War of Independence, …? 9. American people still have a special dinner on that day, …? 10. They usually eat turkey on that day, …?
English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
VOCABULARY
Most cultures have a special time for giving thanks for things that they value in their lives. Speak about your own.
1. What is it called? 2. Compare the way you celebrate it to the way it is celebrated in the USA. 3. What activities are common? 4. What foods are eaten? Preparation for the next lesson: Find out about a national celebration that is unique to your culture (one that is not celebrated in any other country). Tell your teacher about it in the next lesson.
English Language
Level B2 Lesson 4
REVIEW
Providing information about a unique celebration in your own country Reading to improve intonation and pronunciation Discovering traditions practised in the United Kingdom Comparing traditions
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