"Dia de Muertos" and "Thanksgiving" projects

Dear students,
It is now time to create our next TWO projects

Project 1. "Día de Muertos" (All Saints Day)
for November 12th
These are the tools you can use to report to the world the celebration of November 1rst and second we just had here in Mexico.

• If you have pictures, you can create a powerpoint presentation with pictures and text and upload it to your blog using slideshare

• If you have a videoclip you can upload it and share it in your blog using

springdoo or flixn

• For your audio you will use evoca The idea is that you will report to the audience the celebration that you captured in images (moving images or still pictures).
  

Remember to give your name at the beginning of the presentation and the purpose .
Some phrases you might find useful are:
Hi this is you host (hostess)____(your name)__
In this episode I will (tell you about.../talk about a traditional celebration in Mexico... )


Project 2. Thanksgiving questionnaire
There is an important celebration coming soon in the USA. It is Thanksgiving. Learn about it by reading information on a web site and answering a questionnaire.
Web site :
The First Thanksgiving
Copy and paste in a word document the questionnaire below.
Answer it using the information form the web site indicated above and print it.
Take it to our face to face session on November 26th.

Fact or Myth?
Read each sentence below. Circle T if the sentence is true. Circle F if it is false.
T F 1. The harvest celebration of 1621 lasted for 2 weeks.
T F 2. The Wampanoag people and the colonists were very
good friends at the time of the harvest celebration.
T F 3. At the first harvest celebration, there were more
Wampanoag people than there were colonists.
T F 4. The Wampanoag people and the colonists held a
harvest celebration each year.

The Evidence
Circle the word(s) that best completes each statement below.
5. A letter written by _____ serves as evidence that the harvest
celebration of 1621 really happened.
William Bradford/ Miles Standish/Edward Winslow
6. When colonists wrote letters or journals, they often used the letter
_____ in place of the letter s in their writing.
c/ f /z
7. At the harvest celebration in 1621, Massasoit, the leader of the
Wampanoag people, presented _____ deer to the colonists.
two/ five /eight

The Wampanoag People
Circle the word(s) that best completes each statement below.
8. The homes of the Wampanoag people were covered with _____.
bark/ branches/straw
9. The Wampanoag celebrated the new year each _____.
winter / spring / fall
10. To help crops grow, the Wampanog used _____ as fertilizer.
cow droppings/ bullrush / fish
11. In winter, the Wampanoag moved deep into the woods to ____.
hunt /get away from ocean winds/ find wood

The English Colonists
Read each sentence below. Circle T if the sentence is true. Circle F if it is false.
T F 12. At the time of the 1621 harvest celebration, the colonists lived in a village of three houses.
T F 13. The English colonists were familiar with a game called football.
T F 14. Colonists celebrated Christmas in the winter of 1621.
T F 15. Some of the native Wampanog people spoke English.
T F 16. Most colonists took a bath each Saturday night.
T F 17. Apple pie was served at the first harvest celebration.

The Path to 1621
Circle the word(s) that best completes each statement below.
18. When the Wampanoag saw the colonists sail into Plimoth, it
was the very first time the native people had ever seen _____.
a ship /strangers/ women and children
19. Massasoit, the Wampanoag leader, believed that signing a treaty
with the colonists would help the Wampanoag _____.
protect themselves from enemies/ learn to fish /learn about God

“First Thanksgiving” Glossary
On each line, write the letter of the meaning that matches the word. All of the words can be found
in the glossaries of the You Are the Historian: Investigating the First Thanksgiving Web site.
_____ 20. pitching the bar / a. a white linen cap worn by girls
_____ 21. bullrush / b. to practice shooting
_____ 22. coif /c. not hungry
_____ 23. mishoon/ d. hunting for birds
_____ 24. pottage / e. a game in which players threw logs
_____ 25. wetu / f. the results of hard work
_____ 26. tumpline / g. a dugout boat used for travel
_____ 27. far from want / h. a tall plant that grows in swamps
_____ 28. exercise arms / i. a belt made of plant fiber
_____ 29. fowling / j. a house of the Wampanoag
_____ 30. fruit of labors / k. a thick stew

Have fun, next Monday November 12th, we will meet in the lACE room and share the first project.

Latest activities

Last session we listened to a grammar podcast from the BBC about how to give suggestions.
I hope you can take a look at the site and check if there are any other topics that you might find useful or interesting.

For homework you need to

1. select your favorite song from MSM tunes . Make sure you know how to pronounce it as you will be asked to read it aloud and explain the content.
2. Write your script for the audio recording about "All Saints day"
   

On Monday 12th we will put together your presentation on "Dia de Muertos" in which you become reporters and tell the world about this celebration.
Your report will include a videoclip or using Springdoo or Flixn for the videoclip and evoca for the audio.
Please bring your script to class so we can read it and make sure it is well organized.
Have fun