Seasonal activities

​Let's Talk about Special Activities for Seasonal Classes

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Seasonal Activities

Poll

How confident are you with preparing and implementing seasonal activities?

• Very confident

• Confident

• Not very confident

• Very unconfident

Word Cloud

What kinds of games/activities do you usually do for seasonal activities?

Activities that are representative of a REAL activity from that season

​​Experiental activities

​Seasonal activities may be a divergence from the textbook, so students have a chance to try a fun game they may not usually do in class.

​​A chance for fun

Rules: 1) Take turns rolling the dice and moving across the board.
2) Keep all trick or treat cards you receive unless directed otherwise.
3) One player in each group should use their smartphone to connect to the question wheel.
4) If you spin the question wheel, ask any member of your group. Discuss the question for up to one minute.
5) The player with the most candy at the end wins

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​So let's play a game...

Open Ended

What was a useful idea/piece of advice you heard while playing the game?

​Students make Christmas/New year/Valentines cards for friends and family with simple English expressions.

​​Making cards

​Students can craft Christmas/Halloween/New Year Decorations for their home or classroom.

​​Decorations

​You and students can craft items for the class English board.

​​English boards

Draw

Draw a face on the Jack O Lantern. Best Jack O Lantern wins!

Especially for older grade levels, quizzes can provide new, cultural information about particular holidays.

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Quizzes

Multiple Choice

Halloween is originally from which country?

• Ireland

• USA

• Mexico

• Poland

Match

What are the names of these monsters?

Frankenstein

Sadako

Pennywise

Dracula

Creeper

• Frankenstein

• Sadako

• Pennywise

• Dracula

• Creeper

Fill in the Blanks

Originally in Halloween, children were not given candy. They were given

cakes.

Interviews or task based conversations based on a festive topic.

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Worksheets

Thank you!


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