jueves, 22 de diciembre de 2011

QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTMAS HOMEWORK

Answer these questions about the power point Chirsmas around Europe. Remember to look into your class blog in the section Festivals, Christmas or follow this link:
http://www.slideboom.com/presentations/466938/CHRISTMAS-AROUND-EUROPE
1.- When do Christmas start in Italy?
2.- How do you say Happy New Year in Italian?
3.- What is celebrated in Italy on December 8th?
4.- Which costume do children wear on December 23rd?
5.- What's the Italian name for the traditional Christmas dinner?
6.- When do christmas holidays finish in Hungary?
7.- What's the name of the typicall hungarian cake you can see in the power point?
8.- How do you say Christmas Eve in Hungarian?
9.- which festivity is celebraten on December 5th in Belgium?
10.- What do Belgian people drink in all the Christmas meals?
11.- Which colours have the Danish flag?
12.- What is celebrated in Denmark on December 13th?
13.- What do Danish light in Christmas time?
14.- Do Turkish people celebrate Christmas? Why?
15.- Which is the most important figure in Turkish religion?
16.- Where was St. Nicholas born?
17.- What do Turkish people eat for New Year?
18.- What is the festivity that Spanish people celebrate on December 28th?
19.- How do Spanish celebrate that festivity?
20.- çwhich tradition do Spanish people on December 31st?
21.- How many weeks have English children for Christmas holidays?
22.- Which is the desser on Christmas day for english people?
23.- Which colours have the Irish flag?
24.- When do Irish celebrate St. Stepjen Day?
25.- Name a typicall Irish biscuit?
26.- Where is situated Finland in Europe?
27.- Which was the ex-capital of Finland?
28.- Do Finish people visit saunas on christmas Eve?
29.- How do Polish people called to January 6th?
30.- What's the name of the traditional Polish Christmas Pudding?
31.- When do christmas preparations begin in Germany?
32.- Which is the mos popular carol in Germany?
33.- How do you say Merry Christmas in Norwegian?

lunes, 12 de diciembre de 2011

CHRISTMAS TIME

Students like to use computers for learning, so we are going to learn about how our Comenius partner's celebrate Christmas time. We are going to learn about: Italy, Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Turkey, Spain, England, Ireland, Finland, Poland, Germany, Norway and Slovakia. they are going to do the task they have on the webquest I have created for it:
http://letslearnaboutchristmas.wordpress.com/task/