Holidays

Holidays

Picture	English	German	In context	Notes
	Christmas	Weihnachten (das Weihnachtsfest)	At Christmas the family celebrates together.	Write something that helps you to learn.
	Eid al-Fitr (Sugar Feast)	das Zuckerfest	Eid al-Fitr is the end of Ramadan.
	Chanukka	Chanukka (das Chanukka-Fest)	Chanukka is an important holiday for Jews.
	Holi	Holi (das Holi-Fest)	Holi is the festival of colours.
	New Year's Eve	Silvester	On New Year's Eve we light firework.
	Easter	Ostern	On Easter we paint eggs.
	Halloween	Halloween	On Halloween people dress up in costumes.

Understanding the texts

Picture	English	German	in context	notes
	to celebrate	feiern	We celebrate Christmas in December.	Write something that helps you to learn.
	bank holiday	gesetzlicher Feiertag	On a bank holiday shops are closed.
	Christian	christlich	Christians celebrate Christmas.
	Muslim	muslimisch	Muslim people celebrate Eid al-Fitr.
	Jewish	jüdisch	Jewish people celebrate Chanukka.
	costume	(das) Kostüm	You wear a scary costume on Halloween.
	vampire	(der) Vampir	A vampire drinks blood.
	ghost	(der) Geist	A ghost is white and scary.
	zombie	(der) Zombie	A zombie never dies.
	mummy	(die) Mumie	A mummy is very old.

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Task:
Paraphrase* three words from this lesson in the dictionary.

Follow these steps:
Step 1: Read two or three entries in the dictionary as an example.
Step 2: Find words that belong to the topic and that are not yet in the dictionary.
Step 3: Create a new entry in the dictionary in the category "At home".
Step 4: Write the word and its German translation in the title.
Step 5: Paraphrase* the word in the dictionary.
Step 6: Write an example sentence with the word.

Extra-Step (creative): If you want, you can add a picture to your entry. You can draw something or take a picture.

Watch the tutorial if you need help.

* "Paraphrasing" means that you explain the vocabulary in your own words for someone who doesn't know it, e.g. "A sneaker is a shoe that you wear for sports."

Aufgabe:
Erkläre drei Wörter aus dieser Lektion für das "dictionary".

Führe folgende Schritte aus:
Schritt 1: Lies zwei oder drei Einträge im "dictionary" als Beispiel.
Schritt 2: Finde Wörter, die zum Thema gehören, aber noch nicht im "dictionary" stehen.
Schritt 3: Erstelle einen neuen Eintrag für die Kategorie "At home".
Schritt 4: Schreibe das englische Wort und die deutsche Übersetzung in den Titel.
Schritt 5: Erkläre das Wort im "dictionary".
Schritt 6: Schreibe einen Beispielsatz mit dem Wort.

Extra-Schritt (kreativ): Wenn du möchtest, kannst du ein Bild ergänzen. Du kannst etwas zeichnen oder ein Foto machen.

Schau dir das Tutorial an, wenn du Hilfe benötigst.

Seasons and months

Picture	English	German	In context	Notes
	season	(die) Jahreszeit	There are four seasons in a year.	Write something that helps you to learn.
	spring	(der) Frühling	In spring it gets warmer and flowers grow.
	summer	(der) Sommer	In summer it is often hot.
	autumn	(der) Herbst	In autumn the leaves fall from trees.
	winter	(der) Winter	In winter it is cold.

Picture	English	German	In context	Notes
	month	(der) Monat	A year has twelve months.	Write something that helps you to learn.
	January	(der) Januar	In January we celebrate New Year's Day.
	February	(der) Februar	February is the shortest month.
	March	(der) März	In March it gets warmer.
	April	(der) April	In April we celebrate Easter.
	May	(der) Mai	May is the fifth month of the year.
	June	(der) Juni	In June summer begins.
	July	(der) Juli	In July we can go swimming in the sea.
	August	(der) August	In August there are holidays in school.
	September	(der) September	In September autumn begins.
	October	(der) Oktober	Halloween is in October.
	November	(der) November	In November the weather is often cold and wet.
	December	(der) Dezember	We celebrate Christmas in December.

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Listen to the text while you read it. After that read it out loud. If you want to you can record it.

Höre dir den Text an, während du ihn liest. Lese ihn danach laut vor. Wenn du möchtest, kannst du den Text aufnehmen.

1. Christian Holidays 

Slow version: 

Many holidays in Great Britain are from the Christian religion. A very important holiday in Britain is Christmas. British people celebrate Christmas on three days (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day). The next big Christian holiday is Easter. The Friday before Easter Sunday and Easter Monday is called Good Friday. Thanksgiving is also a Christian holiday. Only some people in Great Britain celebrate Thanksgiving. In the USA, Thanksgiving is the most important holiday of the year for many families.

2. Holidays from other Religions 

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Many people who live in Great Britain today are not Christians. There are also many Muslims, Hindus or Jews. Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of the month of Ramadan. Another important Muslim holiday is Eid al-Adha. Many Hindu people from India and Pakistan live in Great Britain. They celebrate the Hindu festivals Diwali and Holi. Jewish people celebrate Chanukka and Yom Kippur.

3. Holidays that are not religious 

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Some holidays are not religious. New Year’s Eve is the last day of the year. New Year's Day is the first day of the new year. In the USA, Halloween is also an important day. It is celebrated in October.

Mark all the names of the holidays that you find in the text.
Note: Some holidays have two words, like Christmas Day. Mark both words.
Markiere die Namen von Feiertagen, die Du im Text findest.
Achtung: Die Namen von einigen Feiertagen bestehen aus zwei Wörtern wie "Christmas Day". Markiere beide Wörter.

Listen to the text while you read it. After that read it out loud. If you want to, you can record it.

Höre dir den Text an, während du ihn liest. Lese ihn danach laut vor. Wenn du möchtest, kannst du den Text aufnehmen.

1. Christian Holidays 

Slow version: 

In Great Britain we call holidays when all the shops and schools close “bank holidays” (because the banks also close). Many people in Great Britain are Christians and many bank holidays are Christian religious holidays. You probably also know them from Germany.

British people celebrate Christmas on three days, Christmas Eve (the evening of December 24th) Christmas Day on December 25th and Boxing Day on December 26th.

The next big holiday is Easter. There are also three bank holidays for Easter: The Friday before Easter is called Good Friday. Then there are Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Many people in Great Britain also celebrate Thanksgiving, but it is not a bank holiday. This is different in the USA. Here, Thanksgiving is the most important holiday of the year for many families.

2. Religious Holidays (Other Religions) 

Slow version: 

Of course, there are also many other religions in Great Britain. Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr at the end of the month of Ramadan. Another important Muslim holiday is Eid al-Adha. Because many people from India and Pakistan live in Great Britain, the Hindu festivals Diwali and Holi are also important. Jewish people celebrate Chanukka and Yom Kippur. But at the moment only the Christian holidays are bank holidays in Great Britain.

3. Non-Religious Holidays 

Slow version: 

There are also some important holidays that are not religious, for example New Year’s Eve on December 31st and New Year on January 1st. In the USA, Halloween is also an important holiday on the 31st of October, and people in Great Britain and Germany also celebrate this day more and more.

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This vocabulary will help you to understand the text.

Diese Worte helfen dir, den Text zu verstehen.

Halloween

English	German	Notes
autumn	Herbst	Write or draw something that helps you to learn.
to celebrate	feiern
to believe	glauben
spirit	Geist
ghost	Gespenst
to invite someone	jemanden einladen
to scare someone off	jemanden abschrecken / verscheuchen
to attend something	an etwas teilnehmen
haunted house	verfluchtes Haus
to carve something	etwas schnitzen
pumpkin lanterns / jack-o'-lanterns	Kürbislaternen
scary	unheimlich
to dress up	hier: sich verkleiden
sweets	Süßigkeiten
popular	beliebt
witch	Hexe
vampire	Vampir
skeleton	Skelett
werewolf, pl. werewolves	Werwolf, Pl. Werwölfe

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Read the text. You can also listen to the audio file.

Lies den Text. Du kannst dir auch die Audioaufnahme anhören.

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Here you can listen to the text: 

Slow version: 

Halloween is a festival in autumn that is celebrated in many countries around the world.

It is celebrated on 31 October every year. It is also known as All Hallows’ Eve or All Saints’ Eve and has a long tradition.

In the old days, people believed that the spirits of the dead walked the earth at Halloween. Ghosts of family members were invited home and bad spirits were scared off.

Today, many adults attend costume parties, go on ghost tours, visit haunted houses or watch horror films at Halloween.

Traditional Halloween activities for kids include wearing costumes, carving pumpkin lanterns (called jack-o’-lanterns), telling scary stories and playing tricks on people.

Children often dress up in costumes and do trick-or-treating, that means they go from house to house and ask for sweets.

Popular Halloween costumes include witches, vampires, skeletons, werewolves and ghosts.

Tick the correct answers. Careful: Sometimes more than one is correct.

Klicke die richtigen Antworten an. Achtung: Manchmal sind mehrere Antworten richtig.

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Write a text about your favourite holiday in the Celebrations-WIKI or send your text to your teacher. If you like, you can also draw a picture. Try to answer the following questions in your text.

Schreibe im Celebrations-WIKI einen Text über dein Lieblingsfest oder sende deinem Lehrer/ deiner Lehrerin den Text als Email . Wenn du möchtest, kannst du auch ein Bild dazu zeichnen. Versuche in deinem Text die folgenden Fragen zu beantworten.

Questions:

• What is the name of the holiday?
• When do you celebrate it?
• Who do you celebrate it with?
• What do you do on that day?
• What do you eat and drink?
• Why do you like it?