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Bienvenido
!
En breve llegará su profesor
y comenzará la clase. Le
agradecemos de antemano su
paciencia.

Las clases clásicas tienen un

pequeño grupo de estudiantes. El
enfoque es en gramática,
vocabulario, y corrección de
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Holidays and
Traditions
By the end of this lesson, you will be
• identify
able to: the months of the year.
• talk about major holidays.
• use ordinal numbers.

True Beginner Lesson

Warm Up
Describe the picture and answer the questions. Listen to your
classmates' answers.

What are these people doing?

What is the name of this holiday?

What do you do on this holiday in

your country?

They are
_______________________________________________________.
This is
_________________________________________________________.
Vocabulary Picture Match
Match the pictures and the words. Then, use the words in a
sentence.

decoration
gift people celebrate month cook
s
Vocabulary Fill in the Blank
Complete the sentences with the correct vocabulary words and
answer the question.

At Christmas, we use red, green, and gold

__________________________________.

There are 12 ______________________________________________ in

a year.

I give ___________________________ to my family and friends for

Christmas.

How many _____________________________________ will come to the

party?

We're going to _______________________________ my birthday on

Thursday.
decoration
gifts
What people celebrate months cook for Christmas
do you ____________________________________ s
dinner?
What was the last holiday you celebrated? Tell the class
about it.
Ordering
There are 12 months in a year. Talk about them using the
example sentence.

Example: My birthday is in January.

My birthday is in ________________________ .
Grammar Practice
Talk about ordinal numbers. Look at the chart and answer the
questions.

You can talk about dates or numbers in different ways.

Number Ordinal Word Number Ordinal Word

1 1st first 6 6th sixth
7 7th seventh
2 2nd second
3 3rd third 8 8th eighth
4 4th fourth 9 9th ninth
5 5th fifth 10 10th tenth

Example: Christmas Day is December 25th.

What is today?
When is your favorite holiday?
What day is your birthday?
Pronunciation Practice
Listen to your teacher say the words. Practice saying them.
Listen to the difference between the “-t” sound and the “-d”
sound at the end of a word.
“-t” “-d”

bat bad

hat had

ant and

bet bed

cart card
Idiom
Talk to your teacher and classmates about this idiom and
answer the question.

a get-together = an informal meeting or party

Example: We're having a get-together on the 4th of July. Do

you want to come?
When is the next time you will go to a get-together?
Discussion
Read about the major U.S. holidays and answer the questions.

Christmas, New Year's Eve, and Thanksgiving are popular

holidays in the USA. People eat special food on these days
and sometimes give gifts to each other.
Do you celebrate these holidays?
What is the most popular holiday in
your country?
What is your favorite holiday? Why?

I do/don't celebrate these holidays because ____________________

The most popular holiday in my country is ______________________
My favorite holiday is __________________ because _______________
Discussion
Look at the picture and answer the questions with your
classmates.

What holiday is this?

When is this holiday?

How do you celebrate this

holiday?

This is
_________________________________________________________.
It is
___________________________________________________________.
Dialogue
Read the lines with a classmate. Take turns.

Ed: Are you going on vacation?

Alicia: Yes, I'm going to New York City for Valentine's Day.

Ed: When is Valentine's Day?

Alicia: It's on February 14th.

Ed: How will you celebrate Valentine's Day?

Alicia: I will go out to dinner and see a movie with my

boyfriend.
Dialogue Fill in the Blank
Read the lines with a classmate and fill in the blanks with your
own ideas. Take turns.

Ed: Are you going on vacation?

Alicia: Yes, I'm going to _______________________ for

___________________.
Ed: When is
_____________________________________________________?
Alicia: It's on
_____________________________________________________.
Ed: How will you celebrate
__________________________________________?
Alicia: I will
______________________________________________________.
Role Play
Take a role and act it out with your classmates. Take turns.

Student A

• Your friend is going on vacation for a

holiday.
• Ask the date of the holiday.
• Ask how they will celebrate the
holiday.
Student B

• You are going on vacation for a

holiday!
• Tell your friend the date of the
holiday.
• Tell your friend how you will
celebrate the holiday.
Group Role Play
Read the situation and work together to complete the task.

Talk about how you celebrate each

holiday in your country. What
decorations do you use? What do
you eat? When is this holiday?

1. Christmas
2. Easter
3. Independence Day
Wrap Up
Talk with your class and answer the questions.

Name three holidays.

When are these holidays?

• Ex. Valentine’s day is on February 14th. (fourteenth)

Make a sentence with an ordinal number.