Wednesday's Assignment

So, besides Christmas, which we've looked at over the last couple of days, what else do Canadians celebrate? Imagine being Santa Claus and arriving in a home that doesn't celebrate Christmas:

Why is this picture funny? Identify some of the objects you see in this picture.

Here are your tasks:

1. Role play: Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa
1. Learn the vocabulary, using a good online text-to-speech resource. Can you recommend one?
2. Then do the usual, practising speaking aloud and getting a partner to practise with.
3. Do you think it's ok to mix up various traditions? With your partner, write a 10-line dialogue using the vocabulary you have learnt. Feel free to include a chirbit.
2. Listen and take notes: Hanukkah for Kids.
1. Discuss in groups of 4 or more how historical Hanukkah is.
2. Publish your findings.

1. Jewish celebrates Hanukkah. They play dreidel. They light menorah for eight days. They eat delicious foods, like potato pancakes, doughnuts, bimuelos etc. The foods are deep fried with olive oil. They play dreidel with coins. The dreidel has four sides. Every side has different meaning and colour. Jewish put the coins in the middle of the ground, then spin the dreidel. When it stops, they can earn or loose coins through which side is displayed.  
2. A：Hi, Howard, we will hold a big party on Christmas Eve. Would you like to join us? 
3. B:  For what? Celebrate Christmas?  
4. A:  Certainly. Sheldon and I hope you can take part in. 
5. B:  I'm afraid I can't. You know I'm a Jewish. We have our traditional festival in December named Hanukkah. We light candle on the menorah and eat deep fried food and play dreidel.
6. A:  Don't you want to get present? Santa will send gifts for us on Christmas. And we have decorated a beautiful Christmas tree. There are many your favorite Teddy Bears.                               
7.  B:  I appreciate your guys very much. I'm sorry I can't go. 
8.  A:  Relax, bro. We live in multicultural country. We celebrate diverse festivals. In fact, we observe Christmas as a secular holiday. We also plan to celebrate Kwanzaa with our African classmates.    
9. B: Thank for inviting me. Maybe you think different traditions can mix, but I don't think so. Different traditions keep different nations and nationalities heritage. It's difficult to change. By the way, if I participate your Christmas party, my mother will kill me. Haha.