Arbeitsblatt: Celebration

ENGLISH – TEST Celebration/ Festivals March 26 1B:. LISTENING Höre zu und beantworte die folgenden Fragen. Es müssen keine ganzen Sätze sein. Du hörst es 2x. Du kannst dir auch mit Bleistift Notizen am Rand des Blattes machen. 1 Where is Jamila from? . 2 What adjective describes birthday parties in her country? . 3 How many birthday cakes are there? . 4 What do people put on birthday cake? . 5 What does Zeena mean? . 6 When are the special birthdays? . 7 What do people bring for the special birthdays? . 8 When are the special birthdays in Japan? . 9 What do children sometimes get on their birthdays? . 10 What do children wear for the special birthdays? . 10 READING Lies den Text durch und lose dann die Aufgaben und Birthdays around the world South America In some countries, girl 15th birthday is very important. It is called the Quince Años. Usually the girl, the quinceañera, and her family go to church and the girl lights her parents candles with her own candle. Then her parents light the candles of their parents, and so on. Argentina Children in Argentina get pull on their ear for their birthday. Traditionally, theres one pull for each year of their life. Brazil In Brazil, children often eat sweets in the shape of fruits and vegetables and the house is decorated with banners and paper flowers. Mexico In Mexican birthday celebrations piñatas are very important. Piñatas are paper shapes with sweets and small toys inside. At birthday parties, children close their eyes and hit the piñata until it breaks. When it breaks, all the presents fall onto the floor and everyone tries to get one. People believe that the child who breaks the piñata has good luck. Hong Kong In Hong Kong and some other Chinese communities, people eat special noodles for lunch on their birthday. The noodles are very long as people think this brings long life. Denmark Danish people put the country flag outside their home to show that someone in the family is having birthday. Before birthday, parents put presents around their childrens beds in the middle of the night. When the children wake up on the morning of their birthday, the presents are the first thing they see. Norway Norwegian children dance in front of their class with friend while the rest of the students sing happy birthday song. They also put flag up outside the school. Aufgabe A: Beantworte die folgenden Fragen (Stichworte): 1 Where do people pull the birthday childs ear? 2 Where do children get toys from paper shape? 3 Where do children eat special noodles? 4 Where do children find presents round their bed? /4 Aufgabe B: Vervollständige nun die Sätze: 1 The .birthday is important for girls in 2 In South America, on girls fifteenth birthday, the family goes to . and the girl lights 3 Children eat and .shaped sweets in Brazil. 4 In Mexico, children the piñata until it . and the sweets fall out. 5 People put up outside their home in 6 Children dance in front of their on their birthday in /6 1. Write 3-4 sentences about tradition from your country. If you write more than 4 or longer sentences you will get more points. . /6-8p