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**LEARNING OBJECTIVES** CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN  || **POSSIBLE TEACHING ACTIVITIES** || **LEARNING OUTCOMES**  CHILDREN   || **POINTS TO NOTE** || • to listen attentively and understand more complex phrases and sentences (O5.3) • to look at further aspects of their everyday lives from the perspective of someone from another country (IU5.1) || • Revise the months of the year (see Unit 3, Section 2 for ideas). • Play a game to remind children how to say the date. Prepare two identical sets of individual cards showing a number to 31, a day of the week and a month. Divide the class into two teams and give each team a set of cards to distribute among themselves. Call out a date, eg //miércoles, dos de enero//. The teams rush to make a human sentence showing that date. The first team to show the correct cards in the right order wins a point. Some children may prefer to work in pairs for this game, with three or four cards between them. • Discuss celebrations and the importance of festive food. Encourage children to share personal experiences of celebrations and special food that is eaten on these occasions. • Display the date //el cinco de noviembre// and ask children which celebration falls on this day. Discuss briefly how Bonfire Night is celebrated. Tell children about, and show them pictures of, a Spanish fiesta celebration, eg //San Fermín//. Compare similarities and differences between these two festivals. • In pairs, children write down the dates for at least two other celebrations, using a prompt sheet for the months. Volunteers read out their dates and the class guess the celebration. • Play a calendar game. Display a calendar on the interactive whiteboard, showing the months of the year. Next to each month, place a picture of a known item of food but conceal it by using shapes or the pen tool. Say a phrase, eg //En febrero, comí// … (but omit the name of the food), and invite children to draw what they think you have eaten (on a mini-whiteboard). They should only draw items of food that they know how to say in Spanish. Children hold up their boards. Invite a number of children to say, in Spanish, what their guesses are, eg //¿Un bocadillo? ¿Un pastel?// Reveal the picture for the corresponding month on the board and complete the phrase, eg //En febrero, comí un pastel.// • Extension: Children listen to the Spanish national anthem, //el Himno// //Nacional de España// (or eg the Argentinian //Himno Nacional Argentino// ), and compare it with the English one. || • talk about traditions that affect people’s lives and compare the similarities and differences • use word cards or word lists to create phrases and sentences || • Follow-up: Throughout the week, play the date game and practise saying the date every day. • //San Fermín// is a seven-day festival held in Pamplona in July. The famous bull run (//el encierro//) takes place at 7am each day. Bulls are let loose to run down //la Calle Soltelo// to the bullring (//la plaza de toros//). ’Brave’ onlookers lead or join in the run. There are traditional events: //la romería// (procession//), los fuegos artificiales// (fireworks) and singing and dancing. • Develop children’s understanding of //San Fermín// by showing them video clips or photographs. • An alternative Spanish fiesta might be //Carnaval// in February, //Las fallas de Valencia// (19 March) or //El día de la Hispanidad// (12 October). • You may prefer to choose alternative celebrations if you are focusing on another Spanish-speaking country. • You can find //el Himno nacional de España// on the internet. It is of note because it has no official lyrics, only music. Argentina’s //Himno Nacional Argentino// does have lyrics. • Follow-up: Talk about other foods associated with celebrations. Compare a Spanish Christmas meal with one that children might eat here. Talk about tapas. Compare food traditions at Easter. ||
 * Section 4. Celebrations** ||
 * Section 4. Celebrations** ||