Starting point

Hi everyone!

The creation of this blog is part of the subject CAM, being now performed at the Masters in Secondary Teaching... It intends to be a platform for my "hypothetical" students in 4th of ESO. They must work through this blogquest, where they will find everyday the stages of a whole activity that I'm making up for them. Anyway, everybody is welcome!

The activity will consist on Seven Tasks about the USA Holidays, and they will include: commenting pictures, doing a research of information through the Internet, creating a conceptual map of the Holidays, writing about the holiday they choose to develop in a deeper way, watching and listening to a song, taking a quiz and sending Word documents Via email.

Our purpose is to develop in our students the following competences:

§ Linguistic Competence

§ Digital Competence

§ Cultural and Artistic Competence

§ Social and Civic Competence

First task ;)

Look at the pictures... Can you relate them to something? Share your opinions with your partner and write them in your notebook. This will work as a guide for the second task of the blog: creatingyour concepual map/calendar of the USA holidays!

Second Task ;)

Starting the CONCEPTUAL MAP/CALENDAR!
In your groups, do a research on the USA holidays using the Internet. You must build up a conceptual map and send it to me by e-mail once it is ready.
Here you have some useful websites and one where you can create your conceptual map:

To seek for general information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States

To see a calendar:

http://www.madmanmike.com/us_holidays_dates.html

To create your own conceptual map:

https://bubbl.us/

Third Task ;)

Congratulations!
You have created your own conceptual map/calendar of the USA holidays and I have received it in my inbox!
Stay with your groups, revise your calendar and choose the holiday you enjoy the most. Post a comment below saying which one you choose and specyfing the names of the members of the group. Here is an example:

Group Nº3-------->Pepita, Michael, David and Fernando.

We have chosen Halloween!

Fourth Task ;)

Have a look at the youtube bar and watch the second video (Miley Cirus song, It's a party in the USA). I'm adding now the lyrics so all you have to do is enjoy it, maybe sing it and have a relaxing time!

I hopped off the plane at LAX
with a dream and my cardigan
welcome to the land of fame excess, (woah)
am I gonna fit in?

Jumped in the cab,
Here I am for the first time
Look to my right and I see the Hollywood sign
This is all so crazy
Everybody seems so famous

My tummys turnin and I'm feelin kinda home sick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous,
That's when the taxi man turned on the radio
and a Jay Z song was on
and the Jay Z song was on
and the Jay Z song was on

CHORUS:
So I put my hands up
They're playing my song,
And the butterflys fly away
Noddin' my head like yeah
Moving my hips like yeah,
And I got my hands up,
They're playin my song
I know I'm gonna be ok
Yeah, It's a party in the USA
Yeah, It's a party in the USA

Get to the club in my taxi cab
Everybody's lookin at me now
Like "who's that chick, thats rockin' kicks?
She gotta be from out of town"

So hard with my girls not around me
Its definitely not a Nashville party
Cause' all I see are stilletos
I guess I never got the memo

My tummys turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda home sick
Too much pressure and I'm nervous
That's when the D.J. dropped my favorite tune
and a Britney song was on
and the Britney song was on
and the Britney song was on

CHORUS

Feel like hoppin' on a flight (on a flight)
Back to my hometown tonight (town tonight)
Something stops me everytime (everytime)
The DJ plays my song and I feel alright!

CHORUS

Fifth Task ;)

Ckecking Knowledge Part I:

Here you have a Conceptual Map where you can check your knowledge about the USA Holidays. Copy the image in a Word Document and try to complete it with the names and the months of the Holidays you found during the Second Task.

Then send it to me via Email!

Sixth Task ;)

Checking Knowledge Part II

Take this quiz and guess how much you know about the USA Holidays!

Have fun!

Test

USA Holidays

How much do you know now about the USA Holidays?

When do Americans celebrate Halloween? . On the 1st of January . On the 5th of August . On October the 31st . Never What people do in Saint Valentine's Day? . They go to the river and have a swim . They show their love for their husbands, wives, boy and girlfriends . They stay at home watching romantic movies . Nothing special What is the color that represents Saint Patrick's Day? . Green . Blue . Red . Pink During Thanksgiving Day... . People don't go to work . People make delicious dishes and share it with family and friends . Nobody can eat or drink . People give books as presents

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