European Day of Languages
European Day of Languages
Objectives:
to encourage students to learn new languages and
improve their skills in English learning; to motivate students’ speaking skills
based on learnt material; to systematize students’ knowledge about Europe,
European countries and European
languages; to widen students’ knowledge about European languages.
Materials:
Questionnaire, Power Point presentations, Video “Guess the language they speak”, hand-out material for team work.
PROCEDURE:
I.INTRODUCTION.
1.1 T: Today we are celebarating the European day of
Languages I am sure you are wondering what the European Day of Languages is and
when it is marked.
The European
Day of Languages is held on the 26th of September every year.
The European
Day of Languages is a celebration of the amazing number and variety of
languages spoken across Europe. Schools and organisations mark the event every
year with a European languages day to promote language learning and to
celebrate the linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe.
1.2.To add to
the celebrations of ‘European Day of Languages’ why not greet each other in
another European language. Below is a
list of some possible “Hello” greetings in different languages.
Gracias / Merci ( pupils greet each other )
How did the
European Day of Languages start?
The Council of
Europe and the European Union jointly organised the European Year of Languages
in 2001. Millions of people from 45 countries participated in activities to
promote language learning and the preservation of cultural diversity.
The European
Year of Languages was so successful that the Council of Europe declared that
the European Day of Languages should be celebrated every year from then on.
1.3 Students are performing songs in different
languagues from the Eurovision contest for others to guess what language it is
sung in.
T: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his
head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart”
Nelson
Mandela
T: Why is it important to learn foreign languages today?
Pupils' ideas
II. MAIN PART OF THE LESSON
2.1. T: The
European Languages quiz
Now do you want to know how much you are aware of
Languages? Let us do the European languages quiz
Power point presentation (the teacher gives comments
on new unknown pieces of information)
2.2 T: Certainly with the help of this quiz you’ve enriched your knowledge about
languages, their origin, the different branches of the Indo-European family,
the first form of written language, about sign languages and now it is time to
read some more interesting and fun facts about languages. Be ready to add
something new you’ve learnt from
reading. (hand-out material on reading task)
Pupils share the information with each other in open
class that surprised or impressed them most and give answers to the teacher’s questions.
2.3T: How
many languages are spoken in Europe?
Pupils give answers
naming all European languages
The European Union has 24 official languages. These
are Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish,
French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese,
Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish
What is the
newest European language?
The language which has most recently become an
official language of the European Union is Croatian, which took the total
official EU languages up to 24 in 2013.
However, there are many, many more languages spoken in
Europe that aren't official languages of the EU, such as Luxembourgish.
What about the
Ukrainian language? Actually? It is considered the European one but not
the official. We strongly believe that one day Ukraine will become a member of
the European Union and the Ukrainian language will be acknowledged as the
official language of the European Union and will be used on an equal basis in
all European institutions.
The melodic and singing Ukrainian language, its poetry
enchants everyone with its beauty. Nowadays, when Ukraine is fighting for its
independence and sovereinty, it is becoming even more popular in the whole world. It is so charming that it is translated into
many languages of the world.
Listen how the «Testament” by Great Kobzar sounds in
different languages
T: Як умру то
поховайте мене на могилі серед степу широкого
на вкраїні милій
Pupils continue to declare the lines of the poem in
foreign languages and students guess
the language.
3. Team work
Pupils are
split into three teams Each team is given a set of hand-out material on doing
the tasks and showing their general knowledge about Europe in History, Science,
Maths, Geography and Languages. The teacher gives a time limit (10 minutes).
The winner is a team who has got the most correct points
III .LESSON SUMMARY.
“So many languages you know, So many man you are”
It's estimated
that there are over 225 languages spoken altogether in Europe. That leaves you
an awful lot to choose from when it comes to picking what language ie next to learn.
It is vital not only to know your own native language
but also the other languages, the
languages of other peoples. The more we know, the more educated we become When you learn a foreign language, you then
find out something new about its people and
culture and, as a result, you further develop. So, don’t put limits to your
self-developing, don’t close new opportunities, learn new languages, make new
friends, speak fluently with them and be open to new experiences in your life.
Happy Languages Learning!
Fun Facts about European Languages
There are more than 225 languages spoken in Europe,
representing around 3% of the world’s total languages.
If you only count native speakers, Russian is the most
spoken language in Europe. However, English comes out on top if you include
second-language speakers.
Languages are sometimes related to each other if they
come from similar roots. These are known as ‘language families’. The three main
language families in Europe are Germanic, Romance and Slavic.
Most European languages use the Latin alphabet, and
some Slavic languages use the Cyrillic alphabet. Armenian, Georgian, Greek and
Yiddish have their own alphabet.
London is the most linguistically diverse city in the
world, as over 250 languages are spoken there.
Interesting Facts about the European Day of
Languages
The European Day of Languages is celebrated annually
on the 26th of September.
The very first European Day of Languages was held in
2001.
It was started by the European Commission and Council
of Europe.
The European Union has 24 official languages.
There are events and celebrations taking place all
over Europe on the day.
There are even high profile conferences about
languages and how people around the continent can be encouraged to learn new
ones.
From my experience in the summer camp "WOW"
Role – plays on the topic “Drama”
12. “Freeze the scene”. The pair makes a scene. One of the players says “Freeze”. The actors freeze. The person who has said that word, substitutes for one of the actors, repeats his last word and goes on acting. He may change roles and ideas of the scenes.
Role-plays, games, songs, a quiz, riddles
( during celebrating “Independence Day” outside in a summer camp)
1. “A Picnic Game”. Say what thing you would like to take for a picnic, the thing must begin with a letter your name begins. If there are too many children, you can form 3-4 circles of 15 in each.
34. Riddles.
A Quiz
Role-plays, games, songs, a quiz, riddles
( during celebrating “Independence Day” outside in a summer camp)
1. “A Picnic Game”. Say what thing you would like to take for a picnic, the thing must begin with a letter your name begins. If there are too many children, you can form 3-4 circles of 15 in each.
2. Game “Simon says”. Simon can trick you. Simon gives you an order to do one thing but he does another one. If you are mistaken, you go out. The last player is Simon (a winner). There can be 6 players.
3. Game “Freeze” (statues) The idea is to reach the other side first, if the leader turns around, you freeze into statues. The leader should count till five. Any player caught moving must go back to the starting line. The winner becomes a leader (7 pupils, 1 leader). This game can be played 2 -3 times.
4. A song “Row, row, row the boat…”. All players join their hands and make a circle singing this song. While sitting down, they shouldn’t break the circle.
5. A Quiz : -Who was the first man in space?
-Who was the first man the stepped on the Moon?
-What is the longest river in the world? (the Nile)
-Who was the first president of America? (G.Washington)
6. A riddle. Can an elephant jump higher than a house? ( No, because houses can’t jump).
7. A game. Throw a ball up into the air and try to say as many words in English as you can. The winner is a person who said the most words. You can make this game more complicated. Children can say words related to some topics, for example “Fruit and vegetables”, “Colours”, Countries”, “School Subjects”, “Hobbies” and so on.
8. A game. There are 2 teams, 5 players in each. One player from each team sits and 4 players, who are blindfolded, must come up to the player and try to put a cap (a jacket, shoes, socks) on him.
9. A Game “The best actress”. A person who can say emotionally 10 times without laughing “Oh, my God. I am so beautiful” is a winner.
10. A quiz. - Who was the youngest president of the USA? (Roosevelt)
-Have the Olympic games ever been held in the same city more than once? Yes, in London 1908,1948)
-What is the highest mountain in the world? (Everest)
11. Riddles 1. When is the cook bad? (when he beats an egg or when he cuts off the hen’s head)
2. There are 6 of us in every family but only four in a town? What are we? (letters)
A song “Seven Days a week”
12. A Game “Picasso”. There are 5 players in each team. Each person runs out and draws something for the team to guess. The team that guesses the most of pictures is the winner.
13. A game “Musical chairs”. There are 7 players but 6 chairs. When music starts, the players march around the chairs. When it stops, they try to sit down on the them. One player will be left standing. This player is out of the game and takes away one chair. The last player who sits on the chair is a winner.
14. A Game “London Bridge”. 10 players plus two. Two players form the bridge.. Each bridge player picks a symbol. They join their hands and hold them up as high as they can. Everyone goes under the bridge and says “London Bridge is falling down… My fair lady .. On these words “ My fair lady, the bridge drops and locks a player, swinging the fair lady ‘back and forth’ as they say “”Take the keys and lock her up.. The captured player gives the symbol and stands behind the bridge….
15. A quiz: - Did William Shakespeare ever live in London? (yes)
-Do all birds lay eggs? (yes)
-What is the longest river in Russia? (The Lena)
-What is the biggest ocean? (The Pacific ocean)
16. Riddles. 1. What has no head, no arms, no legs but still has a tongue? ( a shoe)
2. How can you divide 6 apples among seven hungry people?( to make juice or jam)
A song “I will do my homework tomorrow”
17.A game “Dog and bone. A player, who is a dog, is in the middle. His eyes are closed. The rest try to take away Dog’s bone. A player who steals, must get to his place without dog hearing him. If Dog hears, he barks. The player then goes back to his place without the bone. When a player is successful, all the players put their hands behind their backs. Dog is told to open his eyes and guess who has the bone. He has got 3 chances to guess. If he guesses, the player becomes Dog. If he fails, he is out of the game. The leader picks another player to be Dog.
18.A Chasing game “Duck, Duck, Goose”. There are 10 or more players. Goose walks around the circle (outside) touching each player on the head and says “Duck”. But when it says “goose”, the fun begins. That player jumps up and chases Goose around the circle. If Goose reaches the player’s place before being tagged, the player becomes the Goose. But if it is tagged, it is Goose again.
19. A Game “Rock. Scissors. Paper” is played with three simple hand-signs: a fist for a rock, two fingers for scissors and an open hand for paper. Hide the hands and count aloud to three. They make a sign and show it. ( 3 pairs, for some points (5 times) count the score)
20. A quiz - What is the largest continent? (Asia)
-What is the smallest country in the world? (the Vatican city)
-What is the largest animal in the world? (the blue whale, its tongue is bigger than an elephant)
21. Riddles. 1.Why can’t it rain for two days without stopping? (because there is always a night between)
2.What gets larger as more of it is taken away? (a hole)
A song “I’ve got”
22. A Game “Pussy wants a corner”. There are 5 players. The player (Pussy) goes from a player to a player asking for a corner. He is always told to see a neighbour. While this is going on, the corner players try to call each other and exchange the places before Pussy can reach. Who has no corner, becomes Pussy. Pussy can also stand in the middle and order “Everybody, change” .
23. A Game “Jack and Jill”. There are 10 or more players. They join hands. Two of them Jack and Jill are in a circle.
Jack is blindfolded and tries to tag Jill “Where are you, Jill?” Jill must answer and keeps ducking to keep from being tagged. When Jack does tag, he takes off blindfold and joins the circle, Jill picks another Jack from the circle. This time she is blindfolded and tries to tag Jack. It starts all over again. Who isn’t tagged for a long time has got a prize.
24.A Game “Who is the Leader?” One player goes out, 12-15 players form a circle, choose a leader and do the same movements that the leader does.The leader changes the movements unnoticeably. The player must guess who the leader is.
25. A Quiz -Which is more intelligent a dolphin or a penguin (a dolphin)
-What is the biggest city in the world? (Tokyo)
-Which is the heaviest metal? (lead)
26. Riddles 1. Who speaks Russian, English, German and other languages (an echo)
2. There are 5 candles burning. 2 of them are blown out. How many candles are there? (2, because 3 were burnt to an end)
A Song.
27. A Game “Oh, my dear, I love you so much. Please smile to me.”
- A Player, who is in the middle of the circle, saying these words does everything to make other players laugh. “I love you too, but I can’t smile”. Who smiles, goes to the middle.
28.A game “Copy the dance”.
29. A Quiz –Which is farther from the Sun Jupiter or Saturn? (Saturn)
-Which is faster a cheetah or an ostrich? (a cheetah)
30. Riddles. Parents decided to put one gold coin every year into a box on their daughter’s birthday. Years passed. When they looked into the box they found 5 gold coins. How old was their daughter? (20, she was born in a leap year)
A song.
31.A game. Throw a ball up and collect things.
32. A Game “Show up.”5 players show the word without saying, 2 are apart and guess. The team which guesses the most of the words is a winner.
33. A game “Observation”. Players gather around and try to remember the things which are on the tray. Remove the cloth. Give them 1 minute to look, replace the cloth. Let them take a pen and paper and write all the things.
34. Riddles.
1.Imagine you are a driver. You are driving a bus. At a bus-station 2 people get on the bus. At the next bus-stop 5 people get, the 3 go off the bus. At the 3-rd Bus-stop 8 people got onto, but 2 go out. How old is a driver? (The same age as you, because you are a driver).
2.Peter and 7 friends have gone to the pub for lunch. However, there it’s very expensive. Peter has got little money. The barman says: Cut this cake into pieces and I will give you it free. But you can only make 3 cuts. Peter took a knife, cut 3 times, the barman gave him the cake. How did he do it?
A Quiz
1. What is the longest river in the world? (the Nile)
2. What is the longest river in Russia? (The Lena)
3. What is the biggest ocean? (The Pacific ocean)
4. What is the largest continent? (Asia)
5. What is the smallest country in the world? (the Vatican city)
6. What is the largest animal in the world? (the blue whale, its tongue is bigger than an elephant)
7. What is the biggest city in the world? (Tokyo)
8. Which is the heaviest metal? (lead)
9. Who was the first president of America? (G.Washington)
10. Who was the youngest president of the USA? (Roosevelt)
11.What is the highest mountain in the world? (Everest)
Music day
Compere 1 Dear girls and guys. Have you got any idea what band performs this song ? (The Beatles) Where did they come from? (Liverpool, Britain)
Actually, pop music was born there, in Britain. British music has spread all over the world. Singers and musicians are the new idols of thousands of young people, who try to copy them in the way they dress, walk, cut their hair and even in the way they sing. The names pop, rock, punk, and acid rock music are well-known to everybody and they are of the English origin. Among the most popular English pop and rock stars are the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Genesis, the Police, the Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Boy George, Phil Collins, Freddy Mercury and many others. Can you add some more famous names?
Compere 2 Dear friends, you can enjoy listening to different styles of music during each break.
It’s Halloween
Compere 1 Dear girls and guys. Have you got any idea what band performs this song ? (The Beatles) Where did they come from? (Liverpool, Britain)
Actually, pop music was born there, in Britain. British music has spread all over the world. Singers and musicians are the new idols of thousands of young people, who try to copy them in the way they dress, walk, cut their hair and even in the way they sing. The names pop, rock, punk, and acid rock music are well-known to everybody and they are of the English origin. Among the most popular English pop and rock stars are the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Genesis, the Police, the Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Boy George, Phil Collins, Freddy Mercury and many others. Can you add some more famous names?
It’s Halloween
The moon is full and bright.
And we shall see what can’t be seen
On any other night!
Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls
Grinning goblins fighting duels
Werewolves rising from their tombs,
Witches on their magic brooms.
In masks and gouns we haunt the street
And knock on doors for trick or treat.
Tonight we are the king and queen,
For oh tonight it’s Halloween!
(The party begins with the witch’s dancing).
Presenter.
Good evening, dear guests.
Welcome to our party! Today we are having a special holiday for the dead – does
that seem strange? Perhaps not. There are so many holidays for the living, why
not set aside a day to remember those who have died? In Europe
the night of the ghosts and witches was combined with the Christian holiday. As
that night fell on October 31, people called it Halloween. This means “hallowed
evening” or “holy eve”.
On Halloween, people often
go to the parties at which fortunes are read and ghosts stories are told.
Children may dress up in the costumes and masks of witches, goblins or
skeletons and go trick –or- treating. They ring doorbells and ask for candy,
apples, or coins.
If they don’t receive a
treat, they may play a trick.
At night on October 31
witches fly on their broomsticks, skeletons rattle their bones, ghosts frighten
people, Jack – O’ – Lanterns walk around houses, black Halloween cats play
tricks with us.
Ghosts and witches and Jack
– O’ – Lanterns are all part of a holiday thousands of years old.
On Halloween, many boys and
girls dress up in deferent costumes and pretend to be goblins, monsters,
skeletons, witches or ghosts. Long ago people really believed in ghosts. They
thought the dead came back to their homes once a year and walked around all
night.
(Behind the speaker in the
back of the stage there appears a “ghost”, listening to what he says, moves
quietly and disappears.)
Ghosts can be seen, but not
heard. They never leave shadows or footprints. They can walk through closed
doors, even walls. They love to live in empty houses.
Look, how many strange
guests have come to our party. Let’s greet them and listen to their stories.
(Children dressed up in
different costumes appear on the stage and tell who they are (ghosts, witches,
black cats etc.) and what they do).
Thank you for your stories,
take your seats and feel yourselves at home.
Some words about witches.
They are magic women. Some witches are young but most of them are old and ugly.
It was believed they held big meetings every season. One meeting came on
October 31. Halloween became the witches night. They had a wonderful time
there. They danced in a ring, two together, back to back and wished people bad
luck, storm and sickness. They flew to their meetings on broomsticks. But it
was not always like this. Watch the play about how it all began.
Gertrude And Her Broom
(a play by M. M. Fear and P. F. Rice)
Simple staging, costumes
and properties .
Rocking chair, large book,
brooms.
Cast:
Gertrude witch 1
Scratch witch 2
Narrator witch 3
(Scene 1 begins with
Gertrude rocking in her chair, center stage. Scratch sits at her feet. Narrator
sits on the stage, down right)
Narrator – We all know about witches and
their cats. Every Halloween they fly on their broomsticks, scaring anyone they
meet. Many years ago things were different, Witches walked whenever they went.
Gertrude – Dear me, Scratch. Halloween isn’t
any fun any more. Everyone will be going out tonight except us, because we’re
too old to walk the long distance through the forest to town. How I wish we
could go to witches’ picnic in the forest clearing.
Scratch – Oh, stop complaining! My feet
hurt just thinking about it. And they’d hurt as much as yours if we had to walk
very far.
Narrator – As Gertrude rocks in her chair,
it begins to make some very strange sounds.
(Cast members imitate
rocking – chair sounds. For example, “creakity – creak, creakity – creak” ,
words fade out softly).
Scratch – I think your chair is saying
something, Gertrude. Probably it’s telling you, “Lose some weight before I fall
apart”.
Gertrude – Oh, hush, Scratch! It’s giving me
an idea! I’ll use magic on this chair to make it take us to the picnic tonight.
Come on help me find my mother’s magic book.
(Gertrude and Scratch sing a song as they search for the book)
Song: Where did I, where
did I leave that book?
In a corner or in a nook?
Where, – oh where, is that
book? Help me, Scratch!
Let us go look!
Narrator – After hunting for a long time,
Gertrude and Scratch find the magic book and began to turn the pages, looking
for a spell that will make Gertrude’s chair fly.
Scratch – This looks like a good spell,
Gertrude! What do we need to make it work? Some damp moss, one owl’s feather,
one small pinecone, and six grains of sand. Well, I can see I’m not going to
get much sleep tonight!
(Scratch sings second song.
The lights dim for seconds as Scratch finishes singing, indicating the dark
forest of the next scene. During the lights – down period, place two chairs
stage center. Gertrude and Scratch enter)
Song: Out in the forest
late at night,
Looking, looking, looking, looking
We must search with all our might
Through the lonely night.
Looking here, looking
there,
Searching with all our might,
Looking here, looking there,
Stepping softly left and right.
Scratch – This is the last time I’m looking
for any owl’s feather. That owl in the last nest sure knew how to fight!
Gertrude – Don’t complain. I walked forever
trying to find the sand. I finally found some along the stream at the edge of
the forests. On the way back I managed to get the moss and one pinecone. Ooooh!
I’m glad I brought my broom. It makes a good walking stick and a good chair.
(Gertrude puts broom down
across two chairs. Both sit on it. Gertrude places ingredients on the broom)
Scratch – Let’s see if I can remember the
magic words for the spell. “Magic spell in deepest night send us off into
flight” Oh! No! I shouldn’t have said them here and out loud. All the
ingredients were touching the broom and not your chair, Gertrude. The broom,
the broom – it’s moving!
(Gertrude and Scratch move
so the broom is between their legs and walk off stage as though the broom were
flying. Lights dim during narration. When lights come up again, on scene three
other witches and their cats are sitting in a circle in the forest clearing)
Narrator – Gertrude and Scratch were soon
off the ground because the magic words and the ingredients did make the broom
fly. After the surprise of their take off they began to enjoy the ride and
pointed the flying broom toward where the witches’ picnic was to be held.
Witch One – (pointing off stage, left) Hey!
What’s that in the sky coming in this direction?
Witch Two – It looks like Gertrude. I haven’t
seen her for years. But, but, she’s flying!
Witch Tree – Hello, Gertrude! Did you put a
spell on your broom?
Witch Two – How did you do it?
Gertrude – Hello, everybody! This is my new
way of traveling! It’s lots more fun than walking. Why don’t you all try it?
Narrator – This sounded like a good idea to
the other witches. They scurried off to get their brooms from their cottages.
Scratch – Now look what you’ve started.
It’ll take us forever to teach some of them to fly!
(The witches and their cats
come hurrying back on stage, each carrying a broom and eager to begin flying
lessons.)
The End.
Presenter:
Well, now we know why
witches fly on their brooms, and what about Jack – O’ – Lantern? Look, here it
is. Jack – O’ – Lantern got its name from a fellow named Jack, who, according
to an old Irish legend was so mean, that he was not allowed into heaven. But
poor Jack played tricks on the devil, so he was not allowed into the hall
either. Instead, he is destined to wander around forever with his lantern,
waiting for Judgment Day.
(Jack – O’ – Lantern appears)
Jack – O’ – Lantern – Hi everybody. My name is Jack,
you know. I’ve been wandering around the earth for hundreds of years. I am so
tired. People don’t like me, but I want to talk to them. I am so glad to have
come to your party. I know so many interesting stories and won’t go until I
tell you one of them. Listen. (Tells the story and comes closer to the
spectators)
Once upon a time there
lived an old woman. She sat by the fire and she spun waiting for someone to
come. But no one came. Soon there was a knock at the door and the door opened
and in came two big shoes, two long thin legs, some wide, wide shoulders, some
long thin arms, two fat hands and in rolled a pumpkin head.
She looked at the someone
and said:
- Why do you have such big, big shoes?
- Much walking, much walking, - said the
someone.
- Why do you have such long thin legs?
- Much running, much running.
- Why do you have such wide shoulders?
- Much carrying, much
carrying.
- Why do you have such fat, fat hands?
- Much working, much working.
- Why are you here? What is it you want?
- I came to get……….YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Jack – O’ – Lantern screams, scares children and goes away.)
Presenter:
Isn’t it fun to scare
somebody at the Halloween Party. Most of us like being scared in that way. The
best time to tell these stories is at night. The best way is to speak softly
and slowly.
Well, one more guest is
coming to us.
Old Lady Witch:
Oh – ho, I am so tired, my
poor legs. They hurt me and want to rest. Oh, can’t believe my eyes! So many
people! Recognize me? I am Old Lady Witch. Well, it is a good opportunity to
tell everybody that I am not so ugly as they think. I have a big, soft and a
warm heart. Don’t be afraid of me. I’ll tell you, girls, how to see your future
husbands on Halloween.
Go alone into a dark room
where there is a looking glass. Eat an apple before it and at the last mouthful
the face of your future husband will be seen peeping over your shoulder.
If you peel an apple and
throw the parings over the left shoulder look at what form the peel has taken.
It may be the initials of the man you are to marry.
On Halloween, run around
the square with your mouth full of pins and needles. Come home and look in the
glass, and you will see your future husbands, if you are to be married, but if
not you will see a coffin.
If you drop two needles
into a bowl of water, you can tell by the way they move in the water whether
you and your lover will come together
Well, that is not enough
for today. I have a surprise for you. Look, there’s a real fortune – teller,
Speaking Head. (Points to a big colored box with a pumpkin on it, which
immediately lights up). If you say magic words “Zafara – Chufara – Pooh”, it
will tell you the fortunes. Who is not scared come here.
(Children in turn come to
Speaking Head, which tells fortunes.)
OK, I see you like it, but
I have to go. Good – bye everybody, enjoy your Halloween and have a good
fright.
(Goes away.)
Presenter – Well, well, well the time for fun
has come. We have a lot here to enjoy. Girls, here are apple seed. Stick them
on your cheeks. Each seed should stand for a sweetheart, and as the seeds fall
off you will know which sweetheart to get rid of. Soon only one is left. This
is your true lover.
You see here 3 bowls. It is
another old test. One is filled with clean water, one with dirty water, and one
is empty. The bowl of clean water stands for much money. The dirty water stands
for little money. The empty bowl – for no money at all. Each player must be
blindfolded. He turns around 3 times then dips his hand into one of the bowls.
Apples were once thought to
be a link between men and the Gods and were often used to tell the future. By
putting an apple under your pillow you could dream a wish and eat the apple in
the morning. Later people began to use apple in games.
Let’s play the game
“Bobbing for apples”. Apples are in a bowl of water. Let someone try to catch
an apple with his teeth.
“Put the nose on the
pumpkin”. Blindfolded player should put the nose on the picture of a pumpkin.
“Get off my hat”. (Draw a
big black hat beforehand)
Put the hat on the floor.
Players shut their eyes and walk back and forth across the hat when music
starts. Whoever peeks is out of the game. Any player on the hat when music
stops is out of the game. The last player left wins.
“Find the pumpkin”.
Draw white, yellow and
orange pumpkins with funny faces. On the black of the white pumpkins write
number 1, on the black of the yellow – 5, orange – 10. Let children find as
many pumpkins as they can before “stop”. Sum up the numbers. The person with
the most points wins.
Now I suggest that you
should guess my riddles.
She always flies on her
magic broom,
She always flies around the moon
With a black hat on her head
And what do you think, who is that?
(a witch)
It means bad luck, don’t
look at it
If it crosses your path
And what do you think we call it?
(a black cat)
In masks and gouns we haunt
the street
And knock on doors for trick or treat
Tonight we are the king and queen
For all tonight is ………..
(Halloween)
Sometimes big and sometimes
small
But always round and yellow
When the children make my famous grin
Then I’m a scary fellow
(Jack – O’ – Lantern)
I am a big and round
Once upon a time I grew on the ground
Now I have a mouth, 2 eyes and a nose
Who am I do you suppose?
(pumpkin)
I see a friendly shining
moon
As big and round as a balloon
Soon I will go out on the street
With my friend for our ………….
(trick – or – treat)
Treat.
By Jack Prelutsky
Trick or treat, trick or
treat,
Give us something good to eat.
Give us candy, give us cake,
Give us something sweet to take.
Give us cookies, fruits and gum,
Hurry up and give us some.
You had better do it quick
Or we’ll surely play a trick.
Trick or treat, trick or treat
Give us something good to eat.
Presenter.
Do you guess what is going
on?
Trick – or – treaters have
come to our party either to get treats from you or play tricks on you. It’s
better to accept their mischief in good humor. If you have a coin, or a sweet,
or anything else better give it to them, otherwise…..
(Trick – or – treating)
Well, I am very glad to see
your happy faces. Bur our party has come to the end. Now we are going to award
you for hand – made articles and the costumes you have prepared.
Just before we leave we
would like to give you our souvenirs in memory of our party.
The End.
Look in my heart and see.
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW CANADA?
(TESTS AND QUIZES)
LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
I want to be near you all
the time,
And never say good bye,
Please, my darling, say
you’re mine,
I’ll love you until I die.
THE AIM: to teach young people to take care of
each other, to make them understand that the basis of love is not only the
attraction to somebody, it’s the inner world of the person and the combining of
interests; to bring up the teenagers to
have nice relations between the representatives of different sexes.
(The stage is decorated with
flowers, colourful hearts, famous St.Valentine’s poems.)
Roses are red, violets are blue.
Sugar is sweet, and I love you.
Wake up on this special day,
And read these words from me.
It’s not a dream. My love is true.
Look in my heart and see.
February the fourteenth day.
It’s Valentine, they say.
I choose you from among the rest.
The reason is I love you best.
Sure as the grape grows on the vine
So sure you are my Valentine.
The rose is red, the violet blue
Lilies are fair and so are you.
I am like a cabbage
Divided into two
The leaves I give to others
But the heart I give to you.
(Music sounds. There are 3
pairs of chairs.)
COMPERE 1
Dear ladies and gentlemen! I’m very glad
that you have come to the party, dedicated to the most wonderful holiday of the
year- St.Valentine’s Day. In all English-speaking countries,February,14 is a
special day for people in love. t’s not a holiday, but it is a very good day
for flower shops,chocolate shops and card shops. Boys send cards to their
girlfriends and girls send cards to
their boyfriends.But often they don’t write their names in the cards.The name
of the person sending the card is a secret,-that’s the tradition.
COMPERE2
But where does the holiday come from?
Rome…50 century A.D. The
emperor Julius Caesar wants to form the strongest army in the world. “The real
man must be the real soldier, he mustn’t be at the woman’s skirt’’, says
Caesar.” He must go to the wars and nothing must connect him with his home. I
forbid my warriors to marry” The order was sent everywhere in the country.
COMPERE1
But can you forbid the sun to shine and the
rain to water the earth, can you order
the birds not to sing the songs, and a young heart not to love? And the order
is disobeyed when the young and handsome soldiers of the Roman army meet beautiful
girls.
COMPERE2
And if they cannot marry in a legal way
they have the opportunity to marry secretly because there is the priest
Valentine in the army who marries the couples in spite of Caesar’s order. Many
families were formed due to the priest. But one day he was betrayed and executed on February,14.
COMPERE1
The couples who found happiness thanks to
this priest began to call him St.Valenti-
ne and celebrate February,14
as the day of all Sweethearts. Not long ago we began to celebrate this holiday
in Ukraine.
COMPERE2
So, today is February,14 and we celebrate
the holiday of sweethearts-St.Valentine’s Day. I’d like to invite our
participants-boys and girls-to the stage.
(The music sounds. The couples
sit down on the chair prepared beforehand.)
COMPERE1
I’ll introduce you the participants of our
party, the students of our school who love this holiday. So meet…
And I also want to introduce our honourable jury who will judge today’s contests…
So we are ready for the first
contest. Attention please.
(Music sounds.)
CONTEST1
DECLARATION OF LOVE
Our boys had to prepare a
poetic declaration of love. They had to learn some poems about this feeling.
COMPERE2
Now our jury will choose the best
declaration.(The jury announces the winner of this contest.)
CONTEST2
HOW WILL YOU KNOW YOUR
SWEETHEART?
COMPERE1
For this contest we have prepared a piece of
paper and a pen for every couple. Now you have to answer some questions. If the
boy answers orally, the girl should write her answer and vice versa. If the
answers coincide, the couple will get one point. So let’s start.
POSSIBLE QUESTIONS
For boys
1.What’s her mother’s name?
2.What’s her favourite season?
3.What’s her favourite flower?
4.What’s her hobby?
5.What’s her favourite film?
6.What colour are her eyes?
For girls
1.What’s his fathers name?
2.What’s his favourite dish?
3.What’s his favourite number?
4.What’s his hobby?
5.What’s his favourite
subject?
6.What’s his favourite teacher?
COMPERE2
And now we’ll have a musical pause.(A song)
COMPERE1
I ask our jury to tell us the results of
this contest.
CONTEST3
I understand my darling by the gesture.
The girls receive the
envelopes with some tasks:
1.I want to dance.
2.Present me flowers.
3.I’d like an ice-cream.
4.I’d go to the cinema.
5.I want to fly to Mayami.
6.I am not a naughty girl.
They must show this task with
the help of gestures and the boys will have to guess.
Every correct answer-one
point.(A song’’YESTERDAY”).
COMPERE2
While the jury are counting the total score
of each couple, I’d like to announce the last contest.
CONTEST4
WHAT’S THE WAY OUT?
(The couples are sitting with
their backs to each other).
I give every couple the cards
with the numbers 1,2,3.
These are the numbers of
answers. You’ll have to choose only one. If the numbers of the boy and girl
coincide, the couple will receive 1 point.
1.The boy has invited his girl
to the date for the first time. What will he suggest?
1.going to the theatre
2.visiting a café
3.going for a walk
2.The girl is going to the
date for the first time. While leaving home she will tell her parents:
1.she has a date with a
boyfriend
2.she goes for a walk with her
friend
3.she goes to the library to
prepare for the test
3.Going to the date with the
girl the boy:
1.will ask his parents for
money
2.won’t ask his parents for
money, he’ll keep the change after doing shopping
3.won’t take money at all, he
is not going to treat her
4.Passing the confectionary
shop the girl sees her favourite cakes. She:
1.asks her boyfriend to buy
her these cakes
2.buys the cakes for her money
3.goes away as if nothing has
attracted her
5.The boy invited the girl to
the café, but the price turned out to be higher that he expected, and he
doesn’t have enough money to pay for dinner. He:
1.suggests paying each for
oneself
2.goes out,calls up his friend
and asks him to come and bring some money
3.excuses for misunderstanding
and borrows money from the girl.
6.Passing the cinema the young couple reads that a comedy
is on in one of the cinemas, and a good western is on in another cinema. The
girl:
1.suggests watching a comedy
2.overcoming her feelings
suggests watching a western
3.suggest casting lots
7.Going to the first date the
boy:
1.will buy a big red rose for
his girlfriend
2.will buy a little bunch of
field flowers
3.won’t buy flowers at all
COMPERE1
And now we shall choose the best couple. While
jury are counting the points, I’d like to present you with little souvenirs.
COMPERE2
Attention please! The jury will tell us the
results of the game.
The couple gets a diploma in the shape of a
heart. The boy who has won gets the qualification: “The gentleman of the new
time”, and the title “The knight of the girl’s hearts”. The girl gets the
qualification “The princess of the new time” and the title “The girl who breaks
the hearts.”
COMPERE2
Our party is over. But remember-LOVE is one
of the best feelings. It is unique and eternal as our life. It rules the world,
it makes the world go round. It’s beyond the age and time. So let’s love and be
loved by others. And our earth will become more beautiful and kinder.
(SONG)
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