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TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS IN SPAIN
1. Have a look at the images. Can you name these ten traditional festivals that take place in Spain?
2. When are these festivals celebrated? Can you match the festivals and their dates?
a) It runs for one week in early July. b) It is on the fourth Wednesday in August c) It is the week leading up to Easter Sunday d) It is a five-day event leading up to Saint Joseph's Day (19 March). e) It is normally two weeks after Semana Santa. It runs from midnight on Monday
night/Tuesday morning and finishes on the following Sunday night/Monday morning.
f) It is few days before the start of Lent, culminating in Shrove Tuesday. g) Each of the many towns that celebrate it do so at various times of the year. h) It is the 25th of December.
3. Do you know other different festivals that take place in Spain?
Name them.
Christmas – Holy Week – Tomato Fight – Sevilla Fair – Carnival – Cristianos y Moros – Pamplona
Bull Run – Las Fallas
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KNOWING OUR EASTER CELEBRATION
1. Order the images as they are celebrated during the Holy Week. How do you say these days in your language?
2. Match the Spanish to the English words.
Miércoles de ceniza Palm Day
Cuaresma Easter Sunday
Domingo de Ramos Lent
Lunes Santo Holy Tuesday
Martes Santo Ash Wednesday
Miércoles Santo Good Friday
Jueves Santo Holy Monday
Viernes Santo Holy Saturday
Sábado Santo Spy Wednesday
Domingo de Resurrección Maundy Thursday
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HOLY WEEK
Fill the gaps with the words given below Bands Bearers Brotherhoods Candles celebrations Dirges Float
Holy Week Images Incense
1. Religious festivities: Religious
2. People who bear religious images:
3. Smoke from a substance that produces a pleasant smell:
4. Religious societies:
5. Easter:
6. Long round stick of wax which gives light as it burns:
7. Music groups:
8. Songs sung for a dead person:
9. Platform used for showing images in a parade:
10.Statues:
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HOLY WEEK: Andalusia (Spain)
Fill the gaps with the words given below death Good Holy Holy images Last Maundy ornate Palm
Passion To visit Andalucía in _____________ Week is to see the other side of the coin as religious
fervour takes over and the normally exuberant Andalusians assume an air of solemn
respect for what is the most important festival on the religious calendar.
_____________ Week is the re-enactment of the Passion but the story is presented in
many different ways across the Andalusian geography and while processions with floats
bearing _______________ of Christ and the Virgin are the most traditional there are also
____________________ plays, drum marathons and representations in which the actors
are dressed as Roman centurions. The celebrations respect the succession of events in the
life and _____________________ of Christ beginning on _______________ Sunday with
processions representing Christ's entry into Jerusalem and the ______________ Supper
continuing through the week with his capture by the Romans, crucifixion, burial and
final resurrection on the following Sunday. In Málaga and Seville the processions with
their sumptuously __________________ floats parade practically every day while in the
smaller towns and villages they may only take place on ________________ Thursday and
_________________ Friday and are usually much simpler although by no means less
moving.
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1. Which is the first day of the Holy Week? 2. Who are the responsible for carrying the statues and organizing the
penitents and musicians? 3. What do the floats bear? 4. Who are the ‘costaleros’? 5. Why do the ‘costaleros’ use a small cushion, ‘costal’? 6. Where do the most famous Easter celebrations take place?
HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN
Semana Santa
Spain celebrates Easter Week much more than most European countries. During the whole of Semana Santa, (Holy Week), street processions are organised in most Spanish towns each evening, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. People carry statues of saints around on floats or wooden platforms, and an atmosphere of mourning - which can seem quite oppressive to onlookers - and the Easter week processions end with Easter Sunday, a day full of light and colour when church and cathedral bells are heard ringing throughout the country.
In some of the processions, marchers wear clothes reminiscent of the klu klux klan. Infact their clothes are meant to depict the Nazareños, people from Nazareth. The religious fraternities and brotherhoods are responsable for carrying the statues and organising the penitents and musicians. The Nazareños follow the people who carry the floats bearing sculptures and models of biblical scenes.
The people who carry the weight of the floats are called "costaleros" and are expected the carry these "thrones" with solemnity and grace. They use a small cushion, "costal" to protect themselves from getting sores from the wood rubbing against their skin during the long processions. The most famous Easter celebrations are held in various Andalusian towns, Valladolid, Toledo, Segovia, Burgos, Zamora and Cuenca.
I can understand a written text about the Holy Week in Spain and search for some specific information.
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1. Watch a video about Spanish Easter and answer the two questions.
a) Where does the procession take place? b) Which famous monument appears in the video?
2. Choose the correct alternative.
a)’El Amor’ fraternity has more than 1500/3000 members.
b) Each of the women has to carry around 80/40 kl.
c) At the world famous Mosque/Giralda hundreds of tourists have
gathered to watch the spectacle.
d)The fraternity of ‘El Amor’ doesn’t return home district until 12/3 am.
3.Are these sentences true or false?
a)The procession begins at 3 pm.
b)A lot of fraternities allow women to carry the ‘paso’.
c)A woman sings a ‘saeta’ to the Virgin Mary.
d)It is very easy to bring the ‘altar’ through the doors of the church.
4. What do you think about Easter in Spain? Is it more interesting in our country or in England ?
I can understand some information from a video
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1. Make a list of ten experiences. Then ask questions to find out which experiences your partner has or hasn’t had and what your partner thinks about the experiences.
Have tou ever seen a dolphin?
No, I haven´t, but I’d love to.
Experiences
1. See a dolphin 2. Have an unusual pet 3. Win a prize 4. Make a serious mistake 5. ……………….
I can speak about personal experiences with a friend
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Comparing pictures
1. Look at the pictures of a garden before and after a tornado hit it. Compare the pictures.
Useful Engish
We can see that… Originally… Since then… However… So, now… As a result of…
Originally, the bicycle was next to the tree. But as a result of the tornado, it has fallen on thet table and boken it.
I can talk about recent events and compare pictures
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1. Label the following texts. Which of them is a letter, a text or an email message?
2. Compare the texts above. Can you find differences among them. Write at least 3 differences thinking about opening and closing paragraphs, vocabulary used and format.
1. ………………………………………………………………………………………
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3. ………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………..
Our friendship means a lot 2 me.. U cry i cry.U lauf i lauf .. U jump out of the window ..I look down &
then... i lauf again
………………………………………………… 10th December Hi Vic,
How are you? What are you doing this New Year’s Eve? Jean and
I have decided to hold a party at home this year, and we’d love it if you could come.
We’re planning quite a small party with our old
school friends, so you’ll know all of the guests. There’ll be lots to eat and drink. We’ve decided
to give the party a Mexican theme, with lots of spicy food.
You’ll probably be coming by train won’t you? Just give us a ring
from the station and I’ll pick you up. As the party will be quite late,
you’ll need to stay the night. Don’t worry there’s plenty of room for everybody.
We’ll, I really hope you can make it. It seems
ages since we last saw. Please let me know as soon as possible.
Lots of love,
………………………………………………
SUBJECT: School
My name is Claude Laurin. I’m 14 years old and I’m from Paris. I go to school four and a half days a
week. I don’t learn on Wednesday afternoons, Saturdays and Sundays.
My school day is very busy! We learn from 8:30 in the morning to 5:00 in the afternoon. My favourite
day is Tuesday, because I play football with my friends after school and then I have a guitar lesson. In
the evenings, I often play the guitar and I sometimes browse the web, too. I usually go to bed at 11:00.
What’s your favourite day?
Please write!
Claude
I can write letters to my friends speaking about a recent event
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Where:……………………….
When/ How long:…………………
Things done:……………………
Things learnt:………………..
Feelings about
experience:…………………….
1. Read the features of the informal letter and write to a friend about what you have done during Easter holidays. ((70-80 words)
2. Fill out the following fact file to help you with the writing.
More examples of informal letters in: http://es.scribd.com/doc/12258697/How-to-Write-Informal-Letters
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Openings Thanks for your letter
It was great to get your letter.
Sorry for not writing for so long
Signalling the end I must go now
Looking forward to hearing from you
Bye for now
Letter closings Love
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best wishes
I can write letters to my friends speaking about a recent event
FEATURES:
an informal letter
begins with Dear…or Hi,
Hello
refers to reason for writing
uses contractions
uses abbreviations
uses simple, short sentences
uses simple linkers, e.g. then,
later
may have paragraphs
could use slang could use
exclamation marks
ends with Best wishes/
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Holy Week
Ash Wednesday
Lent
Palm Day
Holy Monday
Holy Tuesday
Spy Wednesday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Easter Sunday
Bands
Bearers
Brotherhood/Fraternity
Candle
Dirges
Float
Images
Incense
Passion
Mourning
Onlooker
Penitent
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Fill out the student’s row with: Outstanding/Good/ Poor
STUDENT TEACHER
You can use at least 10 words about Easter in English
CL
You can understand a video talking about a procession
Use of Connectors of Sequence
You use can write an informal letter using an Opening paragraph, Body and Closing paragraph.
Variety of vocabulary
Appropriate Grammar: Present Perfect HAVE+ED2
You use a dictionary or Internet sites to get information CD
Use of different font types
1. You fulfill agreements (0-2)
CS
2. You deliver your work in time(0-2)
3. You make the work at the highest level (0-2)
4. You propose ideas (0-2)
5. You listen and accept the rest of members in the group (0-2)
Your presentation of the work is clear: not blurred.
CCA
You include a Title, Authors, Index, Numbered pages
Use of Capitals and Punctuation when appropriate
Your writing is clear without crossing or
You work on the style
You hand in a glossary of the vocabulary needed translated into Spanish CAA
You hand in your work at the deadline requested CAI
