June Lesson Ideas

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Some of us in the northern hemisphere may be enjoying a long-awaited break, but there are others who still have plenty of teaching to do. So, for those of you who still need lots of great advice and ideas - never fret! BusyTeacher.org works year round to provide you with fresh tips and suggestions. Here are some fabulous ideas for your June lessons:

How to Teach a Perfect June Lesson

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Flag Day

Flag Day is celebrated in the United States on June 14th. If you want to give your ESL students a dose of American history and culture, this is a great opportunity to do it. Americans are typically proud to display their flag outside their businesses and homes, but on this day very few are without a splash of red, white and blue. Some activities you may want to choose include:

o    Talking about the symbolism of the colors chosen for the flag and the flag’s history.

o    Crafts involving the American flag.

o    Reading the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner, followed by some hearty singing.

o    Check out this excellent June Worksheet, with wonderful Flag Day activities.

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Eat Your Vegetables Day

Every month has quirky observances and celebrations, and the month of June is no different. June is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, and June 17^th is Eat Your Vegetables Day. Some great activities include:

o    Teaching or reviewing fruits and vegetables in English. Play games and give your students fun worksheets. Don't forget you can make your own Fruits and Vegetables Word Search with our easy-to-use tool.

o    Talking about healthy eating habits. Give your students a secret message or healthy eating tip to unscramble with our Tile Puzzle creator.

o    Why not give your class a challenge? Dare your students to eat nothing but fruits and vegetables for the entire Eat Your Vegetables Day. Then, ask them to write about what it was like to become a vegetarian for one day. Your students may be surprised to find out it's not that hard after all.

For more interesting or unusual observances for the month of June, go to About.com. You can choose any special day or celebration and make it into a fun-filled lesson!

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Father’s Day

This month there’s a very special celebration, and one that students really look forward to: Father’s Day is on June 19^th. Here are some of things you can do to celebrate this special day:

o    Father's Day crafts are a must. Help your students make something special to take home to their dads.

o    No Father’s Day lesson is complete without a Father’s Day card.

o    Help students show their dads just how much they love them with a special writing assignment: I love my Dad because..., or have them describe a special trip or day they shared together.

o    Create a Best Dad Award or Certificate.

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Juneteenth

June 19^th, also known as Juneteenth, commemorates the ending of slavery and African-American freedom. It is a great time to share with your students yet another important period in American history. Your Juneteenth lesson may include:

o    Discussions on slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries – What was it like? How did they live? When was slavery abolished?

o    Reading about the role of the Underground Railroad. NationalGeographic.com has an amazing adventure for your advanced students. They must follow a slave on his escape to Canada and be faced with the same decisions runaway slaves were faced with back then.

o    Listening to African hymns and songs.

o    Reading about Phillis Wheatley. Phillis Wheatley was a slave and the first African-American woman to be published. Read about her life with your students, but also give them a chance to see some of her poems although they may not understand most. AmericanPoems.com has some great information on the poet, as well as her poems, available.

BusyTeacher.org has even more great worksheets available for you in our June Worksheets section. Father’s Day, Flag Day and more! So, make this a fun-filled June for your ESL students and relax - we've got the best resources for you so you can enjoy the summer, too.

Fonte site: busyteacher.org

Mother's Day

Mother's Day History Contrary to popular belief, Mother's Day was not conceived and fine-tuned in the boardroom of Hallmark. The earliest tributes to mothers date back to the annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to Rhea, the mother of many deities, and to the offerings ancient Romans made to their Great Mother of Gods, Cybele. Christians celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday in Lent in honor of Mary, mother of Christ. In England this holiday was expanded to include all mothers and was called Mothering Sunday. In the United States, Mother's Day started nearly 150 years ago, when Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it "Mother's Work Day." Fifteen years later, Julia Ward Howe, a Boston poet, pacifist, suffragist, and author of the lyrics to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," organized a day encouraging mothers to rally for peace, since she believed they bore the loss of human life more harshly than anyone else. In 1905 when Anna Jarvis died, her daughter, also named Anna, began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother. Legend has it that young Anna remembered a Sunday school lesson that her mother gave in which she said, "I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother's day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers." Anna began to lobby prominent businessmen like John Wannamaker, and politicians including Presidents Taft and Roosevelt to support her campaign to create a special day to honor mothers. At one of the first services organized to celebrate Anna's mother in 1908, at her church in West Virginia, Anna handed out her mother's favorite flower, the white carnation. Five years later, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for officials of the federal government to wear white carnations on Mother's Day. In 1914 Anna's hard work paid off when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother's Day as a national holiday. At first, people observed Mother's Day by attending church, writing letters to their mothers, and eventually, by sending cards, presents, and flowers. With the increasing gift-giving activity associated with Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis became enraged. She believed that the day's sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit. In 1923 she filed a lawsuit to stop a Mother's Day festival, and was even arrested for disturbing the peace at a convention selling carnations for a war mother's group. Before her death in 1948, Jarvis is said to have confessed that she regretted ever starting the mother's day tradition. Despite Jarvis's misgivings, Mother's Day has flourished in the United States. In fact, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year to dine out, and telephone lines record their highest traffic, as sons and daughters everywhere take advantage of this day to honor and to express appreciation of their mothers

A. Read the text below
In Christianity, Easter is one of the most important days ofthe year. Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ – the day Jesus came back to life. In many Catholic countries, Easter is a more important celebration than Christmas. Jesus had returned to Jerusalem to observe the Jewish celebration of Passover. He ate the Passover meal with his disciples at what is now known as the Last Supper. He was later arrested, tried and convicted, and then finally sentenced to death. On Good Friday (before Easter Sunday), Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus. Easter is a 'moveable feast', meaning the date changes. It’s not a fixed date like Christmas, which is always on December 25th. It was decided in 325 A.D. that Easter Sunday would be on the 1st Sunday after the first full moon of spring. It is only in English and German that this day is called 'Easter'. England adopted the name used for the spring festival Eostre in Germany. In most other languages in Christian countries, (like French, Italian, and Spanish), the word for this day is derived from the original Greek word 'Pascha' used for the Jewish Passover. - englishteachermelanie adaptado

Vocabulário de apoio:
a. Come back to life: ressuscitar
b. Passover: Páscoa dos judeus
c. Last Supper: A Última Ceia
d. Tried: julgado
e. Moveable: que muda

B. Respondam as perguntas a seguir. / Answer the questions below.
1.What is Easter in Christianity?
2. What does Easter Sunday celebrate?
3. What happened to Jesus after the Last Supper?

C. Mark True or False.
1. On Good Friday, Christians commemorate the birth of Jesus. (.....)
2. Easter isn't a 'moveable feast', meaning the date changes. (.....)
3. In a lot of Catholic countries, Easter is a more important celebration than Christmas. (.....)
4. Easter Sunday is the day Jesus came back to life. (.....)

D. Como se diz "Coelho da Páscoa" em inglês?.............................................................

Fonte: English Experts

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A letter to Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus,

My names is Mbeke Obi. I´m 12 years old and I live in a small village near Awasa. Ethiopia. I don´t know you, but my English teacher says taht you are tall and fat, you have a long white beard, and wear red clothes. She also says that you live at the north Pole. I think it is very cold there. It is very hot in my village and we don´t have any snow.
My teacher says that children write a lot of things they want an send to you. Then you bring those things on Christmas evening. Well, I have a long list.
Here are the things I want:
1. Please bring water to my village. There is no water to drink, cook or wash with.
2. Bring food to my family.
3. My father doesn´t have a job. Please help him find one.
4. I have three brothers and two sisters. My sisters are very sick. Please, bring them medicine.
5. Take away all the landmines from my country. They will kill and injure many children every year.
6. Stop the war and bring peace to my country.
Santa Claus, I hope you bring me all those things on Christmas eve. I don´t know when Christmas is, but I´m going to aks my teacher.
Merry Christmas to you and your family,
Mbeke Obi

Write T or F

1. ( ) Mbeke Obi is an English teacher.
2. ( ) It is very hot in Ethiopia.
3. ( ) Her family is poor.
4. ( ) Her family is large.
5. ( ) There are many problems in her village.

Match the columns.

1. Mbeke has a ( ) food in her house.
2. There is ( ) long list of things to ask Santa Calus for.
3. Mbeke goes ( ) die in her country because of landmines.
4. There isn´t much ( ) to school.
5. Many children ( ) war in her country.


Challenge!!!

Mbeke doesn´t know when Christmas is. In your opinion, why doesn´t she know this?


Suggestion: You can also work with the song "We are the world: USA for Africa."

Farm animals

Reading

Mr. Manbauer and his family live on a farm in Pennsylvania. They usually work a lot on their farm, but they are not working much this month. It´s January, and January is wintertime in Pennsylvania. There´s a lot of snow and little work on the farm.

The animals don´t go to the field. The cows and sheep are in the barn. The pigs are in the pigpen. The chickens, ducks, and turkeys are in the chicken coop. The horses are in a small stable near the house. There are few horses on the farm right now. Mr. Manbauer sells some of his horses every year when the winter comes. Frampy, his dog, sleeps close to the farmhouse and so does Mimi, the family cat.

Write T or F

1. ( ) Mr. Manbauer is a vet in Pennsylvania.

2. ( ) There aren´t many horses on the farm in the winter.

3. ( ) There are only chickens in the chicken coop.

4. ( ) The pigs aren´t in the pigpen.

5. ( ) The animals don´t go to the field in winter.

Match the columns

1. Mr. Manbauer sells the horses before ( ) when winter comes.

2. In january, ( ) winter comes.

3. The cows aren´t in the stable. ( ) They are in the barn.

4. The chickens are ( ) in the chicken coop.

5. The snow covers everything ( ) there isn´t much work on Mr. Manbauer´s farm.