The History of Halloween

This is the best version about the history of Halloween.

It's from the blog, learning English throug youtube.

It has subtitle in Chinese and English.

It's really good for learning English and introducing the Halloween~

Valentine's Day ~~~ (f)

Valentine's Day is on February 14th every year. This day is not just for the lovers/couples but also for friends. This is a romantic holiday for people. We can also show the kids some idea about love on that day. Here are some materials for the teachers.


# Useful Website:
1. Valentine's Day Games(Some games about the Valentine's Day for the Kids)
http://primarygames.com/holidays/valentines/games.htm

2. About Valentine's Day (Some easy introduction about the Valentine's Day)
http://www.holidayinsights.com/valentine/
3. DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids---Valentine's Day Section
(Abundant teaching resources, such as worksheets, crafts, posters and so on)
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/index.htm

4. Valentine's Day (The origin of the Valentine's Day, suitable for the high level students)
http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day

5. Valentine's Day (The origin of the Valentine's Day, suitable for the young kids)
http://www.thefunplace.com/valen/origin.html

# Love songs
1. I LOVE YOU - Celine Dion ( lyrics ) [for the older kids/the teenagers]


2. Linkin Park - Valentine's Day ( lyrics ) [for the older kids/the teenagers]


3. The Valentine's Day Song (A Love Story) acoustic. By Bryant Oden


4. Valentine Day Song - very romantic


# Video Clip
1. A Charlie Brown Valentine (1~3)
(1)

(2)

(3)

Christmas Is Coming!!

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Christmas is almost coming and almost everyone is preparing for the Christmas. Christmas is always the most popular topic used to introduce the culture and to teach English. There are plenty of data on the net. Here I also collected and edited some materials.

@ 聖誕歡樂包 the teaching materials for Christmas
http://jkshy.opendrive.com/files/52827657_U4omH_d480/Xmas.exe

@ About Christmas
http://www.shes.cy.edu.tw/xmas/xmas.htm


@ Video clip: the story of Santa Claus
http://youtu.be/5UPFX5oSgoA
http://jkshy.opendrive.com/files/52827630_xNm6B_3130/st.%20nikolas%20part%204.mp4[download the video clip here]

@ song: Jingle Bell Rock


@ song: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town


@ song: Joy to the world


@ song: We wish you a Merry Christmas


Celine Dion - So This Is Christmas (純欣賞)


Merry Christmas!!

This is Halloween Part 2

From: http://cp.c-ij.com/en/contents/3160/wd_halloween01/index.html

[Canon Creative Park]
http://cp.c-ij.com/en/event/halloween/craft/index.html

這個網站真的是太棒了，所以我又專門發一篇新的文章來介紹。

這是Canon的 Paper Craft 網站。它裡面有許多的紙做的手工藝品範例提供，有許多不同的主題，可以做成學習單之類的東西，非常適合用來搭配教學，尤其是搭配節慶教學之類的，真的很棒的說。而且是"免費的"


裡面是用 PDF格式，下載後用卡紙列印出來即可使用。(不可否認，很傷本)


不過，真得是很讚的啦~~~~

This is Halloween

[The picture is fromhttp://blog.yam.com/user/pupanda.html]
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@ [Halloween的由來+Jack-o-lantern的由來+活動學習單]

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http://goo.gl/nrjQKW  (The origin of Halloween)
http://goo.gl/mNL5O2 (The origin of Jack-o-lantern)
http://goo.gl/02Bsa3 (The worksheet of Halloween)

這三個檔案是我以前在Halloween時，設計來讓學生稍稍感受一下Halloween到處要糖的樂趣。使用方式如下：

1. 先介紹 Halloween的由來和 Jack-o-lantern的由來。

2. 萬聖節之前，將活動學習單分給學生，並介紹通關句子(老師可以自己決定，但既然是Halloween，當然就是那句 "Treat or Trick")

3. 萬聖節當天，在學校各處室或校園內設立幾個點，請學生下課時，到各點去回答與Halloween有關的題目。
(基本上，按照學生程度，就回答活動學習單的內容或是老師再自行調整。如果可以，可請學生也做些裝扮，增加趣味性，當然老師如果願意，也可以裝扮一下XD。)

4. 學生有說出通關句子和回答正確問題，即可得到糖果。

PS: 這三個檔案基本上中文的比例比較多，因為學生程度不高，而且學校人手不足，因此，只要是要讓學生體驗一下外國節慶的文化為主，所以，老師可以依教學需要去做調整。
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Useful Website for Halloween
1. http://www.halloween.com/ This website is quite abundant.
2. http://home.lsjh.tp.edu.tw/annie/festivals/halloween_index.htm
3. http://nknush.kh.edu.tw/~guogo/penny/halloween.htm
The website is suitable for the elementary school students.
4. http://www.hkedcity.net/english/special/halloween02/
This is also a very abundant website. There are games, stories and other resources in the website.
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@ Song:Nightmare before Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/embed/DOtEdhKOMgQ
http://www.youtube.com/embed/8yYJaZKBZco

＠ The Nightmare Before Christmas Lyrics
http://www.angelfire.com/movies/disneybroadway/nmbclyrics.html

Teacher's Day

from http://bellurramki18.wordpress.com/category/teachers-day/


Teacher's Day is the day to appreciate the teacher.

教師節是感謝老師的日子。老師在我們人的一生中，應該是僅次於父母親的重要人物，連至聖先師的孔子都曾說過：「我非生而知之者，好古，敏以求之者也。」在禮記‧學記裡面有提到「凡學之道，嚴師為難。師嚴然後道尊，道尊然後民知敬學。」每個人都是需要學習的，而教師就是引導我們學習的人。

雖然現在教師越來越不受尊重，在教師節，不像勞工在勞工節、軍人在軍人節有放假，但一些教師節的精神傳統還是應該要交給我們的下一代。

在臺灣，教師節又稱孔子誕辰紀念日，除了是要紀念這位偉大的至聖先師，感謝老師們辛苦教學，更重要的是，讓學生學習到尊師重道的概念。

其實，除了臺灣的教師節以外，世界各地都有不一樣的教師節，連聯合國都有設立一個[世界教師日]來感謝老師。

下面是一些有關教師節的教學資源，希望可以提供各位一些idea:

$ The story of Teacher's Day in Taiwan
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/teacher_e/teacher.htm

$ World Teacher’s Day History <-- some idea about the World Teacher’s Day http://festivals.iloveindia.com/teachers-day/world-teachers-day/history.html

$ Teacher Appreciation
1. http://www.teacher-gifts.org/elementary-school-teacher-appreciation<-- 有很豐富的教師節感謝用語，各階段都有。
2. http://www.teacher-appreciation.info/Quotations_on_teaching/


3. http://www.inspirationalquotes4u.com/appreciationquotesteacher/index.html

$ Teacher's Day<-- 超詳盡且豐富的教師節教學資源網，應有盡有。 http://festivals.iloveindia.com/teachers-day/

$ Rambling with Bellur<-- 一些有關Teacher's Day小幽默的東西。 http://bellurramki18.wordpress.com/category/teachers-day/

$ Teacher's day coloring worksheets for kids
http://www.studyvillage.com/resources/2959-Teacher-s-day-worksheets-for-kids.aspx

$ A Song for Teachers - You Have Made A Difference


$ To Our Dear Teachers


$ World Teachers' Day 2009 Theme Song


$ Motivational Video For Teachers

Moon Festival

Moon Festival 中秋節，又可以翻譯為 Mid-Autumn Festival，是中國重要的節慶之一。

當我們教導學生國外的文化時，當然也不可以將我們自己本身的文化給遺忘了。

下面有一些關於Moon Festival 的資料，提供給大家參考看看。

[中秋節八格小書] (空白的兩頁可以請學生自己畫)


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[中秋節可用圖檔]
http://anyhub.net/file/3_Ki-moon-festival.exe

[中秋節上課用PPT]
http://anyhub.net/file/3_Kn-the-moon-festival.ppt

[中秋節英語故事網站]
1. http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/moon_e/moon.htm

2. http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/festivals/mid-autumn-festival.htm

[Moon Festival Song]


[One of the Legends of the Moon Festival: Chang E & Hou Yi]