Help Box: traduction des mots difficiles
show: montrer send: envoyer friendship: amitié
bring: apporter classmate: camarade get engaged: se fiancer
heart: coeur arrow: flêche bow: noeud become: devenir
To learn more on St Valentine's day....
Traditions on this special day
History: what do you know about this celebration?
Vocabulary: learn nouns, adjectives and adverbs of love
Games and activities
Valentine's: Listen to the vocabulary and play games
Send an e-card to your lover or a very good friend(from the National Wildlife Association)
Valentine's links: games, activities, poems....
PANCAKE* DAY OR MARDI GRAS
It is celebrated on Tuesday, February 2nd. It is called in English "Shrove Tuesday and Lent" or Pancake Day.
It is the last* day before the period which Christians call Lent*. It is traditional on this day to eat pancakes.
Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up*. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself*, and to eat the foods that are forbidden* in Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat*, butter and eggs which were not possible to eat during Lent.
A pancake is a thin*, flat* cake, made of batter* and fried in a pan*
Help Box: traduction des mots difficiles
lent: carême pancake: crêpe
last: dernier give up:abandonner
indulge oneself: se faire plaisir forbidden: interdit
fat:gras thin: mince batter:pâte
flat: plat pan: poêle
Learn more on Pancake Day....
A presentation on this celebration (primary ressources)
What do you know about it?
Games and activities
Pancake recipe
CHINESE NEW YEAR
Chinese New Year starts* with the New Moon* on the first day of the new year and ends on the full* moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays* and children carrying* lanterns in a parade.
The first day of the year can fall* anywhere* between late* January and the middle of February. This year Chinese New Year is on February 8th, 2016.
2016 is the year of the MONKEY
A month before, people start buying presents, decorations, food and costumes. Chinese houses are cleaned* to chase the bad luck* and doors are painted in red. Dinner is usually composed of seafood* and dumplings*. Then, the family play cards or board games* or watch TV programs on the New Year celebration.
Help Box: traduction des mots difficiles
start: commencer moon: lune full: pleine
display: déploiement carry: porter fall: tomber
anywhere: partout late: fin clean: nettoyer
bad luck: mauvais sort seafood: fruits de mer
board games: jeux de société dumpling: boulette de pâte
Learn more on Chinese New Year....
General information (traditions, food...)
2010 year of the tiger
Chinese New Year parade photos
Chinese New Year presentation
Games and activities
Crafts and activities for the Chinese New Year (make a lantern, a tangram puzzle, a paper puppet...)
Chinese New Year Games
Have fun with the Chinese New Year!
EXPRESSION OF THE MONTH
Chaque mois retrouvez la signification d’une expression anglaise.
"She was walking on air"
Elle était aux anges
Mrs Caumartin's message and What's up?
