Monday 30 November 2015

Monday, November 30, 2015

Monday's Assignment

Christmas Is a Wonderful, Secular Holiday
Santa Claus, Old Saint Nick, Rudoph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Postal Code H0H 0H0 ... what have these to do with Christmas?

Actually, a lot, just not the historical one, like the name Quirinius. Check out the sixth line of the tablet below--do you see part of the name of the Roman governor named Publius Sulpicius Quirinius?

Unbeknownst to him, and perhaps you've just seen his name for the very first time, Quirinius played an important role in the historicalChristmas! But in what way?

  1. Dictation from Chirbit: 1:50 - 2:56 (Answer: Video link will come alive later)
    1. Check your transcript with a partner.
    2. Let your teacher know you have published.
    3. Wait for the announcement to refresh your browser.
  2. Compare the story with the original document. Take notes, and then discuss any similarities and differences.
    1. Why do people wish each other a Merry Christmas?
    2. How is the celebration different in other countries?
    3. Share in a group of three or more
  3. Here are your tasks for this afternoon:
    1. Role play: Singing Christmas Carols
    2. Listening and Vocabulary: The Christmas Gift
    3. Singing time!
About 2000 years ago, a young girl named Mary was visited by an angelangle. The angelangle's name was GabrielGregorio. He told Mary that God wanted her to have a very special baby and that she was to call the baby Jesus. A little while later, Mary was married to a carpenter named Joseph. Even though she was going to have her baby very soon, they had to make a long journey to a little town called BethlehemBeferiham. When they arrived in BethlehemBefriham, there were many people there already, and Joseph could not find anywhere for them to stay. Finally, an inn-keeper told Joseph that they could stay his stable with the animals. 

Joseph and Mary settled down and there amongamount the animals Jesus was born. They wrapped the baby up in warm clothes and laid him in a manger filled the major field with straw. Meanwhile on the hills outside of BethlehemBeferiham, some shepherds who were watching over their sheep noticed a bright light in the sky. They had never seen anything like it before and they were afraid. An angel appeared and told them not to be frightened. Instead they should be happy since a very special baby had been born who was a son of God.      

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