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THANKSGIVING - a worksheet

Niveau 3ème - Temps prévu : 1 heure


Documents à photocopier :

1) Match the definitions
2) La partie 2 : Dictation
3)
The Crossing of the Mayflower
4) Word search

 

 

1. Match the definitions

2. Dictation (CRPE 2004 : Fichiers audio : Thanksgiving)

Each year, on the .............................. Thursday of November, people in the United States .............................. Thanksgiving.
They .............................. the Pilgrims, religious refugees .............................. .............................. from England in .............................. .
They .............................. in a place that is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Wampanoag Indians ...............................
The Pilgrims .............................. food, but the English plants ...............................
It was very difficult to ...............................
The Indians helped .............................. to grow native plants like corn and pumpkin and to .............................. turkeys to eat.
So in the Autumn of .............................. , the Pilgrims invited the Wampanoag for a big meal .............................. .............................. thank you.

Today American .............................. get together and have a big meal with .............................. and .............................. like corn, .............................. .............................. , mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, a jelly .............................. of red berries.
Like the Pilgrims, they give .............................. for being alive and .............................. together with people they love.

3. Watch the video : NO MORE KINGS .

You can hear the following words :

1) free - 2) corn - 3) Mayflower - 4) president - 5) taxation - 6) Plymouth Rock - 7) George the Third

Can you find the right order in which you hear them?

4. The Crossing of the Mayflower. Answer the questions.

5. Word search or Thanksgiving Crossword

 

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