How the Grinch stole Christmas

The movie ”How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is based on a book written by the world famous author Theodor Seuss Geisel. He is better known as Dr. Seuss. This American writer wrote more than 60 children’s books. Many of his books have been adapted to television. Up to date there are three films and one Broadway musical inspired on Dr. Seuss work.

 I.2.        Plot

 

Whoville is a country in a snowflake. The people of Whoville are called the Whos. They like Christmas. But just outside Whoville lives Grinch. He is a bitter being and has a very small heart. He lives by himself and his only companion/friend is a dog, Max.

Grinch hates Christmas and does not like the Whos because they are always happy and they love Christmas.

At the end of the story, the Grinch learns what is the most important thing about Christmas.

 

 

 

 

 

        The Grinch                     Max                        The Whos

. Put the sentences in the correct order!

 

__________    Grinch’s heart grew bigger.

__________    The people of Who-ville were singing.

__________    Grinch hated X-Mas.

__________    Cindy Lou Who saw Grinch.

__________    His dog was dressed as a reindeer.

__________    Grinch took all the X-Mas things from Who-ville.

__________    Grinch carved the roast-meat.

 

III. 2. Decide if the sentences are True or False.

 

1. Grinch loves Christmas. __________

2. Grinch dresses up as Santa Claus. __________

3. He goes to every house to deliver presents. __________

4. Grinch stole Christmas but he isn’t sorry. __________

5. The people of Whoville greeted Christmas happily. __________

 

https://youtu.be/OFEc4Xe68XM

 

 

CHRISTMAS ALL OVER THE WORLD

Christmas Island is the first place on Earth to enter into a new year, followed by New Zealand, and a tiny bit of Russia, but Sydney, Australia is the first large city to welcome the New Year, smack in the middle of their summer, often with a bonfire on the beach, as of course, their weather allows it. The magnificent fireworks display on the landmark harbour is a famous event of the continent.

Fifteen hours later, New York celebrates with the drop of the crystal ball at Times square, with a bevy of freezing celebrities trying their best to sing in the misty weather..
The last city to hit the divide in time is Honolulu, Hawaii.
In China and some other Asian countries, the New Year celebration does not fall on the same date each year, but is always somewhere between January 21 and February 20, and depends on the movements of the moon and the sun. The next one will be on January 31, and will start the Year of the Horse. Traditional red lanterns will hang from front doors and the family celebration includes a copious diner and an exchange of red envelops containing money.

Ethiopia has a totally different New Year’s Day
Ethiopia is the only country in the world that hasn’t adopted the 12-month calendar that is sometimes referred to as the Gregorian calendar. Ethiopiauses the Coptic Calendar, which has 13 months, of which 12 are comprised of 30 days each, and a 13th month at the end of the year that has 5 days (or 6 days, if it’s a leap year). The result is that Ethiopia celebrates the New Year on September 11

In Korea, New Year’s Day is your birthday
In Korea, everyone’s birthday is New Year’s Day, regardless of the day anyone was actually born. Plus, the day you’re born, you’re considered to be 1 year old, so no matter what day you were born, you will be considered 2 years old on the first New Year’s Day of your life. Thus, if you are born on December 31, you will be considered 2 years old the next day.

In Japan, if it’s Christmas, you’re eating KFC
It’s a time-honored tradition to eat fried chicken on Christmas in Japan. Starting in 1974, Kentucky Fried Chicken got in on the action by asking the people of Japan to show thanks for Christmas by enjoying a bucket of KFC. People in Japan order up their finger-licking-good Christmas chicken months in advance—to the tune of about 3,000,000 orders of KFC each year.

If it’s Christmas in Peru, consider the first rule of Fight ClubMartin

Takanakuy is a festival that is held every Christmas Day in the Chumbivilcas Province of Peru. The festival consists of dancing and fist-fighting, whether to settle old conflicts or simply to display their manhood.

On Christmas in Ecuador, keep gifts to a minimum
For the most part, children in Ecuador don’t expect to be showered with gifts on holidays. Rather, they tend to get one or two gifts selected especially for them. And not because they’re naughty or nice, but just because they’re loved.

If it’s New Year’s in Thailand, bring a towel
Thailand’s New Year celebration, Songkran is a beloved nationwide celebration where water fights go on for days. Literally, three days. The name comes from Sanskrit and means transformation. Before water guns ever were a thing, the Thai people went to their local temples to engage in spiritual cleansing. They still head to their temples to bathe sacred Buddha statues for good luck. But along the way, it’s a party atmosphere as everyone’s dousing everyone else in water.

New Year’s Eve = Toss a Toaster Day in Johannesberg
On New Year’s Eve, residents in a small neighbourhood in Johannesburg, South Africa, collect old appliances, carry them up to apartment building rooftops and toss them down to the streets far below.

New Year’s Eve = Destroy a Dish Day in Denmark
In Denmark, folks ring in the New Year by shattering dishes across the doors of houses of their family and friends. This is true in the Netherlands too. We assume (or at least, hope) that the dishes are ones the New Year’s revelers don’t mind losing because smashing a dish is pretty much irreversible.

New Year’s Eve = Stuff Your Face Day in Spain
In Spain, the New Year’s tradition for good luck revolves around grapes. If you can manage to stuff 12 grapes in your mouth at midnight you’ve achieved good luck for the next year.

 Santa may have had some work done
Santa has changed quite a bit since his days as the actual person who became St. Nicholas. That guy was a Greek man born in the third century AD, and was a “fiery, wiry, and defiant defender of church doctrine” who nevertheless became a patron saint of children around the year 1200. Scary at first and sometimes seen carrying a rod (which he would “spare not,” as it was threatened by parents), St. Nicholas began the transformation in 1822 into the plump, red-cheeked, jolly, reindeer-sleigh-driving gift giver that he remains today, thanks to Clement Clark having described him as such in his poem, The Night Before Christmas.

By the end of the 1800s, the image of St. Nicholas (say it out loud: Saint Nick Claus…Santa Claus) had become standardized as a large adult man, dressed in red with white fur trim, venturing out from the North Pole on a reindeer-driven sleigh, and benevolently keeping an eye on children everywhere, making certain they’re not naughty, but nice.

Boxing Day has nothing to do with prize-fighting
Boxing Day is an English tradition the day after Christmas. It got its name because it’s the day on which families would literally “open the box” (the alms box) to the poor. Traditionally, every church in England had an alms box, into which people would place money intended for donation. The box was opened on Boxing Day, and the contents were distributed to those less fortunate in the parish. The tradition continues today. Don’t miss these 11 tips for dealing with holiday stress and anxiety.

There are three most covered Christmas tunes
Some Christmas songs never seem to get old. Of the 24 most-covered Christmas songs, none has been covered fewer than 7,000 times. The top three are:

Silent Night: Written in 1818, there are 26,496 versions

White Christmas: Written in 1940, there are 20,721 versions

Jingle Bells: Written in 1857, there are 19,080 versions

                                    MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/

Computational thinking

 

Astronomy

 https://issuu.com/usbornepublishing/docs/mini_astronauts_handbook_layout_gui/

Survey Maker

The butterfly life cycle-Food and animals

 it takes 28 to 32 days for a butterfly to go through each stage of its life.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/life-cycle-of-a-butterfly-lesson-for-kids.html

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/animals/insects/butterfly-life-cycle/

https://wisconsin.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.cyc.metamorph/metamorphosis-change-of-plans/

https://static.pbslearningmedia.org/media/assets/wgbh/tdc02/tdc02_doc_stagecards/tdc02_doc_stagecards.pdf

https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/animals/life-cycle-butterfly_WMRMZ.pdf

FEED THE ANIMALS

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving was proclaimed by every president after Lincoln. The date was changed a couple of times, most recently by Franklin Roosevelt, who set it up one week to the next-to-last Thursday in order to create a longer Christmas shopping season. Public uproar against this decision caused the president to move Thanksgiving back to its original date two years later. And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November.

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Parades have also become an integral part of the holiday in cities and towns across the United States. Presented by Macy’s department store since 1924, New York City’s Thanksgiving Day parade is the largest and most famous, attracting some 2 to 3 million spectators along its 2.5-mile route and drawing an enormous television audience. It typically features marching bands, performers, elaborate floats conveying various celebrities and giant balloons shaped like cartoon characters.

Beginning in the mid-20th century and perhaps even earlier, the president of the United States has “pardoned” one or two Thanksgiving turkeys each year, sparing the birds from slaughter and sending them to a farm for retirement. A number of U.S. governors also perform the annual turkey pardoning ritual.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/nov/23/barack-obama-pardons-turkey-video

TIME (months,days,seasons)

 https://www.twinkl.gr/go/resource/tg-ga-178-whats-the-time-mr-wolf-game

Simple Present-everyday activities

Adverbs of frequency, an interactive worksheet by Patri_ma
liveworksheets.com

 https://www.learningchocolate.com/en-gb/content/his-daily-life

Geography- United Kingdom-Maps

https://learning-corner.learning.europa.eu/learning-materials/eu-whats-it-all-about_en

 

European countries geography quiz: first study the names of the countries of Europe using the Countries of Europe interactive map. Included in this geography interactive portal is information regarding European countries' size by area, populations and languages. Play the European countries geography quiz.

Capitals of Europe interactive map: Europe contains many of the world's most beautiful cities and some of the best-preserved architecture. Relative to other parts of the world, European capital cities are not home to particularly large percentages of their country’s populations. Most cities are not growing as quickly as cities in other parts of the world as European countries' economies and populations are not growing quickly. Note that both urban and metropolitan population statistics are given when the difference is significant. Play the fun visual European capitals quiz.

Mountains, deserts and rivers world physical geography quiz: major geographic features of the planet. Learn to identify the longest rivers, largest deserts and highest mountains of each continent. Learn the heights of some of the world's most prominent mountains. Play the Mountains, deserts and rivers map quiz.

Oceans and seas of the world quiz: learn the major water bodies of the world, including the largest seas, ocean, bays and straits with the Oceans and Seas map game

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3459

like + -ing

Like + ing

We can use like, don't like, love, hate and don't mind + ing to say how we feel about an activity.

I like going to the park.
She loves playing games.
They hate cleaning.

How to use it

Love means it's great. Like means it's good. Don't mind means it's OK. Don't like means it's bad. Hate means it's really bad!

	We love using the computer.
	I like cooking.
	She doesn't mind studying.
	He doesn't like shopping.
	They hate going to the dentist.

After love, like, don't mind, don't like and hate we usually use the verb with ing.

We love watching TV.
I don't like doing homework.
Do you like reading?

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-practice/ing

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/grammar-practice-like-%2Bing.pdf

ESCAPE ROOMS -DIRECTIONS

 An escape room, also known as an escape game, puzzle room, exit game, or riddle room is a game in which a team of players discover clues, solve puzzles, and accomplish tasks in one or more rooms in order to accomplish a specific goal in a limited amount of time. The goal is often to escape from the site of the game.

https://www.survivingateacherssalary.com/free-digital-escape-rooms/

Free Book Themed Digital Escape Rooms:

1. Harry Potter Hogwarts themed Digital Escape Room

2. Alice in Wonderland themed Digital Escape Room

3. The Wild Robot Breakout (plus unit study and book series)

4. Escape from Narnia

5. Books Alive! Escape the Rhymes

6. Dog Man Escape Room

7. Hatchet Escape Room

8. Escape From the Chocolate Factory  

9. Escape from Treasure Island

10. Treasure Island Treasure Hunt 

11. Escape from Lyra’s Oxford

12. Jumanji Escape Room 1

13. Jumanji Escape Room 2

14. Jumanji Escape Room 3

15. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library 

16.  Escape from Camp Half-Blood

17. Pete the Cat and the Birthday Party Mystery (ages 2-8) 

18. Help Pete the Cat Get His Groove Back

19. Pete the Cat and the Land of Make-Believe

20. Road Dahl Digital Escape

21. Shakespeare’s Misadventure of the Missing Manuscript   

https://view.genial.ly/5e9854548a1e5e0e2057f3e3/game-breakout-english-escape-room

https://cryptii.com/pipes/caesar-cipher   OR https://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/codes/caesar.php#form

MAKE YOUR CODES 

Erasmus+ δημιουργία λογαριασμού και υποβολή αίτησης

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YUtpkQVAB_kaJvC7HjgTImpqtKZVyupm/view?usp=drive_link

History of flight -Wright Brothers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus#Medieval,_Renaissance,_and_modern_literature

MAKE YOUR OWN PLANE

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/make_your_own_x-59_directions.pdf

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/drag-and-aircraft-design-lesson-sm.pdf

HOW DID WE GET HERE?

Greek myth Icarus and Daedalus

How Did We Learn to Fly Like the Birds?

Myths and Legends of Flight

Greek Legend - Pegasus
Bellerophon the Valiant, son of the King of Corinth, captured Pegasus, a winged horse. Pegasus took him to a battle with the triple headed monster, Chimera.

Icarus and Daedalus - An Ancient Greek Legend
Daedalus was an engineer who was imprisoned by King Minos. With his son, Icarus, he made wings of wax and feathers. Daedalus flew successfully from Crete to Naples, but Icarus, tired to fly too high and flew too near to the sun. The wings of wax melted and Icarus fell to his death in the ocean.

King Kaj Kaoos of Persia
King Kaj Kaoos attached eagles to his throne and flew around his kingdom.

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great tied four mythical wings animals, called Griffins, to a basket and flew around his kingdom.

Early Efforts of Flight

Around 400 BC - China
The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying. Kites were used by the Chinese in religious ceremonies.  Kites have been important to the invention of flight as they were the forerunner to balloons and gliders.

Humans try to fly like birds

For many centuries, humans have tried to fly just like the birds. Wings made of feathers or light weight wood have been attached to arms to test their ability to fly. The results were often disastrous as the muscles of the human arms are not like a birds and can not move with the strength of a bird.

Hero and the Aeolipile

Aeolipile

The ancient Greek engineer, Hero of Alexandria, worked with air pressure and steam to create sources of power. One experiment that he developed was the aeolipile which used jets of steam to create rotary motion. .

1485 Leonardo da Vinci - The Ornithopter

Leonardo da Vinci's Ornithopter

Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's. He had over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight. The Ornithopter flying machine was never actually created. It was a design that Leonardo da Vinci created to show how man could fly. The modern day helicopter is based on this concept.

1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon

One of The Montgolfier's Balloons

The brothers, Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, were inventors of the first hot air balloon.  In 1783, the first passengers in the colorful balloon were a sheep, rooster and duck. It climbed to a height of about 6,000 feet and traveled more than 1 mile. After this first success, the brothers began to send men up in balloons. The first manned flight was on November 21, 1783

1799 - 1850's - George Cayley

One Version of a Glider

George Cayley worked to discover a way that man could fly. He designed many different versions of gliders that used the movements of the body to control. A young boy, whose name is not known, was the first to fly one of his gliders. Over 50 years he made improvements to the gliders.

One of the many drawings of gliders

19th And 20th Century Efforts

1891 Otto Lilienthal

One of Lilienthal's Gliders

German engineer, Otto Lilienthal, studied aerodynamics and worked to design a glider that would fly. He was the first person to design a glider that could fly a person and was able to fly long distances. After more than 2500 flights, he was killed when he lost control because of a sudden strong wind and crashed into the ground.

Lilienthal's Glider in Flight

1891 Samuel P. Langley

Langley's Aerodrome

Samuel Langley was an astronomer, who realized that power was needed to help man fly. He built a model of a plane, which he called an aerodrome, that included a steam-powered engine. In 1891, his model flew for 3/4s of a mile before running out of fuel. Langley received a $50,000 grant to build a full sized aerodrome. It was too heavy to fly and it crashed. He was very disappointed. He gave up trying to fly. His major contributions to flight involved attempts at adding a power plant to a glider. He was also well known as the director of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC

Model of Langley Aerodrome

1894 Octave Chanute

Octave Chanute published Progress in Flying Machines in 1894. It gathered and analyzed all the technical knowledge that he could find about aviation accomplishments. It included all of the world's aviation pioneers. The Wright Brothers used this book as a basis for much of their experiments. Chanute was also in contact with the Wright Brothers and often commented on their technical progress.

Orville and Wilbur Wright and the First Airplane

 First, they read about all the early developments of flight. They decided to make "a small contribution" to the study of flight control by twisting their wings in flight. Then they began to test their ideas with a kite. They learned about how the wind would help with the flight and how it could affect the surfaces once up in the air.

A Drawing of a Wright Brothers Glider (1900)

The next step was to test the shapes of gliders much like George Cayley did when he was testing the many different shapes that would fly. They spent three years testing and learning about how gliders could be controlled at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

 

Picture of the actual 12 horsepower engine used in flight

. In 1902, with a perfected glider shape, they turned their attention to how to create a propulsion system that would create the thrust=boost, ώθηση needed to fly. The early engine that they designed generated almost 12 horsepower. That's the same power as two hand-propelled lawn mower engines!

 

The Wright Brother's Flyer

The "Flyer" lifted from level ground to the north of Big Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, at 10:35 a.m., on December 17, 1903. Orville piloted the plane which weighed about six hundred pounds.

Actual Flight of The Flyer at Kitty Hawk

The first heavier-than-air flight traveled one hundred twenty feet=36.58 m in twelve seconds. The two brothers took turns flying that day with the fourth and last flight covering 850 feet (259.08 meters) in 59 seconds. But the Flyer was unstable and very hard to control. The brothers returned to Dayton, Ohio, where they worked for two more years perfecting their design. Finally, on October 5, 1905, Wilbur piloted the Flyer III for 39 minutes and about 24 miles(38.6 km) of circles around Huffman Prairie. He flew the first practical airplane until it ran out of gas.

Humankind was now able to fly! During the next century, many new airplanes and engines were developed to help transport people, luggage, cargo, military personnel and weapons. The 20th century's advances were all based on this first flights by the American Brothers from Ohio    (Taken from https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/historyofflight.html )

DO THE EXERCISE : https://www.liveworksheets.com/bu755659op

https://www.getepic.com/app/read/36509

AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM Washington DC the place where you can see the first airplane the Wright Brothers made and many more staff on aviation. Really fascinating to watch the extract from the movie "A night at the museum 2" (1:21-1.24min) to get your students inside the museum and you can also get them in The Wright Brothers' workshop by visiting the official museum site.

 READ THE FOLLOWING BOOK

https://fliphtml5.com/nwglh/ezpv/basic

FLIGHT MUSEUM 

https://www.museumofflight.org/Exhibits-and-Events/Virtual-Museum-Online