Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 79
Email from Australia
Hi
We are the children in Year 5 at Sunshine Beach Primary School. Every New
Year, hundreds of people come to our beach to celebrate the New Year. We
usually have a party on New Year’s Eve and all the kids can stay awake until
midnight. The next day, everyone is very tired.
How do you celebrate the New Year?
© Cambridge University Press 2007
Follow-up
For other cards, letters and emails, see Activities 2.12, 5.11, 5.15, 6.8.
4.9 Loy Krathong Festival from Thailand
Level
**
Language focus
Description, simple present tense
Skills focus
Note taking
Thinking focus
Differentiating
Teaching approach
Promote accuracy – correct errors
Interaction
Pairwork, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Photocopy the brief description of the Loy Krathong Festival.
See Box 80. Draw the note-taking grid on the board and write
in the questions. See Box 81.