Super Tuesday - March 1

In the United States, Super Tuesday, refers informally to a day when the greatest number of  the US States hold primary elections and caucuses.

Who are the candidates? What parties do they represent? 
What do they offer? 
Choose two candidates and write their short biographies (55 to 100 words).

The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, Oscars 2016

The ceremony honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in  Hollywood, Los Angeles. 

 

List the winners of  5-6 cathegories, and write a few sentences (at least five) about their achievement.

9th – Shrove Tuesday or ‘Pancake Day’

                         

People make pancakes and take part in pancake races. 

The basic ingredients for pancakes are the symbols of four points of significance at this time of year:
Eggs ~ Creation
Flour ~ The staff of life
Salt ~ Wholesomeness
Milk ~ Purity

 The ‘UK classic’ topping is lemon juice and a sprinkle of white sugar, before rolling your pancake into a sausage shape and devouring it.
 How do you celebrate Shrove Tuesday (Ostatki) in Poland? Write a short story (55 to 100 words).

25th – Burns’ Night (Scotland)

January 25th is the day of Scotland's national poet -  Robert Burns. 

The day commemorates the life of the poet, who was born on January 25, 1759. It also celebrates Burns' contribution to Scottish culture.

How do people celebrate?

Men may wear kilts, there might be bagpipe music, and most people eat haggis (the traditional Scottish dish of sheeps’ heart, liver and lungs) with neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes). 
Many Scottish people hold a special supper (dinner) on Burns’ Night with toasts and readings of his poetry. Burns' greatest works are:
 Auld Lang Syne
A Man's Man for A'That
To a Mouse
My Luve is like a Red Red Rose


Read more about Rober Burns. How did he contribute to Scottish culture? Compare him with one of the Polish poets (life, education, family, works, poems etc.).

New Year

On New Year’s Eve (31 December), traditionally we celebrate midnight with our friends or family and some people sing ‘Auld lang syne’, a folk song with words by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.  Many people make ‘New Year’s resolutions’, promising to change something in their lives, to achieve a goal or break a bad habit in the coming year.

What  New Year’s resolutions have you and your friends made? Give at least 10 examples.

December

... is a special month. In the UK it's the month of preparation for Christmas and there are countless winter markets and festive visitor attractions across the country.
What are the symbols of Christmas? Draw them and write two-three sentences about each symbol.

 Santa Claus is coming to town....   

 

There are countless songs about Santa Claus who is also known as  St. Nicholas (in Poland), Grandfather Frost (in Russia) or Father Christmas (in the UK).

*Wybierz swoją ulubioną piosenkę o Mikołaju, zilustruj ją i opisz fragmentami tekstu. Możesz wykorzystać fragmenty tekstów z kilku piosenek.

Festivals and Special Days

There are a lot of festivals you can get involved with in the UK, from street parties to traditional festivals!

There is the list of the most popular ones.  Put the events into chronological order, add the dates. 

Christmas, Halloween, Easter, New Year, Bonfire Night, St Patrick's Day, St Valentine's Day, St Gorge's Day, St Andrew's Day.

What is your favourite day? Why? (at least 5 sentences)

In the cold November rain

"November rain" is a song by Guns N' Rose. 

 

Wysłuchaj piosenki. W 7-8 zdaniach napisz o czym Twoim zdaniem jest piosenka.  

This is Halloween ...

 is a song from the 1993 film, The Nightmare Before Christmas composed by Danny Elfman.

Uzupełnij tekst piosenki wpisując słówka związane z Halloween, następnie ułóż je w kolejności alfabetycznej i przetłumacz na j. polski. 

Boys and girls of every age

Wouldn't you like to see something ______________?

Come with us and you will see

This, our town of _______________

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

_____________ scream in the dead of__________

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene

Trick or _____________ till the neighbour's gonna die of fright

It's our town, everybody _____________

In this town of Halloween

I am the one _____________ under your bed

Teeth ground sharp and eyes _______________ red

I am the one hiding under your _____________

Fingers like snakes and _______________ in my hair

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this town we call home

Everyone hail to the _____________ song

In this town, don't we love it now

Everybody's waiting for the next _____________

Round that corner, man hiding in the ____________ can

Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll...

Scream! This is Halloween
Red 'n' black, slimy green

Aren't you _____________?

Well, that's just fine
Say it once, say it twice
Take the chance and roll the dice
Ride with the _____________ in the dead of night

Everybody scream, everybody scream

In our town of Halloween

I am the _____________ with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace

I am the __________ when you call, "Who's there?"
I am the __________ blowing through your hair

I am the _____________ on the moon at night
Filling your _____________ to the brim with fright

This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

Tender lumplings everywhere
Life's no __________ without a good scare
That's our job, but we're not mean
In our town of Halloween

In this town, don't we love it now

Everyone's waiting for the next _____________

_____________ Jack might catch you in the back
And scream like a banshee
Make you _____________ out of your skin
This is Halloween, everybody scream
Won't ya please make way for a very special guy
Our man Jack is king of the _____________ patch
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now

This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!

In this place we call home
Everyone hail to the ___________ song