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Thanksgiving

Episode of the series Awesome Stuff

CEFR: A1

In this episode

Illustrated slideshow (33 images)
Glossary (13 words)
Comprehension quiz (17 questions)
17 cultural notes

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The episode

Why does the whole of America get in the car for Thanksgiving? Two friends find out about the busy roads, the turkey on every table, the turkey the President saves, and the leftovers the next day.

Episode worksheets (2)

Student sheet In your teacher account
Teacher sheet In your teacher account

Teaching guide

Objective & content

Two friends talk about Thanksgiving as the day America travels. One explains and the other reacts: about eighty million people cross the country for a family dinner, Americans eat forty-six million turkeys, and the table has sweet potatoes with marshmallows, bread, gravy and pumpkin pie. The episode also covers the Turkey Trot, the White House turkey pardon, Friendsgiving and the next-day sandwich. The grammar focus is present simple, with there is / there are for the food on the table. Learners listen for the numbers and the food vocabulary, for example "Run first, eat second."

Materials & prerequisites

Student sheet and teacher sheet, each as HTML and PDF (in the episode's printables folder).
Prerequisites: present simple, basic food vocabulary and numbers.

Curriculum alignment

Tagged c3-child-and-wider-environment, so it fits cycle 3 (6e). The episode targets CEFR A1+.

Possible adaptations

Lower levels: Offer segmented listening and additional visual aids.
Advanced levels: Encourage an oral summary and a debate in English on the theme.
Large groups: Organise group work with differentiated roles.

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