Every day is a Holiday: Diwali
If you are Hindu, it is almost the New Year! Diwali is a joyous time. Many people do not know about this holiday. Why not give your students a break from talking about the difficult times going on in our world? Talk about Diwali, a colorful and inspiring Festival of Lights. Our Every Day is a Holiday section is full of mini-lessons about holidays and special events from all over the world. Visit ESL-Library to print out the Every Day is a Holiday lesson that goes with today’s podcast. The lesson comes with a warm up, a reading, a vocabulary review, comprehension and discussion questions, and a Web 2.0 art and research challenge. If your class accepts the challenge in our lesson, please share your rangoli art with us by providing a link to your pictures or video. You can also email us your pictures and we’ll post them on our blog!
Here is a related video that you can show to your class on How to Make a Rangoli Pattern. One new thing we learned about rangoli art is that you should never leave any spaces unfilled.
Preview all of ESL-Library’s Every Day is a Holiday lessons here. If you have any suggestions for topics, please leave a comment.
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Please introduce your students to our FREE podcasts. These can act as a preview to our lessons. They can also serve as extra listening homework to help your learners develop an understanding of the rhythm of English. Some teachers use our weekly podcast (posted every Wednesday) as a warm up for an online tutoring session.