Simple past vs. past continuous

Dear students of 2º Básico,
Here you have a link to some exercises revisiting the differences between simple past and past continuous, so if you want to practise, be my guest and enjoy the exercises ! 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises?ex07 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises?ex08 
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-paspro/exercises

Obama pardons his last turkey

Here you have the last video where Obama pardons his last turkey. Yes, Obama is very difficult to understand ! Enjoy it : 

Thanksgiving video

Thanksgiving vocabulary and exercises.

Dear students, 
Here you have an easy and quick exercise related to Thanksgiving vocabulary. Enjoy it : 
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/thanksgiving/beginners/picture-quiz.html

Now, a very easy reading about Thanksgiving :
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/thanksgiving/elementary-thanksgiving-reading.html 

And here you have the cloze test based on that reading :

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate word. There are some extra words :

a         airports           an       big                  Canada          Canadian                   cities       dinner        fourth      holiday     holidays     its        people     say       their          

Thanksgiving is a (1) ________________ and North American harvest festival and a family (2) _______________. In the USA, they celebrate it on the (3) _____________ Thursday in November, but (4) ____________ in Canada celebrate it on the second Monday in October. Thanksgiving is a (5) ________ family celebration and a Christian festival. Many non-Christians also like celebrating Thanksgiving. Roads and (6) _____________ get very busy that weekend. People travel all over the country to be with (7) __________ family on Thanksgiving. Many big ___________ (8) organize parades and other special events.

Christian families often (0) __say__ a prayer (called grace) before eating their Thanksgiving (9) ___________. Traditional Thanksgiving foods include turkey with stuffing and cranberry sauce, sweetcorn and sweet potatoes. (10) _______ incredibly good dessert called pumpkin pie is also eaten.

Adapted from : http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/thanksgiving/elementary-thanksgiving-reading.html

Here you have another exercise : to put the words in order.
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/thanksgiving/elementary-thanksgiving-jumbled-sentences-1.html 

Thanksgiving presentation

Dear students,
Thanksgiving takes place this Thursday and I prepared a presentation for you to learn some cultural elements. Please, have a look at it. 



Here you can have a video in which children say why they are thankful for. You can't miss it. Have a look ! 

Thanksgiving cloze

This is the cloze that we did today in class.  Fill in the blanks with the words in the boxes. There are some extra words :  aboard        arrived      at        colony         died      feast got             grow        happy         hard           ill          into land            leave       room   pleasant     strong   survived    thanks       taught         voyage      was       were

The first Thanksgiving

In 1620, a group of people decided to (0)__leave__England. They crossed the Atlantic  Ocean and (1) _____________ to America. These people (2) ________  called pilgrims. They decided to make the long journey because they wanted religious freedom.

The pilgrims crossed the ocean in a ship called the Mayflower. There were 102 passengers (3) _________ the ship. The ship had very little ______ for so many people.  At first, the weather was (5)  _________, but then the ship met storms and (6) _________ winds. During the (7) _____________, two people died and one child was born. Finally, after 65 days (8) ______ sea, they got to ___________ (9), well to an island.

The pilgrims created a (10) _____________at Plymouth. Life was ______ (11)  at the colony. At first, the pilgrims lived on the Mayflower while they built their homes on land. It was winter so they were cold and wet. Soon many of the pilgrims became _____________ (12) . About half of the pilgrims _________ (13) during the first year of diseases such as scurvy and pneumonia.

With the help of Native Americans, the colony _____________  (14) the first year. Native Americans __________  (15) the colonists how to __________  (16) corn and how to collect sap from maple trees. The colonists who survived the first year had a three-day _____________ (17) to give _____________ (18) for their first harvest.

Thanksgiving video explanation

Dear students,
Here you have the listening about Thanksgiving that we did in class today. You can also de the exercises proposed.