Description
Book SynopsisThis book of plays helps students understand, explore, and take part in American Holidays. There are 13 holiday plays in the book with pre-play activities to enrich the experience. Holidays include Independence Day, New Year's Day, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Halloween and seven others. Each unit follows the same format: - An Introduction to the contemporary practices of the holiday - A Dictation (students listen and write as they prepare for the play) - An Introduction to the contemporary practices of the holiday - A Background Reading that provides more information about the play and an opportunity for students to practice reading comprehension skills - A Pronunciation section that prepares students for words and phrases which will appear in the play and may be new to them - A Matching exercise which helps students understand the meaning and use of the words they have pronounced and some of the words they will encounter in the play - An Illustrated Poster that helps the students anti
