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Diwali  is the Hindu festival of lights. It is the most popular festival from South Asia. It is usually celebrated in October or November and lasts five days.

Listen to a boy telling us why Diwali is his favourite time of the year.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/my-favourite-day-diwali (story)

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrrW3rO51ak[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOti8U_-BNM[/youtube] EUROPE

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBAnI31VTNY[/youtube] ASIA

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF255x8fVE8[/youtube] AMERICA

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Xsi9Pzvm8Y[/youtube] AFRICA

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n2XsT8NT28[/youtube]

5th November was Bonfire Night in Britain. It is a traditional British festival. People celebrated with bonfires and fireworks. It’s lots of fun for all the family.

Click and watch:

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/uk-now/video-uk/bonfire-night

11th November is the start of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Click on the link and read:

Diwali story

8th November is International Tongue Twister Day. Tongue twisters can be a fun way for you to improve your pronunciation.

Click and listen:

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/search/apachesolr_search/tongue%20twisters

Let’s play some GAMES .

Click on the link to learn Countries and Nationalities:

http://www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/word-games/group-the-words/countries

http://www.eslkidsworld.com/Interactive%20games/countries%20and%20nationalities%20quiz.html

http://a4esl.org/q/h/9801/cg-nationalities.html

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Billionaire/Countries%20Nationalities%20Billionaire/index.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/nationalities-mw.html

http://iteslj.org/v/e/ab-countries_nationalities.html

http://www.toporopa.eu/en/countries_of_europe.html (countries of Europe)

http://www.esolcourses.com/content/exercises/wordmatch/8/wordmatch.html (European countries and nationalities)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6cvRmyEUKc[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ktJ0Zbm2g[/youtube]

Write a short composition about your favourite POP STAR.

Click on the link:

5th A: http://padlet.com/wall/7yw14mz50b37

5th B: http://padlet.com/wall/7wq0z7xqk6sk

GAMES:

http://resources.oswego.org/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/dynamo/den/clock/index.htm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub62GCUMZZo[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3icBxO6Wjz0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBvmO7NgUp0[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v608v42dKeI[/youtube]

What do you know about musical instruments?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=briyHuefm8Q[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-bTMbePj0A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXUsl2cejHg[/youtube]