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Carnival Treasure Hunt
A) Read this newspaper article and find the answers to these questions:
1. In Dominica, the carnival is a mix of two traditions. What are they?
2. What kind of battle do they have in the Nice carnival?
3. What do people sing about in the Cádiz carnival?
4. What do they bury in Ash Wednesday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
5. Which two instruments are played in the Fasnacht carnival in Switzerland?
6. Which town in Germany has straw bears in their carnival?
7. What kind of music can you hear in the Trinidad and Tobago carnivals?
8. What’s special about the giant heads in the Barranquilla carnival in Colombia?
9. What kind of fights do they have in the Oruro carnival in Bolivia?
10. How long does the Montevideo carnival last in Uruguay?
(Source: http://albertotabares.blogspot.es/)
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B) Go to this wikipedia article and find the answer to these questions:
1. In which country was the Carnival celebrated for the first time in the American continent?
2. In which country has the Carnival been forbidden to prevent acts of violence?
3. In which country is the Carnival held in only one state, which once was a colony of Portugal?
4. In which country is the first Carnival of the year celebrated on a small island?
5. In which city in the Northern hemisphere is a Carnival celebrated in summer because in winter it is too cold?
C) Surf the Internet to find the answers to these questions about the
Notting Hill Carnival
(make sure you do not leave the website - watch out for publicity links):
1. In which city is it celebrated?
2. When was it first celebrated?
3. How long does it take to roast some jerk chicken?
4. How many points are there to find a lost child? And to report a crime?
5. What is the origin of the Notting Hill Carnival?
6. What problems will you find if you travel to Notting Hill by bus during the Carnival?
7. Which tube station is closed after 6 p.m.?
8. What name is given today to the person who leads a calypso song?
9. What shouldn't you wear in Notting Hill, and why?
10. What do authorities recommend you to drink?
D) Create your own treasure hunt about Easter or the Holy Week. Visit some web pages, prepare between 5 and 10 questions (and the answers!) and e-mail them to your teacher. On our next lesson we will do our classmates' treasure hunts and award points to the most interesting ones. The winner would get a prize if it wasn't for the economic crisis!
Tips:
a) Don't use the wikipedia or the first results in the Google search page. Be original!
b) Don't ask questions using the same words in the answer - those answers can be found too easily! Use synonyms and change the sentence structure so that the activity is more interesting for your classmates.
c) Ask questions with interesting answers. We want to learn interesting things!
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