Holiday Activities!

Check out some of the fun holiday activities going on around Wake County this month!

Raleigh's first Winterfest - with outdoor ice skating!
http://news14.com/charlotte-news-104-content/top_stories/618445/raleigh-s-1st-winterfest-to-feature-downtown-ice-skating

First Night is a fun event for all ages.
http://www.firstnightraleigh.com/home.html

Christmas Music and History of Christmas

Check out the 401 North Campus ESL site. It has fun Web Radio stations with Christmas music. (Thanks Valeria!) There is also a neat link to the history of Christmas:
http://www.history.com/video.do?name=christmas&bcpid=2647858001&bclid=1675979322&bctid=1586348684

Fall Semester Ends....Make Plans to Practice Your ENGLISH!

The fall semester of ESL classes at WTCC will end soon! Most sites only have one more week remaining of class....Make sure you know when to return for registration for spring semester; most ESL sites will do this the 1st week of January 2010.

Bookmark these ESL sites now so you can use this as a tool to practice your English during the holiday break. All sites listed to the right will maintain links and maybe even activities for you to practice your English at home or wherever you use the internet.

The Thanksgiving Holiday

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

A quick reminder to everyone -- there will be no ESL classes next Thursday, 11/26, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Most sites are also closed Wednesday and Friday, and some have the whole week off. Please check your site's blog (see the links on the right side of this page) to find the exact days.

On Thanksgiving we normally get together with our family (and sometimes with close friends ) and have a big meal together. We try to think about all the things we are grateful (thankful) for in our lives - family, friends, health - and education!. A traditional Thanksgiving meal often includes turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, corn and pumpkin pie for dessert!

Do you have a holiday or celbration like this in your country? Have you ever had a traditional Thanksgiving meal in the U.S.?

Here is a short reading about Thanksgiving, with lots of pictures and vocabulary
http://www.elcivics.com/esl-thanksgiving.html

This site tells about the history of Thanksgiving -- and many other holidays.
http://www.history.com/content/thanksgiving

This is an interesting article on "myths" about the first Thanksgiving
http://www.history.com/content/thanksgiving/mayflower-myths

Happy Turkey Day!