teachers club christmas english 2014

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PERSONAL FAVOURITE 1: Father Christmas he got stuck!

Christmas is coming soon!

I dont suppose there are many people who would say Im not looking forward to Christmas. Most of usare eagerly awaiting family meetings, ginger biscuits and of course a big, bright Christmas tree! Why not takeadvantage of this heart-warming time to introduce a bit of Christmas atmosphere into the classroom. I hope

you will enjoy this collection of my personal Christmas favourites. Have fun! Lots of Christmas fun!

Regina Raczyska

CHRISTMAS FUNREADY-MADE CHRISTMAS IDEAS

FOR YOUNG LEARNERS

This is one of my personal favourites. The exercise involves

a song about Father Christmas. As is widely known, FatherChristmas is not exactly a sporty type, he is not very fit and hisbuild has been known to cause problems when trying to getdown a narrow chimney And this is exactly what happensin the song

THE STORY

When introducing children to the exercise, first tell them thebackground story about a hard-working Father Christmas whowanted to deliver all the presents to all the children. Describehim getting on his sledge, carrying a heavy sack, trying tosqueeze down a chimney and getting stuck. Tell them there is

a happy ending to the story . Remember to illustrate each

piece of the story with English phrases and short sentences.Here are my ideas, but you might change them according toyour students needs: 1)Christmas! Hurray!2)A big bag, a verybig bag!3)A heavy bag, a very heavy bag!4) I can do it! I can doit! 5)Oh no! Help! I got stuck! 6) See you next year!

THE SONG

Introduce the words of the song explaining them verse byverse. You may want to think about different gestures for eachpart of it. I love watching my students when they sing the lasttwo lines and shrug their shoulders: What bad luck!

The song is sung to the melody ofAre you sleeping Brother John?The children will pick it up quickly and if you want to repeat it

next year, they will probably still remember the words!

If your students like singing, you might suggest singing it in canon.

THE WORDS

sung to the melody of

Are you sleeping Brother John?

Father Christmas

Father ChristmasAre you sleeping 2x

He got stuck!

He got stuck!Brother John 2x

Going down

the chimney

Going down

the chimney

Morning bells are ringing 2x

What bad luck!

What bad luck!Ding Ding Dong 2x

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The children learn the words of the song and sing it a few

times. Next, encourage them to work with a photocopy.

Remember to prepare the necessary number of copies inadvance. Ask the children to cut out the pictures, look at thestory and put the pictures in the right order. Next, childrennumber the pictures 1-6 and stick them in the right order into

their notebooks. Say the words of the text and encourage thechildren to repeat them: Number 1. Christmas! Hurray! Askthem to point to the pictures as you retell the whole story.

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Father Christmas got stuck!


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PERSONAL FAVOURITE 2: We wish you a Merry Christmas!

We wish you a Merry Christmasis a popular Christmas song. In many schools, there are special Christmas concerts at this

time of year, when all the classes have to perform something special. We wish you a Merry Christmas is a tried and tested

Christmas classic, perfect for children of all ages. As well as singing you can also also focus on the active participation of

children in the event. Prepare copies of signs for each child. They can cut them out and decorate them during class or

at home. When they are ready, attach the signs to pencils so that the children can hold them during the show.

When singing for the first time, the children should hold their signs in front of them. When they sing: Merry Christmas!

they should hold the signs out and show them to the audience. When singing the song for the second time, they should

hold the signs up at the words Merry Christmas and your task is to encourage the audience to finish the lines. The lastlineAnd a happy New Yearis sung by everybody. When singing for the last time the whole procedure is the same but

the entire last verse is sung by everybody. Remind the students to smile and I am sure the performance will be a great

success and the audience will have fun, too!

The song may be practised in the same way in groups in the classroom (e.g. left side versus right side, boys versus girls etc.).


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MERR

YCHRIS

TMAS

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PERSONAL FAVOURITE 3: Snowflakes are falling!

Snowflakes are fallingis an idea for children who already know numbers 1-10 and are able to read. Introduce the topic

of winter, snow and falling snowflakes. Prepare a set of picture flashcards and word flashcards. Say: Look! Snowflakes

are falling!Encourage the children to say: How many? Pick a word card, show it to the children and say: (Four!). Repeat.

Prepare one set of cards per student and encourage them to play in pairs.

My students love playing memo in pairs. The numbered cards with the snowflakes are great to play the game. Pairs of

children use one set of cards. All the cards are spread out face down on the desk. The object of the game is to turn

over two cards and try to find a matching pair (i.e. a pair with the same number of snowflakes on each card). Students

take it in turns to turn over pairs of cards. If a matching pair is found, the student keeps them and has another go. Thegame continues until just one card (zero) is left. The winner is the student with the highest number of matching pairs.


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six seven eight

two three five

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PERSONAL FAVOURITE 4: Christmas crossword!

Older students also like talking about Christmas so here is an interesting task for them a Christmas crossword puzzle!

Prepare the neccesary number of copies, one for each student. Prepare picture flashcards for yourself and introduce

or review the Christmas vocabulary. You can do it in an amusing way ask them to react to the words you say. They sit

down, look at the pictures you show and repeat the words, but when they hear a word starting with -s they must stand

up. The words starting with -sare: snowflakes, snowman, star and stocking. After that, distrubute the handouts and ask

children to do the crossword.

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4 N

3 R 6 O

1 2 T E 5 S W 8 9

A A E N N A A N T

N T E D O R N G O

D E W E C

Y E F L KC R L I

A A N

N K G

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Pearson Central Europe, December 2014 TEACHERS WORD CARDS

reindeer

candy

cane hat tree

stocking

starsnowflakes

angel

snowman


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Christmas crossword

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3 6

1 2 5 8 9

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Merry Christmas to you All!

Here is another Christmas version ofAre you sleeping Brother John?Use it to introducea Christmas atmosphere to your classroom. When presenting the song, remember to tellthe children they should stand up for the words: Here I am!

Where is Santa?Where is Santa?

Here I am.Here I am.

Merry, merry Christmas.Merry, merry Christmas.

Ho, Ho, Ho!Ho, Ho, Ho!

There are still so many ideas but lets finish off with the last songsung to the same melody:

Father Christmas,Father Christmas,

Ho, ho, ho.Ho, ho, ho.

Where is Santa?Where is Santa?

I dont know.Do you know?

This final version is great to practise with smaller groups. At thebeginning tell the children that there are different names for SaintNicholas in English he is also called Father Christmas or Santa. Ask the childrenwhat he is called in their language. Prepare a Christmas toy, a little bell, a star or simply a Christmas picture that childrenwill pass on.

Student A sings the first verse of the song. The whole group pretends to be Santa and sings: Ho! Ho! Ho!Next, studentA continues singing and at the end asks the student next to them (student B) the question: Do you know?and hands themthe Christmas object you prepared. Student B can answer: I dont know!Repeat the song around the circle until the finalstudent asks you, the teacher, Do you know?At this stage you can say Yes, I do!and reveal a picture or figurine of Santathat was hidden somewhere handy before the lesson (Dont forget to hide it before you start!). At this stage, perhaps

Santa could give out some little sweets to the children

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