Christmas in the air!

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LESSON PLAN Christmas in the air.
Date December, 21st, 2011 Teachers
Svetlana Krikovtseva, Irina
Shpagina, Elena Marvanova
Level Pre-intermediate secondary. Theme
Christmas holidays The topic of the day
Christmas in the air. Focus Christmas
vocabulary. Past Tenses in use.
Speaking about Christmas. Aim
To review Christmas vocabulary To
practice Past tenses in spoken English
To practice Christmas spoken language This
lesson provides students with an overview of
Christmas vocabulary.
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• Pre-task warmer
• Warm up students by asking / answering question
  about Christmas. (handouts)
• Questionary (some ideas from
  www.onestopenglish.com )
• Do you celebrate Christmas?
• What will you do for Christmas this year?
• What Christmas songs do you know?
• What do you know about the history of Christmas?
• What do you know about the history of Santa
  Clause?
• What would you like to get in a Christmas
  stocking?
• Where would you put a Christmas wreath?
• Do you know any Christmas song or poem?
• Where is Santas home? Who lives there?
• What is special about Santas sleigh?

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Key Vocabulary exercises online exercises
1. review key words improve pronunciation http/
/www.learningchocolate.com
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http//www.learningchocolate.com
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Key Vocabulary exercises online exercises
2. Interactive exercises key vocabulary, info
about Christmas traditions http//chagall-col.spip
.ac-rouen.fr
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• http//chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr
• gtgt Les Disciplines gtgtAnglais gtgtInteractive
  booksgtgtChristmas

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• Grammar review
• Past tenses review with interactive exercises
• Which tense
• Complete the sentences ( match and drag correct
  word text))
• Mix match ( two parts of the sentence)
• Put in order.
• Mix match. ( two sentences)
• Complete the sentences ( match and drag correct
  word text))
• http//www.englishgrammarsecrets.com
• gtgt Lessons gtgt Past review 1 gtgt ex
  1-6

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Exercise 1
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Exercise 5
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Speaking activity

• 
  1st variant . 1. Making
  plans for Christmas

• http//www.scoop.it/t/topical-english-activities
  
• gt gtgt Christmas Plans Conversation Question

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Speaking activity

• 2. Last Christmas

• http//www.scoop.it/t/topical-english-activities
  
• gtgtgt Christmas Past Tense Conversation
  Questions

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Speaking activity

• 3. Christmas Shopping

• http//www.scoop.it/t/topical-english-activities
  
• gtgtgt Christmas Shopping Conversation
  Questions

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• Useful language
• to send Christmas cards
• to decorate the Christmas tree
• to buy Christmas presents
• to sing Christmas carols
• to give / to get many presents
• to meet Santa
• to eat a Yule log
• to leave milk cookie under the tree for Santa
• to go skating on the ice-ring
• to go skiing
• to visit grandparents
• to spend Christmas night with my family
• to see my relatives/ cousins / friends
• to stay at home
• to read books or comics
• to play computer games
• to do my homework

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• Post-task activity
• Ask students to join to talkgroup How are you
  going to celebrate Christmas? ( possible theme)
  on www.voxopop.com to express their own opinions.

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• References
• http//www.learningchocolate.com
• http//chagall-col.spip.ac-rouen.fr
• http//www.englishgrammarsecrets.com
• http//www.scoop.it/t/topical-english-activities
• www.kalinago-english.com
• www.eslprintables.com
• www.onestopenglish.com
• www.englishclub.com

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• Thats all.
• Thank you for your attention!
• British Council Russia Learning Technologies
• Microteaching
• Teachers Svetlana Krikovtseva,
• Irina Shpagina,
• Elena Marvanova

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We wish you a Merry Christmas
and
a Happy New