Topic: Merry Christmas!
Form: 3
Objectives:
- to revise the vocabulary and structures on the topic “Christmas”,
- to develop reading skills;
- to identify an object with the help of an oral description of it;
- to write post cards,
Pupils will practice:
- listening and watching for specific information;
- reading for information;
- speaking about Christmas;
- singing a song.
Materials:
- Handouts (texts about Christmas, Santa Clause’s letter, tasks), flashcards, a big box with presents, song “Santa Clause is coming to town”.
Procedure
- Greeting.
Teacher: Good morning, boys and girls! I am glad to see you!
Pupils: Good morning, good morning,
Good morning to you!
In this early morning
I’m glad to see you!
- Warming up
Teacher: What day is it today?
What season is it now?
Do you like winter?
What can we do in winter? (play snowballs, make snowman, ski, skate, sleigh).
What holidays do we celebrate in winter? (New Year, Christmas, St. Nickolas Day. St. Valentine’s Day etc.)
Today we shall speak about Christmas.
- Phonetic drill
Teacher: First, let us read the tong twister
Santa’s sleigh slips so swiftly through the snow.
Rub out the words one by one. Let the children to read all sentence as quickly as it possible.
- Revising the vocabulary
Teacher: There are many things and words which are connected with Christmas. What are they? (Christmas tree, Santa Clause, toys to decorate the tree, balls, stars, angels, lights, Christmas cards, presents, Robin, Christmas pudding, holly).
Using the flashcards elicit these words.
- Checking homework.
Teacher: Your hometask was to read the small texts about Christmas traditions.
Text 1.Christmas Day
Christmas Day is on the 25th of December. English people celebrate this holiday with big dinners. Children have got a lot of fun. They play under Christmas trees, find presents in their Christmas stockings, eat Christmas pudding.
Celebrate – праздновать
People – люди
Dinner – обед
a lot of – много
fun – веселье
under – под
find – находить
stocking – чулок (Рождественский чулок, который вешают над камином)
eat – кушать
Christmaspudding – Рождественский пудинг
Text 2.
Christmas cards
Every English family sends and receives many Christmas cards. There is a robin on almost every card. Robin is a Christmas bird. Sometimes there is a bunch of holly on the Christmas card. You can read on the card: “Merry Christmas!”
Every – каждая
Send – отправлять
Receive – получать
Robin – малиновка
Onalmostevery – почти на каждой
Sometimes – иногда
a bunch of holly – веткаостролиста
Text 3
Christmas pudding
English people have Christmas pudding forChristmas dinner. Children often put holly on the pudding. They put a coin into the pudding too. It brings luck to a person who finds it.
Christmaspudding – рождественский пудинг
Often – часто
Put – класть
Holly – остролист
Сoin – монета
Bring – приносить
Luck – удача
Person – человек
Find – находить
Teacher: Now answer my questions:
–When do people in England celebrate Christmas? (on the 25th of December)
–What do English people send and receive for this holiday? (Christmas Cards)
–What do English families have for Christmas dinner? (Christmas pudding)
Teacher:: Find the end of the sentences in the text:
–English people celebrate this holiday….. with big dinners.
– They play under Christmas trees…. find presents in their Christmas stockings, eat Christmas pudding.
–There is a robin… on almost every card.
–You can read… on the card: “Merry Christmas!”
–Children often put… holly on the pudding.
–They put a coin…into the pudding too.
- Developing reading skills, doing the tasks
Teacher:: I’ve got a letter from Santa Clause. I’ve made copies of it. Read it, please.
Dear boys and girls!
My name is Santa Clause. I am coming to your town. I’ve got a big bag with presents: toys, balls, dolls, books, sweets. If you are good children, I’ll put these presents under the Christmas tree!
See you later,
your Santa Clouse.
P.S. Your teacher has got a box. If you want to open it – do the tasks…..
Teacher:: What has Santa Clause got? What is in his bag? Read the P.S. (postscript). So, I’ve got a box from Santa Clause and if we want to open it, let’s do the tasks.
Task1. Sing the song “Sana Clause is coming to town”.
Task 2.Name the odd word.
HO1:
- Santa Clause, holiday, Christmas tree,apple tree.
- Shorts,stockings, presents.
- The 26th of December, the 25th of December, Santa Clause.
- Robin, holly, parrot, pudding.
Task 3. Answer the questions.
- Has he got a ticket? Yes, he has.
- Have they hot a map? ______
- Has she got a swimsuit? ______
- Has he got a passport? ______.
Task 4. Show “+” if it’s true, show “–” of it’s false.
–Children find presents in the Christmas stockings. +
–There is an elephant on almost every Christmas Card. –
–English people have pudding for Christmas dinner. +
–You can read on the Christmas card “Happy Birthday”/ -
–Children put a coin into the pudding. +
VII. Hometask - Writing a postcard (Task 5).
T: I’m sure now you know a lot about Christmas and New Year. One of the traditions is writing postcards to your relatives, to your friends. Let’s write a postcard to…Father Frost. Ask him to bring you a present and describe it. Don’t forget to thank Father Frost and Snowmaiden. Then show us your cards and read them.
P1: Dear Father Frost,
I’d like a new train or a plane for New Year. It is black and red. It’s very big.
Thank you very much
Yours, Grisha.
P2: Dear Father Frost,
I’d like a new doll. It’s a nice ballerina. She has a pink dress and pink shoes on. She can dance. Her name’s Bella.
Thanks a lot.
Yours,
Polya.
P3: Dear Father Frost,
I’d like a new teddy bear. It’s yellow and brown. It can sleep, sing songs and dance. It’s very happy and funny.
Thank you.
Yours, Sasha. .
VII. Conclusion.
Teacher: All of you have worked hard today and you’ve learnt how to write a postcard, you’ve read a new text, you’ve done all Santa Clause’s tasks. Your marks are….
We can open the box(There are presents for the children in the box).
Merry Christmas, everybody!