Media Presentation Plan

The Topic: “ Christmas and New Year Traditions “.

Educative Aims:

a)to practice vocabulary;

b)to develop speaking skills in different situations;

c)to practice speaking skills in different situations.

Developing Aims:

a)to teach students to use the most of their learning situations on the topic;

b)to challenge the students to think;

c)to develop students` imagination.

Bringing up Aims:

a)to develop students` motivation for learning.

Stages:

  1. Introduction: announcing of the topic and purpose of the lesson.
  2. Activation of the studied material on the topic (“Christmas and New Year Traditions ”).
  3. Developing listening – comprehension skills.
  4. Developing speaking skills.
  5. Playing the game.
  1. INTRODUCTION.

Т: Good afternoon, children. There are many holidays in our country and in English-speaking countries. But the holidays we like most of all are New Year`s Day and Christmas.

Christmas Day is the greatest holiday in England. People prepare for this holidays beforehand: they send greeting cards, buy presents, make fancy dresses and decorate their houses. And when the holiday comes they congratulate each other, sing carols, songs and recitepoems. Every holiday has its own symbols.

T: What Christmas symbols do you know?

P: A bell,a Christmas tree, a reindeer, Santa Claus, a wreath, a candle, a stocking.

T: On the 25th of December English people and people who live in Europe and America always celebrate Christmas and I`d like you to take part in the competition “Christmas and New Year Traditions”.

All children like competitions so we have two teams and of course we need names for them. I`ve prepared two envelopes, inside you will find letters. Your task is to arrange the letters and to get the name of your team.

The names of the teams are:“Crackers” and “Confetti”.

Let`s start our game. Who wants to start the Christmas game.

P: We do.

II. MESSAGE TO SANTA CLAUS.

T: I think it would be better to choose the team to start the game. Your task is to read this message to Santa Claus. Draw lines like this to separate the words. The first team will begin our game.

Thank you. I think team “……………” is our first winner.

III. QUIZ.

T: That`s why you can start our Christmas game with the quiz “Christmas and New Year Traditions”. Remember everything you know about Christmas and New Year celebration.

Each team is given one question in turn. If the team fails to answer it the other one can try to do it. A right answer gives one point. Let`s start.

T: When is Christmas celebrated?

P: It`s celebrated on the 25th of December.

T: What do people celebrate on Christmas?

P:They celebrate the birth of Christ.

T: What do people send each other during winter holidays?

P: They send greetings cards to their relatives and friends.

T: What do people wish their relatives and friends?

P: People wish A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.

T: How do people decorate their houses?

P: Most people decorate their houses with brightly-coloured paper

or holly and they usually have a Christmas tree.

T: Where do people put presents?

P: They put presents under the Christmas tree.

T: What do children do on Christmas Eve?

P: Children leave a long stocking at the end of their beds and hope that Santa Claus will bring them presents.

T: What is traditional Christmas food?

P:Traditional Christmas food is a roast turkey and Christmas pudding for dinner.

T: When is New Year`s Day celebrated in Belarus?

P: It`s celebrated on December 31.

T: Is New Year as widely celebrated as Christmas in Great Britain?

P: No, it isn`t. Some people even ignore it.

T: Every country has its own traditions connected with the New Year. Have you heard about them?

P 1:Yes.There is a funny tradition: the First Foot. This is a first visitor to enter a house on New Year`s morning. He is a person of great importance.

P2: The First Foot must be a man because it is believed that a woman brings bad luck. He must carry food, drink and coal into the house.

IV. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.

T: Writing the New Year Resolutions is another good tradition in Britain. Many people make such resolutions: they promise themselves to improve their business and health and to do a lot of different things.

And what about schoolchildren?

P1: Schoolchildren decide to do their best to study and obey their parents and teachers.

T:Do your parents make such resolutions?

P2: Yes they do. My parents plan to work harder, to save money, to give up smoking and so on.

T: Now I think is hightime to our teams to make New Year Resolutions. Each member of every team should write a resolution. The team that will write more resolutions in 3 minutes and won`t repeat them will be the winner.

T:OK. We hope all your dreams and resolutions will come true next year and you, your parents, relatives and friends will be healthy, wealthy and happy. Do only the best and hope only for the best.

V. “ TRUE and FALSE”

And now it`s time to play and find out who is the quickest in your team. The game is called “True and False”. There are two chairs: one is “True” and the other is “False”. You will hear some statements and if it is true you will have to sit down on the true chair. If the statement is wrong you will have to run to the false chair.

We need two players from different teams for one statement. The right answers will give one point .

1. It is snowing now.

2. Christmas is a religious holiday. (True)

3. It is winter now. (True)

4. Big Ben is a mountain. (False)

5. Traditional Christmas food is a roast turkey and pudding. (True)

6. Paris is the capital of Great Britain. (False)

7. On Christmas families decorate a Christmas tree. (True)

8. December is the first summer month. (False)

9. Reindeer Rudolph is a friend of Santa Claus. (True)

10. On Christmas eve children put their mittens under the Christmas tree.(False)

11. Christmas eve is on the 26th of December. (False)

12. New Year`s Day is on the 31th of December. (True)

VI. GREETING CARDS

T: All of you know that sending greeting cards is one of the Christmas and New Year traditions. We usually congratulate our parents, relatives and friends sending them greeting cards on different occasions.

Do you know how Christmas cards appeared?

The first Christmas cards appeared in1843. Sir Henry Cole invented it. One side of the card was a short greeting and another- a nice picture. Soon these cards became very popular.

Have you ever sent Christmas and New Year Cards? Let`s congratulate each other with the help of a greeting card. Each team will make a card for the other team. You have 5 min.

VII. THE SONG “JINGLE BELLS”

T:I think all of you know a popular British Christmas song “Jingle bells”. People all over the world sing this song on Christmas.

Each team is getting a sheet of paper with the song “Jingle bells”. The teams are having one couplet and the refrain. You should fill in the gaps with the missing words. The quickest team is the winner. You can do the task on these cards. Let`s start.

T: Let`s check.

P:

T: Let`s sing this song together.

VIII. CHRISTMAS QUIZ.

T: I`m sure all children and even adults like to play games. Now I think is hightime to do it. Are you ready for having fun? The rule is very simple. There are four options for you to choose: Dates, Christmas characters, White questions and Christmas traditions. The price is 10, 20 and 30. If your answer is correct you`ll get appropriate points.

T: Now let`s find out how many points each team has got and who is our champion.

The champion today is………………….. . Our congratulations. My sweet prize for you. And for team………………………… some sweets as well for your active participation and great desire to know and learn a lot.

T: We are finishing our Christmas and New Year competition. Thanks a lot for your participation. All of you tried to be very active, energetic, showed good knowledge of English. I wish you A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.

Song “Merry Christmas”.