Christmas Activities:Ready to go!

Sandy MillinDirector of Studies, IH Sevastopol

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Vocabulary

http://quizlet.com/33053882/christmas-vocab-flash-cards/

Pictures Words

Run and touchGuessing

Flashing Word grab

Pen swapping

ScatterBoard

race

Wordsearch/word jumble

Answers

Christmas in the UK

• What do you know about Christmas in the UK?

• When do they celebrate?• What do they eat?• What do they do?

Christmas in the UK

After reading…

• How do you celebrate Christmas in your family?

• What is similar to the UK? What is different?• Are there any British Christmas traditions

you’d like to try?

• It must be…• It could be…• It might not be…• It can’t be…

• Do you think it’s…?

because…

What’s in the stocking?

Taken from: http://hiveofactivities.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/whats-in-the-stocking/

Christmas jokes

Match the jokes to the responseshttp://www.slideshare.net/SandyMillin1/christmas-jokes-matching

Christmas speaking bingo

• Student A: choose a card and show it to your team• http://www.slideshare.net/SandyMillin1/christma

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• Others in the team: choose three words you think they will say when discussing the question. Content words, not grammar words!

• Student A: speak about the topic for 30 seconds. Other students cross off words they hear.

Decorate your tree

Taken from: OUP Christmas Activities 2013

• What does each Christmas card show and how does it represent Christmas?

• Which two cards best represent Christmas for you?

Christmas cards

Adapted from: http://www.promo.oupe.es/christmascorner/

Head drawing

You walk into the living room. There is a Christmas tree to the left of the fireplace. Above the fireplace there are two stockings. On top of the Christmas tree there is a star. There are baubles on the Christmas tree. There are lots of presents under the tree. There is a table in front of the fireplace with cookies and milk for Santa and a carrot for his reindeer.

Head drawing

• Put your paper on your head (lean on a book if you need to)

• Listen to the text and draw what you hear. Your paper must stay on your head!

• Compare your paper with your partner. • Can you remember the text?

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