Christmas Int TN, English, Christmas & other holidays
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FESTIVAL WORKSHEETS
Christmas Lesson
Intermediate Worksheet A
Teacher’s Notes
This is a READING AND VOCABULARY worksheet and can be used independently
or before Intermediate Worksheets B and C.
1. Build your Christmas Vocabulary.
The Christmas Vocabulary Worksheet can be used to give students practice in reading and
understanding dictionary definitions as well as revise and/or learn Christmas words.
Depending on the level of the students either ask them to read the definitions and come up either
the words and phrases on their own, or – in case of lower levels- write the words on board first and
ask the students to match them with appropriate definitions.
All definitions come from Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, edition 4
Answers:
WhatÔs the word or phrase?
Christmas pudding
a special sweet food that contains a lot of dried fruit and is eaten in Britain at the end
of the main meal on Christmas Day
Christmassy
typical of Christmas
Christmas cracker
a tube of coloured paper that two people pull apart at Christmas in Britain for fun. It
makes a loud sound as it is pulled apart, and usually contains a small toy
Reindeer (plural: reindeer)
a large deer with long wide antlers (=horns), that lives in cold northern areas
Rudolph, the Red-nosed
Reindeer
a character in a children's Christmas song. It is a reindeer which has a shiny red nose.
The other reindeer think his nose looks silly, but Santa Claus asks him to help the other
reindeer to pull his sleigh on a foggy night, because his bright nose helps them to see
where they are going
Marshmallow
a very soft light white or pink sweet, made of sugar and egg white
Turkey
a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at
Thanksgiving
Santa Claus (also Santa or, in
British English, Father
Christmas)
an imaginary old man with red clothes and a long white beard who, children believe,
brings them presents at Christmas
A Christmas Carol
a short novel by Charles Dickens about an unpleasant old man called Scrooge who hates
to spend money. On Christmas Eve several ghosts visit him to warn him about what will
happen if he does not change. When he wakes up the next morning, he becomes a
happy generous person, especially to his worker Bob Cratchit and his sick son, Tiny Tim.
Christmas stocking
a long sock which children leave in their house on Christmas Eve to be filled with
presents
Christmas Day
December 25th, the day when most Christians celebrate the birth of Christ
Boxing Day (British English)
a national holiday in England and Wales, on the first day after Christmas Day that is not
a Sunday
Christmas carol
a Christian song that people sing at Christmas
Christmas Eve
December 24th, the day before Christmas Day
2. Story telling:
Get students into groups of 4 and ask them to invent a story using the words from the exercise. You
could introduce 3 extra words to help make the story more intriguing (e.g. gun, robbery, polar bear
etc)
When students are ready, ask them to tell their stories to other groups; the best/most
intriguing/funniest story can then be selected.
Alternatively, ask your students to write the story down.
If you are combining worksheet A with worksheets B and C you should do the story telling activity
after you have done worksheets B and C.
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Christmas Lesson Intermediate Worksheet B and C TeacherÔs Notes
Worksheet B is a SPEAKING lesson with elements of READING
1. My Christmas: Guess if IÔm lying
The aim of this exercise is to introduce students into the topic of Christmas and provide opportunities for personalised
speaking practice.
You may wish to start the lesson with a personal comment or questions e.g. “Have you noticed all the Christmas decorations
in the streets?”.
2. Skipping Christmas
The aim of exercise 2 is to provide some vocabulary development and reading comprehension work as well as to lead to the
role play.
Make sure students understand the words given in the box before they start reading. The pronunciation of
Peace Corps
and
luxury
or
fiancé
may need drilling.
You may also ask them to predict, on the basis of the words given, what the text/story will be about – if time allows they
can try to make up their own stories using the vocabulary and then present the stories to the other groups. Ask students to
make stories which relate to Christmas.
1. Role Plays
This is a chance for students to practise less controlled speaking in small groups. You may ask different pairs to work on
different situations and then to act them out in front of other students.
When all groups perform their role plays, listen for phrases that are very well used as well as a few mistakes – you may
decide to write up a few good phrases on the board and praise the students as well draw their attention to a few problem
areas and elicit what was wrong. Just don’t put anyone on the spot
☺
.
Worksheet C is a READING AND VOCABULARY lesson with elements of SPEAKING
Worksheet C can either be done after Worksheet B in class, or can be used as a homework assignment.
1
.
WhatÔs the missing word
: The missing word have been filled in for you in the text below.
John Grisham, the modern legal thriller 1)WRITER, is usually associated with books such as
The
Firm
,
The Pelican Brief
or
The Client
, which most of us have either read or 2)SEEN in the film
version.
He was born in Arkansas in 1955 and as a child 3) DREAMED OF being a professional baseball
player. When he grew up he chose to study and practice law, 4)SPECIALISING in criminal
defence and working 60-70 hours a week.
When he started writing novels it was just a hobby. However, after he 5)SOLD the film rights to
The Firm
to Paramount Pictures for $600,000, Grisham suddenly became a hot property among
publishers and a hobby became a full time 6)JOB.
In 1996 he took time off writing to return to the courtroom to represent the family of a railroad
brakeman who had been 7)KILLED in an accident. Grisham successfully argued his clients’ case.
Skipping Christmas
is a very 8) DIFFERENT book from
Time to Kill
,
The Street Lawyer
or
The
Testament
. It is a 9)MOVING, yet hilariously told Christmas tale about friendship, family values
and the chaos and frenzy that are part of our Christmas tradition.
Grisham 10) LIVES with his wife Renee and their two children. When he's not writing, he
devotes his time to charitable causes and working with his church group.
2 and 3.
Follow the text with some vocabulary work in exercise 2 and
uestions in
exercise 3, which will help you make sure that students are not only able to concentrate on portions of text and do vocabulary
tasks but also understand the text as a whole.
Additional/Optional homework: You may ask students to consult
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/grisham
for more
information about John Grisham books. In the next lesson they may be asked to share the extra details they remember.
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