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Lesson 1
Date: 24.12.2020
Theme: Christmas lesson.
1. Warm Up
How many words
can you make from the letters in HAPPY CHRISTMAS?
2. Where in the world?
• Have you ever
spent Christmas in a different country? If so, was it very different to how you
usually spend Christmas?
• How much do
you know about what happens at Christmas around the world? Try to match the customs
on the left with the country on the right.
|
Custom |
Country |
|
1) St. Nicolas brings presents on December 6th to good
children and a bag of sticks for bad children. |
a. China |
|
2) December 26th is called Boxing Day and was
traditionally a day to give presents to the poor. |
b. Spain |
|
3) Tropical flowers are used as Christmas
decorations. |
c. Great Britain |
|
4) The three Kings arrive on the night of January
5th to give presents to children. Most towns have a carnival style parade. |
d. Germany |
|
5) On January 6th a special almond cake with a toy
crown inside is eaten. |
e. Czech Republic |
|
6) Wooden decorations and candles are put in windows
of homes. |
f. France |
|
7) The Christian population is between 4-6% and big
cities put up Christmas trees. |
g. Canada |
|
8) Fir trees grow here and they always send the
biggest and most beautiful tree to Boston in the USA. |
h. Costa Rica |
• Do you know
anything about any of these customs?
• What would you
write about your own country?
3. What does Christmas mean to people in the UK?
What does Christmas
mean to people in the UK?
Before you read
the text imagine how Christmas is spent in the UK. Do you think it is similar
or different to your own country? Discuss your ideas in a group.
Now each pupil is
going to read one or two paragraphs.
After reading discuss these questions together.
• What are the
origins of Christmas?
• Who gives
cards and presents at Christmas?
• What do you
know about Father Christmas?
• What is the
Christmas number one (clue: it’s about music)?
• Does it always
snow at Christmas in Britain?
• What do people
eat at Christmas in the UK?
• Do British
people really like Christmas?
• Do the true or
false exercise with a partner.
Christmas
Christmas can
mean different things to different people. For many people it means eating a
lot and spending time with family and visiting relatives and friends. For children
it often means presents, presents and more presents!
The origins of Christmas
In ancient times
people had mid-winter festivals when the days were short and the nights were
verylong. They believed that their ceremonies would help the sun’s power
return. The Romans decorated their homes with green plants in December to
remind Saturn, their harvest god, to return the following spring. In CE440 the
Christian church decided that the birth of Christ should be celebrated every
year on December 25th. Some of these ancient customs were adopted by early Christians
as part of their celebrations of the birthday of Jesus Christ. Green plants are
still used to decorate many British homes in December. At Christmas we cover
trees (real ones or reusable synthetic trees) in with shiny balls and flashing
lights!
Cards and presents
It’s very common
to send Christmas cards to friends, family, colleagues, classmates and neighbours
in the weeks leading up to December 25th. Christmas is traditionally a time for
helping other people and giving money to charities. Many people send charity
cards; where a percentage of the cost of each card goes to charity. People send
fewer cards than in the past as they now send Christmas greetings by email or
via Facebook. Christmas presents are reserved for close friends and family.
Traditionally the giving of a gift is symbolic of the three wise men giving
their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus. Popular presents
for young people in the UK in recent years include a Smart phone, a Playstation
Move and 80’s retro fashion.
Father Christmas (aka Santa Claus)
Every year small
children tell Father Christmas (also known as Santa Claus) exactly what
presents they would like to receive. They can write him letter with a list of
requests or they can visit him personally in one of the large department stores
across Britain in the weeks before Christmas. On the night of December 24th
Father Christmas travels through the sky on a sleigh pulled by magic reindeers
and delivers presents to children across Britain. How does he enter the
children’s houses? Via the chimney of course!
The Christmas number one
Every year, for
a few weeks around Christmas time, the UK music charts go mad. Groups and
singers who normally make cool music create a song that they hope will be
number one on Christmas Day.
The Christmas
number one single is written about in newspapers, talked about on the radio and
people can even bet money in betting shops to see which song will win the race.
In the last ten years, the Christmas number one has been dominated by singers who
have won reality television competitions. One year ‘Rage Against the Machine’
started a Facebook campaign to be the first group with a Christmas number 1
with a download only song. They won their anti- corporate campaign with the
song ‘Killing in the name’.
Snow
Snow at
Christmas is part of British culture. You often see it on Christmas cards, you
can buy fake snow to decorate your house and there are even songs about snow at
Christmas. There was lots of snow last winter in the UK so many people enjoyed
a white Christmas. People can bet on whether it will snow or not on December
25th at betting shops around the country.
Turkey and crackers
Christmas dinner
is usually eaten at midday or early afternoon. It traditionally includes roast
turkey, vegetables and potatoes. There are also lots of alternatives to the turkey
dinner for vegetarians who prefer a meat-free Christmas. Dessert is a rich,
fruity cake called Christmas pudding. Traditionally a Christmas cracker is
placed next to each person. When you pull the cracker with the person next to you,
you hear a loud ‘bang!’ and a paper hat, a joke and a small gift fall from the
cracker. You have to wear the hat, tell the joke to the other people at the
table and keep the gift.
Christmas means…..
Does everyone
like Christmas? These comments from young Brits reflect some of the wide range
of opinions about Christmas in the UK:
Yasmeen, 20,
Liverpool: Christmas to me means catching up with your family and having a
laugh. Last of all opening your presents.
Ruby, 15,
London: It’s too commercial. There are too many adverts trying to get everyone
to spend their money.
James, 13,
Crediton: Bringing all your family together, having a laugh, giving presents
and eating loads of delicious foods. YUM! YUM!
Tony, 18,
Bakewell: The shops start selling Christmas cards in September! That’s 3 months
before Christmas. Ridiculous!
Claire, 22,
Derby: I work for a charity that gives food to homeless people every Christmas.
These people have no home or family so we try to make December 25th a happy day
for them.
Charlie, 15,
Canterbury: I think Xmas is as much about giving as it is getting. I also think
it's a time for the whole family to get together and enjoy being with each
other.
Alisha, 16,
Manchester: I think that Christmas is a religious time, not just for Christians
but for Jews and Muslims too. I celebrate the season the Christian way.
4. Are the sentences true or false?
1. Some modern Christmas
traditions date from Roman times.
2. British
people send money to friends, family, colleagues, classmates and neighbours at
Christmas.
3. Gold,
frankincense and myrrh are popular Christmas presents for young people in the
UK.
4. Santa Claus
is another name for Father Christmas.
5. ‘Killing in
the name’ won number one position in the UK music charts one Christmas.
6. It doesn’t
always snow at Christmas in Britain.
7. A Christmas
cracker is a type of dessert.
8. Only
Christians celebrate Christmas.
Lesson 2
Date: 24.12.2020
Theme: Christmas lesson. (part 2)
5. New Year’s Resolutions
Have you ever
made any new year’s resolutions? In the UK many people make resolutions for the
new year. These are promises they make to themselves. Typical resolutions may
be to give up smoking, do more exercise or to read more books. Think about what
you would like to promise yourself for the next year. Write three new year’s
resolutions here:
1)
2)
3)
• Do you think
you will keep the resolutions?
6. Christmas poems
You are going to
write a Christmas poem. Use the letters in the word CHRISTMAS to start each
line.
C
H
R
I
S
T
M
A
S
7. Unusual Christmas presents
Read about these
unusual Christmas presents and put them in order from the best to the worst.
Teenager’s Driving Course - £85
You will take
your first driving lesson with a profesional instructor. You will be in a safe
área and not on the roads and you will learn all the basics of driving a car.
You will do a Little course of 90 minutes and then spend 45 minutes behind the
Wheel. You’ll get a certificate to take home with you.
Makeover and Photo shoot - £50
You will go to a
profesional photography studio for a full makeover of your clothes, hair and
face. You will be able to ask to look like your favourite celebrity and they
will take lots of photos of you. You will be able to take some of the photos
home and you’ll spend three hours with the professionals.
Adopt a Dolphin with the World Wildlife Fund - £50
You will receive
an adoption gift pack which includes a cuddly toy, the adoption certificate, a
WWF pen, an adoption card, and information about the dolphin you have adopted.
Junior Popstar Experience - £89
You will go to a
recording studio and record a song with professional music producers. You will
then have your photo taken for the cover of the CDa and you will be able to
take your CD home to keep forever.
Parachute Jump - £75
You will learn
how to do a parachute jump and then you will go up in the plane and take a
tándem jump(with an instructor). You will get a DVD of the whole event to show
your friends afterwards, just in case they don’t believe you were so brave!
Have you ever
received any unusual present? Tell the group about it?