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Lesson:

Christmas Lesson 2
General:
Time:
Objectives:
Structures:
New Vocab:
Review Vocab:

40 mins - 1 hour
Recognize and identify 8 Christmas words and sing a Christmas carol
"Merry Christmas", "Here you are", "Thank you"
None
Santa (G.B. Father Christmas), Rudolph, sleigh, presents, Christmas tree,
decorations, roast turkey, Christmas pudding

You will need:

Materials:

Flashcards:
Worksheets:
Songs:

Classroom
Resources:

For Christmas cards:

colored construction paper / card
common craft supplies (e.g. glitter, paint, felt, cotton wool, shiny
stickers, etc.)
glue
envelopes
For the Pass the Parcel game:
small candies
vocab pictures for the lesson vocab
wrapping paper
Santa (G.B. Father Christmas), Rudolph, presents, Christmas tree,
decorations, roast turkey, Christmas pudding
Santa Maze 2
We Wish You A Merry Christmas (alternative lyrics)
or
Jingle Bells (alternative lyrics)
Various Christmas songs CD for background music
CD / Tape player

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Lesson Overview:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
1. Welcome students and do usual pre-lesson routine.
2. Lead into Christmas Lesson and teach "Santa" (or G.B. "Father Christmas")

New Learning and Practice:

1. Review vocab: Santa (G.B. Father Christmas), Rudolph, sleigh, presents, Christmas
tree, decorations, roast turkey, Christmas pudding
2. Play "Flashcard Touch" and "Missing Flashcard"
3. Make Christmas Cards.
4. Present Christmas cards and Sing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas".
5. Play "Flashcard Pass the parcel"
6. Play "Musical Chairs" or "Musical Cushions"
7. If you still have time, play another Christmas party game.

Wrap Up:
1. Assign Homework: "Santa Maze 2"
2. Do usual post-lesson routine and say goodbye to Ss.

Lesson Procedure:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
1. Start the lesson as you usually would (E.g. Hello song, "What's your name?", "How are
you?", homework check, etc.).
2. Explain that today you are going to have a fun Christmas party! Put on your Christmas
songs CD as background music. If you still have the paper chain decorations from the last
lesson, put them up around the room.

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New Learning and Practice:

1. Review vocab: Santa (G.B. Father Christmas), Rudolph, sleigh, presents, Christmas tree,
decorations, roast turkey, Christmas pudding
Before class, hide these flashcards around the room. Model by showing you are looking for
the Santa flashcard. Hunt around the room until you find the card. Now tell the Ss to find
the other flashcards.
2. Play "Flashcard Touch" and "Missing Flashcard"
Flashcard Touch: Lay the flashcards out on the floor. Tell the Ss to put their hands in the air.
Then T calls out a flashcard (e.g. "Christmas Tree!"). Ss have to touch the card as quickly as
they can. Play for a few rounds until you have done all of the flashcards.
Missing Flashcard: Tell the Ss to close their eyes. Take away a flashcard and tell the Ss to
open their eyes again. Ask "Which picture is missing?". Ss have to shout out the missing
flashcard. Play a few rounds.
Note: For larger groups, divide your Ss into groups of 6-8 and play the games in their groups.
3. Make Christmas Cards.
Christmas cards are easy and fun to make in class with some construction paper and
common craft supplies. Before class, you'll need to cut out enough card for each student.
Tell the Ss they are going to make a Christmas card
for one of their classmates. Either assign a classmate
for each S to make a card for or let them chose
themselves. Then have Ss draw, paint or use felt to
make a Christmas scene on the card (Santa, holly, a
Christmas Tree , etc.). Students can then decorate
the cards with glitter, cotton wool for snow, shiny
stickers, etc.
Older kids can write a Christmas message inside the
card and for smaller kids you can help them write
their own message (even get them to trace over a
message written lightly in pencil). Make sure they
include their classmate's name with the message.
Finally, the Ss put their Christmas card into an envelope.

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4. Present Christmas Cards and Sing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas".
Get all the kids sitting in groups with the Christmas tree pine cones they made in the last
class. Teach the expressions "Merry Christmas", "Here you are" and "Thank you". Then
model giving a Christmas card to a S whist saying the expressions. Then have the Ss give
their Christmas cards to their classmates while saying the expressions. Everyone can now
open their Christmas cards. Ask some Ss questions about their cards (e.g. Who was your
card from? What is the picture? What does it say inside?).
Now sing the carol from last week's lesson.
(You can download this carol with adapted lyrics from our website).
Use the following lyrics with the song:
Chorus:
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year.

Verse 2:
Our Christmas tree's up,
With decorations,
We'll eat a roast turkey,
And Christmas pudding.

Verse 1:
Santa and Rudolf,
Will fly in their sleigh,
We'll open our presents,
And have a great day!

Chorus

Chorus

Verse 2 again

Verse 1 again
Chorus

Before playing the song, line up the flashcards on the floor or the board. Then, play the song
and prompt the words by touching the flashcards.

Jingle Bells
We also have an adapted version of the carol "Jingle Bells" which you may want to use instead of or
as well as "We Wish You A Merry Christmas". You can download this from our website.

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5. Play "Flashcard Pass the parcel"
All kids love this game! Before class prepare the parcel. Make
sure you have enough candies for each Ss and a picture /
flashcard of the Christmas vocab for each Ss. The idea is for each
layer of the parcel to have a candy stuck to vocab picture (e.g.
Santa, Christmas tree, etc.). When each wrapping paper is
removed the S will have to correctly say the word of the picture
in order to keep the candy. Wrap up the first candy / picture and
then for each layer add another picture / candy.
Play the game sitting in a big circle. Play Christmas music and have everyone pass the parcel
around the circle until you stop the music. The S unwraps the first layer and has to say the
word for the picture to get the candy. Keep going and make sure every S has a chance to
remove a layer and get a candy.
6. Play "Musical Chairs" or "Musical Cushions"
Put enough chairs or cushions in a circle for each S, less one (e.g. if
you have 10 Ss put out 9 chairs or cushions). Play the music and
have the Ss walk, skip around the circle of chairs. When you stop
the music the Ss have to scramble to sit down on a chair. The S
remaining is out. For the next round remove a chair. Finally, the
game will have 2 Ss and one chair and the winner is the only one
remaining.
7. If you still have time, play another Christmas party game.
We have lots of Christmas games & activities - select any you feel will work well.

Wrap Up:
1. Assign Homework: "Santa Maze 2"
2. Do your usual end of class routine (tidy up, put away things in their bags, sing "Goodbye
song", etc.
3. As each S goes to the door to leave the classroom show them a flashcard and elicit the
word (e.g. Santa). If they get the word right, they can leave. If wrong, they have to go to
the back of the line and try again.

All flashcards, worksheets and craft sheets used in this lesson plan can be
downloaded at eslkidstuff.com.

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