LKPD 1 GREETING CARD

Cards for every occasion Teacher’s notes

Age: Teenagers/Adults Key:
Level: Intermediate (B1) Top row: Anniversary, Retirement, Get well
Time: 30 minutes soon, Wedding
 Bottom row: Graduation, Birthday, New baby,
Activity: In this lesson, students will: Christmas, New job/promotion
1. talk about sending and receiving cards;
2. identify special occasions that cards celebrate; 4. Write Christmas on the board. Ask students if they
3. design their own card for a special occasion. celebrate Christmas in their country. Ask students
 to discuss any words they know that collocate
Language focus: ways of talking about special (go together) with Christmas (Christmas present,
occasions, vocabulary related to special occasions Christmas cake, Father Christmas, white Christmas,
Preparation: make a list of useful vocabulary Christmas card). Tell students they are going to learn
associated with special occasions a little bit about the history of Christmas cards.
Materials: one copy of the worksheet per student;
one sheet of blank paper or card per student 5. Ask students when they think Christmas cards
became popular. Write some suggestions on the
Procedure board. Ask students to look at Exercise 2 and read
the short paragraph about Christmas cards. Conduct
1. Focus the students’ attention on the photo in class feedback and check any unfamiliar vocabulary
Exercise 1 and ask them what they think the women and pronunciation.
are doing (answer: they are buying a greeting card).
Ask the student to work in pairs and list all the 6. Draw students’ attention to the other occasions
occasions when people send each other cards. when people send cards (at the top of the page). Do
they send cards on these occasions? What kind of
2. Next, focus the students’ attention on the questions messages do they write in the cards?
and ask them to discuss in pairs. Make sure to
check any new or unknown words, focusing on 7. Students choose one of the categories of cards at the
pronunciation and sentence stress as the students top of the page and design their own card, including
ask and answer the questions. a message that appears on the outside of the card and
one that appears inside. If you have time, you could ask
• When was the last time you sent a card? Who did students to share their cards with the rest of the class.
you send it to? Why?
• When was the last time you received a card? What TECH TIP: As an alternative to creating
was it for? physical cards, you could ask students to send
• How many cards will/did you send this/last you an e-card, using free card site www.care2.com/
Christmas? ecards or another site of your choice. They should
• Have you ever sent anyone an electronic greeting write a short paragraph to accompany the card of
card via the Internet? their choice. You could ask them to do this task
• Do you think online greeting cards will replace during class, or alternatively set it for homework.
real cards?
8. Ask students to complete Exercise 3 in new pairs.
3. Ask students to look at the second part of Exercise 1. When they are finished, check the answers as a class.
Ask them to imagine they work in a card shop and
have to decide in which section to put each of the Key:
nine cards. 1. d; 2. f; 3. i; 4. h; 5. b; 6. a; 7. c; 8. e; 9. g

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LKPD 1 GREETING
Cards for every occasion Worksheet
CARD
Exercise 1: Cards

Look at the photo of the two women. What are

they doing?

1. When was the last time you sent a card? Who did you
send it to? Why?

2. When was the last time you received a card? What

was it for?

3. How many cards will/did you send this/last

Christmas?

4. Have you ever sent anyone an electronic greeting

card via the internet?

5. Do you think online greeting cards will replace

real cards?

Look at the cards below. Can you put each card

into the following categories?

Graduation Anniversary New job/Promotion Retirement Christmas

Birthday Wedding New baby Get well soon

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 Cards for every occasion Worksheet

Exercise 2: Reading

Happy Birthday First Communion Good luck Mother’s Day Father’s Day Thanks
Valentine’s Day New job Graduation Retirement Teacher Sorry
Anniversary New baby Congratulations Wedding Get well soon
Engagement New home Leaving Christmas

It was Sir Henry Cole, an English writer, who was mainly responsible for making Christmas cards popular back in
the 19th century. In 1846 only 1,000 cards were printed, but over the following 50 years Christmas cards became
more and more popular around the world. Apart from Christmas cards, these days there are cards for countless
other occasions, including those listed above.

Choose an occasion and design a card. Make sure your card has a message in English.

Exercise 3: Match the messages

Match the messages that appear on the front of cards with the messages that appear inside each card.

1. ___ You’re a wonderful couple. Destiny brought you a. Whatever path you choose, you’ll be a success.
together, caring brought you close, and love made Congratulations on your graduation.
you one.
b. King of the corny jokes. I love you for every one
2. ___ Thinking of you in your sorrow. of them!

3. ___ You’ve got a new dwelling, abode, place, home, c. Wishing you the joys of a very happy marriage.
roost, domicile, habitat, residence, nest,
hacienda, pad. d. Happy Anniversary to a couple whose love was just
meant to be!
4. ___ Hope it won’t be long.
e. Many blessings on your first Holy Communion.
5. ___ Happy birthday to my grandpa.
f. Hope knowing that you’re thought of in a kind and
6. ___ The philosopher, the scientist, the writer, the loving way will help to ease your grief and bring
mathematician, the artist, the computer scientist. peace to you today.

7. ___ For the bride and groom. g. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year

8. ___ The Lord bless you and keep you. h. Until you can come out and play!

9. ___ ’Tis the season to be jolly. i. Hope it’s everything you dreamed of and
more. Congratulations.

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