Class 1 – Monday, December 14th
Hi everyone! Christmas is around the corner and today we are going to learn about Christmas tradition, how Christmas is celebrated in different countries around the world and vocabulary related to it.
First we will see a video about Christmas traditions to elicit and preteach vocabulary we need to share our own experience and stories about Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sToPX-bsBmk
Then we will have a conversation about Christmas traditions in our families, compare it to Christmas traditions described in the video and talk about differences.
We will then watch Mrs. Claus explain Christmas traditions in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPKgHi6Fzzk
and do the worksheet to check if we remembered all that she said:
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/video-zone-mrs-claus-explains-christmas-traditions-worksheet.pdf
We’ll continue with a video about Santa Claus or Father Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omd_VyCD-s4
and then complete this open-cloze activity about Santa Claus and relevant vocabulary:
https://wordwall.net/es/resource/8620327/christmas/christmas-santa-claus-cloze-passage
We’ll do some Christmas trivia before we finish the class:
https://bogglesworldesl.com/quizgames/christmasquiz.php
and finish with a game of Christmas Hangman:
https://www.primarygames.com/holidays/christmas/games/christmashangman/
Class 2 – Wednesday, December 16th
Hello hello! We are going to continue our classes in the Christmas spirit. Today, we will begin by learning about Christmas in the U.K. and then compare it to Christmas in the U.S.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8jtz1eOuQ
Next we’re going to take a look at neighbourhood decorations in Quebec, Canada and enjoy some snow and Christmas lights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yeH5hbP4TI
We’ll then do a following worksheet:
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/attachment/worksheets-christmas-1.pdf
and have some fun with this Baamboozle Christmas time trivia: 273499
and a Kahoot Christmas quiz:
https://create.kahoot.it/details/7f8a13db-371c-4f1a-be09-d01e3e7380a0
We will then talk about our favorite Christmas movies. Everyone’s got one and no matter how many times we watch it, it goes without saying that next year we’ll watch it all over again. What’s your favorite Christmas movie?
We will then watch this list of top 10 Christmas movies and express our likes/dislikes and explain which of these movies we’d like to watch and why. Maybe your favorite Christmas movie is already on the list? Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlHn2vf_jWw
And here’s a Christmas movie quiz:
https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/61b2723f138e76001e11bd85/christmas-movies
Before we go, we’ll play these games to revise the Christmas vocabulary and have some fun:
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/christmas-1
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/word-games/christmas-2
We will finish with a short movie about a young boy who helps an old lady enjoy Christmas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EXlHvyWjnA
