Introduction
What do you know about Christmas and New Year?
Watch the video below:
Task
Discussion
Answer the questions:
1) What kind of holiday is Christmas?
2) Where do English people celebrate it?
3) When is Christmas celebrated?
4) How do English families prepare for Christmas?
5) What does Christmas dinner consist of?
Process
1. LISTENING ACTIVITY
Now you are surely able to watch and listen to this video about "Christmas and New Year vocabulary."
https://dzen.ru/video/watch/6581cadb6a56906d3b10af03?ysclid=m37qjw1d2908084488
2. VOCABULARY EXERCISE
https://wordwall.net/ru/resource/8986713/new-year-vocabulary
https://learningapps.org/8685524
1. Answer the questions:
A.1) The 25th of December is
a) Christmas Day
b) New Year
c) Boxing Day
2) On Christmas Eve people put their presents under the
A) bed
b) table
c) New Year Tree
3) Father Christmas puts his presents
a) under the New Year ‘s Tree
b) in bags
c) in children’s stockings.
4) Every year there is a big New Year’s Tree in … square
a) Trafalgar
b) Times
c) Red
5) For Christmas dinner the English eat
a) pizza
b) hamburgers
c) turkey
6) The day after Christmas is
A0 New Year
b) Boxing day
c) Mother’s day
2. Find an extra word:
Turkey, pudding, pumpkin pie, vegetables.
Santa Clause, holiday, Christmas tree, birch tree.
Christmas pudding, Easter, ring, horseshoe.
Trousers, stockings, presents, socks.
23rd December, 24th December, 25th December, 26th December.
Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas.
3. GRAMMAR
3. Make the sentences from the suggested words:
1) decorate / We / usually / fairy lights / candles/ stockings / and / with /our flat /Christmas Eve / on.
2) holidays / abroad / spend/ am/ I / winter / going to .
3) Santa Claus / you / Are / Christmas Eve / for/ waiting / on?
4) will / Christmas / Where / celebrate / you?
5) cards / Christmas / Have / bought / you?
6) Christmas / sing / She / carols / to / likes.4. READING
4. Read the text and answer the questions:
Every country has its national holidays, but there are also holidays that are common for many countries. New Year's Day is the first holiday of each New Year. In Russia it is the most popular holiday, but in the West people pay more attention to Christmas.
New Year is always connected with our new hopes and dreams. Everyone hopes that next new year will be better than the last one. As usual people make New Year Resolutions, they promise to start doing morning exercises, to eat healthier food. Unfortunately people don't always keep them.The celebration of this holiday begins on New Year's Eve, that is, on the 31st of December. At home people stay up until midnight and much later. They light coloured lamps on New Year Tree and have late dinner with champagne. Sometimes they just watch TV or go out for late walk. Everybody gets presents.
In Scotland New Year's Eve is called Hogmanay. Also the Scottish have the custom of First-Footing.
Most differences in celebrating New Year are connected with a meal or special food. For example, in Switzerland special bread, rich in butter, eggs and raisin is baked and a roasted goose is cooked. In Spain there is a custom to eat 12 grapes at midnight. In Greece some people play cards believing that they will be lucky the whole year if they win. In Russia the traditional dish for the holiday is "Russian salad" (оливье).
1. What is the text about?
2. How do Russian people celebrate New Year?
3. How is called New Year's Eve in Scotland?
4. Find in text special food in Switzerland, in Spain, in Greece, in Russia.
Evaluation
Requirements:
4.All requirements were met and exceeded.
3.All requirements were met.
2.1-3 requirements were not completely met.
1.More than 3 requirements were not completely met.
Writing:
4.No misspellings or grammatical errors and good sentence structure.
3. 3 or fewer misspellings and/or grammar errors. Few mistakes in sentence structure
2. 4-6 misspellings and/or grammatical errors, sentence structure is almost incorrect
1. More than 6 errors in spelling or grammar, wrong sentence structure
Speaking:
4.Speaks using the appropriate vocabulary and structures without remarkable mistakes
3.Speaks with several mistakes although it is comprehensible
2.Only uses single words or phrases and sometimes with mistakes
1.Doesn't try to speak or speech is incomprehensible
Conclusion
Self-evaluation
- What have I understood?
- What have I learnt?
- How do I evaluate my skills ( not knowledge)?
HOMEWORK.
WRITING
Write a letter to Santa Claus.