Электронные образовательные ресурсы

Christmas traditions

Электронный образовательный ресурс

Составитель: Елизарова Н.В.

учитель иностранного языка ВКК

Асбест,2021г

Activity 1

Read the quotes and guess the missing word.

1) _____ day is a day of joy and charity. May God make you very rich in both. –

By Phillips Brooks

2) _____ is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm

circle of family and friends. – By Margaret Thatcher

3) _____ now surrounds us, Happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with

many tasks. As carols fill the air. – By Shirley Sallay

Activity 2

Christmas vocabulary.

Look at the words. How are they connected with Christmas?

snowmen and snowflakes

Santa Claus and elf

reindeer and a sleigh

Activity 3

Watch the video about the Christmas traditions.

Play the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2W3QR9WXdA

Watch the video again and answer the questions:

1) What do children do with their Christmas letters to Santa?

2) Where are the stockings hung?

3) What is left for Santa?

4) What is inside the Christmas crackers?

5) What is served for dinner?

6) Who gives the Royal Christmas Message?

7) What do people do on Boxing Day in the UK?

8) When should Christmas tree be taken down?

Activity 4

Discussion:

1. What do you like about Christmas? What don’t you like about it?

2. Is Christmas a national holiday where you live? Are schools and businesses

closed? How long?

3. Do you have the same traditions in your country?

4. How do people usually celebrate Christmas in your country? What do you

usually do on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day?

5. What do you usually eat at Christmas? Who cooks it?

6. How do you prepare for Christmas? Do you put up a Christmas tree? Is it real

or artificial? What do you think is best or the environment? Why?

7. ‘Christmas has become too commercialized.’ Do you agree or not?

8. What is your favorite Christmas song and movie?

Activity 5

Listen to the song and complete the gaps.

CHORUS:

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

But the very next day you ____ it away

This year, to save me from ____

I'll give it to someone special (x2)

Once bitten and twice ____

I keep my distance

But you still catch my eye

Tell me, baby

Do you _____ me?

Well, it's been a year

It doesn't surprise me.

(Merry Christmas!)

I wrapped it up and ____ it

With a note saying, "I love you, " I ____ it

Now, I know what a fool I've been

But if you _____ me now

I know you'd fool me again

CHORUS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iWck8AkNrk

Homework

Set the task:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ mince-pie

- a covered pastry case filled with mincemeat, nowadays it is filled not only with meat.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ cracker

- a paper tube with fun prizes that is covered with bright paper and

makes a short, sharp sound when both ends are pulled. A tiny explosive inside

makes a loud cracking noise, hence the name!

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ mandatory

- something that is mandatory must be done.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ nativity

- a play that tells the story of Jesus Christ's birth, usually performed by

children at Christmas

Make hot cocoa with whip cream or marshmallows

Create some paper snowflakes and hang them from the ceiling

Mail a letter to Santa

Make a snowman