New Year's football

New Year’s football

Aims:to practice reading and writing skills,to review New Year’s Eve and Christmas words.

Materials:cards with words “Christmas Day”,song “We wish you Merry a Christmas” and “Jingle Bells”

The Procedure of the lesson

Hello dear friends .There are many holidays in our country and English speaking countries.But the holidays we like most of all are New Year’s Day and Christmas Day.People prepare for these holidays beforehand:they send greeting cards ,buy presents,make fancy dresses and decorate their houses.And when the holiday comes they congratulate each other singing songs and reciting the poems.Now we can see what holidays about Christmas and New Year you have learnt.

Teacher calls pupils to tell them poems about New Year’s Eve and Christmas.

Father Frost or Santa Claus,please this way

Funny hare with your paws come to play

There are pretty decorations in the hall

We have sent the invitations to you all

Wear please ypur mask cloak with you

We’ll dance and sing and joke to enjoy

Santa Claus likes to be present at the ball

And gives his gifts and presents to us all

All the time we’re having fun-there is no pause

Welcome here everyone and Santa Clause

Football is a national British game.In Great Britain people who are fond of sport like to play football on New Year’s Day and Christmas Day.Now we shall play football at our gymnasia.We have two teams today.I hope you are ready to start.at first we shall sing a song “Jingle Bells” and then we shall start to play football.

After singing the song Teacher explains rules of New Year’s football game.

-There are 11 players in a football team.So each team has 1 goal keeper,4 backs,and 2 forwards.Now pupils will have their tasks and in 5 minutes we shall start the game.

Task for the goal keeper(card)

Put the missed words in the text:

Another,presents,coloured,important,consists,called,breakfast,cheaply,snowy,eat,a lot of,holiday

Christmas Day is a public (1)….. .Families usually spend the day opening their(2)…which are often under the Christmas treedecorated with(3)… toys.The most(4)meal is Christmas dinner.The typical meal (5)… of turkey with potatoes and other vegetables.(6)… traditional food in Britain is Christmas cake.

Americans make special biscuits called Christmas cookies which they (7) … over the Christmas season.

In Britain ,the day after Christmas is (8) …. Boxing Day and is also a public holiday.(9)…sports take place on Boxing Day.In the US there are many special sales,where things can be bought (10) …,on the day after Christmas.

Keys: 1-holiday;2-presents;3-coloured;4-important;5-consists;6-another;7-eat;8-called;9-a lot of;10-cheaply

Tasks for backs:Teacher writes on the board:

Write the end of the story

The beginning of the story:It was the 31^st of December.The weather was fine.Everybody was prepearing for the New Year’s Day.

Tasks for half backs(cards)

Write as many words as you can on the topics “New Year’s Day” and Christmas Day”.

One team writes about Christmas the other one New Year’s day

Tasks for forwards

Draw a funny snowman.

-I wish you a merry Christmas and a Happy New year!Let us sing a song “We wish You a Merry Christmas”

Teacher sings with children and say Goodbuy to everyone.