WK51, Tue: The perfect gift: a Christmas chat story

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The Perfect Gift: A Christmas Chat story

Prepared using: 

https://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/the-perfect-gift-a-christmas-chat-story/

Chat templates available on the website

A Christmas chat story

The perfect gift

Lesson goal

I can write a conversation in chat form.

Road map

• Warm-up
• Task instruction
• Watch the clip and complete the chat
• Review

Christmas movies

Which Christmas movies do you know?

Christmas ads

• ads - advertising
• UK
• Typically a story, a Christmas story
• rom-com: romantic comedy
• Grocery stores (Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury's)

Task instruction

• Work in pairs
• Watch the clip (together)
• Write the conversation (own level)
• Report back 

Keira Knightly

Team PSJ

Phil, Jess and Sam.

What are they talking about?

moving on

only allowed to date Keira Knightly

teasing mates

encouragement

Chat 1: After meeting Keira

Phil (green box) is texting Jess and Sam.

Write a short dialogue reacting to what's

just happened.

Chat 2: She said yes!

Phil and Keira spend time together.

Phil tells his friends about about what they do.

Write the chat.

Chat 3: Mark's present

Phil sees the present with Mark's name on it.

Phil panics and texts the group.

Sam and Jess react.

Chat 4: Mum and the sauce

Mum has a brilliant idea!

Phil texts his mum while cooking.

Write chat 4.

Chat 5: On the way to Keira's house

Phil walks towards Keira's door.

Write chat 5: Phil texts Jess and Sam as he approaches the house (what is he thinking/feeling?)

Chat 6: Panic!

Phil sees Mark.

Write chat 6: Phil's reaction and Jess and Sam's responses.

Final task

What will Keira say?

And Sam and Jess? And Phil?

Write your own chat to wrap things up.

Review

Let's read your chat conversations.

Review

I can write a conversation in chat form.