Christmas LessonUP Independent work

• eng
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-3

Christmas lessons

HOW DOES IT WORK?

- You can CHOOSE assignments you'd like to do today and tomorrow. Depending on the duration of the assignment, you might have to pick more than one. 

- EVERY assignment has a different color!

- Let's go through the options together, then it is independent work.
- Use Socrative to tell me what assignment(s) you'll be working on. 

How are you doing?

Answer the question:
What is your favourite Christmas movie?

Guess your teacher's favourite Christmas movie:

1. Home Alone
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
3. The Princess Switch
4. The Santa Clause

1. Watch the video about the British Christmas & Christmas dishes around the world

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Answer the questions

Work time:

15 minutes

Where do British children hang their stockings?

1. Around your bed
2. Around the fireplace

What does Queen Elizabeth II talk about in her yearly speech?

1. Wishes for the coming year
2. Important events of the past year

What is 'Tweede Kerstdag' called in Great-Britain?

1. Second Christmas Day
2. St Patrick's Day
3. Boxing Day

What's the name of 'de kerstman' in British English?

1. Santa Claus
2. Father Christmas
3. Uncle Christmas

What happens to the Christmas Pudding before it's being served?

1. Soaked in Whiskey
2. Mashed
3. Set on fire

What do the Icelanders do in the weeks before Christmas?

1. They fast
2. They go fishing
3. They feast everyday

Which foods are the stars of Christmas dinner in Germany?

1. Stollen
2. Turkey and red cabbage

By whom was the Argentinian Christmas dish brought?

1. By the Italians
2. By the France
3. By the Australian

2. Draw the Grinch!

- Watch the video and draw the Grinch yourself

- The video is on the next slide

- Scan or take a photo of your sketch!

Work time: 
20min

Add your photo of your drawing of the Grinch

3. Create your own ELF name

Click on the next slide for the instruction

Work time:
15 minutes

1. Find your

Christmas Elf name.

2. Create a story around your life as an elf.

Your ELF story

4. Watch the video

- And answer the questions

Work time:

4 min

5. Watch the reading of How the Grinch Stole Christmas

- Listen and watch the story (15 minutes)

- The video is on the next slide

- Create a script (dialogue) to summarise the story on google.docs

- You can share the document with me (via email:
[e-mail])

work time: 

40 minutes

00:28

What song does Mariah ask James to sing with her?

1. Santa Baby
2. All I Want for Christmas is you
3. Last Christmas
4. White Christmas

02:20

Name as many artists as you recognise in the video?

6. Christmas Around the World

- Research yourself how Christmas around the world is different

- Click on this link 

- Choose 3-5 countries, click on the extra information and compare how people in different cultures celebrate Christmas

- Write about 4 sentences per country

Work time

15 minutes

Compare 3-5 countries and how they celebrate Christmas there

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7. Create a Christmas card/letter for a friend who lives abroad and only speaks English

1. Create a beautiful cover (tip: use www.canva.com)

2. Write in your card/letter how you celebrate the holidays and what you will do during the break

3. Wish him great holidays (research online how you say that in English!)

4. Hand it in as a photo on the next slide

work time 15 min

A photo of your Christmas card

8. Learn English with TV Series

1.  Pick one of the videos in the playlist to watch.

2. Write down all the words you don't know and translate them.

3. If there are any pronunciation exercises, please record them.

Hand in your list and recordings. 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlpAWCqcstzpIGKPYhDlefozao4LzLfkQ 

9. Christmas song parody

1. Watch the parody of All I Want for Christmas.

2. Pick a Christmas song you like, and write your own parody!

3. If you dare, play the karaoke version of the original song, and record yourself singing your parody!

Hand in your written parody or the video.