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21 December 2022

Goals
You will be able to match difficult words to their meaning. 

You will be able to answer questions by finding the answers in a text.

You will be able to speak about three New Year's resolutions.

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This lesson contains 34 slides, with interactive quiz, text slides and 1 video.

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Goals
You will be able to match difficult words to their meaning. 

You will be able to answer questions by finding the answers in a text.

You will be able to speak about three New Year's resolutions.

Slide 1 - Slide

What will you need today?
The worksheet you were send by e-mail.

Slide 2 - Slide

Slide 3 - Video

Christmas

Slide 4 - Mind map

Preparation task

Match the words to the meaning.

Only make the preparation task. 
Don't read the text yet.

Slide 5 - Slide

1. a plant with sharp, shiny green leaves and red berries in winter.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 6 - Slide

1. a plant with sharp, shiny green leaves and red berries in winter.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 7 - Slide

2. a large bird that is often grown for its meat on farms.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 8 - Slide

2. a large bird that is often grown for its meat on farms.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 9 - Slide

3. a message of good wishes for somebody’s health, happiness, etc.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 10 - Slide

3. a message of good wishes for somebody’s health, happiness, etc.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 11 - Slide

4. an organised religion, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 12 - Slide

4. an organised religion, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 13 - Slide

5. a vehicle that slides over snow and is pulled by animals.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 14 - Slide

5. a vehicle that slides over snow and is pulled by animals.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 15 - Slide

6. a Christmas when it snows.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 16 - Slide

6. a Christmas when it snows.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 17 - Slide

7. belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 18 - Slide

7. belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 19 - Slide

8. to cover something in paper, cloth or another material.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 20 - Slide

8. to cover something in paper, cloth or another material.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 21 - Slide

9. a large deer that lives in cold, northern regions.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 22 - Slide

9. a large deer that lives in cold, northern regions.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 23 - Slide

10. in the Christmas story, the three men, or kings, who brought gifts to the baby Jesus.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 24 - Slide

10. in the Christmas story, the three men, or kings, who brought gifts to the baby Jesus.
Ancient
The Christian Church
A white Christmas
Holly
Greetings
The Three Wise Men
To wrap
A sleigh
A reindeer
A turkey

Slide 25 - Slide

The article
The origins of Christmas 
Cards and presents 
Father Christmas (aka Santa Claus) 
Snow
Food

Slide 26 - Slide

Read the article and make exercise one and two.
Exercise one: true or false.
Exercise two: fill the gap.

Slide 27 - Slide

Answers

Slide 28 - Slide

1. The celebration of Christmas is 440 years old.          
2. Christmas includes both Christian traditions and mid-winter festival traditions.
3. Today, people send more Christmas cards than in the past.
4. People open their Christmas presents on the last day of December.
5. Father Christmas delivers all the presents on the night of 24 December.
6. It snows in the UK every year at Christmas.
7. In the UK, people have the main Christmas meal on 24 December.
8. A Christmas cracker has several things inside it.
  1. False
  2. True
  3. False
  4. False
  5. True
  6. False
  7. False
  8. True

Slide 29 - Slide

1. Christmas Day is ................... on 25 December.
2. Some ancient mid-winter traditions are ................. in Christmas celebrations.
3. Homes are ............... with Christmas trees and fake snow.
4. Cards and gifts are ...... to family and friends.
5. Presents are ................ in colourful paper and .................... under the Christmas tree.
6. Father Christmas is also ............. Santa Claus.
7. Father Christmas’s sleigh is .................................... by flying reindeer.
8. In the UK, the main Christmas meal is ........................ on 25 December, at lunchtime.

  1. Celebrated
  2. Included
  3. Decorated
  4. Given
  5. Wrapped, put
  6. Called
  7. Pulled
  8. Eaten

Slide 30 - Slide

New year's resolutions
Have you ever made any new year’s resolutions? In the UK many people make resolutions for the new year. These are promises they make to themselves. Typical resolutions may be to give up smoking, do more exercise or to read more books. 
Think about what you would like to promise yourself for the next year. Write three new year’s resolutions:

• Do you think you will keep the resolutions?

Slide 31 - Slide

Christmas quiz

Slide 32 - Slide

What did you learn today?
What is a plant with sharp, shiny green leaves and red berries called?

Does a Christmas present have several things inside?

Slide 33 - Slide

Happy holidays!

Slide 34 - Slide

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