Teacher’s Guide: Christmas
Lesson Objectives. Target language. Vocabulary.
A guide and some suggestions for the teacher.
Warmup: Christmas
Discussion Questions.
Duration: 5-20 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Beginner
Introduction & Examples: Christmas
Introduction to the topic. Example sentences / questions, etc.
Teacher-student activity.
Duration: 5+ minutes.
Level: Beginner
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True/False
True or False discussion. Fun activity.
Students decide whether these sentences are True or False.
Duration: 5-10 minutes.
Level: Beginner
Word Library: Christmas
Vocabulary list and useful phrases.
Useful everyday phrases that students can remember to understand native English speakers.
Level: Beginner
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Story – Fill the Gaps & Comprehension
An article that the students can read, or the teacher can read to the students, followed by quiz and comprehension questions.
Teacher’s Key included.
Reading and comprehension exercise.
Duration: 10+ minutes
Grammar Worksheets:Christmas
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Individual task. Fill in the gaps and write some sentences.
Duration: 15+ minutes depending on the students’ ability.
Level: Beginner
Discussion: Christmas
Simple discussion questions.
Student activity. Pair-work.
Duration: 10-20 minutes, depending on the size and ability of your class.
Level: Beginner
Get In Line: Christmas
Students unscramble the words and then make a sentence with the words.
The teacher’s key is included.
Duration: 5-15 minutes.
Level: Beginner
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Collocations
Individual challenge.
The teacher’s key is included.
Students can use a dictionary or thesaurus to find collocations for the given vocabulary.
Duration: 10 minutes
True or False: Christmas
True or False discussion. Fun activity.
Teacher-student activity.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: Beginner
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Error Correction
Students read a sentence, identify the error, and then rewrite it correctly.
Teacher’s Key included.
Duration: 10 – 15 minutes
News: Christmas
Students write some simple sentences about the lesson topic in a box.
Duration: 10-15 minutes, depending on your students’ abilities and how much you want to extend the activity.
Level: Beginner
“Wh” Question Words: Christmas
Fill the gaps.
Students fill the gaps with the Wh question words.
Duration: 10+ minutes.
Level: Beginner
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Pronouns
Student Activity.
Teacher’s Key included.
Individual task. Fill in the gaps with the correct pronouns.
Duration: 10 minutes depending on the students’ ability.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
Fix The Spelling: Christmas
Put the letters in the correct order.
Put the words in alphabetical order.
Teacher’s key included.
Level: Beginner
Choose a Column: Christmas
Where do I belong?
Teacher-student activity.
Duration: 5-8 minutes.
Level: Beginner
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Countable & Uncountable Nouns
Individual task. Decide if the nouns are countable or uncountable.
Duration: 5-10 minutes depending on the students’ ability.
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Prepositions Of Place
Students fill the gaps with IN, ON, AT, TO, or FROM
Teacher’s Key included.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Prepositions Of Place & Quiz: Christmas
Teacher-student activity.
Students learn how to use prepositions of place on a picture.
There are also some quiz questions in between.
Duration: 10 minutes.
Level: Beginner
Crossword: Christmas
Students look at some clues and complete the crossword.
Teacher’s Key included.
Duration: 10+ minutes, depending on the ability of your class.
Level: Beginner – Elementary
