Day 21 and we are going to Amyndaion, Greece to see what Maria and her students have been doing
Decorate the Christmas
Tree. A quiz with a twist!
by Maria
Vlachopoulou
Thus, I find it very
challenging every year to introduce English Christmas customs and traditions to
my students. They may already be familiar with some of these from films, songs
or books.
This year I have decided
to spend a few minutes in every lesson in December introducing a piece of
information for Christmas, which students had to write down in your notebooks
and learn. On the last lesson before Christmas we are going to have a Christmas
Quiz in teams and see what we have learned! This is my plan step by step!
STEP 1: In every
lesson we do a little bit of something about Christmas. I have chosen to talk
about Christmas food, Christmas traditions, Christmas decorations, the names of
the Reindeer, information about Santa Claus and the Elves, to read a simplified
version of “A Christmas Carol” and do a worksheet* on it and to listen to Christmas songs and Carols-you
can find some nice videos here.**
STEP 3: I have divided my students in teams, giving each
team a colour, for example a red team, a green team etc. Each team will get a
handout with ornaments***, which they will have to cut and colour according to the colour of their team.
STEP 4: On the day of the quiz, I will put up a big Christmas
tree on the board-or draw it if it’s not easy to make. The teams will play in
turns. For each correct answer the team puts an ornament on the tree. The team
with the most ornaments wins!
Ø Variations: You can adapt the quiz depending on your
students’ age or level. For younger students you can just teach some Christmas
vocabulary and do the quiz with flashcards. For older students you can prepare
harder questions.
Online resources
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