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LESSON PLAN

School : Gimnaziu Racaria

Teacher : Macovei Marina
Date : 11.12.23
Form : 4th
Title of the lesson : “ Christmas around the world “ Talking about Christmas
Time: 45 minutes
Skilss involved : listening, speaking, reading and writng
Materials : video projector, blackboard, worksheets, compact discs, computer
Lesson aims : - to research how other countries celebrate Christmas
- to develop listening and reading skills
- to sing some of the most known Christmas carols.

Activity 1 Warmer

Aims : - to break the ice

-to elicit Christmas symbols
Procedure: - T writes some Christmas collocations on the blackboard .
- T. asks the class if they can guess the connection .
- T puts them into pairs and gives them one minute to see how many
collocations they can find .The winners are the pair with the highest
number of correct collocations.
- Ss write collocations on cards and then they are asked to write them on the
blackboard.
- Timing 4ʼ
Activity 2 Christmas symbols
Aims : -to teach vocabulary related to Christmas
-to develop speaking skills
Procedure : T. writes a Christmas word web on the blackboard.
- Ss complete the world web
- T asks questions about the real meaning of Christmas , where was Jesus
Christ born etc and other questions related to religious knowledge .
- Ss answer the teacherʼs questions
Interaction : T-Ss
Timing : 5ʼ

Activity 3 ʼHow do people in other countries celebrate Christmas ? ʼ

Aims: -to develop reading skills
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- To research the customs and traditions from other countries

- To write a report
- present the report to the class
Procedure : T. divides the class into four groups , each group will search the traditions from a
continent : Europe, Asia, North America and South America .
- Ss have to present the power point presentations about how Christmas is
celebrated in other countries .
- SS sing well known Christmas carols to indroduce informations on some of
the cultural contributions that different countries have made to the
Christmas holiday
- Ss locate each country on the map
Interaction : GW, T-Ss, Ss- Ss
Timing 20ʼ

Activity 4 ʼ Merry Christmas!ʼ around the world

Aims: -to discover how Merry Christmas is said in other language
-to research the different ʼfacesʼ of Santa Claus
T. hangs up a world map in the center of the bulletin board.
- Ss write on a card : Merry Christmas in different languages .
- Ss stick their card on the map
Interaction : Individual –work
Timing : 5ʼ

Activity 5 ʼChristmas around the world ʼquiz

Aims: -to check up the SS understanding of how other cultures celebrate Christmas
- To assess Ssʼ reading comprehension
Procedure: - T divides the class into four groups .
T. tells Ss that will be a competition between groups . Every group will receive some
comprehension questions from their presentations.
The group with the most correct answers wins the competition.
Ss work in groups and solve the quiz.
Interaction : GW
Timing: 7ʼ
Activity 6 Christmas caroling
Aims: - to learn and perform carols
Procedure: T. asks Ss to sing some carols : ʼ Deck the halls ʼ, ʼ Joy to the world ʼ, ʼ We three
kings ʼ etc.
Interaction : Whole class , Individual
Timing : 9ʼ
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