A Night Of Christmas
Carols
Hosted by Miss Cinthia Salgado
Subject: Recursos didacticos
Professor: Mª Edith Larenas
Today’s objectives
• In this presentation we are going to learn
about the order of adjectives and nouns
through the singing of a Christmas Carol
and also some new vocabulary related to
the twelve days of Christmas’ Carol
• Lesson duration: 90 minutes aprox
Warming up
• Activity: Class discussion
• Level: Elementary school/ beginners
• Objective: let the students know the theme
of the class and give them the opportunity
to speak freely answering simple
questions about Christmas Carols
• Time: 5 minutes
Warming up
Class discussion
• What is a Christmas Carol?
• What famous Christmas’ Carol do you
know?
Pre activity Nº 2
• Activity: Vocabulary photographs
• Level: Elementary school/beginners
• Objective: learn new vocabulary related to
the song
• Aids: Vocabulary pictures
• Time: 15 minutes
Pre - Activity Nº 2 Vocabulary
photographs
Drummer
Dove
Hen
geese
Partridge
While Activity Nº 1
• Activity: Listen and complete
• Level: Elementary
• Objective: Let the student identify the new
words used in the previous exercised that
appear in the song
• Aids: recording of “The twelve days of
Christmas song”
• Time: 20 minutes
The Twelve days of Christmas
• Listen to the song and complete the
missing words
The Twelve days of Christmas
•
On the first day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Partridge a Pear Tree
A ________in
On the second day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Doves
Two Turtle_______
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
On the third day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Three French
______Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Calling
Four _______Birds*
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
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On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Five Golden
_______Rings
Four Calling Birds
Hens
Three French______
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
• ...Six geese
_____a-laying...
...Seven swans a-swimming...
...Eight maids a-milking...
...Nine ladies dancing...
...Ten lords a-leaping...
...Eleven pipers piping...
...Twelve drummers drumming
What kind of words were
missing?
- Words that represent objects: Words that
represent objects are also know as Nouns
- Words that represent qualities or
characteristic of the object: the words that
represent characteristics of objects like
color, size, etc… are call Adjectives and
goes before the noun
Example
• Rudolf’s red nose
• Here red is a characteristic of the nose so
is an adjective and goes before the noun
• Nose is a noun because a nose is an
object
While activity Nº 2
• Activity: Worksheet adjective placement
• Level: Elementary school/ beginners
• Objective: Practice the correct order of
adjective-noun sentences
• Aids: Worksheet adjective placement
• Time 15 minutes
Post Activity Nº1
• Activity: Retune the song
• Level: Elementary/beginners
• Objective: write a new version of the song
using a combination of adjective + noun
• Time: 20 minutes
Re tune the song
• Rewrite this Christmas Carol using the
main phrase “my teacher sent to me”
• Example:
“On the first day of Christmas my teacher
sent to me…. One good mark”
Post Activity
• Activity: share and sing
• Level: Elementary /beginners
• Objective: practice pronunciation and
receive feedback from the teacher
• Aids: The twelve days of Christmas
recording
• Time: 10 minutes
Post Activity
• Show your new version of the song to the
class and let every group sing a part of
their, creating a new group song.
Bibliography
(all the activities have been modified from the original ones)
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http://www.12days.com/library/carols/12daysofxmas.htm
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/02/lp290-07.shtml
http://world-english.org/adjectiveplacement.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7cSZD1GPuU
http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/a/adjective_order_2.htm
http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/december_tree.doc
Merry Christmas to all of you!!
Jojojo