Faculty of Humanities and Arts.
Department: Didactic Resources.
LESSON PLAN ABOUT
CHRISTMAS TIME.
Professor: María Edith Larenas.
Name: Cristal Monsalve.
Date: 20-12-2011.
Introduction :
• Nowadays, it is relevant to be conscious,
as a future teacher,that you must be
concerned about the new methods or
ways of teaching.
• Thus,the following activities would be
focused in Christmas time for students
of first grade in high school and its
duration is around 90 minutes.
• The following activities are thought to
help students to share their own
experiences, learn new vocabulary and
do the class more interactive in order to
make it meaningful and easily to
remember.
PRE ACTIVITIES.
Pre Activity 1: “Warming Up”
• Topic: Talking about Christmas
Time.
• Objective: The students will share
different points of view about
christmas time and will improve their
speaking and use of english.
Level : High school.
Materials: Nothing is
needed.
Time: 5 Minutes
Activity’s Description:
The teacher will make general questions about christmas time in
order to generate fluent conversations or discussions inside de
classroom to promote the use of language in a more natural way.
The teacher could ask:
1.- What do yo do for christmas time with your family?
2.- What do yo enjoy of christmas time?
3.- why do you think christmas time is considered so special?
4.- Do you know how is christmas time celebrated all over the
world?
5.- What typical things we do at christmas time?
Pre Activity 2:
• Topic : Christmas Carols.
• Objective: Improve auditory comprehension and learn new
vocabulary related to christmas time.
• Level : High school.
• Materials: A radio,the audio tape with a christmas carol, a sheet of
paper with the lyrics of a christmas carol incomplete and a pen.
Time: 15 Minutes.
• Activity :
The students are going to complet the lyrics of a christmas carol
while they are listening to it. The teacher is going to reproduce the
christmas carol twice and then he will check the correct song’s lyrics
together with the students.
Finally they will check the meaning of some words and the whole
class will sing the christmas carol.
The information was taken from :
http://esl.about.com/od/holidayresources/a/sc_silent.htm.
Christmas Carol: Silent Night.
Silent night, holy night!
All is calm, all is bright.
Round yon Virgin, Mother and
Child.
Holy infant so tender and mild,
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight.
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born.
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God love's pure light.
Radiant beams from Thy holy
face
With dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.
Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.
Vocabulary
Bright : clear; shiny;
glistening.
Tender : gentle; kind.
Quake : tremble; shudder;
shiver.
Hosts : angels.
Radiant : shiny; bright.
Beams: ray of light.
Thy : old English form for
'you‘.
Audio Link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6P3fCDQVMI
WHILE ACTIVITIES.
While Activity 1:
•
Topic: Christmas story.
•
Objective: Improve reading comprehension,
increase vocabulary and analysis of words in
context.
•
Level: High school.
•
Materials: A sheet of paper with the christmas
story and the questions retaled to the text.
•
Time: 30 Minutes.
•
Activity:
The teacher will give the students a story related to
christmas time and some questions to answer in
order to make comments at the end,when all the
students have finished the activity.
Example of the activity
mentioned:
This information was taken from:
http://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDF
s/A_Christmas_In_March.pdf
While Activity 2:
Topic: Writing to a foreing friend.
Objective: Improve writing.
Level: High school.
Materials: A piece of paper and a pen.
Time: 20 Minutes.
Activity:
The teacher would ask students to pretend they have pen pals in foreign
countries. Their pen pals celebrate Christmas (or other holidays) in a
way very different than they might do. Invite students to write letters to
their pen pals to explain how their families celebrate the holidays.
This activity was taken from:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson041.shtml
POST ACTIVITIES.
Post Activity 1:
•
Topic : Gifts for Christmas Time.
•
Objective : This activity will help the
students to develop different skills as their
creativity,imagination and handicraft. It also
will increase their vocabulary.
•
Level : High school .
•
Materials : The students will need a piece
of paper, colored pencils,glue and scissors.
•
Time : 10 Minutes.
The information was taken from:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson041.shtml
Activity’s Description :
Sometimes students don't have the
money to buy a small gift for another
family member. Giving of themselves is
a great gift idea. Students might:
The teacher would create a simple
"coupon" or "gift certificate" form that
children can fill in and give as a gift.
The form should provide spaces
labeled TO:, FROM:, and MY GIFT TO
YOU:. Students might want to
brainstorm gift ideas (ie., raking the
yard, babysitting, serving breakfast in
bed) before filling out their gift
certificates.
Post Activity 2:
Topic: Performing a christmas carol.
Objective: The objective is for the students to put
into practice the vocabulary learned and their
pronunciation.
Level: High school.
Materials: A piece of paper and a pen.
Time: 10 Minutes.
Activity:
The teacher would ask the students to form
groups of four people to create a christmas carol
and then perform it like a professional chorus ,
singing in front of the classroom.
Finally, they will explain why they chose that lyrics
and which new words they included in the song.
Conclusion:
Planning lessons sometimes can be
seen has something very stressful for
teachers but now that you can use
these new resources to find interesting
activities in order to make better your
teaching, it is supossed to be a little
more relaxing.
Furthermore,I could realise that each of
the activities that I have chosen
develop different skills in the students
and that is the importance of planning,
because the teacher must be concious
of what contents the students needs to
acquire and which is the best method to
teach them.
Bibliography:
http://esl.about.com/od/holidayresources/a/sc_silent.htm
http://www.englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/A_Christmas_In_
March.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson041.shtml