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"Christmas Polluted by Consumerism!"
Enjoy the perfect lesson plans at Sean Banville's "Breaking News English" website with a variety of Christmas topics. (Further links below). Detailansicht
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"Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean" - and the Present ProgressiveTense
Mr.Bean (YouTube-Link - still love it!!!)
could be used as a "tune into topic" or at the end of the last E-lesson before Christmas...
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101 Questions for Santa
Try to answer them but they are quite a challenge or do you know Santa's native language? Detailansicht
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British Christmas - customs & traditions
The Woodlands Junior School in Kent has collected information on: Advent Calendars - Christmas Trees - Christmas Day - Christmas Carols, Dinner, Tea, Eve, Crackers, Pantomimes, Decorations, Father Christmas, Boxing Day, Yule Log, Wassailing, Twelfth Night. Detailansicht
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Carol: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
A gap-fill exercise using the lyrics of the carol sung by Judy Garland. Detailansicht
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Children's Christmas Games and Activities
This website offers some fun Christmas activities, explanations about Christmas and Christmas symbols. Furthermore some recipes, word search and word jumbles. Detailansicht
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Christmas Activities
This website offers a variety of different activities for school.
- Vocabulary exercises
- Listening comprehensions
- Webquests (How Christmas is celebrated around the world)
- Dear Santa Letter Generator.
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Christmas Activities for Kids and Teachers
Find out about Christmas legends, songs, traditions, cliparts and resources for teachers and kids alike. Detailansicht
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Christmas Around the World
Visit over 30 different countries and see how they celebrate Christmas! Detailansicht
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Christmas Carol (excerpt) by Charles Dickens
Abridged and slightly simplified version of the opening of A Christmas Carol.
Animated Video [25 min] (see links further down) Detailansicht -
Christmas Celebrations Around the World
"It is interesting to see how different countries celebrate Christmas. We asked some of our friends to explain what happens in their countries. This is what they told us: ..." Detailansicht
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Christmas Crossword
A Christmas Online-Crossword
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Christmas Crossword Puzzle Game
Crossword with words around Christmas in English-speaking countries. Detailansicht
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Christmas Fun for Kids
Games, stories and printable material - this is an incredibly rich resource! You should take some time to select if you rather shoot snowballs at Santa, learn some songs or read short stories. Detailansicht
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Christmas in Australia
Peculiarities of celebrating Christmas in early summer. What is Christmas about living "down under". Detailansicht
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Christmas in England - Overview
To get an overview about Christmas traditions in England students can talk/write about the differences in culture, customs and traditions between England and Austria.
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Christmaslinks and Teaching Ideas
From Charles Dickens to quizzes and games - a collection of ideas and activities around Christmas Season. Detailansicht
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Christmas presents (toys)
exercise sheet: fill-in the gaps (pdf-document)
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Christmas Quiz
Interactive quiz for children with Christmas images. Detailansicht
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Christmas Quiz - Lesson Plan (login required)
Topic: Christmas Traditions
Aims:
• To develop knowledge of Christmas traditions
• To develop the ability to deduce the meaning of grammatical items
• To develop exam skills (predicting the answers to questions)
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Christmas Tales
On this page, one can find the texts of the following Christmas tales:
- "The Iron Winter and the Raggedy Old Man"
- "The Little Lame Donkey"
- "The Three Ages of Man"
- "The Tale of the Christmas Tree Fairy"
- "A True Christmas Story"
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Christmas Traditions around the World
Here students can practice their reading skills while learning more about Christmas traditions in different countries. (England, New Zealand) Detailansicht
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Christmas vocabulary
Memorize Christmas vocabulary with pictures, sound, games and exercises - learning sweet like chocolate? Detailansicht
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Christmas Webquest
A webquest where the history of Christmas is explained. There is also the opportunity to start a discussion with students, as well as an information search for students.
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Find the ending to Mr. Bean's "Merry Christmas"
Teaching idea: The teacher shows the whole clip or only part of it. The students have to find an ending according to their phantasy. Can also be used for collective storytelling. Detailansicht