Christmas card 21DO

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Last week

You practised writing

How do you start a formal letter when you don't know their name?

Name 3 ways you could end a formal letter with

This week

At the end of this lesson, you will have written an informal letter.

Writing

What: Finish your writing that you started last week

How: By yourself 

Help: The teacher

Time: 10 min

Done? : Ask for feedback from the teacher 

Instructions 

What: Read the text and answer the questions

How: By yourself on paper 

Help: The teacher

Time: 10 min

Done? : Go to https://staygoldsociety.org/about/ and find out more

Answers

They call him Santa Claus in America, but what do the British call him?

1. Santa
2. Christmas man
3. Father Christmas
4. Sinterklaas

Instructions 

What: Make your own holiday card!

How: Handwrite a kind, sincere and joyful message. Feel free to add drawings or photos. Sign your message with your first name.

Help: The teacher

Time: 15 min

Done? : Make it pretty and hand them in. 

Christmas Quiz 

HoHoHo

Who created Santa's appearance?

1. The Church
2. MacDonald's
3. Coca Cola
4. The American President

What happens under a mistletoe?

1. People do a dance
2. People kiss
3. People sing Christmas songs
4. People get married

What is the reindeer with the red nose called?

1. Rudolf
2. Hans
3. Heinrich
4. Betty

What is 'Tweede Kerstdag' called in Great-Britain?

1. Second Christmas Day
2. St Patrick's Day
3. Boxing Day
4. Christmas Eve

What is a Christmas carol?

1. A Christmas song
2. A Christmas poem
3. A woman dressed up as Santa.
4. A Christmas story

What is the opening to the
Christmas carol "Let it snow"

1. The fire is so delightful
2. Oh the weather outside is frightful.
3. You are so beautiful.
4. Christmas cake is aweful.

Complete the lyric. "Jingle bell,
jingle bell, jingle bell..."

1. sock
2. pop
3. end
4. rock

Where did the McAlisters go for Christmas?

1. New York
2. Paris
3. Los Angeles
4. London

What name is given to small
sausages wrapped in bacon, a
snack at a British Christmas dinner?

1. Warm Little Piggies
2. Pigs In Wrapping Paper
3. Rolly Polly Sausages
4. Pigs in Blankets

Where did the term
"X-mas" come from?

1. No one really knows
2. the Greek letter X
3. King George VI's speech impediment
4. newspaper editors needed to shorten it for headlines