Christmas Lesson 2023!

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• Leerjaar 1,2

Christmas Lesson 2023!

http://noordhoff.nl/x-mas

Christmas Lesson 2023 

Lesson Goals

1. By the end of the lesson I can share my opinions about Christmas and Christmas cards in English.

2. By the end of the lesson, I can write a Christmas card for my friends or family in English.

Think, Pair, Share

What fun, weird or interesting Christmas traditions

does your family have?

(2min)

Read the text 

(together as a class)

Pair Work

For these activities you need to decide who will do the writing and who will do the speaking. Decide from your pair.

Writer:

Speaker 

Activity 1 a (3 min)

Work in pairs. Go online and look up the first

Christmas card created by John Horsley. What is

‘Christmassy’ about the card?

Write your answer on a piece of paper.

Activity 1 a

Share your answers with the class.

Activity 1 b (3min)

Work in pairs.

 For many Christmas is about

celebration and charity (liefdadigheid). Is this card

also about those things? Explain your answer. 

Write your answer on a piece of paper.

Activity 1 b (3min)

Share your answer with the class.

Activity 1 c (3min)

Some people think this card is controversial (controversieel) (omstreden, waarover grote meningsverschillen bestaan).

Why do you think that is?

Hint: Look at the children in the picture

Activity 1 c (3min)

Share your answer with the class.

Watch the videos

Watch the videos

www.tiktok.com

Activity 3 (3 min)

Think, Pair, Share

Write your answers down on a separate piece of paper.

a. List three ways an Australian Christmas is different from the way

you celebrate Christmas. 

Activity 3 (3 min)

Think, Pair, Share

Write your answers down on a separate piece of paper.

b If you could spend Christmas in Australia, what three

things would you absolutely want to do?

Look at these cards (bit.ly/

StStkerst1)

Read the Stones (1 min)

Write a Christmas card to a

friend or family member.

Think of someone you want to send your Christmas

card to.

b Choose a card.

c Use the Stone to write your card

(15 min)

Go to (bit.ly/

StStkerst1)

Look at cards 1 to 20. Choose one of the cards. Your

classmate asks you Yes/No questions to find out

which card you’ve chosen. Switch roles after your

classmate has found out which card you chose.

For example: Do you see birds on the front of the card?