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1. Christmas Activities:
Ready to go!
Sandy Millin
Director of Studies, IH Sevastopol
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2. Vocabulary
http://quizlet.com/33053882/christ
mas-vocab-flash-cards/

3. Wordsearch/word jumble
Answers

4. Christmas in the UK
• What do you know about Christmas in the
UK?
• When do they celebrate?
• What do they eat?
• What do they do?

5. Christmas in the UK

6. After reading…
• How do you celebrate Christmas in your
family?
• What is similar to the UK? What is different?
• Are there any British Christmas traditions
you’d like to try?

7. What’s in the stocking?
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It must be…
It could be…
It might not be…
It can’t be…
because…
• Do you think it’s…?
Taken from: http://hiveofactivities.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/whats-in-thestocking/

8. Christmas jokes
Match the jokes to the responses
http://www.slideshare.net/SandyMillin
1/christmas-jokes-matching

9. Christmas speaking bingo
• Student A: choose a card and show it to your
team
• http://www.slideshare.net/SandyMillin1/christm
as-speaking-cards
• Others in the team: choose three words you think
they will say when discussing the question.
Content words, not grammar words!
• Student A: speak about the topic for 30 seconds.
Other students cross off words they hear.

10. Decorate your tree
Taken from: OUP Christmas Activities 2013

11. Christmas cards
• What does each
Christmas card
show and how
does it
represent
Christmas?
• Which two
cards best
represent
Christmas for
you?
Adapted from: http://www.promo.oupe.es/christmascorner/

12. Head drawing
You walk into the living room. There is a
Christmas tree to the left of the fireplace. Above
the fireplace there are two stockings. On top of
the Christmas tree there is a star. There are
baubles on the Christmas tree. There are lots of
presents under the tree. There is a table in front
of the fireplace with cookies and milk for Santa
and a carrot for his reindeer.

13. Head drawing
• Put your paper on your head (lean on a book if
you need to)
• Listen to the text and draw what you hear.
Your paper must stay on your head!
• Compare your paper with your partner.
• Can you remember the text?

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