Author Topic: Christmas - Multi-Level Lessons/Materials (Read 26911 times)

Virginia · « **on:** November 21, 2006, 12:23:22 pm »

Fa la la la la, la la la la

1. Twelve Days of Christmas

Use visuals to introduce the words to the song. What sounds like a crazy love song is actually a religious hymn. Ha! Who knew? This song always "works" - much better than any other Christmas song I've ever used. Good practice of ordinal numbers too.

Can do the Bob and Doug MacKenzie thing and get the kids to write their own lyrics... "And a beer... in a tree!".

2. Christmas Cinquain

A Cinquain is a simple poem with this structure:
1. a noun
2. Two adjectives that describe that noun
3. Three -ing verbs that are associated with that noun
4. A simple sentence about that noun
5. A synonym of that noun.

Example:

Kimchi
Spicy Edible
Chewing Tasting Disliking
I wish you weren't on my plate
Delicious?

Attached you will find a template for a Christmas Cinquain. Don't know if I'll ask the kids to use their own names or something to do with Christmas.

3. Coming soon.... Holidays Around the World...

Laurel! · « **Reply #1 on:** November 22, 2006, 02:14:17 pm »

these look good...
when are you going to start teaching christmas stuff??
maybe 2 weeks before christmas I don't know??
even right now I feel like it's too early to teach winter stuff.... but i guess it's practically december,...

laurel~

Virginia · « **Reply #2 on:** November 22, 2006, 09:59:33 pm »

I'm starting Christmas things next week. There is an exam week in the middle of December that will interrupt the festivities a bit, but there is such a wealth of information, and so many different things to do, on the Internet that I can't help but spend a whole month on Christmas (which, in reality, will be a grand total of about 3 classes.

I'm putting together a visual 12 Days of Christmas Powerpoint and will post it once it is ready.

If you are interested in a "Holidays Around the World" activity (for more advanced groups), let me know - Kwanzaa, Chanukah, Christmas in Sweden, Germany, Italy, Quebec and Australia - texts and visual support with a cooperative jigsaw worksheet.

xoxo

Virginia

Jessica · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2006, 08:17:16 am »

I would be interested in the around the world lesson, if it isn't a problem.

Virginia · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2006, 08:13:08 am »

Just posted it. it's a biggie, so let me know if you have any questions.

Virginia

Lana · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2006, 02:29:58 pm »

Hiya,

So, I just ran these off very quickly to get some questions out. I haven't used them yet, but they are about middle school level and above. Students who already know a little about Christmas. Please be advised, that these are really CHRISTMAS, and not HOLIDAY Qs. I have included a couple of questions that include Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, but nothing really distinct. There are a lot of Qs that were inspired from the Santa website. And Jesus shows up a couple of times. You can PC it to your liking.
This is just a start- if you can add Qs, please do since Typhoon is a good one to keep adding questions and sharing. I'll also include a master copy of regular typhoon Qs that I've collected from others in another post.

Hope this helps for a quick Christmas game! Oh yes, instead of 'typhoon" I'm using 'Avalanche' ( or you could also include snowfall, blizzard, and avalanche- snowfall means you lose your points. Blizzard means someone else does, and avalanche means everyone does! I usually only have one of those though)
enjoy
lana

Laurel! · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2006, 03:57:26 pm »

omg I just did the christmas cinquain with my class... and one of the kids... for the last sentence put swears....

like S.o.b

and then he final synonym was F.u.

omg....I could get this kids in soo much trouble.... but i won't... because i'm nice

Virginia · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2006, 01:53:04 pm »

Nail that brat to the wall, Laurel!

On the other hand, props to him for being able to recognize swearing synonyms.

Most of my kids couldn't figure out the difference between verbs and adjectives, but they did an awesome job. And they had fun doing it too.

xoxo

Virginia

capebretonbarbarian · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2006, 08:45:24 am »

One thing is for sure, the Christmas spirit lacks a little in Korea. This is an idea I came up with to increase the spirit at my school. I got this idea when I did a lesson about Christmas. I had the students make a Christmas wish list. I teach at a girls middle school. On the majority of lists they all had a bear doll or as we know it, a teddy bear.

So, I went to Home Plus and bought the biggest teddybear I could find. I strapped a Christmas hat on its head and called it a Christmas bear. Next I made up ballots for my students to put their name, student number and class number on. Every student got a ballot and a chance to win. The students loved this. On Friday afternoon I had my principal do the draw, for fear they would think I picked my favorite student. We had most of the administration with us also. The whole school loved the idea and brought about a lively atmosphere within the school Friday afternoon.

After picking the winner, we went to the winning students class to deliver the winning bear. As we entered the class, the students were ecstatic. After five minutes when they calmed down we announced the winner.

Now, I did it this year like this but what I may do next year is pass out extra ballots for students who answer questions in class. This way students who are working hard and participating get more chances to win.

Merry Christmas
Chris

Brian · « **Reply #9 on:** December 24, 2006, 11:19:28 am »

Aww, that's a very nice idea. Thanks for sharing!

capebretonbarbarian · « **Reply #10 on:** November 27, 2008, 01:19:46 pm »

Ever make the paper snowflakes where you fold up the paper a bunch of times, make some cuts and unfold it to reveal a intricate snowflake?

Well, I had a spur of the moment extra class to kill and thought I'd try it. It worked marvelously. The students loved it, the teacher did too and now my classroom windows look a little more festive.

Other students who come in to the class always ask how to make them. So, I may do it again as an actual prepared lesson before Christmas.

For the lesson:

You need scissors (as many as possible because it takes a long time to do the cutting), paper and crayons.

First, do a demo. they will be amazed when you unfold it. It builds excitement.

Second, give the students a paper and have them do it together, making sure they don't rush ahead.

Third, when they have them unfolded give them some crayons to color them and write their names on them.

They can be displayed in the classroom or the students can take them home. I did it with middle school kids and they loved it. It took the full 45 minutes because they were very slow to cut and color them.
Here is a link to see how to do it:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Snowflake
I used the video method.

capebretonbarbarian · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2008, 03:20:39 pm »

It's December already!

I threw together a Christmas powerpoint and bingo sheet to use in my final class of the year.
The powerpoint uses a lot of my personal pics, (the students like them) but you can feel free to replace mine with one of your own.
The PP introduces xmas and then leads right into 2 consecutive bingo games. The students write the vocab, you show the pic and if one of their vocab corresponds to the pic, they cross it off.

Cheers

goulash · « **Reply #12 on:** December 02, 2008, 08:23:43 am »

Something simple for Christmas.

I've made up some Christmas card templates for the kids to write on and color in.

Using a previously posted idea from someone (sorry, I forget who posted it) I get them to write something along the lines of "Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" and make them substitute the adjectives for something similar. (eg. "Have a very You Beaut Christmas and a Rippa New Year". I am an Aussie after all.)

To come up with the Adjectives, I use the powerpoint and BrainBlizzard sheet to elicit feelings. They must write what they see in the picture and then a feeling they have when they see it. Each feeling should be different if they can. Otherwise they will all be "Funny". They can use the computers in the class, their phones (if they have a dictionary) or plain old dictionaries.

If we have time at the end, they can make a paper snowflake just for fun.

(PS I put the Six White Boomers in there just for fun. If you don't know the song, check out this link:
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=hlSsffF2xhA )

zachmokpo · « **Reply #13 on:** December 02, 2008, 09:14:03 am »

I just may be able to use this for my hs winter classes. Thanks Stu!

Brian · « **Reply #14 on:** December 12, 2008, 09:09:02 am »

Nice work, I'm going to steal this for today. (Who schedules three days of tests, then has one token class the final period on Friday? jfaw0oej80w38).

I switched some of the photos, no offense, and replaced "Santa Clause" with "Santa Claus."

Brian · « **Reply #15 on:** December 12, 2008, 10:24:34 am »

Also decided to make a word search from Discovery Puzzlemaker in case there's extra time at the end.

deweybeach · « **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2009, 09:35:02 am »

I made this Christmas Powerpoint a couple years ago as an introduction to a Western Christmas. The lesson plan was to have the students make Christmas cards and listen to Christmas music. We also watched a video of dancing christmas lights from Youtube. You can get good christmas cards templates from http://bogglesworldesl.com/

deweybeach · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2009, 09:38:33 am »

I used this video of crazy Christmas lights in my classroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks

sonya · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2009, 12:37:23 pm »

Jingle Bell Rock

Just a couple of notes on the powerpoint,

Slide 1...if the embed doesn't work on your computer then click the title...it's hyperlinked
Slide 6...Merry Christmas is hyperlinked to a youtube video showing k-pop entertainers singing Jingle Bell Rock
Slide 7...Each title is linked to a different Christmas light display.

Sonya

merle · « **Reply #19 on:** December 17, 2009, 01:25:26 pm »

I've attached a .ppt that includes a brief introduction as to how real snowflakes are formed (just so you get that extra bit of learnin' in). I modified the ppt from somewhere, but unfortunately I don't remember where I got the original. Sorry!

This lesson is really popular, especially when students need to wind down after exams and movies are not an option.

The wikihow page is really good. Another great website is http://www.popularfront.com/snowdays/

At Popular Front, you get a (quick) animation of how to fold the paper, and then you can show how to cut the paper to get an intricate snowflake. Of course, it's best to do a hands-on demo first.

But, the online version allows you to make horrible mistakes (like cutting out too much of the top of the triangle, making your snowflake have a big ugly hole for a centre) and show your students what NOT to do, while actually not wasting paper. Although I do love the look of chagrin students have when they open up the paper and realize their "snowflake" looks more like frilly lace cuffs than a proper flake...

Also, you can pick up a box of coloured paper (for origami?) for pretty cheap at a stationary store, and have lots of beautifully coloured snowflakes for your classroom.

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Author Topic: Christmas - Multi-Level Lessons/Materials (Read 26911 times)

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