YEAR4 IT'S CHRISTMAS

SA It's Christmas!

Let's Communicate - YEAR 4 MARISTES VALLDEMIAProf. Marta Rodríguez i Pla

Presentation & Objectives

We love Christmas, yeah! In this unit, we will celebrate the Christmas season for a week and we will learn about a very traditional element on the British Christmas tables, Christmas crackers! We will learn new vocabulary and we will do special activities to practise it and relax.

It's Christmas!

To start with, we will watch a video to learn about Christmas in the UK.

A Christmas Dictionary Competiton

Pairwork Competition: In your Christmas Dossier (page 2) work in pairs to look up these words in the dictionary: CHEER UP - CARDBOARD – GIGGLE - CRACK – FIGURINE - WRAPPING – PULL – CROWN – RIDDLE

Christmas Crackers

TRADITIONAL - CRACKS – SWEETS

A very (1) …………….. Christmas element on British tables is the Christmas cracker. But what exactly is a Christmas cracker? Of course, it is something that (2) ……….….! They are also named bon-bons because they are similar to big, filled (3) ………….. .

Christmas Crackers

TABLE - PULL

When people set the (4) ……………… for Christmas dinner, normally there is a cracker for every person. Before eating, you (5) ……….……….. the cracker with the person sitting next to you, so it breaks into two pieces. Then everybody hurries to get what is inside.

Christmas Crackers

RIDDLE - WRAPPING - CARDBOARD

Crackers are made of (6) …………………. and covered with Christmas (7) …………………. paper. Crackers typically have got a paper hat to wear, a joke or a (8) ………………., some sweets, and a small gift.

Christmas Crackers

GIGGLE – FIGURINE – CROWNS

Hats are made of paper to look like (9) ……… . You wear it at the table because today everybody is a king or a queen! The present is typically small and made of plastic, maybe a dice or a (10) ………. for example. The jokes or riddles are usually related to the Christmas season and usually give a good (11) ……………. .

Christmas Crackers

CHEER

So why don’t you create your own Christmas crackers for you family to (12) ………..…… up the Christmas table with tradition and laughter?

Let’s get to work!

1. Work with your cooperative team. Pick your Dossier on page 4 and work on the list of the material you will need for your crackers. Discuss with your group and get organised. Decide who will bring what and write it down.2. It is a TEAM WORK ACTIVITY. Remember to be RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR GROUP MATERIAL!!!

Riddles and jokes!

Read the Christmas jokes and pick your favourite two. Later, you will write them down beautifully on the two parchment frames.

Q. What do you get if you cross a Christmas tree with an iPad? A. A pineapple!

Q: Who is Santa’s favourite singer? A: Elf-is Presley.

Did you hear that Santa knows karate? He has a black belt.

Let's finish up our cracker!

Draw your crown using a template and cut it out. Decorate it using coloured pens, stickers and/or any material you wish. When it is finished, roll it up and put it inside a toilet roll.

Then, put your little present inside the cracker together with the joke and some sweets. Close one side with a ribbon and then put some confetti inside. Close the other side - VOILÀ! A Christmas cracker!

Hope you liked it! Ho, ho, ho!

Let's Communicate - MARISTES VALLDEMIAProf. Marta Rodríguez i Pla