1. Lesson four
Christmas
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3. Words related to Christmas in the movie
father Christmas
Christmas tree
fireworks
sledge
decorations
Christmas carols
reindeer
huge bags of Christmas presents

4. balloons
Christmas pudding
snow, snowman
Christmas stockings

5. Skimming:
Where does father Christmas live?

6. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 paragraphs main ideas
Read the text and complete the chart
paragraphs
main ideas
words related to the Christmas
activities before
Christmas
date of Christmas ,father Christmas,
north pole, letter, presents, envelope
Para 1
new year calendar, Christmas cards,
Christmas lights, carol service, snow,
snowman, snowball fight
excitement before
Christmas
Para 2
Para 3
activities
on Christmas Eve
Christmas eve, Christmas tree,
decorations, balloons, stockings,
activities on
Christmas morning
small presents, sweets, turkey, jokes,
Christmas pudding, silly paper hats,
Para 4
Para 5
Queen’s speech, cards,
Christmas cake
activities
after lunch

7. Read to find out in what order the children do these things
a. open the new year calendar
b. put their stockings at the end of the bed
c. sing Christmas carols
1 d. write a letter to Father Christmas
e. put up the Christmas tree
f. go to church
g. have Christmas cake 2 5 3 4 6 7

8. Answer the multiple-choice questions
1 Who do you think reads the children’s letters?
a) Father Christmas b) their parents c) nobody
2 What do you think people do in a carol service?
a) sing songs b) give presents c) watch a play
3 What happened on Christmas Eve?
a) The writer stayed awake all night.
b) Someone put presents in his stocking.
c) The writer saw Father Christmas.
4 Why did they laugh?
a) The Christmas carols were happy songs.
b) The songs and hats were funny.
c) The jokes and hats were funny.
5 After lunch:
a) the adults watched the Queen’s speech.
b).the children made a snowman.
c) everybody had more to eat.

9. Write at least three sentences about activities
on Christmas using the words related to the
Christmas in the Charts
paragraphs
main ideas
Words related the Christmas
Para 1
activities before Christmas
date of Christmas father, Christmas, north pole,
letter, presents, envelope
Para 2
Excitement before Christmas
new year calendar, Christmas cards, chritmas lights, carol service, snow, snowman, snowball fight
Para 3
activities on Christmas Eve
Christmas eve, Christmas tree, decorations, balloons, stockings,
Para 4
activities on Christmas morning
small presents, sweets, turkey, Christmas pudding, jokes, silly paper hats,
Para 5
activities after lunch
Queen’s speech, cards, Christmas cake,

10. Read to remember the new words in a short
paragraph
When the carol sounded in the North Pole, I seriously put the stocking and calendar
into the envelope and swallowed puddings.
The adults carried on putting up the decorations above their breast.

11. Read and retell the text
Homework
Read and retell the text
Write a passage about the memories of Christmas.