CHRISTMAS
Objectives:
- Students will learn about past Christmas traditions in their country and abroad.
- Students will describe how they celebrate Christmas today.
- Students will tell which one they prefer and why.
- Students will send and receive symbolic gifts to and from their partner class.
The past Students should ask their parents, grandparents and great grandparents (if possible) to tell them about how they celebrated Christmas and holidays in "the good old days". They should ask them about their likes and dislikes at the time and their reasons. Students are encouraged to take note during these interviews. It should be interesting to see the similarities and differences from one family to another, and from one country to another. |
Today Students will describe how they celebrate Christmas and holidays today. They will also have to write about their likes and dislikes and their reasons. This part, just as the previous one, should be more like a plan than like a written composition. Here again, we are encouraged to notice the similarities and differences between families and between countries. |
I prefer... Which one do you prefer...and why? (it's possible to have preferences from both yesterday and today). |
Students should summarize all the information they have come up with and have it fit in a single page.
I consider text organization, sentence structure, vocabulary and orthography. I give it a grade on 20.
After such good work, it's now time to open the presents!In a box, collect one item and one handmade Christmas card per student. The gifts could be a personal belonging or not cost more than $3 CDN. Each gift should be wrapped individually, addressed to their specific email partners and put in the bigger box that also should be wrapped. Upon receiving the gifts, the teacher will then have no choice but to play Santa Claus!
HO! HO! HO!
Make sure you allow enough time for delivery.
Merry Christmas to you all!!!