Saturday 29 December 2012

IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING WITH A CHRISTMAS SONG : )



 ACTIVITY 3

     Name of the Activity: “HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)”
     Age of the Children: 10-12 years old
     Level: Third Level / Cycle of Primary Education
     Aspects of English that students are going to practice: Above all Listening but also Writing, Reading, Speaking and Vocabulary.
     Material: Word Document and Laptop with internet connection.
     Description of the Activity: Students have to listen carefully the song and fill in the gaps the correct words. The song will be heard twice and then they correct the exercise with the teacher. It is a good moment to go over the song and ask about the words or expressions that students don´t understand. At the end they will sing together the song and could even be considered to prepare it for the Christmas Festival of the College.




Listen to the song of John Lennon and fill in the gaps with the correct words.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)
By John Lennon

Happy xmas Yoko
Happy xmas Julian

So this is Christmas
And what have you ______
Another year over
And a new _______ just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have ______
The near and the dear one
The ______ and the _________

A very merry Christmas
And a happy ________ _________
Let´s hope it´s a ________ one
Without any fear

And, so this is Christmas
For weak and for ________
For rich and the _______ ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For ________ and for ________
For yellow and red ones
Let´s stop all the fight

A ______ merry Christmas
And a happy _______ year
Let´s hope it´s a good one
Without any ________

And, so this is Christmas
And _______ have we done
Another year over
And a ______ ______ just begun
And, so _______ Christmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A ______ ______ _________
And a happy new year
Let´s hope it´s a good one
__________ any fear

War is over
 If you want it
War is over _______!

Happy Christmas!



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Friday 28 December 2012

USING YOUR IMAGINATION : )



ACTIVITY 2

     Name of the Activity: “TELL ME A TALE” 

     Age of the Children: 8-10 years old

     Level: Second Level / Cycle of Primary Education

     Aspects of English that students are going to practice: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening and Vocabulary.

     Material: Word Document, English Dictionary and your … Creativity!

     Description of the Activity: Students have to choose between several pictures, two or three for example, and then they will have a few minutes to organize their own story. The teacher should encourage students to create a Tale using their imagination but they have to be careful with the vocabulary, verbs tenses, phrases that they will use and so on. The Tale will be a short Tale between 10 and 20 lines and they can use the Dictionary to looking for specific words that they don´t know. It is recommended listening relaxing music while the students work out their documents because it helps to concentrate and to ignite their imagination. After 20 minutes, it is proposed that someone voluntarily read her/his story. If there are no volunteers, Tales are collected and removed one at random, which also will be read.


TELL ME A TALE!

Choose two or three pictures below and elaborate a Creativity Tale using … Your Imagination!!











TITLE: ___________________________
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