The history of Christmas
Did you know?
Last minute shopping for presents, over-eating on mince pies, drinking too much sherry: Christmas wasn’t always like this!
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Video tip: Active grammar presentation
Teaching tip
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I might remember; involve me and I’ll actually learn.
Using the example of the present continuous, Dagmar explains how personalising your material can really help students to learn their grammar as involving students in creating sentences about themselves helps to make the grammar more memorable. Have a look at the video and see for yourself.
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Five Christmas activities for the socially distanced classroom
Teaching tip
1 Finish the phrase.
This call and response activity is a good energiser. Think of any common phrases that are connected to Christmas, for example Jingle Bells. You say Jingle and students reply Bells. Carry on with more phrases: Merry Christmas, Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Silent Night, Happy New Year, Figgy pudding, Deck the halls, Let it snow, Last Christmas, Peace on earth. If students know any other expressions, then encourage them to call out the first half of the phrase. You could continue this game with any other well-known expressions the students have learnt, for example, fish and chips.
Video tip: Active grammar presentation
Teaching tip
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I might remember; involve me and I’ll actually learn.
Using the example of the present continuous, Dagmar explains how personalising your material can really help students to learn their grammar as involving students in creating sentences about themselves helps to make the grammar more memorable. Have a look at the video and see for yourself.
weiterlesen