Открытый урок в 9 классе по теме "Christmas in Great Britain"

Christmas

in Great Britain

Love so easily understands

What you can see is the smallest part;

You don`t need Christmas in your hands

When you have it in you heart.

Are the statements true or false? Correct the false statements.

• Christmas day is a public holiday.
• This day is held on December 25 th in honour of the birth of Santa Claus.
• In Britain people eat pudding before the dinner.
• There is a tradition that children should put a long sock called a Christmas stocking.
• Santa Claus visits each house

on Christmas Eve by climbing down

the chimney.

6. Santa Claus is a real old

man in red clothes and

with a long white beard.

Name the Christmas Symbols

• Christmas is the main public holiday in Britain. This day is held on December 25 th in honour of the birth of Jesus Christ. People often see it as a time of merry-making and present giving.
• Christmas is a religious holiday, when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. The Christmas story comes from the Bible. An Angel appeared to shepherds and told them that a Savior had been born to Mary and Joseph in a stable in Bethlehem. The Wise Men followed a star until it led them to Jesus. The Wise Men gave Jesus many gifts. So it is a tradition to give presents on Christmas Day. Another tradition is to put a star on the top of Christmas tree.
• On Christmas families are usually spend the day opening their presents which are often piled around the Christmas tree decorated with tinsel, candles, baubles, and fairy lights. The most beautiful Christmas tree is in the centre of London in Trafalgar Square. This is a present from the people of Norway to people of Great Britain.
• People sometimes go carol singing , which means singing carols in the street, outside people’s houses.
• There is a tradition that children should put a long sock called a Christmas stocking at the end of their bed or by the chimney or hang it by the fireplace so that Santa Claus will fill it with presents. Tangerines or nuts are often put into the stockings. Santa Claus is supposed to visit each house on Christmas Eve by climbing down the chimney.
• In Britain, the day after Christmas is called Boxing Day and is also a public holiday. A lot of sports take place on Boxing Day and many people now spend time watching sport on television.

Questions

Christmas Word Find In the puzzle, find and circle the holiday words listed on Santa’s sack.

Answer the questions

• When did the first cards appear in Britain?

• Who is Scrooge (by Ch. Dickens)?

• What does queen Elisabeth always wish on Christmas Eve?

Make the sentences from the given words

• decorate/We/usually/fairy/lights/candles/ stockings/and/with/our flat/Christmas Eve/on.

• Santa Claus/you/Are/Christmas Eve/for/ waiting/on ?

• will/Christmas/where/celebrate/

you ?

4. cards/Christmas/Have/bought/you ?

5. Christmas/sing/She/carols/to/likes.

What`s the word?..

• 1) Write down KRISKRINGLE ;
• 2) Add an A before the two I’s and
• the E ;
• 3) Place a T in the exact center of the word;
• 4) Double every 5th letter;
• 5) Move the first S to the beginning of the
• word;
• 6) Move the second S to the end of the word;
• 7) Take away all the K’s ;
• 8) Exchange the places of the 4th and the 10th letters;
• 9) Take away all the I’s ;
• 10) Change the G to C ;
• 11) Remove the R’s and the E’s ;
• 12) Now, add a U before the last letter, and put a space ; between the second A and the C ;

Choose the right answer

1.What is the main public holiday in Britain?

a)St. Valentine’s Day b) Christmas c) April Fool’s Day

2.What does carol singing mean?

a)singing carols in the street b) singing carols at home c) singing carols at school

3.What do British people usually do at the start of the Christmas meal?

a)they usually play cricket b) they usually pull a cracker c) they usually play snowballs

4.What do British children do before they go to sleep on Christmas Eve?

a)they do their homework b) they go carol singing c) put a long sock at the end of their bed or by the chimney

5.How is the day after Christmas called?

a)it’s called Boxing Day b) Independence Day c) Labour Day

6.How does Santa Claus travel about the sky?

a)he flies by plane b) he flies in a sleigh, pulled by reindeer c) he flies in a carriage, pulled by horses

The lesson is over!