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Merry Christmas your Majesty / E for English
A1 / A2 (6eme) level

Description

In this lesson, students will read a Christmas letter sent to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, answer comprehension questions and focus on the form of the letter. It is preparation for the final task which is write a Christmas letter to the royal family.

Materials

Abc Activity book
Abc Class book
Abc English Notebook
Abc Projector
Abc Worksheet

Main Aims

  • To provide detailed reading practice using a letter sent to the Royal Family. Students will also identify and analyze the different parts of a letter, preparing them for their final project. Skill: Reading Comprehension.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide accurate speaking practice about royal traditions, with a focus on the use of the simple present tense in the context of Christmas. Sub Skill: Speaking / Writing

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (5-8 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

1. Settle in, welcome students and Check attendance 2. Review Vocabulary and encourage students to answer in sentences using the simple present tense 3. The last picture (send a letter) is going to be the transition to the reading task which is a letter to the Royal family: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Pre-Reading (10-12 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

1. Project the letter on the board. Ask students to look at the Document and identify it. 2. Start by focusing the sender and the recipient write the answer on the board: This document is a letter FROM Harry Morris TO the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. 3. Identify the different elements of a letter 4. Distribute the Letter Template for students to label the different parts of the letter 5. Make sure the instructions are clear

While-Reading 1 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading tasks

Reading Out Loud: 1. Explain the first task for the first reading (CB pg 59 A Oral) 2. While reading ask students questions after each paragraph to make sure they are following P1: How does Harry spend Christmas? What does he want to Know? P2: What does Harry do in Christmas? What are his family traditions? P3: What does Harry do at the end?

While-Reading/Listening #2 (14-16 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

Silent Reading: 1. Students got to their workbooks page 44 and fill in Harry's Identity card and family tree (they can work in pairs) 2. CB EX4 answer Harry's questions on the notebook.

Post-Reading/Listening (8-10 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Do the final writing task on the notebook: Time to write: Ask 2 more questions to the royal family. If there is time, Students ask each other the questions and respond to one another. If there is no time they can be used as a warm up to start the following class.

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