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Contents:
1. "Where are the Christmas presents?" Picture Book
2. Christmas Ideas
3. And finally
Hello,
It's getting close to Christmas, so here are a few ideas for you...
1. "Where are the Christmas Presents?" Talking Picture Book
Prepositions ( under. on, in etc.), "Where are ...?", Christmas
and a nice story, what more could you want in a lesson...
This month's picture book also talks, so you can get some ideas of how
to stress certain words to get a bigger reaction from the kids, and to
make the target English more prominent. The success of story books in your
class depends hugely on the style you read them in.For younger kids "parentese"
is the top shot, just pretend you are a kids' TV presenter. Then for older
kids a more dramatic approach works best, asking questions and getting
their ideas on what might be coming next makes it much more like an interactive
video game.
For even older kids ( and even junior high) getting some of the kids to
retell the story to their class ( after practising in groups), is a great
confidence builder and lets the kids express their personalities. You might
even go as far as having the older kids read to the younger kids.
As usual there is a printable version for teachers and an online version
for your students to look at at home:
http://genkienglish.net/picturebookchristmas.htm
2. Christmas Ideas
I've put up lots of new games and ideas on the main Christmas Ideas page,
but here's a super quick summary to bring some Christmas genkiness to your
classes. If you don't quite get it from these descriptions, have a look
at the main page:
http://genkienglish.net/Christmas.htm
* Christmas Ho Ho Ho: Chant "Christmas, Christmas, ho, ho, ho!",
then everyone mimes ( and says ) one of the vocab items from CD4's "Genki
Christmas" song. Anyone who has the same gesture as the teacher is
out and sits down.
* Christmas Snowballs. Ask the kids a Christmassy question ( e.g. CD6's
"What would you like for Christmas?"). The winner throws a wet
tissue "snowball" at a snowman on the board. Each body part is
worth points.
* Christmas Clothes Race: Set up some (100 yen) Santa outfits. Everyone
asks "What's he wearing?". You shout out "boots" or
"hat" or whatever. The kids rush to the other side of the room
and put on the correct clothing.
Poisoned Presents: Just like "matching pairs" except one mini
card is "poisoned" and if it turns up everyone has to rush and
touch the nearest wall. You can also do it with A4 flash cards. Review
through the cards, then run when the poisoned present appears.
Do the Ladders Game, but tell a Christmas story ( there's one on the site)
Or use the
Christmas Minicards to play any of the
Minicards games.
Plus there is the
Christmas Delivery Game and
Reindeer Race Game. And of course the main recommendation is for CD4's "Genki Christmas"
song and CD6's "What would you like for Christmas?" which are
big hits.
3. And finally...
I hope that's enough for this month. If you have any materials for other
holidays or festivals, then be sure to send them in to share with everyone
else. There'll be more Christmas ideas on my blog throughout December.
I've just got back from doing workshops in Korea ( thank you everyone for
a fantastic time), so hopefully there'll be some nice new computer ideas
to work with soon.
I've also got a workshop coming up in Cologne, Germany on January 20th.
If you are interested in attending, please get in touch. Or if you'd like
to set up a workshop elsewhere in Europe in January then please let me
know!
Thanks for all your support this year and have a very Genki Christmas!
Richard
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Richard J. Graham
The Genki way to Teach.
Primary School English Games, Songs and Activities
http://www.GenkiEnglish.com
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"Christmas: When you exchange hellos with strangers and good buys with friends."
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