Target English: "What would you like for Christmas?" or "What do you
want for Christmas?"
Target grade: All ages
This song is in the Teacher's Set
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| "What would you like for Christmas?" Note: I'd recommend getting the kids to make their own lyrics, but if you want to give an example, this version is also included on CD6.! What would you like for Xmas? What would you like for Xmas? What would you like for Xmas, from me? I'd like a robot, I'd like a doll. I'd like a bag. I'd like a video game.. What would you like for Xmas? What would you like for Xmas? What would you like for Xmas, from me? I'd like a bear. I'd like a phone. I'd like a rainbow. I'd like a bone. Putting in words like "rainbow" shows they don't have to think of just material things, plus the bone for the dog means they can think of presents for other people too! |
This is a great lesson plan that gets the kids really involved, and teaches
them a very useful English phrase.
CD vol. 6 has two versions, one is "What do you want for Christmas?"
and the other is "What would you like for Christmas?" which is
considered more polite in many countries.
1. Start off the lesson with the "Drawing Game", but make the topic "What would you like for Christmas?"
2. After you've gone through the words, give each kid the worksheet.
3. Now get them to draw one thing they would most like for Christmas, if
they could have anything. It can be anything they can think of, the items
on the board are just to jog their memories!
4. As the kids are drawing their things, wonder round the classroom, asking
each kid what they are drawing and teach them how to say it in English.
5. When enough time has passed, teach the kids the chorus to the song.
"What would you like for Christmas?
What would you like for Christmas?
"What would you like for Christmas, from me?"
6. Now practice saying "I'd... " and pointing to a kid who then
holds up their picture and says what it is in English.
7. Once everyone has the hang of things, try it with the music as the class
finale!!
Recommended Game: Naughty or Nice
A couple of things to keep in mind are that in many countries kids probably
won't get any Christmas presents, the concept might be strange to them,
so don't get their hopes up too much! What usually happens is that after
putting all their favourite toys and materialistic things down for the
drawing game ( great for you to see what's popular!), when they actually
come to think of one thing they'd really like, a lot of kids actually put
down really cool stuff like "world peace" or "happiness"
which is great to see. Of course you might just get the rowdy bunch who
all they want is toys!
As you have to teach each kid what their present is in English it can take
some time if you have 30+ kids. But most kids are quite happy to keep drawing
for a long time, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. The point is
that the kids have chosen the present themselves, so it's a lot easier
to remember the English. In smaller groups these presents can provide lots
and lots of extra talking about why they chose what they did!
Another variation is instead of pointing at kids at random during the song,
you can go along the rows and columns. Each "I want .." ( or
"I'd like ... depending on which version you use ) is repeated 16
times, so in two goes through the song you can cover the whole class plus
the teacher! This is a good idea if you have very shy kids.
It's also a really, really great activity for Parents Day performances.
Make sure you prepare it in a lesson before hand, but parents will be very
impressed by the kids singing in English, their great artwork, and being
able to say something out loud in English on their own!
The song is very Christmassy, so I'm sure you'll enjoy it. If you have
any feedback then please send it it, but for the time being, have a very
Merry Christmas!!
Oh, and don't forget the original "Genki Christmas" Song!
Where are the Christmas presents?
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