The Concept of Gift
Giving
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TOPIC
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What makes an ideal
gift. This lesson teaches students about Christmas values (based on the
Bible) not the cost. To know how in different countries in different
continents celebrate Christmas.
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AIMS
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The values of giving
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Broaden students’ knowledge when they talk with foreigners about
Christmas
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Extend students’ vocabulary in writing the Christmas cards
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Develop students’ skill in making crafts
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Encourage peer feedback through family gathering or friends sharing
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As an optional final task, develop students’ oral fluency as well as
their ability to work together to design a poster or Christmas card and
present to the people they love
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AGE/LEVEL
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Teenagers and adults
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TIME
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50 – 60 minutes
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MATERIALS
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Before your lesson, you will need to find some videos about Christmas
gift giving in different continents from YouTube. Below are suggested images
with a creative common famous youtubers :
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Related to Christmas in the family in different countries https://www.elitedaily.com/life/culture/christmas-done-13-countries/874504
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Related to how to value Christmas this year
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Related to the values of Christmas based on the Bible
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Srudent worksheet and handouts
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Prepare poster paper, colorful
pens, and any kind of decoration to make a poster or Christmas cards
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INTRODUCTION
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The video focuses on shoppers at a shopping center, or shopping mall, who are given a present but then told that it is not for them.
Before watching the video, students are given the title of the video and asked to predict what the Christmas gift experiment might be. they are also asked to predict some of the lexis they will hear - typical Christmas vocabulary. The activities in the plan take them through the video in two stages, with different expressions for prediction introduced, and thinking time given to allow students to formulate their ideas.
The final activity asks students to write about a present they would like to receive and to guess what they think one of their classmates would like to receive. Students then act out the scene in the video where people are given a gift from someone they don't know.
This lesson begins by making some Christmas posters or cards, and
students discuss the message, effectiveness and values of Christmas. They
then learn some vocabulary to talk about some values of Christmas and
celebrating Christmas (health, prosperity, joy, togetherness, and the impact
on other). Students then present it in front of the class or to their parents
at home.
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PROCEDURE
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1. Lead-in (3 – 5
minutes)
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Ø Write the title of
the lesson “Christmas Gift Giving” on the board.
Ø Explain : what makes
an ideal gift, how to value Christmas and its presents, who deserves to
receive the presents
Ø See if anoyone
agrees (they may not) and elicit some ways in which open up their hearts and
minds to accept the material
Ø Explain how in
different continents celebate Christmas, if relevant also explain how the
worlds’ organization help prepare and celebrate Christmas (do they organize
Christmas celebration annually, where they celebrate it, what kind of
celebration they hold, what presents do they bring, who are the targets)
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2. Speaking (5 minutes)
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Show your students the videos and ask them to discuss the message and
which they find the most/least interesting and why
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Briefly feedback as a class. You could also ask students :
- What is the most unforgettable gift they ever receive
for Christmas
- How do they celebrate Christmas annually with the
family (for those who don’t celebrate Christmas, how do they celebrate new
year with the family and where)
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3. Vocabulary Focus
(10-15 minutes)
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Ø Give out worksheet
and handout and ask students to work together to look for the meaning of some
new vocabularies and make some sentences using the new words
Ø Students might need
to use edictionaries for some of the words. Examples : gingerbread man,
icicle, mistletoe, sleigh, yuletide.
This is relatively
subjective task, but suggested answers are :
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Ginggerbread man : A biscuit or
cookie made of gingerbread, usually in the shape of a stylized human,
although other shapes, especially seasonal themes and characters, are common.
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Icicle : a hanging,
tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
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Mistletoe : a leathery-leaved
parasitic plant that grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees and bears
white glutinous berries in winter.
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Sleigh : a sled drawn by
horses or reindeer, especially one used for passangers.
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Yuletide : archaic term for
Christmas.
Ø As you carry out
feedback, encourage students to explain why they chose those words as the
Christmas posters and or cards. This should push them to use all the language
they have.
Ø Make notes of good
points and only other useful topic – related language which comes up.
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4. Writing / further
Vocabulary practice (15 – 20 minutes)
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In pairs, ask students to choose one of the posters or cards of either
of them to write a paragraph how to make it (what the materials they need,
the steps) using the vocabulary from the previous stage.
Monitor and help students with the language they need.
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Put pairs intro groups of four and ask them to reach each other’s
paragraphs and comment on both content and the language
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Give students a little longer to re-draft and make any changes
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At this stage, you could ask them to type the paragraphs and then print them out as other students' reflection on themselves.
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5. Group Work (15 – 20
minutes)
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Ø Remind students
about posters they looked at early and ask them to work in pairs or small
groups to design their own poster, using the guiding questions on the
worksheet and handouts.
Ø Depending on the
time available, students could print pictures, draw them or simply describe
them.
Ø To finish, let
students present their ideas to either another pair or group or to the class
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Contributed By
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Paul Braddock
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