ESL Lesson Plan: Celebrating Christmas in Canada :: essays research papers

Students 14 adult ESL students at an advanced level in the English language. They all have high levels of literacy in their L1 and are learning English for academic purposes. The students are seem to be very concerned in the Canadian culture and have been asking many an(prenominal) questions about the upcoming holiday, Christmas. Many of the students have been living in Canada for close to one year and have not experienced the Canadian Christmas.Context It is the advance(prenominal) month of December and the students have been already reading, writing and hearing about Christmas in Canada. To date, they have already shared their cultural practices during Christmas, if any, and are now interested in the Canadian culture. They are familiar with the concept of Christmas and some key terms, like Santa Clause, Christmas tree, etc. The length of this class is two hours with one fifteen narrow coffee break, after one hour. Objectives&9656To practice scanning for information&9656To recall and use vocabulary previously larn&9656To learn and use new vocabulary -Christmas/Evergreen tree-Christmas Decorations (tinsel, ornaments, etc.)-Christmas Carols-Christmas Presents-Church Services-Roasted Turkey-Christmas Stockings-Santa Clause-Christmas Eve&9656To foster interpersonal relationships through group work&9656To practice using different descriptive words to illustrate an idea to a peerMaterials&9656Marx, D.F. (2000). Christmas. Toronto Childrens Press.&9656Chalkboard/Chalk or Dry Erase Board/ Markers.&9656Describe and Draw grainy rules (from Bryrne, D. (1979). Communication games a teaching aid. Windsor NFER Publishing.)&9656Christmas pictures for Describe and Draw Game from magazines &9656Magazines with Christmas pictures&965614 pieces of poster paper&9656Scissors/glue/tape&9656Tape/CD doer with Christmas carolsProcedures(1) Students participate in a discussion of the following questions (45 min)A.What do you already know about the Canadian Christmas? Have you eve r celebrated Christmas in Canada earlier? What would you like to learn about celebrating Christmas in Canada?B.(The teacher reads the defy Christmas by David F. Marx, ensuring that all students can see the illustrations, to improve comprehension) What words come out of the book that you are unfamiliar with? (The teacher makes a list on board of unknown words). Following completion of the book, the class approaches the unknown word list on the board. The teacher explains the words using pictures from the book as well as relating the words to other things that they already know.C.What are some interesting things that you have learned about the multicultural Canadian Christmas? (2) Students will participate in the Describe and Draw game. (See attached rules and pictures). (15 min.)A.(The teacher explains rules to the game, and then walks two volunteers through a couple of rounds until students feel comfortable).