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By : C. FORTUNIER, collège J. Prévert (42) / N. BILLOUD & J-C DUPRE, collège L. Aragon (69) Pour l’allemand, voir la fiche : Weihnachten vs

Christmas in the anglo-saxon world and in 6ème (5 ème ?)

Goal : Christmas party > songs in German & English + posters / cards/crackers… + food

(3 countries : England, the USA, Australia + Germany)

I Brainstorming : Christmas (quick)

II Enjoy 6 ème p 41-42 : Christmas picture

1- What is on the picture ? > use the vocab from Brainstorming 2- Christmas colors ? (what color is… ?) > Christmas colors ? > green, red, yellow… 3- Work on préposition (next to, on, under…) 4- Guess what it is ! > Describe 3 elements which are on the picture : give the colors and say where it is with Prepositions Under, on…). Ask the question « What is it ? » and your classmates will guess. > ORAL Ex : It’s on the tree and it’s red. What is it ? 5- Lesson in copybook + Handout (p 41) : In the house on Christmas 6- The green tree is next to the fire place. Decorations are on the tree, the red star is on the tree… Presents are under the tree 7- Reflection/work on « mots composés » / compound words in English and German : // Weihnachtsbaum  think about the construction of these words > // & ≠ ?  Rule ?  Give a list of « elements » > on board : pictures of the elements and « deconstructed » words : christmas tree, Christmas presents, family reunion, winter Holiday, , decorations, silly hat, calendar, family dinner, House decoration, Christmas crackers, Christmas spirit, Family house, Holiday menu, cake recipe, …  Match the elements to make words, then match the words with the pictures  Give some German words following the same structure > analysis ? > // & ≠ ?  Give Hand out with Rule for word construction+ German and English words as exemples + activity…

III Before Christmas and on Christmas day : « Christmas Vacation » trailer

Objective : What are the traditions before and on Christmas days ? 1- Watch the trailer and react using the vocab seen before. 2- Put the comments on the board > organise the comments/words by chronological order > 1st : sing Christmas songs, Christmas spirit (joy, be happy…), snow, cold weather, (find) a tree, car, family…, 2 nd : decorate… 3rd : family arrives… 4th : buy presents, hide presents… 5th : > turkey… 3- Watch again, pause and complete, finish the organization. 4- Lesson : table presenting Christmas in a chronological order, based on the trailer of Christmas Vacation By : C. FORTUNIER, collège J. Prévert (42) / N. BILLOUD & J-C DUPRE, collège L. Aragon (69) Pour l’allemand, voir la fiche : Weihnachten vs Christmas

Traditions before on /day They sing Christmas songs/carols They have Christmas dinner (eat turkey…) They find/cut a tree … … They open presents. They buy presents. They put lights are on the house.

5- Compare vocab for Christmas activities in English and German : to sing/singen, to decorate/dekorieren, bake/.., make/…, eat/…, go/gehen

IV Christmas dinner / Traditional Christmas food 1- Transition : still frame from the movie :  quick description with prepositions and BE + introduce « turkey »

2- Traditional Christmas menus from different places (US, UK, (Germany))  Written documents  Compare the menus > US menu / English menu…  Recipes ?  Introduce a German menu in German ?  Compare menus in the different countries > culture  Work : intro PS > In England WE EAT…, but WE DON’T EAT…  Compare vocab : names of food / ingredients in English, German and French. Ex : bread/brot, apple pie/apfel…

V > Textbook New Step In 6 ème p 134

VI Table comparing Christmas traditions in the Anglo-saxon world and in Germany

VII Group work : Make posters presenting the different traditions per country VIII Songs > / Kling Glöckchen + Silent Night / Stille Nacht (en commun)

IX Xmas Party