Christmas

General Resources

Christmas Resources for CLBs 1-4

Christmas Resources for CLBs 5-8

Christmas worksheets and activities: A variety of resources provided by elcivics.com

Christmas Traditions

Best of the Reader: Special Days and Holidays: Westcoast Reader e-book. Holiday materials (including Christmas)

5 Holiday Symbols and What they Mean: (CLB 3/4) Article with embedded videos by livelearn.ca

5 Holiday Symbols and What they Mean: (CLB 5+) Article with embedded videos by livelearn.ca

Christmas Vocabulary

Christmas Movies

Worksheets that accompany popular Christmas movies:

Decorating for Christmas

How to make an Evergreen Garland Table Decoration: video from Howdini (with transcript and instructions below video)

Homemade Christmas Decorating Ideas by mumsmakelists

Christmas Shopping

Family Gifts: Audio with questions. Todd describes what he bought his family for Christmas

The Christmas Gift Experiment: Lesson with accompanying video by the British Council. Note: in the teacher’s notes you will find the link to the video

Fred’s Gifts: Audio with questions. Fred describes his family’s Christmas gift traditions

Office Christmas parties

Office Christmas Parties lesson plans: (CLB 5+) lesson plan and materials from Lesson Plans Digger

How to Behave at the Office Christmas Party: (CLB 5+) short, clear video by Video Jug

Holiday Office Party Etiquette: (CLB 7/8) short clip by CBS

How to Survive the Office Party: (CLB 7/8) CBC radio interview

Games and Activities for the Class Christmas Party

After the potluck and the Christmas movie, what else can you do during the class Christmas party? Below are some possible activities. Share your own ideas in the comment section!

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