The document contains plans for several English language learning activities based on the story "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. It includes pre-reading, during reading and post-reading tasks. Some activities have the students discuss the meaning of Christmas, watch a video of the story, identify the lesson learned by the main character and complete a plot diagram. The goal is for students to analyze the story, reflect on the values presented in it and improve their English skills through interactive tasks focused on listening, speaking, reading and writing comprehension.

1. UNIVERSIDAD LATINA
International Postgraduate Centers
Master's Degree in Educational Sciences
with Emphasis in English Teaching
Final Project
ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS POR MEDIO DE LA LITERATURA
Professor: Jonathan Acuña Solano, M.Ed
Student:
Brenda María Brenes Camacho
Due date: May 31st, 2019

2. Listening activity Plan and Material
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants Learning
Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
10 min -T will ask the Ss to talk about the real meaning of
the Christmas celebration in groups.
-Ss will get in groups
and discuss the real
meaning of Christmas.
- Ss will share their
thoughts with the rest
of the class at the end
of the discussion.
This part of the class
will allow students to
value the real meaning
of Christmas time.
Pre-task 10min -T will show the Ss a video of the story a Christmas
Carol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqMfGq3okZY
-Ss will watch a video
presented by the T
about the Christmas
Carol.
- This part of the class
will allow students to
talk about general
Listening
Activity
Topic: Christmas time / Target Content: The real meaning of Christmas
celebration
Level B2
Learning
Goal
Valuing the real importance of Christmas time.
Technique Active listening
Objective
After providing students with the story “A Christmas Carol”, students will
be able to value the real meaning of Christmas.
Values Reflective, sensitivity and gratitude

3. -T will ask the Ss. to take notes about the story.
-T will ask the Ss to get in groups and play with the
dice: roll and retell.
-Ss will take notes
about the video.
- Ss will get in groups
and play with the dice:
roll and retell.
information of the
story.
While-task 20 min -T will show the video again.
-T will ask the Ss to discuss what is the lesson of the
story in groups of 4.
-T will ask the Ss to create a collage of the real
meaning of Christmas based on the story lesson.
- Ss will watch the
video again.
-Ss will get in groups
and discuss what they
think is the real
meaning of Christmas.
-Ss will work on a
collage representing the
real meaning of
Christmas based on the
story lesson.
- This section of the
class will enable Ss to
identify and value the
real meaning of
Christmas time.
Post-task 20 min -T will ask the Ss to write a short paragraph
answering the question: What did Evenezer Scrooge
learn in the story?
- Ss will write a
paragraph answering
the question: What did
Evenezer Scrooge learn
in the story?
This section of the
class will enable Ss to
analyze the story´s
lesson from the main
character’s perspective.
Material
Pre-task activity: Roll and retell.

4. Oral Activity Plan and Material

5. Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
10 min -T will ask students some
questions starting by
what is their favorite
holiday? and then some
questions related to
Christmas time.
-T will ask the students
to discuss in pairs the
answers to the questions.
-Ss will talk about
their favorite
holiday.
-Ss will get in pairs
and discuss their
answers for the
questions given by
the T about
Christmas time.
This part of the
class will allow
students to
discuss some
information
about Christmas
time.
Pre-task 20min -T will draw a lifetime
line on the board and ask
Ss to do one in their
notebooks.
-Ss will draw a
lifetime line in their
notebooks.
- This part of the
class will allow
students to
describe their
Listening
Activity
Topic: My Life / Target Content: Past, present and future events.
Level B2
Learning
Goal
Describing past, present and future events.
Technique Skimming and Scanning
Objective
After providing students with the story “A Christmas Carol”, students will
be able to identify their positive and negative events and actions from the
past and present, and their future goals.
Values Transparency and Achievement

6. -T will ask the Ss to
brainstorm their events
from the past, present
and future (goals).
-T will ask the Ss to write
4 for each part of their
lives using keywords and
specific dates through the
lifetime line.
-Ss will brainstorm
their events from
past, present and
future.
-Ss will complete
their lifetime line
with 4 events each.
events from the
past, present,
and future
(goals).
While-task 20 min -T will show a picture of
the 3 ghosts from the
story: past, present, and
future to the Ss and ask
them to inform them their
own events.
-T will ask to get in
groups of 5 people.
- T will ask the Ss to help
the Spirits of the story to
find out about their
important events,
including bad decisions
and behaviors in their
present.
-T. will ask Ss share their
information orally in
their subgroups and
provide some advices to
- Ss will think about
some of their bad
past decisions and
currently bad
behaviors, to add to
the list of events in
their lifetime line.
-Ss will share all
the information in
their groups.
-Ss will discuss and
provide some
advices to improve
their future lives.
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to
discuss about
their positive
and negative
events in life and
to generate some
thinking about
how to improve
their lives for the
future.

7. improve their future
lives.
Post-task 10 min -T will ask the Ss to work
individually.
-T will ask the Ss to think
about their future lives
and the goals they have.
-T will ask the Ss to draw
a picture of themselves in
the future achieving all
their goals.
-Ss will work
individually.
- Ss will think about
their future lives
and goals.
- Ss will draw a
picture of
themselves in the
future
accomplishing all
their goals.
- This section of
the class will
enable students
to set their goal
and imagine
their future lives
in a positive
way.

8. Material
While-Task: Look at the picture and identify the characters.
Writing Activity Plan and Material
Writing
Activity
Topic: Illustrated Stories Target Content: A Christmas Carol Story

9. Level B2
Learning
Goal
Analyzing the story in a personal way.
Technique Reading Response
Objective
After providing students with the story “A Christmas Carol”, students will
be able to express their thought and questions towards the story in a written
form.
Values Organization and Curiosity
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
10 min .
Pre-task 10min -T will ask the Ss to
answer some questions in
pairs.
-T will ask the Ss to
change pairs every 5
minutes and discuss their
answers every time they
get with a new classmate.
-T will ask the Ss to
share some of their
answers.
-Ss will get in pairs
and answer the
questions.
-Ss will change
pairs as the T
commands and start
a new discussion of
the questions
provided.
-Ss will complete
their lifetime line
with 4 events each.
- This part of the
class will allow
students share
information
related to some
questions about
the story in an
analytical way
and through
discussion.
While-task 20 min -T will tell the Ss they
will write a letter to a
- Ss will choose a
character.
- This section of
the class will

10. character from their
choice to express their
feeling about the story,
the character´s actions,
and to ask questions they
still have about the story.
- T will ask the Ss to
write their letters.
-Ss will write a
letter to their
character
expressing their
feeling about the
story, the
character´s actions,
and to ask questions
they still have about
the story.
enable Ss to
express
themselves
about the story
and their feeling
towards it in a
written form.
Post-task 20 min -T will ask the Ss. to
work in pairs.
-T will ask the Ss. to
think about a different
ending for the story, a
negative one.
-Ss will work in
pairs.
-Ss will make up
new ending for the
story, a negative
one.
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to use
their imagination
to make up a
new ending for
the story.
Reading Activity Plan and Material
Reading
Activity
Topic: Plot analysis / Target Content: Plot analysis diagram

11. Level B2
Learning
Goal
Practicing pronunciation through narration.
Technique Reading out loud /Narrating
Objective
After providing students with the story “A Christmas Carol”, students will
be able to identify the summary plot of the story.
Values Exploration and Creativity
Segment Time Instructor’s Task
Participants
Learning Tasks
Rationale
Schema
activation
10 min .
Pre-task 15min -T will ask the Ss to read
the story summary.
-T will ask the Ss to do a
True and False activity.
-T will ask the Ss to
share their answers.
-Ss will get in pairs
and answer the
questions.
-Ss will change
pairs as the T
commands and start
a new discussion of
the questions
provided.
-Ss will complete
their lifetime line
with 4 events each.
- This part of the
class will allow
students share
information
related to some
questions about
the story in an
analytical way
and through
discussion.
While-task 20 min -T will divide the Ss in
subgroups of 6.
- Ss will work in
groups of 6.
-Ss will read their
assigned paragraph
- This section of
the class will
enable Ss to read
out loud the

12. -T will assign each
student a paragraph of
the story.
- T will ask the Ss to
Practice reading their
paragraph out loud
looking for the correct
pronunciation of
unknown words.
-T will ask the Ss to
record themselves
reading the paragraph a
whole so they have a
complete narration of the
story.
and look for the
corresponding
pronunciation of
unknown words.
-Ss will practice
reading together to
have a complete
narration of the
story.
-Ss will record
themselves reading
the story to have a
complete narration.
story to have a
complete
narration.
Post-task 20 min -T will provide the Ss.
with a summary plot
diagram.
-T will ask the Ss. to
complete the summary
plot diagram with the
corresponding parts from
the story read.
-Ss will work in
groups representing
- This section of
the class will
enable students
to
Material
A Christmas Carol

13. Pre-task: 1. Read the story
The story begins on Christmas Eve. Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean, unkind old man, is working in his office with
Bob Cratchit, his clerk. His nephew Fred visits him and invites Ebenezer to celebrate Christmas day at his house.
Scrooge refuses. He hates Christmas because he thinks it’s too expensive. Next a charity worker collecting
money for the poor arrives, but Scrooge gives her nothing. When it is time to finish work, Scrooge is angry that
he has to give Bob Cratchit a day off work on Christmas day.
After work Scrooge goes home to spend Christmas alone and unhappy. That night the ghost of his dead business
partner, Jacob Marley, visits him. He tells Scrooge that he must change his way of life or face the consequences.
He tells him that three ghosts will visit him. Scrooge is scared but he goes to sleep. He wakes up to see The
Ghost of Christmas Past, who takes him to re-visit his own past. They go to his old school and see Scrooge as a
lonely and unhappy child. They also visit him as a happy, young man working in his first job, with a kind boss called Mr. Fezziwig.
Finally, they see Scrooge’s girlfriend leave him because of his love of money.
Later that night, Scrooge meets The Ghost of Christmas Present. He takes Scrooge to see the Crachit family’s Christmas. They are
happy even though they are poor. The only thing that makes them sad is that the youngest son, Tiny Tim, is ill. Tiny Tim is likely to die
without a doctor, something the Cratchit family cannot afford to pay for. Scrooge also visits the house of his nephew. The people are all
having fun and are happy.
Finally, The Ghost of Christmas Future arrives. He doesn’t speak but shows Scrooge people talking about a man who has died. They
speak about the man without affection and are not sad that he is dead. When Scrooge sees the grave of the man, he realizes it has his
name on it. It is his death the people are talking about! He is very sad.
When he wakes up the next morning, Scrooge realizes it is still Christmas morning and he is very happy. He wants to help everyone
now and become a better person. He buys a big Turkey for the Cratchit family and pays for the doctor for Tiny Tim. Next, he goes to
his nephew’s house and joins in the celebrations. He is sorry for all the bad things he has done and promises to start a new life. Read the
story and decide if the sentences are true or false. If they are false, correct them.
2. Read the following statements about the story you just read and circle T for True and F for False statements. Correct False statements,
too.
1. Ebenezer Scrooge is a generous man. T F

14. 2. Every year Scrooge spends Christmas day with his nephew Fred. T F
3. Ebenezer gives nothing to charity. T F
4. Jacob Marley has been dead for seven years. T F
5. The Ghost of Christmas Past is silent. T F
6. Scrooge and Belle got a divorce. T F
7. Bob Cratchit has a son called Tiny Tim. T F
8. The Ghost of Christmas Future shows Scrooge his own grave. T F
9. On Christmas morning, Scrooge buys a chicken for the Cratchit family. T F
10. Scrooge promises to change his way of life and become a better person. T F
Adapted from: http://www.ipaproductions.com/activities/christmas_carol/ipa-activities-cc-activities.pdf
Post-activity: Complete the summary plot diagram.
Climax:

15. Rising Action 3:
Falling Action 1:
Falling Action 2:
Rising Action 2:
Rising Action 4:
Falling Action 3:
Falling Action 4:
Falling Action 5:
Resolution:
Exposition:
Rising Action 1:
Plot “A Christmas Carol”