The document outlines a lesson plan about Christmas for a 3rd form class. The lesson aims to develop students' communicative skills about Christmas traditions, teach them to respect other countries' traditions, and review modal verbs. Key activities include reading a poem about Christmas, discussing Christmas symbols and traditions in different countries, reading a letter, playing a grammar game with modal verbs, singing a Christmas song, and making a Christmas card for homework.

1. Christmas
Lesson for the 3d form

2. Aim of the lesson:
to develop pupil’s communicative skills on
the topic “Christmas”;
to tech pupils to respect traditions of
different countries;
to revise grammar material – modal verbs
must, can, could, may.

3. • Good morning children! Today we speak
about my favourite season and my
favourite holiday.
• Read the poem and try to guess:
This is the season
When children ski,
And Santa Claus
Brings the Christmas Tree!

4. Christmas
• It’s a happy holiday for many people in different
countries. People buy Christmas Tree and
decorate it with toys, coloured balls and lights.
• In Britain children put their stockings near their
beds. At night Santa Claus comes with a big bag
of presents. He puts the presents in the
children’s stockings.

5. Vocabulary work
• Do you remember the Christmas
symbols? Match the parts of the words:
PUD CLAUS CHRIS
STOCK TMAS
SANTA TR
ING DING EE

6. Reading
• Look at the text of ex 1 on page 69.
• Is it a dialogue or a letter?
• Who writes this letter?
• Let’s read Bill’s letter now.

7. True / False
• Bill has got four favourite days.
• His favourite days are Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday.
• Bill’s favourite subject is Maths.
• Bill wakes up at eight.
• Bill goes to school at eight.
• His school starts at eight.
• Bill has many friends at school.
• Bill and his friends like watching cartoons.

8. Sing a song
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
And Happy New Year!
Let’s do a little clapping
Let’s do a little clapping
Let’s do a little clapping
And spread Christmas cheers!
Let’s all do a little jumping
Let’s all do a little jumping
Let’s all do a little jumping
And spread Christmas cheers!

9. Grammar game
• Choose the right word:
1. (Must/Can) you speak English?
2. (Could/ May) you show me your
present?
3. (Can/Must) I help you? – No, thanks.
4. (Could/ Must) you help me to decorate
Christmas tree?
5. (Can/May) Santa fly?

10. Rest minute
• Hands on the head
• Hands on the hips
• Hands on the table
• Hands like this
• Hands on the shoulders
• Hands up and down
• Hands behind the head and sit down.

11. Home task
• Prepare a beautiful Christmas card for
your friend

12. Summarizing
• Children, thank you for the lesson. And
now one more task is left for you: here are
two types of smiles – happy and sad.
Stick happy one if the lesson is good for
you and sad smile - if it is bad.
• And now your marks for the lesson.