Внеклассное мероприятие по английскому языку "Christmas traditions". 7-й класс

Оборудование: интерактивная доска, карточки с заданиями, музыкальное сопровождение.

I. Вступление.

Во время выступления ведущих на доске меняются подборки картинок посвященных тематике праздника.

Long, long ago in the little village of Nazareth there lived a young woman called Mary. In the same village of Nazareth there lived a carpenter named Joseph. Joseph loved God and he loved Mary.

One day God sent the angel Gabriel to Mary.

I have news from God for you. God has chosen you to be the mother of His son. And your son will be very great. He will be the King of Israel and Joseph will help you to look after him.

Joseph took Mary as his wife. They packed their things to travel 85 miles to Bethlehem. It took them many days to travel.

At last one man gave them the place in the stable where animals lived. And that night God sent his Son to Mary and Joseph.

Suddenly they saw a bright light in the sky and the Angel appeared.

I have wonderful news the Lord was born. He is for everyone - for the rich and poor, for white and black people, for people in all the countries.

The star appeared up in the sky
It was the night of a new born child
The birth of a better world
Since this holy night
We are all celebrating Christmas

"It's Time For Christmas"

The star appeared up in the sky
It was the night of a new born child
The birth of a better world
Since this holy night
We are all celebrating Christmas
It's time for Christmas we're singing for the world
Let's live together in harmony
It's time for Christmas it's time to heal the world
Let's come together it's Christmas time
Christmas you will find your way home
Together with friends you will never walk alone
Christmas in all these wonderful places
Different colors and different races
Peace in the silent night
No more pain let's stop the fight
Heaven like a place on earth
It's Christmas time it's Jesus' birth
It's time for Christmas we're singing for the world
Let's live together in harmony
It's time for Christmas it's time to heal the world
Let's come together it's Christmas time
Freedom for the human race
To make the children's world a better place
Freedom for me and for you
Heal the world and make a wish come true
Peace it's our love supreme
For now and forever what a wonderful dream
Love makes the world go around
From the highest mountain to the deepest ground
It's time for Christmas we're singing for the world
Let's live together in harmony
It's time for Christmas it's time to heal the world
Let's come together it's Christmas time
It's time for Christmas we're singing for the world
Let's live together in harmony
It's time for Christmas it's time to heal the world
Let's come together it's Christmas time
It's time for Christmas we're singing for the world
Let's live together in harmony
It's time for Christmas it's time to heal the world
Let's come together it's Christmas time

III. Учащиеся подготовили рассказ о традициях украшения елки на рождество в разных странах.

How did it all begin? No one really knows, though the custom of having Christmas trees certainly comes from Germany. At one time 'Adam and Eve Day' was celebrated on 24 December. They decorated a tree, known as the Paradise Tree, with apples and fruit. And they acted the story of the Garden of Eden and how, in the beginning, the world was spoilt.

A legend links the Christmas tree with St Boniface of Crediton, who left England to bring the good news about Jesus to the tribes of Germany. One dark night he and his monks came upon a group of villagers preparing to sacrifice a boy to their god Odin. They had tied him to an oak tree. Boniface set the boy free and chopped the oak tree down. He pointed instead to an evergreen fir and his followers stepped forward and put their candles on its branches. By its light, the people listened as Boniface told them of the loving God who had brought life and light to the world through his Son.
Some say it was Martin Luther, the great sixteenth-century reformer, who first brought the lighted Christmas tree indoors. As he walked through the forest one night he looked up to see the stars shining through the branches. It was so beautiful he went home to tell his children how the lighted tree was like a picture of Jesus, who left the starry heaven to bring light to earth. 

At first, Christmas trees were decorated with things to eat - edible angels, gingerbread men and apples. German glass-blowers may have been the first to make glass ornaments which were not so heavy. At first a little model of baby Jesus was put at the top of the tree. This changed to an angel with gold wings; then to the fairy we see on so many Christmas trees today!
Candles were used to light the tree at first, and there were many bad accidents from fire. In 1895 an American telephone worker, Ralph Morris, thought how good the tiny light bulbs on the switchboard would look on his tree! His inspiration led to the many shapes and colours of electric Christmas tree lights manufactured today.

Many towns have their own Christmas tree, set up in the square or high street. One of the best-known stands in Trafalgar Square in London.

People of Norway, in gratitude for the help given to them by Britain in the Second World War.

Since the 1920s there has been a large Christmas tree on the White House lawn in Washington. The President himself switches on the lights.

In New Zealand the Christmas tree is alive and growing. Its Maori name is Pohutakawa, but early settlers called it the Christmas tree because its beautiful red flowers bloom in December. The huge trees grow mostly by lake and sea side and holiday-makers can tread a carpet of its red stamens down to the water's edge.

It was Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's German husband, who made the Christmas tree popular in Britain. In 1841 he wrote to his father:

'Today I have two children of my own . . . who . . . are full of happy wonder at the German Christmas tree and its radiant candles.'

In 1848 The Illustrated London News described the royal tree as, 'About eight feet tall . . . On each branch are arranged a dozen wax tapers . . . Fancy cakes, gilt gingerbread and eggs filled with sweetmeats, are also suspended by variously-coloured ribbons from the branches . . . The tree . . . is, supported at the root by piles of sweets of a larger kind, and by toys and dolls of all descriptions, suited to the . . . ages of . . . Royalty for whose gratification they are displayed.

IV. Затем учащимся предлагаются различные задания по теме праздника.

Can you find these December words?

They may be found by going down or across. Circle the words as you find them.

Merry / Christmas / bell / carols / stars / cookies / toy / manger / pinata / Santa / Claus / tree / decorate / candy cane / package / chimney / wreath / angel / elf / nuts / cold / gifts / sled

LANGUAGE ART STARTS

Use some of the excitement surrounding Christmas to create delightful sentences.

Develop lists of phrases with the whole class. Write these phrases on charts.

Children draw from these phrases to build sentences. These may be done orally or written. Mix and match phrases to develop humorous sentences. You may want to add a why column for older students.

В заключение учащиеся поют песню Jingle Bells.