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by Jenny Dooley & Chris Boles

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Suggested Lesson Plan

Merry Ghristmas, Scene I .

Song : Ghristmas is Goming!

M e r r y C h r i s t m a s , S c e n e 2 .

Song : lt's Christmas Time

M e r r y G h r i s t m a s , S c e n e 3

Song: Get Ready!

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Activities

Suggestions for Staging

How to Stage the Play

Script and General Stage Directions

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Introduction

6 and 10 The series helps students to develop their knowledge of the English language through enjoyable stories about the spirit of Christmas from all over the world The series also provides further practice activities in the language presented in each story Therefore, it is suitable for use as a supplement to most primary courses and in all teaching situations

The books are especially designed to motivate young learners of English as a foreign language and encourage them to take an active interest in the language Each story can easily be turned into a play for a class production These plays offer parts to learners of different abilities and are therefore suitable for all primary classes

The series has three key levels :

The stories are written in rhyme for Primary Stages 1 and 2, as learners aged 6 to 9 tend to find it

much easier and more enjoyable to read and learn language in rhyme; Primary Stage 3 has been written in prose, as learners at this stage should be exposed to everyday speech patterns Each story is accompanied by a fully - dramatised recording , so that even learners who use the series outside the classroom can benefit from exposure to the correct pronunciation and intonation of the English language

In addition, they will gain a better understanding of the language in context

Christmas-time Primary Stage 1 is the first stage of the series It is designed for children between the ages of 6 and 8 who have completed between 30 and 40 hours of English language learning

Components:

• Pupil's Book

• Teacher's Edition

• Audio CD / Cassette

• The story itself is presented in double-page spreads and is accompanied by a picture dictionary for each spread, which presents the core vocabulary used

• Activities for further practice of the language learned throughout the story These are clearly indicated in the main story through child-friendly signposting

• A song after each scene in the story related to the main topiC

• A script and a list of props for the production of the story as a play This will activate the students' passive language by encouraging its use in a real situation (the staging of the play) It will also help teachers by illustrating how the play can be staged simply and effectively

• An alphabetical word list of all the vocabulary items presented in the picture dictionary throughout the story This may easily be turned into a glossary if the students are encouraged to write their first language equivalent next to each item

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The Teacher's Edition includes all of the above, the only difference being that the answers in the

Activities section are over-printed for easy reference It also includes an additional section called

Suggestions for Staging, which offers stage directions, practical tips on costuming, floor plans, a list of props needed for each scene (as well as ideas on how to make them), and drama activities so that learners are prepared and motivated to take part in the production

Suggested Lesson Plan

The story can be covered in four lessons Each lesson has a corresponding set of tasks in the Activities

section

In the first lesson:

When first presenting the story, start by brainstorming ideas on the subject of the story by asking questions about the title and the cover of the book If necessary, allow students to use their mother tongue to answer the questions

e.g What is the title of this story?

What can you see in this picture?

What are they doing?

What do you think this story is about? etc

In aI/lessons:

1 As an introduction to the lesson, pre-teach the core vocabulary Then focus on the main scenes in

each spread and ask questions to help students describe the action in the pictures e.g Who is

this? (point to each character in tum)

What is he/she doing?

What do you think is happening here?

2 Play the recording for the whole lesson Students follow in their books

3 Ask students questions about the course of action in the story an9 whether it was as they expected

4 Play the recording again, pausing at the end of each line to allow students to repeat Repeat this step as many times as necessary Instruct students to do the same at home with their own recording

so as to improve their ability to read aloud as well as to practise their intonation and pronunciation

5 Assign roles and ask students to read the story aloud in class Repeat this step until every student has had an opportunity to read

6 Revise the core vocabulary which was pre-taught in step 1

7 Point to the signpost referring students to the activity section for that lesson Ask them to turn to these activities in the book Go through the activities in class, without allowing students to write the answers Assign them as written homework

8 Play the song at the end of each scene and ask the class to practise singing it along with the CD/cassette

In the next lesson:

1 Start by singing the song taught in the previous lesson Then ask questions to revise the story so far These can be answered in the students' native language

students have learned at home will enhance their confidence and motivate them to continue with their learning Make sure you always give them some positive feedback on their performance whether it is on their pronunciation or acting

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How to Stage the Play

Each production of the "Merry Christmas" play can be adapted according to the space and facilitiesavailable for the oerformance Below is a plan of the theatre used for the authors' production

For the purpose of the play, the narration may be performed by an older student in the class lt is suggestedthat he/she hold the entire script with his/her own lines highlighted To add to the atmosphere, he/she can

be dressed as an angel but should always remain at the side of the stage, either left or right

After completing all the lessons in "Merry Christmas", students should have a clear idea of the story andthe accompanying action, but another reading of the script will help everyone visualise the play onstage This reading will also provide a perfect opportunity for the teacher to explain the differencesbetween a story and a play and to decide on the allocation of roles or any changes that might be

appropriate lf there are any shy students who are reluctant to act, they can still be involved in theproduction by collecting / making props, being prompters (for those who forget their lines), setting upthe stage or playing the cassette with the final song etc

Once the roles are allocated and the students know which characters they are playing, they can use therecording to practise their lines and cues at home In class, details such as the way actors move, speaK,enter or extt etc can be discussed at the beginning of each rehearsal Then, the actors can rehearseand get feedback from the teacher on their performance lt is a good idea for the final song to beperformed by a different group of students, singing along with the CD/cassette This will boost theirconfidence and encourage them to perform in front of a live audience'

Before each rehearsal, it is advised that the students carry out one of the drama activities suggested inthis book, which are designed to relax and motivate the students in preparation for the rehearsal ahead.The activities involve movement, mime, voice and expression, and are aimed at familiarising the studentswith the basics of drama

Finally, before the performance, it is a good idea to have at least one dress rehearsals, in which actorsshould be in costume and the remaining 'backstage crew', i.e prompters, stage assistants, soundassistants etc should be readv to await their cues

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) Script and General Stage Directions

The number of roles in this play can easily be adapted to fit the number of students available or willing

to take part For example, the elves' parts can be divided into more parts or shared among fewerstudents Or, students playing the elves in scenes 1 and 2 can become the reindeer in scene 3 Thenarrator (should the teacher choose not to assume this role him-/herself) should be dressed as an angel.The narrator can stand on the left of right of the stage so that he/she does not interfere with the action

or obstruct the view of the audience

Actors: Santa Claus Chief Elf Elf 3 1 _ 2 angels

Mrs Claus Elf 1 peter, the postman 7 reindeer

MarvNarrator: A student dressed as an angel or the teacher

Scene f lThe children's lettersf

Hurry upl Huny uplChristmas is coming!

Christmas is coming!

Christmas is near!

Christmas is coming !Everyone cheerl

Who's at the door?

Who can it be?

Who's at the door?

Open and see!

Mrs Glaus: lt's Peter, the postmanl

Please come in!

Curtains open Lights on Stage centre:

Mrs Claus and the elves are around a tabte

wrapping presents and looking busy.

Chief Elf waves his arms in the air to show

the rest of the elves they must hurry

The elves continue working excitedly as

Peter the postman enters stage left,

carrying a huge bag, full of letters

Mrs Claus shows him into the centre of the

stage

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Peter greets everybody on stage and the

audience

He comes closer to the table when the

Chief Elf invites him in

Peter holds ouf the bag to the elves and

Mrs Claus

Mrs Claus looks impressed by the size of

' the bag

Chief Elf takes the bag, notices how heavy

it is, and opens it He places it on the floor

in front of the table

Peter takes some envelopes from inside the

bag and shows them to everybody

The elves take some of the letters and

open them

As each one speaks they are looking at a

letter

Peter goes back to the door He turns to

speak before he leaves

The elves wave They still have letters in

their hands

Curtains remain open and lights din The

choir starts singing the song while the elves

and Mrs Claus keep busy reading the

letters and wrapping presents

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Peter: Hello, everybody!

Ghief Elf: Hi, Peter! Come inlPeten

trs Glaus:

Here you are!

This bag's for you

It's very big!

Ghief Elf: And heavy, too!

Peter: It's full of letters from around

the world

From every little boy and girl!

Christmas lists for Santa Claus!

From all the little girls and boys!

Well, Merry Christmas, everyonel

I hope you have lots of funl

A Merry Christmas to you, too!

Goodbye, Peter See you soon!

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Christmas is coming!

The goose is getting fat

Please put a penny in the old man's hat

lf you haven't got a penny,

a half-penny will do

lf you haven't got that,then God bless you

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Scene 2 lSanta's presentsl

Lights brighten again The letters have been

emptied onto the table and the elves and

Mrs Claus are reading them

Mrs Claus puts her letter down and looks

happy

The Chief Elf reads his letter while he

speaks

Chief Elf gets up and so does Elf 2 He taps

on his clock face to show Santa he should

Chief Elf brings Santa's sack and hands it to

him Elf 3 picks up a doll from the table, and

shows it to Santa Santa takes it and puts it

in his bag Then Elf 3 shows him a teddy

Santa does the same

Santa looks at the presents again and looks

very happy with his hands on his hips

The presents are ready - it'sChristmas Eve! Now it's time forSanta to leave!

Letters, letters everywherefrom little girls and boys.The children ask Santa

to send them lots and lots of

roys.

Merry Christmas! Ho, ho, ho!It's nearly time for me to golIt's nearly time, Santa Claus

To visit all the girls and boys.Lots and lots of lovely presents!They're ready, Santa

Oh, thank heavens!

A doll for Mary,

a teddy for John

There's a present here foreveryonel

Happy children, everywhere.Time to go, Santa

Please take care!

Time to fly!