8. Snowball fight

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Distribute slips of blank paper.

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Ask students to write down some questions
associated with Christmas time on this piece
of paper.

(e.g. Do you eat carp for Christmas? What is
your favourite Christmas song? What is the best
present you have ever got? What is your dream
present? Do you bake gingerbread cookies?
When do you unwrap presents? How many
reindeer does Santa have?).

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Tell them to crumple the paper up and start
a snowball fight.

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When they throw all the “balls”, ask students to
pick up the ones close to them and answer the
questions written on their snowball.

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They must also answear any additional questions
that their friends might have, as long as they
are connected with the original question on the
snowball.

9. Find somebody who…

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Copy and distribute the “find somebody who”
cards.

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Tell students that they are going to play a game to
find out things they might not know about each
other, and they are all connected with the topic
of Christmas.

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They will have a few minutes to fill out the cards.

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The task is to find as many different people as
possible.

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Students who completed the cards go over their
lists, saying whom they found for each item.

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Ask for more details (e.g., if Kate loves singing
carols what are her favourite ones?).

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Teacher’s notes

10. Winter Role Play

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Divide students into pairs.

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Distribute the roles of boy/girl to student A and
snowman to student B.

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One person is a child (A) the other a snowman (B).

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Students have to read their role cards, and on your
mark they have a conversation staying true to
their characters (explain that they might have to
change the way they move/talk/gesture etc.).

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Allow up to 5 minutes.

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Go over the final decisions – ask students what
influenced their choices.

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Students report whether they managed to
persuade their snow friends to stay or not. If so,
they have to say what the bait was; if not, the
snowman has to report what points were made to
justify their choices.

11. Letter of application

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Copy the job advert and letter template for each
student.

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Explain that they have found an interesting job
advert and that they need to write a letter of
application using the template provided.

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They should list their experience and qualifications
(such as toy designing and toy making, creativity,
understanding children’s minds, team work
abilities, working under the pressure of time, in
low temperatures etc.).

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Students should explain why they would be
perfect for the job.

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They should also state their requirements (such
as lunch time and snacks, sets of uniforms,
duties apart from the ones on the standard job
description).

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Go over the vocabulary and expressions.