Students read about a history of Santa Claus and review word formation and parts of speech in sentences. A pair or group activity has students construct interesting or funny Christmas jingles.
A History of Santa Claus
Overview
Seasonal
Level
Upper-Intermediate: B2Advanced: C1
Included
4 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Comprehending textDescribing actions
Language forms
AdjectivesAdverbs
Activities
Gap fillMultiple-choiceQuestions and answersReadingRewriting
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