Elementary Christmas Shopping Frenzy

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THE AENEOUS BEETLE

Christmas Shopping Frenzy

Elementary

Stages

Procedure Time

Objectives: - to practice vocabulary in context

- to review and practice scanning skills

Warmer:

Magazine closed 1. Teacher asks the students to list out festivals celebrated in Malaysia.

e.g. Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Christmas

2. Ask students whether any of them celebrate Christmas. 3. Teacher randomly chooses a few students and asks them

how they celebrate Christmas.

5 minutes

Pre-reading:

1. Introduce the topic of the day. 2. Get students to turn to page 13 and go over the glossary. 3. Get students to do Task 1. 4. Elicit answers.

10 minutes

While-reading:

1. Ask students to read pages 9 - 12. 2. While reading ask students to underline some of the difficult

words: exchange debt slashed appreciate favourite bargain

3. Teacher asks the students to guess the meanings based using contextual clues while reading.

10

minutes

Post-reading:

1. In pairs, get the students to do Task 2. 2. Do peer checking and discuss answers. 3. Distribute Task 3. 4. Ask students to complete Task 3 as individual work. 5. Elicit answers from the students. 6. Get students to do the Reading Comprehension exercise

activity from the magazine as Task 4 (pg-13) and to answer in their exercise books.

7. Teacher discusses the answers as a whole class activity.

12

minutes

Wrap:

1. Homework- Get students to do puzzle activity on page 59.

Alternatively, they could photocopy page and do it.

3 minutes

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Student’s copy

Task 1: Match the correct

1. Her wedding was a grand ____________ with a lot of fun and laughter.

2. We must have a ____________ every month to spend our money wisely.

3. It has been a ____________ in the family to go camping every year.

4. We could see she has changed ____________ after spending three years in Europe.

5. I travel by train to work because of the ______________ as the station is near my house.

Task 2: Match the correct answers and write the numbers in the bracket provided

1. exchange ( ) a. something at a good price

2. debt ( ) b. to give and get back

3. slashed ( ) c. most liked

4. appreciate ( ) d. to cut down

5. favourite ( ) e. to owe money

6. bargain ( ) f. to be thankful

Task 3: Write True (T) or False (F) for the statements below.

1. It is not important to set a budget before you go for shopping. ______

2. It is advisable to shop for Christmas presents 2 days before the festival. ______

3. Christmas is a time for celebration and gift-giving. ______

4. We have to buy expensive and high quality gifts for the elderly people. ______

5. A family that overspends on presents normally goes into debt. ______



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Teacher’s copy Answers: Task 1:

1. celebration 2. budget 3. tradition 4. dramatically 5. convenience

Task 2:

1. b 2. e 3. d 4. f 5. c 6. a

Task 3:

1. false 2. false 3. true 4. false 5. true

Task 4:

1. It started when Jesus was born and three wise men brought him presents. 2. It’s important to set a budget so that we won’t end up in debt. 3. You can keep your presents safely hidden away in a box. 4. Christmas is a wonderful time for the family to get together and enjoy each other‘s

company.


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