Разработка к уроку английского языка на тему 'The Meaning of Christmas' (8-9 классы)

THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS

(based on THE POLAR EXPRESS movie and BELIEVE song)

FORM: 8-9

Part 1. Watch the movie and arrange the sentences in the correct order.

• Santa.

• Santa? Really? Oh, that's too bad.

• What's this? Broken. Sorry about that, sport.

• ...the bell still rings for me. As it does for all who truly believe.

• At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell. But as years passed, it fell silent for all of them.

• Come on, kids. We don't wanna be late.

• Even Sarah found, one Christmas, that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old...

• Found this on the seat of my sleigh. Better fix that hole in your pocket. Mr. C.

• Oh, what a beautiful bell. Who's it from?

• Wait. Look. Here's one more. Has your name on it.

Watch the movie again to check your answer.

Part 2. Form the present participle (V-ing) and past simple (V-ed) of the verbs in the table.

V+ing

V2 (V+ed)

Sleep

be

Fall

have

Call

slip

Say

Play

Fill in the gaps with the verb-forms from the table.

Children ________________, snow is softly ________________
Dreams are________________ like bells in the distance
We ________ dreamers not so long ago
But one by one we all________to grow up
When it seems the magic ________ away
We find it all again on Christmas day

Refrain:
Believe in what your heart is ________________
Hear the melody that's ________________

Listen to Verse 1 of the song to check your answers.

Part 3. Fill in the gaps with the verbs from the table.

Refrain:

There's no time to __________________
There's so much to __________________
Believe in what you __________________ inside
And give your dreams the wings to ____________
You have everything you __________________
If you just __________________

believe

waste

celebrate

fly

feel

need

Part 3. Find the English equivalents to the words in the table. Use the text below.

Поезда

доверяя звездам

Путешествие

добираться

пункт назначения

казаться

Начинать

заблудиться

Корабли

оказаться

Плыть

рождество

Trains move quickly ______ their journey's end
Destinations are where ______ begin again
Ships go sailing ______ across the sea
Trusting starlight to get where they need _____ be
When it seems that _____ have lost our way
We find ourselves again _______ Christmas day
Refrain:

Listen to Verse 2 of the song to check your answers.

Part 4. Write a paragraph about the meaning of Christmas.

Christmas is ___________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.

This holiday is all about _________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.

It means that _________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.

As for me, ____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.

"Believe"
(lyrics)

Children sleeping, snow is softly falling
Dreams are calling like bells in the distance
We were dreamers not so long ago
But one by one we all had to grow up
When it seems the magic's slipped away
We find it all again on Christmas day
Believe in what your heart is saying
Hear the melody that's playing
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You have everything you need
If you just believe
Trains move quickly to their journey's end
Destinations are where we begin again
Ships go sailing far across the sea
Trusting starlight to get where they need to be
When it seems that we have lost our way
We find ourselves again on Christmas day
Believe in what your heart is saying
Hear the melody that's playing
There's no time to waste
There's so much to celebrate
Believe in what you feel inside
And give your dreams the wings to fly
You have everything you need
If you just believe [x4]
Just believe