Pages

D. Christmas typical decorations

  • OBJECTIVES:

    • CREATIVITY: making traditional Christmas decorations tutorial making your decoration. It can be a video or .... It can be a decoration for your Christmas tree, or house, or garden, for your crib! It can be some eatable ornaments too!
    • CURRICULUM: English vocabulary, English speaking and understanding.
    • Methodologies: how to create a tutorial
    • COLLABORATION: European teams
    • DIGITAL TOOL: Genially
    • RESULT:  Christmas typical decoration presentation.

    ACTIVITY:

    1. Discuss what decorations you are going to make and present in your tutorial (in the discussion at the bottom of this page.)
    2. All you decoration should be sustainable: make people happy when they see them + not cost a lot of money + be biodegradable.
    3. Write a script for your tutorial before shooting:
    • introduce yourself briefly and the team you are in;
    • say what decoration you are going to make.
    • present the ingredients and tools you are going to use
    • then the steps to make your decoration 
    • your conclusion sentence; DON'T MAKE IT TOO LONG! You can sometimes show a part of the process, stop shooting and shoot again when yoy are to another step!
    • Be friendly and talk clearly!

    4.  Send you teacher your video; you can use We Transfer on the internet for this.

    5. Tweet a photo of your decoration on the TwinBoard!

    CHALLENGE: YOU CAN DECIDE TO MAKE YOUR DECORATION or you can decide each team member is making another team member's decoration following his script!

    CAREFUL: don't get hurt using inappropriate tools!

    TIPS:

    • name your pictures before sharing them in the folders.
    • send your teachers your videos thanks to We Transfer

  • Tweet a photo of your decoration + your name and country + an explanation (where to put the decoration) + gratitude!

    Laurent corsica

    Hey, it is Laurent! In this video that you should you watch, you will learn to create a star in drift wood, you will need driftwood and glue or wire to build the star, it's very easy, you don't need any tools. You can find this material in a shop and at the beach.

    Noemi - Germany

    This is the decoration of our Christmas tree this year:)
    Direcly below is our little nativity scene!

    Noemi - Germany

    I love this shining star and the view behind it with the snow on the trees:)

    Noemi - Germany

    The Christmas garland on my balcony!
    It has been covered with a bit of snow, but I think that´s so beautiful
    Behind it you can see the winter wonderland:)

    Noemi - Germany

    I love all the lights around Christmas time!

    Noemi - Germany

    Christmas decorations in the kitchen and a homemade gingerbread house:)

    Irini , Greece

    this is a trditional decoration for Christmas. Almost everyone in greece decorates a Christmas tree with a star on the top of it. Some place the nativity scene underneath it.

    Sara, Spain

    Hey, it's Sara!! I thought it would be interesting to share my Christmas tree with you all, even though the holidays have already passed hahah... It's a "pita", a typical plant on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

    Sara, Spain

    Hey, it's Sara!! I thought it would be interesting to share my Christmas tree with you all, even though the holidays have already passed hahah... It's a "pita", a typical plant on the coast of the Hey, it's Sara!! I thought it would be interesting to share my Christmas tree with you all, even though the holidays have already passed hahah... It's a "pita", a typical plant on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.