Dossier spécial
Ressources de Noël sur les sites des collègues
voici des pages de ressources et de leçons créées par nos collègues:
– pour les débutants
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/christmas.htm
– treasure hunt pour primaire et collège
http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/ukxmasTH.php
– une page d’activités utilisables dès la 4ème http://lve.scola.ac-paris.fr/anglais/xmasactivities.php
– des exercices et des plans de cours et de séquences prêt à l’emploi
http://perso.orange.fr/annie.gwynn/christmas/index.htm
http://www.developingteachers.com/tips/xmasplan_01.htm
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Christmas.htm (50 lesson plans)
Chants de Noël
– un grand choix de chansons traditionelles : lisez les paroles,écoutez la musique(en midi), mais pas de versions chantées.
http://www.santaland.com/songs.html
http://www.merry-christmas.com/music/index.htm
– Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer
Version chantée à écouter et télécharger en mp3
http://language.chinadaily.com.cn/focus/2003/rudolph.mp3
les paroles et une musique jazzy sympa
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/midi/rudolf_the_red_nose_reindeer.htm
http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/rudolph.html
http://www.prose-n-poetry.com/christmas_song/133
l’invention de Rudolf
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/rudolph.asp
http://www.christmaswithlove.com/rudolf.html
ce qu’en dit wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer
CBS en a fait un personnage d’une série pour enfants. Voyez cet extrait « why don’t I fit in » où sont père le force à cacher son nez rouge ‘ out of self respect’. Un petit dessin animé sympa pour faire réfléchir les élèves sur la différence (discrimination) en anglais et autour de Noël.
http://www.cbs.com/specials/rudolph/
L’histoire de la fête de Noël
How Christmas works
http://christmas.howstuffworks.com/christmas.htm
Les célébrations de Noël ou équivalent, depuis ‘antiquité
http://www.holidays.net/christmas/story.htm
Christmas around the world (in 12 countries)
http://www.soon.org.uk/country/christmas .htm
Video : the History of Christmas on History Channel
http://www.history.com/media.do?id=history_of_christmas&action=clip
Urban legends about Christmas (y compris le fait (faux) que la costume rouge du père Noël a été inventé par Coca Cola)
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/christmas.asp#immac
Christmas traditions on the BBC ( des textes de non anglophones de divers pays, qui décrivent leurs traditions locales.Sympa et authentique, en textes courts.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1214_le_world/
A history of the American Christmas decade by decade
http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/AmChristmas
Littérature : nouvelles de Noël
– By Charles Dickens
Dickens wrote several Christmas stories. The most famous is « A Christmas Carol », but you can also read these other Christmas stories:
A Christmas Tree
What Christmas is as we Grow Older
The Poor Relation’s Story
The Child’s Story
The Schoolboy’s Story
Nobody’s Story
http://www.authorsdirectory.com/b/cdscs10.htm
« A Christmas Carol » is an interesting way to introduce students to the Victorian way of life. This theme can be linked to Oliver Twist and to Christmas. You can download the full text at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/46
then here is an excellent page of resources, including several sites of reading notes, learning guides and projects:
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/dickens.html#chrcar
and two webquests (remember to go through all the links before you use the webquests because some links are broken and you will have to replace them or suggest another way of completing the task):
A well organised webquest, with students working in teams to perform different roles and study different aspects of the problem: Scrooge is running for Mayor and want to convey what he has learnt to the citizens and help them change things for the better. This webquest includes information from the novel, but also from several online sources of information about life in the Victorian period.
http://www.coollessons.org/Dickens.htm
Another webquest, only based on the novel/play. The content and the process are easier and interesting, but I think it needs to be adapted and can’t be used as is. The students take the roles of the three ghosts, but the first task each time requires the students to draw a picture of themselves as the ghost, and this is neither useful nor interesting for our ESL students.
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/crc/webquest/Christmas Carol/
– other Christmas stories
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/stories.html
Email Santa
Fill in the blanks and send this letter to Santa
http://www.emailsanta.com/email_santa.asp
Decorate a Christmas tree online
Decorate a Christmas tree online with this Flash-based interactive.
http://www.castlearcana.com/christmas/tree/index.html
Christmas coloring pages
http://www.ivyjoy.com/coloring/christmas/
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/Christmas/
Christmas Crafts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/
an see especially the 3D star
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/3dstar/
Christmas Cooking
Christmas pudding
http://www.allinfoaboutchristmas.com/Christmas_Pudding.html
Recipes
http://www.merry-christmas.com/recipes/index.htm
*** Gingerbread houses
http://www.texascooking.com/features/dec 2001gingerbreadhouse.htm
http://organizedchristmas.com/article38.html (avec photos et conseils pour en construire une)
Toys
– A history of Toys and Games
this nice interactive site from History Channel offers both an exhibit on toy and game history, a timeline (4000 B.C. to the 1990s), essays on inventors (such as Parker Brothers and Milton Bradley) and toys (Barbie dolls, crayons, and teddy bears), and a quiz.
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/
– Safety Tips on Toys
Ideas for choosing safe toys for children, organized by age group.
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/family/350-063/350-063.html
Other sites about Christmas
Easy Fun School (including word search, recipes, coloring pages, ornaments making and other handicrafts)
http://www.easyfunschool.com/IndexChristmas.html
Printables and coloring pages
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Printables/Christmas/
Lots of activities and stories
http://www.merry-christmas.com/
Lots of resources (traditional and a bit patriotic)
http://www.santaland.com/
a page of links, with tongue twisters, crafts, fingerplays and a lot more:
http://childfun.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3
a page from the White House, including recipes, videos and decorations
http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/holiday/deck-halls/
Christmas traditions on My Europe
http://myeurope.eun.org/eun.org2/eun/en/myEurope_Activities/content.cfm?ov=19823&lang=en
TEFL : lots of activities ready to use in .pdf files. Just enter « Christmas » in the search box
http://www.tefl.net/lessonplans/tbw.htm
