Overall Objective: Students will be able to
read about ,discuss and find differences and similarities between Catholic
Christmas and Orthodox Christmas.
Language Objective: Students will be able to use
new vocabulary,they read and discuss.
Civic Objective: Students will be able to compare a holiday in
Catholic and Orthodox reilgious
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Stage of Lesson
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Activity
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Time
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Warm Up
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Ask students how they celebrate
Christmas in their homes.
Ask students to name the words
and phrases which are connected with this topic.
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10 minutes
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Activity 1
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Pass out( hand
out 1) and ask students to read in pairs and
then complete
half of the graphic organizer( hand out 2).
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15 minutes
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Activity 2
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Ask students
to discuss and then fill out Venn Diagram
(Hand out 3)
comparing Catholic Christmas and Orthodox Christmas.
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10 minutes
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Activity3
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Ask students to match new words with their definations .
( Hand out 4)
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5 minutes
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Assessment
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5 minutes
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Handout 1
How the
Catholic celebrate Christmas
Catholic celebrate Christmas
on December 25.Its time families
gathering and sharing the gifts. Santa is one of the most important figure. People decorate their homes and yards.Traditional colors are red, green
and gold. They decorate fir-trees
with lights and silver toys.Families have special
Christmas dinner and of course food is different. For example gravy, turkey
or goose, potatoes ,pudding ,fruit cake. Traditional Christmas cards is very important.Cards are
wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.You can hear Christmas carol ‘jingle bells’.You also see
hanging wreath on the doors.
Gift-საჩუქრი
Decorate-მორთვა
Special-განსაკუთრებული
Card-ბარათი
Carol-ხალხური სიმღერა
Wreath-გვირგვინი
How Orthodoxs celebrate Christmas
In Georgia Christmas is celebrated
on the 7th of January .At Christmas Eve people light the candle and put it on the window sill.It means that Christ is coming in their homes. In the
Orthodox church special services are hold and prayers
pray for God. There is a special tradition which is called “alilo”. People go
in the street by carriage and share
different kinds of food people who are
poor.Children sing carols which is called “alilo”.Georgians treaditional
food for Christmas is“satsivi” and dessert is “gozinaki”.
Candle-სანთელი
Window sill -ფანჯრის რაფა
Church-ეკლესია
Special services-წირვა
Carriage-ურემი,ეტლი
Handout 2
Handout 3
Handout 4
1)
Match new words with their definitions:
1)
Gift a) to make more attractive
2)
Card b) a building for public
especially Christian worshop
3)
Church c) a ring circlet of flowers or
leaves hung as a decoration
4)
Carol d) to present something
5)
Wreath e) a song of praise or joy, especially for
Christmas
6)
Decorate f) a picture on one side