Mog’s Christmas Calamity. This EFL lesson plan is designed around a short film commissioned by the British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s titled Mog’s Christmas Calamity inspired by the children’s writer Judith Kerr. In the lesson students collate vocabulary related to Christmas, talk about Christmas customs, watch a short film and predict the ending of the film. I would ask all teachers who use Film English to consider buying my book Film in Action as the royalties which I receive from sales help to keep the website completely free. Language level: Pre-intermediate (A2) –Intermediate (B1) Learner type: Young learners, teens and adults Time: 90 minutes Activity: watching a short film, speaking and writing Topic: Christmas Language: Vocabulary related to Christmas Materials: Short film Downloadable materials: mog’s christmas calamity lesson instructions Support Film English Film English remains free and takes many hours a month to research and write, and hundreds of dollars to sustain.
Step 1 Dictate the following words: Reading, writing and phonic activities | Early Years ideas from Tishylishy. We use a mix of Jolly Phonics and ‘Letters and Sounds’ to teach phonics in my Foundation Stage Two class. I have various surfaces in my classroom which I use for independent challenges, most weeks we have a phonic activity the children are encouraged to attempt. I’ve added links to the products and resources. If there’s something I haven’t mentioned, do let me know. Here are some photos of the phonic based activities we’ve had. Adults will model how to use the resources, and eventually the children become very independent. The puppets are available for children to use in their play. These resources are called Phonix from Sue Palmer. These cute chimps are also used to build words. Easter themed activity – making words and match rhyming eggs from Ashley Sharpe on TPT.
Another object sort using objects from the classroom and printed cards. We set this up as an adult led activity. This followed on from Kim’s Game and was another memory game. I saw the ‘mystery word’ idea on Pinterest.