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Stocking Stuffers - December 19, 2018

Holiday Lesson Set - Lesson 07e

Time: 30+| Level: JHS~Adult| Mode: Small Group Activity

What will Santa put in your stocking this year?

Students receive a set of cards with items they were given in their Christmas stockings.

The other students in the group ask Yes / No Questions to identify what the items are.

When all of the items have been identified, students then trade their less wanted items for more desirable ones.

Although this lesson is very fun, there are a lot of fundamental elements of the English language being used including subject / verb agreement, singular vs. plural and count vs. non-countable nouns, articles, direct objects and possessive pronouns.

For other Christmas lessons, see:

Call to Santa (See Christmas Lesson 07a above)
Christmas Crossword Puzzle (See Christmas Lesson 07b above)
Christmas Lists (See Christmas Lesson 07c above)
Christmas Word Circle (See Christmas Lesson 07d above)
Santa Quiz (See Christmas Lesson 07f below)
Silly Christmas Survey (See Christmas Lesson 07g below) -and-
Silly Xmas (Adult) Survey (See Christmas Lesson 07h below).

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