Who Would You Treat To A Special Christmas Dinner? English Lesson(s): Reading, Writing and Oracy

This resource consists of a powerpoint presentation and a collection of worksheets on the topic of who pupils would choose to treat to a special Christmas dinner. Pupils complete a series of speaking and reading activities that help to prepare them for their own written text regarding who they would treat to a special Christmas dinner.

1. Using the lesson powerpoint, discuss which of the famous people the pupils would choose to treat to a special Christmas dinner and why.

2. The pupils read a text about who a person has chosen to treat to a special Christmas dinner and complete the profile worksheet about them.
   (Choose which of the five texts to give each pupil depending on their ability)

3. Using the lesson powerpoint, the pupils’ understanding of these texts is assessed as pupils tell the class what they have learned about the characters that they have studied using the images and words on the slide to help them.

4. Using the powerpoint, the class discusses who they would treat to a special dinner if they could invite anybody in the world (in history).

5. The pupils make the writing plan to describe the person that they would treat to a special Christmas dinner, what they would eat and do and why they would choose them.

6. The pupils use their writing plan to write a text about who they would treat to a special Christmas dinner.

This resource normally takes two full lessons to complete, but could last longer depending on the speaking and listening exercises. If there are pupils who do not celebrate Christmas in your class, the lesson can be adapted to be about treating people to a special dinner instead.