Yuletide treats for December

Festive lessons, games and activities for the English classroom

Tes Resources Team

Yuletide Treats For English KS3 & KS4 Students To Celebrate Christmas In English Lessons

Succumb to the spirit of the season while practising key skills with these hand-picked resources

It’s a good job that Christmas comes but once a year as the upcoming holidays always seem to get students a little over-excited. As their minds become consumed with thoughts of tinsel and turkey, there’s really only one way to get through to them – by embracing it too!

Descriptive / Creative Writing
EnglishGCSEcouk

Descriptive / Creative Writing

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A fully differentiated and resourced lesson for low ability KS3 and KS4 students to help them develop their sentence starters and use of language techniques to write a description of a winter scene. *Check out our [English Shop](http://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EnglishGCSEcouk) for lo...
Christmas English Quiz
Cre8tive Resources

Christmas English Quiz

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A Christmas English Themed Quiz . Quiz Contains over 53 Questions and 10 Different Rounds. Ensure you treat you students this festive period with this educational fun professionally designed Christmas English Quiz. **Round 1:** Identifying Matching Round - Pictures **Round 2:** True, False or Fak...
Christmas themed newspaper articles
AcornTeachingResources

Christmas themed newspaper articles

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\- 11 Christmas themed newspaper templates with headlines and planning sheets \- Includes a blank templates for students to create their own \- Perfect for end of year Festive fun \- Create a literacy link to any Christmas topic \- Great display work
Christmas Poetry
lizzie24

Christmas Poetry

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Two lessons aimed at Key Stage 3 analysing and writing Christmas poems. Lesson one is on Haiku poems and lesson two explores 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'. Enjoy!
English Christmas Revision
EnglishGCSEcouk

English Christmas Revision

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English Literature revision resource - could be used in a lesson, for intervention, at the end of term, as mock exam revision, as homework or for whatever purpose you want! Students design and create Christmas cards as if they are a character from An Inspector Calls, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, Rome...
Christmas Quiz - Pub Style
Krazikas

Christmas Quiz - Pub Style

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This is a paper-based, pub-style Christmas quiz. You may also be interested in: **[Pub Style Printable Christmas Quiz 12 rounds 120 Questions](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pub-style-christmas-quiz-printable-paper-based-12-rounds-120-questions-11779691)** **[Printable, Pa...
Christmas Worksheets - Code Breaker
creativesquirrel

Christmas Worksheets - Code Breaker

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A set of 6 Christmas themed worksheets. Challenge students to crack the code and solve all 22 words in the fastest time! Perfect as a starter, plenary or simply a fun activity in the run up to Christmas. Teacher answer sheet included for each worksheet.
Christmas Persuasive Writing
harriet_maley_hm

Christmas Persuasive Writing

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A fun lesson filler that will educate your class on the importance of writing persuasively by sending a letter to Father Christmas convincing him to take them off the naughty list. It includes a run down on persuasive writing techniques (DAFOREST) and a letter written by Elbert the Elf that demons...
T is for Tree: Festive Nature Metaphors
The Poetry Society

T is for Tree: Festive Nature Metaphors

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This draws inspiration from the poem, T is for Tree , in which a Christmas tree draws forest creatures together. It introduces learners to metaphor, exploring how to compare one image with another and the effect this creates. The resource inspires learners to create their own metaphors and poet...