• To introduce new French/German/Italian vocabulary and expressions associated with Christmas.

• To reinforce the new vocabulary through oral work.

• To put the acquired knowledge to practical use, i.e. to make a Christmas card.

• To teach the children how to make a simple Christmas greeting card, using the Word Art and Clip Art facilities of a word processor.

Materials/Resources: A sample Christmas card, a copy of the attached hand out for each pupil – “How to make a Christmas Card”

 The teacher introduces the new vocabulary though the use of oral discussion in both large and small groups.
The class listen and repeat the phrases, i.e. Christmas greetings.
The teacher puts the new expressions on the blackboard.
The teacher demonstrates the various steps required to make a Christmas card using the wordprocessor (see attached hand out).
Pupils begin to make their Christmas cards using one of the Christmas greetings learned earlier in the lesson.
The Christmas cards can be completed over the following week, using a rota system if necessary.

The children can send the cards to each other, to their friends, to their relatives, to pupils in the European partner schools, etc.

• To reinforce the vocabulary learned in the previous lesson.

• To allow the class to revise their E-mail skills.

• To foster and strengthen links being built with European partner schools, by sending Christmas greetings in both English and French.

Materials/Resources: A poster or set of flashcards showing vocabulary learned in the previous lesson, a large e-mail template as used in the E-mail module, poster showing E-mail instructions.

 The children are split into small groups and encouraged to practice the Christmas vocabulary learned in Lesson 1.
The teacher then goes through the steps involved in sending
A large cardboard model (approx. 80 cm by 50 cm.) of a typical ‘New Message’window is usedwindow is used to explain the relevance of the To: , Subject: and Message dialogue boxes.

4.       The class can send a collaborative e-mail greeting to a class in the partner school. The greeting can be bilingual or a separate greeting can be sent in English. Individual e-mails should only be sent if each child has an individual ‘keypal’. Some of the Christmas cards produced in the previous lesson can be sent as attachments.

Pupils can send bilingual e-mail Christmas greeting to friends/family/other local schools, if they do not get a chance to send individual e-mail greetings to a European school.

• To revise the key Internet terminology – Internet, World Wide Web, surfing, browser, address, links.

• To show pupils how to type in a website address.

• To teach pupils how to use the following navigation buttons: Back, Home, Forward and Stop.

• To show children how to print a web page.

• To allow the children to work collaboratively in guided activity-based learning.

Materials/Resources: Website addresses already checked and vetted by the teacher, a copy of the attached work sheet (Websearch 1) for each group.

 While half the class is working on this Internet-based lesson, the others can continue to work on the word processing tasks outlined in Lesson 1
The teacher revises the most important terms related to the Internet – Internet, World Wide Web, surfing, browser, address and links.
The pupils are divided into small groups of 3 to 5 and each group works at one Internet-connected computer.
Each group is given 2 addresses of safe, educational, informative and attractive websites, previously chosen and examined by the teacher
The pupils will be instructed to choose one address and to find out and record all they possibly can about Christmas in French-, German- or Italian-speaking countries.
The pupils are advised to make sure that they explore the entire website by scrolling and by using the navigational buttons and icons.
The pupils can, with teacher’s permission, print out any interesting pages from the sites.
The pupils are instructed to complete the work sheets (see attachment), with one member of each group acting as recorder

A notice board display can be constructed using a selection of the more interesting Christmas customs discovered on the websites.

• To revise the key Internet terminology – Internet, World Wide Web, surfing, browser, address, links.

• To show children how to access an Internet search engine.

• To show children how to use a search engine effectively.

• To help children to locate information about Christmas in French-, German- or Italian- speaking countries.

• To show children how use the ‘Favourites’ (or ‘Bookmark’) facility.

• To allow the children to work collaboratively in guided activity-based learning.

Materials/Resources: A copy of the attached work sheet (Websearch 2) for each group.

While half the class are working on this Internet-based lesson, the others can continue to work on the wordprocessing tasks outlined in Lesson 1.
The teacher revises the most important terms from the previous lesson –  World Wide Web, surfing, browser, address, links.
The pupils are divided into small groups of 3 to 5 and each group works at one Internet-connected computer.
Each group is given one of the following topics to research: (i) Christmas Tree, (ii) Christmas recipes   (iii) Santa Claus    (iv)   Christmas Carols   (v)  Christmas Calendar and (vi) Other aspects of Christmas – crib, decorations, presents, etc.
The teacher demonstrates how to access a search engine (e.g. http://www.altavista.com)  
The teacher then explains the need for using different strategies to improve the search results: (i) Christmas  (ii) “Christmas tree”  (iii) “Christmas tree” plus Germany.
The teacher demonstrates the need to browse quickly through the initial search results before studying one site in detail.
The teacher elicits the need for, and shows the pupils the mechanics of, adding a web page to a favourites folder.
The pupils will be instructed to find out and record all the information they can find on their given topic.
The pupils are advised to make sure that they explore the entire website by scrolling and by using the navigational buttons and icons.
The pupils can, with teacher’s permission, print out any interesting pages from the sites.
The pupils are instructed to complete the work sheets (see attachment), with one member of each group acting as recorder.

 A notice board display can be constructed using a selection of the more interesting Christmas customs discovered on the websites.
Ask them to browse some of the returned websites and discuss the merits and demerits of each search engine.
The children can do some follow-up writing highlighting the differences and similarities of our Christmas customs and those from French-, German- or Italian-speaking countries.

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