Getting Christmasy
It’s that time of year again. That time of year when you and your students need a break. But you are the one who probably needs it more. After the first semester is over and because of too many unanticipated hours of marking, sleep deprivation and lack of sunny days, the last thing in the world you truly want to do is design another last set of activities for the pre-Christmas session most (if not all) teachers have to bear. I’ve always dreaded the idea of having to come up with something super cool for the Christmas season at school. So, what I’ve done most of times is google something up and see how it goes with the groups. Usually you come across myriads of webs and grab-as-much-as-you-can-take sort of lesson plans ready to be used. Yet, none has ever seemed to tickle my fancy really, so I’ve always had to make do with bits of everything I found. This time, however, I’ve decided to do the complete opposite: I’ve made my own lesson plan just to try something different, so...