Stages/

Time

Teachers actions

Students actions

Assessment

Resources

Beginning

5 min

Greeting.

T tells the class to make groups of 2. 

Warm up:

Write on the board:
“What do you usually do at Christmas?”

Students discuss in pairs.

Elicit answers (family, presents, helping others).

Introduce the story:
“Today we will read a famous Christmas story called A Christmas Carol.”

Learners read the given sentences on the board and guess the topic and share with their ideas.

Teacher controles the process, gives feedback and asks additional questions if it’s nessasery.

Teacher evaluate pupils with phrases like:

“Good job!

Well done!”

 Text: A Christmas Carol (adapted version)

 Pictures of Victorian London / Christmas (optional)

Boardandmarkers

Middle

7 min

Ex:1 P58

-Brainstorm holidays with the class.
Encourage students to think of holidays in Kazakhstan and in other countries around the world, such as the UK.
If necessary, prompt students by eliciting Nauryz or New Year’s Day.

- Write students’ ideas on the board and briefly check understanding of any unfamiliar holidays.

-Put students into groups and direct them to the three questions.

- Students ask and answer the questions with their group members.

- Monitor discussions and support students with language where needed.

- Elicit a few answers from different groups during feedback.

Differentiation

Weaker students: Provide example answers or key vocabulary on the board (e.g. celebrate, food, traditions).

Stronger students: Ask them to give reasons or extra details about the holidays.

Values Link – AdalAzamat:Respect for Law and Order.Explain that public holidays are officially recognised by the government and are part of a country’s laws and traditions.

Learners work in groups. Answer the questions.

ANSWERS

Students own answers

Descriptor:

- contribute ideas while brainstorming different holidays in Kazakhstan and other countries.

-demonstrate cultural awareness by identifying local and international holidays (e.g. Nauryz, New Year’s Day).

Total: 2 point

Student’s book

8 min

Ex:2 P:58

- Ask students what they know about the holiday Christmas.
Then ask:

what a carol is (a traditional song people sing at Christmas time), and

whenChristmas Eve is (24 December, the day before Christmas Day).

- Focus students’ attention on the picture.
Ask who the person on the left is (Scrooge) and what they think A Christmas Carol is about.
Elicit a few ideas from the class.

-In an upper-level / advanced class, ask students to close their books.
Scan the QR code and play the audio while students listen to check their answers.

-With lower-level learners, play the audio while students read along in their books.

- Allow students to listen to the audio and read the text again if necessary.

- Elicit feedback from the class and ask students why Scrooge doesn’t like Christmas.

Differentiation

Weaker students: Replay the audio if needed and pause to clarify key points.

Stronger students: Encourage them to infer Scrooge’s feelings from the audio and explain their ideas.

Values Link – AdalAzamat:Respect for Law and Order. Explain that A Christmas Carol shows how people’s actions have consequences, which is an important idea in law and order.

Students read and listen to the extract from a story. Why does Scrooge not like Christmas?

ANSWERS

Scrooge doesn't like Christmas because people spend a lot of money.

Descriptor:

- demonstrate understanding of key cultural vocabulary

- interpret visual information by identifying characters and predicting the content of the text.

Total: 2 point

10 min

Ex: 3 P: 58

- In an upper-level / advanced class, ask students to complete the task from memory without referring to the text.

- With lower-level learners, ask students to identify whether the sentences are true or false.

- Check answers as a class.

- Correct the false sentences together, eliciting the correct information from students.

Differentiation

Weaker students: Focus on recognition (true/false) rather than full sentence completion.

Stronger student: Ask them to justify their answers using details from the text.

Values Link – AdalAzamat: Respect for Law and Order. Highlight that at the beginning of the story, Scrooge does not respect social rules such as kindness, responsibility, and fairness, which leads to conflict with others.

Learners read and listen to the adverb and the postcard and write true or false. ANSWERS

1 False. Scrooge was in his office on Christmas Eve.

2 False. It was a cold and foggy afternoon.

3 False. Scrooge and Bob Cratchit were in different rooms. The door of Scrooge's office was open so he could watch Bob Cratchit.

4 True.

5 True.

6 True.

Descriptor:

- complete the task from memory, showing accurate recall and understanding.

-identify whether the sentences are true or false.

Total: 3 point

10 min

Ex: 4 P: 58

- Direct students to the blue words in the text and ask them to match the words with their definitions.

- Monitor students as they work and provide support where necessary.

-Check answers as a class, eliciting responses from different students.

-With lower-level learners, check understanding by asking students to translate the words into their own language.

-In an upper-level / advanced class, ask students to write sentences using the new words to show understanding.

- Ask fast finishers to jumble the letters of each word and give them to a partner to unjumble.

Differentiation

Weaker students: Use translation (L1) to confirm understanding.

Stronger student: Ask them to use the words in meaningful sentences.

Values Link – AdalAzamat: Respect for Law and Order. Explain that understanding the meaning of words clearly helps people follow rules, instructions, and laws correctly.

Functional Literacy (Функционалдықсауаттылық)

Applying the Message

Complete the sentences:

Scrooge was unhappy because ____________________.

Scrooge became happy when he learned to ____________________.

In real life, we can follow this lesson by ____________________.

Interdisciplinary communication.

English + History(Пәнаралықбайланыс)

Ask students:

What do we know about A Christmas Carol?

Who is Scrooge at the beginning of the story?

Learners look at the them words in blue in the text. with the definitions.

ANSWERS

1 reply

2 cheerful

3 cross

4 coal

5 flare

6 bleak

7 clerk

Descriptor:

- demonstrate understanding by translating the words into their own language.

- show understanding by using the new words correctly in their own sentences.

Total: 3 point

End

5 min

FEEDBACK

Ask:
“What can we learn from Scrooge’s story?”

Highlight:

helping others

being kind

not judging people by money

Homework

Choose one:

Write 6–8 sentences about what lesson A Christmas Carol teaches us.

Draw Scrooge before and after and write 3 adjectives for each.

Ss show their knowledge according to the lesson

Ss evaluate each other and encourage classmate with phrases like:

Well done!

Brilliant!

Good job!

I like it! 

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