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The document describes a miming activity for students to practice guessing Christmas traditions and activities in the present continuous tense. It provides instructions for playing in teams where one student mimes a tradition/activity on a card for their team to guess.

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Christmas Mimes: Activity Type

The document describes a miming activity for students to practice guessing Christmas traditions and activities in the present continuous tense. It provides instructions for playing in teams where one student mimes a tradition/activity on a card for their team to guess.

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TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Christmas Mimes

Activity Type Introduction


Miming and speaking This entertaining miming game can be used to teach or review
activity common Christmas traditions and activities as well as the present
continuous tense.

Language Focus Procedure


Christmas traditions and
Begin by asking the students to watch you and guess what you
activities
are doing. Mime a Christmas tradition or activity and encourage
Present continuous the students to call out their answers in the present continuous
tense.

Aim When the students have guessed what you are doing, tell them
that they are going to play a similar game in teams.
To guess what Christmas
traditions or activities Divide the class into two teams.
students are doing from
mimes. Explain that the aim of the game is for the students in the teams
to guess what Christmas traditions or activities students are doing
from mimes.
Preparation
One team goes first and chooses a team member to do the first
Make one copy of
mime.
the cards and cut as
indicated. The chosen student comes to the front of the class and is given
a mime card. The student then asks the class 'What am I doing?'
and performs the mime on the card.
Level
Pre-intermediate When a member of either team thinks they know what Christmas
tradition or activity the student is doing, they call out their answer
by making a present continuous sentence, e.g. 'You are singing a
Time Christmas carol'.

25 minutes Students must say the exact words on the mime card to win.

The first student to guess the sentence wins a point for their
team.

A student from the other team then comes to the front of the
class and so on.

The game continues with teams taking it in turns to mime a


Christmas tradition or activity until all the cards have been used.

The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

If you think your students may be too embarrassed to mime in


front of the class, they can play the game in small teams.

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CHRISTMAS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Christmas Mimes

You are singing a Christmas carol. You are making a Christmas card.

You are eating sweets (candy). You are wrapping Christmas presents.

You are carving a roast turkey. You are pulling a Christmas cracker.

You are watching fireworks. You are putting on a paper hat.

You are decorating a Christmas tree. You are putting up Christmas decorations.

You are throwing snowballs. You are giving someone a Christmas present.

You are opening a Christmas present. You are opening a Christmas card.

You are hanging up a stocking. You are giving a toast.

You are eating Christmas dinner. You are shopping for Christmas presents.

You are making a snowman. You are sledging.

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