A Xmas Carol Play

Culture : je découvre la civilisation des pays anglophones.
Parler en continu : je reproduis un modèle oral.

The popular tradition of Christmas trees came from Germany. Trees were decorated with… food, like apples and nuts! Christmas plays are also popular. Do you like acting? And Christmas? Why not stage a Christmas play !

Speak

1

Where can you see this version of A Christmas Carol?

2

How much would it cost to go with your family?

3

Do you like going to the theatre? Use expressions of likes and dislikes.

4

Find the odd ones out!
1. a ticket / the stage / a set / a play / a trailer /the curtain
2. come on stage / popcorn / prompt / cue / rehearse

Read

1

Pick out elements showing Scrooge is grumpy and Nephew is cheerful.

2

Act out the scene.

3

Write the end of Act One.

4

Cheerful 😊 ? Grumpy 😡 ?

3 parts needed: Narrator (NA), Scrooge (S) (a grumpy old man), Nephew (N) (a cheerful young man)

NA: Once upon a time, on Christmas Eve, old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house.
N: A merry Christmas, uncle!
NA: It was the voice of Scrooge’s nephew.
S: Bah!… Humbug!
N: Christmas a humbug, uncle! You don’t mean that, I am sure?
S: I do. Every idiot who goes about with “Merry Christmas” on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding!
N: Uncle!
S: Nephew, keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine.
N: Keep it! But you don’t keep it.


Adapted from A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, 1843.

Watch

1

Describe Scrooge, the main character of the film, and guess when the story is set.

2

Does Scrooge seem happy that Christmas is coming?

3

Make a Padlet to present the original author and the characters of A Christmas Carol.

4

Pick the right words to help Scrooge write his biography.

1. My name is Scrooge, and I am very (grumpy / joyful / merry).
2. I am crazy about (kittens / Christmas songs / money).
3. I think Christmas is (awesome / mind-blowing / humbug).
4. I am haunted by (toasts / ghosts / roasts).

Speakaboos/Youtube

Grumpy... Uh, merry Christmas!

Use Vocaroo. Your class decided to play A Xmas Carol for the parents’ evening this year. You’re rehearsing.

A2 My pronunciation is sometimes adequate even if you can hear my French accent.
A2+ My speech tends to be fluent even if I stumble on some words.
B1 I tried to use the right intonation in my lines.