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Christmas skits
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magita
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Christmas skits
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Hello,
Is it to early? I always get very nervous when I see December approaching.
At our school we always have preformances for parents. It �s easy with older children: they love acting and they can learn their parts at home.
But the young ones need inspiration. They can �t read and I have to teach them their lines during the lessons. Since they �ve been learning english for 2 years already, only singing songs sound a bit too simple.
Do you have any ideas or experience to share?
Thank you very much for any suggestion.
Magita
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19 Nov 2012
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cindyfreksen
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You could choose a well known fairytale to act out.
If you are the narrator the kids get prompts directly from you, and it is all part of the play.
It is a good idea to have another adult to push the correct child onto the stage and remove the ones that are done!
Good luck
Cindy
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19 Nov 2012
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Apodo
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I used this play for my special needs students. I simplified it even more for them. It has lots of repetition. Santa �s Diet by Philip R With my students, I said each line, and they repeated it. After a while I didn �t need to prompt so much, but even in the performance they repeated after me where necessary. I made signs which one person held up to show where each scene took place. At Santa �s House, At the sleigh etc. The costumes were just hats for Santa and the elves, and some antlers for Rudolph. An example: Rudolph: What do you have for breakfast Santa? Santa: 12 pieces of toast Elf 1: 12 pieces of toast! Santa: 6 eggs Elf 2: 6 eggs! My students loved being shocked by Santa �s bad diet. He doesn �t like fruit and vegetables etc. I don �t know if it would be suitable for your students, but we had a lot of fun. Thankyou Philip R. |
19 Nov 2012
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nosemellon
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There is a nice singing activity that involves 12 or more students.
The students need to create a modern version of the 12 days of Christmas.
Then on stage they sing it.... Start off with 1 student on stage (the best or most confident singer) They need to hold up their picture of a partridge in a pear tree or an alternative. They sing the first line. They are joined by another student to sing number 2 and so on.. By the end of the song, there are 12 students on the stage. (or any number really)
works well and is incredibly cute to watch. |
19 Nov 2012
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magita
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Thank you very much. I think I �ll use all your suggestions since I have 7 groups to prepare.
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20 Nov 2012
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