It´s Christmas time so today we´re going to work with some Xmas activities.In this lesson you are going to: 
- watch a PowerPoint presentation
- discuss Christmas 
- watch the Christmas Mr Bean episode and do some activities. 
- write the story in the past tense 
- find out more about the typical British Christmas and some of the Christmas things in the UK

1. Discuss 
- Do you celebrate Christmas?
- What do people usually do on Christmas Eve in the UK?
- What do people usually do on Christmas Day in the UK?
- Do you know of any special Christmas food or Christmas customs in the UK?
- What decorations do we have?
- What’s a cracker?
- What’s mistletoe?
- What are carols? 

2. Watch the video.

1. Did Mr Bean have any Christmas decorations?
2. What Christmas decorations did Mr Bean have?
3. What kind of films were on TV?
4. Did Mr Bean like the films?
5. What did the children sing?
6. Did Mr Bean like them?
7. What did he eat?
8. Did he give the children anything?

What were his 3 Christmas presents and who were they for?
Who says it?
Put “B” for Bean or “G” for his girlfriend.

___”Are you alright in there?”
___“Fine, thank you”

___“Cup of tea?”
___“Oh Yes, if you’re having one”
___“Well I might”
___“Have you got the turkey on?”
___“Do you want a hand?”
___“No, no, thank you”



Fill in the gaps from this list of verbs                         
USE THE PAST FORMS                                                      
(You can use some verbs more than once)
Pull  Eat  Give  Do  Cry  Make  Be  Ring  Find  Leave  Want  Scream  Throw  Lose  Put  Hang  Be  See

1. Mr Bean _____  lunch
2. The turkey ______ very big
3. He ______ stuffing inside the turkey
4. He ______ his watch
5. His girlfriend ______ the doorbell
6. She ______ up the mistletoe
7. She ______ when she ___ Mr Bean
8. She ______ the coal bucket out the window
9. Mr Bean ______ his watch
10. They ______ sandwiches for lunch
11. She ______ him a present
12. She ______ a kiss
13. He ______ want to kiss her
14. He _____ her a present
15. She ______ after she ___  her present and ______ the flat
16. Mr Bean ______ the cracker
17. There ___ an explosion

• Tell the story of Mr Bean's Christmas in the past. Start Mr Bean went shopping in Harrods. He...
• Describe your typical Christmas 
• Describe a similar festival in your country (talk about the typical food, clothes, traditional activities etc)

Source:  http://efllecturer.blogspot.com.es/search?q=MR+BEAN

Hey, For those of you who don´t have the workbook, you´ve got a fantastic reading reference at the end of the book. These are some samples:

Hi you there!
Do you remember the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?

Comparatives & superlatives from patriciamellino

Now, let´s listen to some people comparing things:



Easy, isn´t it?

Hi there,



These popular songs illustrate the use of "USED TO". Have you ever heard them ?

Hello!
Describing a picture is a task you´ll need to master to face any English exam (Trinity, Cambridge, our school exams) and in real life situations. So, how about learning some use ful tips?
First,have a look at this presentation: 

Well, here I´ve written some useful ways to describe a photo.

 1) Introduction
The photo/picture shows ...
It was taken by/in ...
It's a black-and-white/coloured photo.

 2) What is where?
In the foreground/background you can see ...
In the foreground/background there is ...
In the middle/centre there are ...
At the top/At the bottom there is ...
On the left/right there are ...
Behind/In front of ... you can see ...
Between ... there is ...

3) Who is doing what?
Here you decribe the persons in the picture or you say what is happening just now. Use the Present Continuous.

 4) What I think about the picture. (Opinion and Interpretation)
What do the facial expression and body language of a character tell you about:

a. how he is feeling or thinking?
b. what he intends to do?
c. his relationship with the others in the picture?

What kind of place is this? Why are the people there? What do the objects tell you about

a. what had happened earlier?
b. what is happening now?
c. what will happen later?
d. the weather and the time of the day?

Here you´ve got some practice:
- Speaking and examples: Check this website!
- Listening: HERE.
- "ELLO" GAMES.

Source:  http://www.englisch-hilfen.de