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Christmas Holiday Writing Prompts
Give elementary students a choice of short Christmas-themed creative writing prompts on an editable, typeable PowerPoint slide.
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Free Christmas Writing Prompts.
Provide Christmas-themed creative writing prompts for young learners.
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Creative Story Opening Activity
A one-page creative writing prompt sheet giving students several imaginative scenario starters to practice writing story openings.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay - Gingerbread House - Christmas
Give ESL/EFL students at middle and high school level a nonfiction reading passage about the gingerbread house as a Christmas tradition and form of culinary artistry, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and true/false argument questions and personal or comparative essay writing prompts.
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ESL Movie Guide Worksheets on "Polar Express" - Christmas Film
A post-viewing ESL/EFL worksheet built around the film "Polar Express", combining film-info recall, vocabulary logging, character description, and reflective/creative writing tasks.
Reading & response
The Christmas Chronicles – 2-Hour English Lesson Plan (Grades 7–9)
A film-study ELA lesson plan built around the movie 'The Christmas Chronicles' (2018), combining pre-viewing vocabulary/discussion, viewing guide questions, and extensive post-viewing analysis and writing activities.
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My Christmas Prayer | Interactive Reading Packet
An emergent-reader packet built around a Christmas-themed prayer poem, used for early reading practice, guided writing prompts, and a related coloring/poster activity during the winter/Christmas season.
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay - Christmas around the World
Give ESL/EFL students at middle and high school level a nonfiction reading passage about how Christmas is celebrated in different countries and cultures (e.g. Poland's empty chair, Saint Lucia's Day, the Philippines), including quoted individuals describing their own traditions, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and true/false…
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Christmas Coloring & Writing Prompts - EBOOK
Christmas Coloring & Writing Prompts - EBOOK The Christmas Coloring & Writing Prompts - EBOOK is an engaging teaching tool, perfect for educators in a public school or homeschool environment. The charm of this resource is its simplicity as it successfully combines art and literacy to keep learners focused and enthused during the festive…
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ESL Reading Comprehension + Essay - Christmas Gifts + Presents
Give ESL/EFL students at middle and high school level a nonfiction reading passage about the tradition of giving Christmas gifts and presents, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and true/false argument questions and personal or comparative essay writing prompts.
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The Little Fir Tree Comprehension (7-10 years)
A reading comprehension resource built around a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Fir Tree', for children aged 7-10, with 20 comprehension/creative-response questions and a full answer key.
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Poetry & crafts
Decorate the Christmas Tree
Christmas-themed drawing/coloring activity giving students Christmas tree outlines and writing prompts to design and describe their own decorated tree.
Poetry & crafts
December and Christmas Writing Pennants | Writing Pennants or Banners | Seasonal Displays
Printable Christmas/December-themed writing pennants (banner-style templates) that prompt students to write about winter/Christmas topics for classroom display.
Free download Letters to Santa
10 FREE TEMPLATES OF LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS | CHRISTMAS
10 FREE TEMPLATES OF LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS | CHRISTMAS THIS RESOURCE HAVE 10 LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS, TEMPLATES. SUMMARY OF THIS PRODUCT: · What is its name?: 10 FREE TEMPLATES OF LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS | CHRISTMAS · How many pages does it have?: 10 · What format is it in (PDF, Word, PPT)?: PDF · Is it colorful, black & white, or both?:…
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Christmas Movie Lesson Plan Mega Pack — 27 Classics for All Grades!
Provide 27 ready-to-teach, 2-hour movie-based ELA lesson plans covering popular Christmas films for elementary through high school classes.
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Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Lesson Plan & Worksheet (Grades 1–5)
A 90-minute ESL/ELA lesson plan and worksheet built around the song 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,' teaching vocabulary, present continuous tense, modal verbs (should/shouldn't), and listening comprehension, with discussion of behavior and fairness themes.
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Letters to Santa
Write a Letter to Santa Writing Activity
Provide a Christmas-themed writing activity in which students compose a letter to Santa Claus using printable letter templates, then assemble a matching envelope to mail it.
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The Santa Clause (1994) Movie Lesson Plan — Christmas ELA Activity
A 2-hour, film-based ELA lesson plan built around watching selected clips from the 1994 movie 'The Santa Clause,' teaching reading comprehension, sequencing, and creative writing through the movie's themes of belief, family, and responsibility.
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Letters to Santa
Christmas Persuasive Writing
A persuasive-writing activity in which students argue why they would make a good reindeer to help Santa, using graphic organizers and writing tips before drafting a final letter.
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The Polar Express: 2-hour Lesson Plan with Fun Activities
Provide a complete 2-hour English lesson plan built around the film The Polar Express, combining reading comprehension, vocabulary, creative writing, and film analysis for middle-school English learners.
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Christmas Winter Writing Prompts
Give students Christmas/winter-themed sentence-starter writing prompts to complete into their own short story.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas: No-Prep 2-Hour Classroom Lesson
Guide a full 2-hour film-study lesson analyzing character transformation and themes in 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' (2000).
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Christmas for Juniors: Activity Workbook
A 64-page junior-school Christmas activity workbook combining language/literacy skill-building, Christmas craft projects, and simple recipe-reading activities.
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A Boy Called Christmas – 2-Hour Movie Lesson & Student Worksheet
A 2-hour movie-based lesson plan using the film "A Boy Called Christmas" (2021) to teach story elements and themes of hope, kindness, and belief for elementary students.