Festivals and Celebrations- Modals of Obligation, Prohibition and Permission
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Students discuss what rules they want for Xmas and then for other seasonal events for practice of modals and similar language like have to and allowed to, good for business grammar classes.
Lesson Plan Content:
Festivals and celebrations rules modals of obligation, prohibition and permission
Xmas rules modals of obligation, prohibition and permission
Imagine that the people in your group work in the same office. Discuss what the rules on Xmas in your office should be and try to agree on policies, using the ideas below to help. Your teacher will tell you if you should roleplay a whole meeting on the topic, or just discuss it freely. When you finish, compare your rules with students.
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Suggested phrases for talking about rules You need to = have to - You can’t = mustn’t = aren’t allowed to You can = are allowed to You don’t have to = don’t need to = there is no need to = it isn’t necessary to |
arrange a meeting on Xmas day
arrange a secret Santa
buy Xmas presents for all your colleagues
buy Xmas presents just for colleagues who you consider friends
decorate the lobby area/ office entrance
decorate the whole office
decorate your desk space
drink alcohol at the office Xmas party
drink alcohol at lunchtime on Xmas Eve
finish early on Xmas Eve
give gifts to customers
have a Xmas party in the cafeteria
have a Xmas party in the office
invite your family to the office Xmas party
play Xmas music
play Xmas music in the lobby
play Xmas music in the office
send personal Xmas cards to colleagues/ clients/ business contacts
send religious Xmas cards (with nativity scenes, etc) to company contacts
send the company Xmas cards to your own friends and/ or family
send your expenses claim early in December
share photos of the office Xmas party online
take Boxing Day off
take Xmas day off
take Xmas Eve off
take a week off at Xmas
take another day off instead of Xmas day
take home extra, unneeded company Xmas cards
take part in the office secret Santa
take photos at the office Xmas party
take two weeks off at Xmas
use Xmas greetings when you answer the phone
use non-religious language (“Happy holidays”, “Season’s greetings”)
wear Xmas-themed clothes
work (from home) on Xmas day
Other festivals and celebrations to discuss the rules for
This time without any help, discuss similar rules for other special times such as these:
- After a big business success
- After a big product launch
- After finishing a big project
- An important birthday of a child (e.g. first birthday or eighteenth birthday)
- April Fool’s Day
- Armistice Day/ Remembrance Day/ War Memorial Day/ Poppy Day
- Birthdays
- Bonfire Night/ Guy Fawkes Night
- Buddhist festivals
- Carnival
- Cherry blossom viewing
- Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year
- Diwali
- Easter
- Eid
- First day at work
- Gay Pride parades
- Getting divorced
- Getting engaged
- Getting married
- Good Friday
- Halloween
- Hanukkah
- Having a baby
- (American) Independence Day
- Last day at work
- Lent
- May Day protests
- National election days
- National holidays/ Bank holidays
- New Year’s Eve/ New Year’s Day
- Oktoberfest
- Ramadan
- Retirement
- Saint Patrick’s Day
- Shrove Tuesday/ Pancake Day
- Skiing season
- Snowy days
- Special birthdays (40th etc)
- Summer festivals
- Tanabata
- Valentine’s Day
- Wedding anniversaries
- When an important visitor comes to visit
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