1.Read and learn the poem: Winter The street cars are Like frosted cakes All covered up With cold snowflakes What is winter for you? Choose and describe: 1.1.boots boots 2.2.snowflake snowflake 3.3.present present 4.4.wreath wreath 5.5.skiing skiing 6.6.candle candle 7.7.ball ball 8.8.mittens mittens 9.9.Santa SantaClaus Claus 10 10.snowman snowman 11 11.snowballs snowballs 12 12.Christmas Christmas tree tree 13 13.woolen woolenhat hat 14 snowboarding 14 snowboarding 15 15.stocking stocking 16 16.lights lights The horses' hoofs Scrunch on the street; Their eyelashes Are white with sleet And everywhere The people go With faces tickled By the snow by Dorothy Aldis (http://www.dltk-hilidays.com ) Read the text and choose True (T) or False (F) statements: Hi! My name is Laura I’m a student and I live with my parents My favourite season is winter and I’d like to tell you about it As you know, winter months are December, January and February Usually winter comes unexpectedly You wake up and see that the ground, the houses, the trees are covered with snow Everything is white It is simply a fairy tale! The snow is sparkling like silver, especially when it is sunny Children like this season because they can a lot of things They can ski in the forest; they can skate on the skating-rink or on the river, because it is covered with ice They can make snowmen They play hockey or snowballs The boys from my class always win all hockey tournaments I’m proud of them I also like winter because there are two greatest holidays I adore Christmas and New Year We usually decorate our house and the fir tree at home I prepare presents for my parents and friends I love winter! Statements: Winter is the worst season for Laura Winter comes unexpectedly Snow is grey and awful Children can a lot of things in winter They can only ski and that’s all The boys win all hockey tournaments Laura doesn’t like holidays in winter Read and say what sport it is: P: Hi, Bill! Can you guess my riddle? B: Well, I’ll try What is it about? P: It is winter sport and it is very popular B: Hockey? P: No, it isn’t One more prompt- a lot of people go in for it B: Skating? P: No, no You use sticks with it B: Well, it is easy to guess now It is …… 5 Read and guess the riddles: They are white and of different sizes They hang from the roofs and they are sharp You can skate on it in winter You get it at Christmas He comes at Christmas with a large bag of presents You make them and throw to your friends in winter It is very sweet and can be red and white You put it on the door of your house at Christmas Choose the best quotation about winter: Every mile is two in winter.  - George Herbert Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. -Proverb People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy - Anton Chekhov One kind word can warm three winter months - Proverb Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.  -Pietro Aretino When there's snow on the ground, I like to pretend I'm walking on clouds - Arisa Hosaka Winter, which, being full of care, makes summer's welcome thrice m ore wish'd, more rare -William Shakespeare (http://www.quoyegarden.com) KEY: 5 Read and guess the riddles: They are white and of different sizes They hang from the roofs and they are sharp You can skate on it in winter You get it at Christmas He comes at Christmas with a large bag of presents You make them and throw to your friends in winter It is very sweet and can be red and white You put it on the door of your house at Christmas -Snowflakes -Icicles -Skating-rink, river -Presents -Santa Claus -Snowballs -Candy cane -Wreath