Sunday 18 December 2016

Christmas meditation

On our final day of English lessons this term, we're looking at different versions of the Christmas story.

Wexford Carol


Read about the history of this carol here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford_Carol

With this carol, we'll simply identify all the verbs and adjectives - they make a very beautiful collection of words!

Herefordshire Carol


The full words of this carol can be found here: https://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/truth_from_above-obc68.htm

The carol invites us to reflect on our human condition. Is humanity doomed? What can save us? How are we to live?

Adam Lay Ybounden


This carol is sung in its original Middle English. How much can you understand?

It talks about the concept of "Felix culpa" or "happy fault" and invites the question, what happy faults have occurred in our lives?


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