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STUDENT GUIDE
ILEARNING THE BASICS: a) Here we have the four suits: Spade, Hearts, Diamond, and Clubs

Spades

Diamonds

Hearts

Clubs
b) Each suit marks 13 cards of its own type from A to K Example: Suit of Spade

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PLAYING CARDS LESSON ESL BY DESTEFFANI- 2010 - desteffani@gmail.com c) A regular deck is a package of 52 cards: 13 club cards + 13 diamond cards + 13 heart cards + 13 spade cards and can also include two or four jokers. Example:

Back of the card.

Jokers

Lets learn the names of the cards and how to say them in English English: 1 For the cards with numbers, just say the number + of + suit. Example: 4 of Spade or 10 of hearts 2 The cards listed below have a different symbol than numbers. They are called the court cards or picture cards cards. They are ACE, KING, QUEEN, and JACK. You say the name of the card + of + suit:

ACE OF SPADE

KING OF DIAMOND

QUEEN OF CLUB

JACK OF HEART

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Teacher Lesson Plan: Theory Spend 10/15 minutes reading and explaining the Student Guide so the kids will be familiar with the suits and how to say the name of each card.

Working card names: 1) Divide student in groups of 4, ask them to sit in a circle position and provide a deck of cards for each group 2) Ask one student of each group to shuffle the cards and divide them equally face down to the others on their own group 3) Each student on his own turn (clockwise) face one card up in the middle of the group circle so the next student has to say the name of the card. (You can also have groups of two students facing each other)

Suggestion: Teach students to play some other card games that would encourage them to say the card suit / names.