Teacher’s Notes EASTER FUN FACTS

by Magdalena Kondro

Type of activity: individual and pair work Extension:

Focus: vocabulary connected with Easter; reading Students google the following words and expressions:
skills Easter trivia, Easter traditions, Easter symbols.
Level: pre-intermediate – intermediate Based on what they find out, they write another
question with 2-3 different answers and a paragraph
Time: 30 minutes
explaining the correct answer, modelled on Activities
Preparation: Make one copy of Student’s Worksheets 2 and 3.
A and B per each student. You can photocopy them In pairs, students exchange their questions, choose
onto the different sides of one sheet of A4 size the answer and then check if it is correct by reading
paper. the corresponding paragraph. Elicit what different
facts students have learnt from their partners’
Procedure: questions and paragraphs.
1. On the board write Easter. Elicit all the symbols
students associate with the holiday. If students
name the symbols in Polish, teach them the
English equivalents.
2. Distribute Student’s Worksheets A. Explain that
Easter has different names in different countries.
Students read the names and match them with
the countries. Check the answers with the whole
class. Find out if students know the names for
Easter used in other countries or languages not
mentioned in Activity 1.
Answers: 1c, 2b, 3d, 4e, 5a
3. Students then test their knowledge of Easter by
completing the quiz in Activity 2.
Pre-teach: fasting, Easter egg hunt, bonfires and
dish.
4. Give students Worksheets B or ask them to turn
over Worksheets A if the former are photocopied
on the reverse side. Pre-teach: full moon, give
up, according to, weigh, roll, statues and native.
Students read the paragraphs in Activity 3 to
check their answers in Activity 2. Each paragraph
contains the answer to the question with the
corresponding number.
5. In pairs, students compare their answers. Check
the answers with the whole class.
Answers: 1b, 2b, 3a, 4a, 5c, 6c, 7a, 8c, 9c, 10a

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