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Teacher’s Notes

EASTER TRADITIONS

by Magdalena Kondro

Type of activity: individual and pair work
Focus: vocabulary connected with Easter, question

formation, spelling; reading, listening, speaking,

writing skills
Level: pre-intermediate – upper-intermediate
Time: 30 minutes
Preparation: Make a copy of Student’s Worksheets A

and B per each student. They can be photocopied on

both sides of a A4-size sheet of paper.

Procedure:
1. Write Easter on the board. Brainstorm the

vocabulary student associate with the holiday and

write the words on the board. In pairs, students

take turns to choose 3 random words from the

board and defi ne them for their partner to guess.

2. Find out what Easter traditions students know.

Then give each student a copy of Student’s

Worksheet A. Ask them to take 10 minutes to read

the text to compare their ideas and fi nd out more

about Easter. Encourage them to underline any

new vocabulary and look it up in a dictionary. You

can also explain the vocabulary yourself or with

the help of stronger students once everybody has

fi nished reading.

3. Give students 8 minutes to write 5 questions about

the text. Monitor the activity, making sure

students have formed the questions correctly.

Then in pairs, students take turns to ask and

answer the questions.

4. Ask students to put Worksheet A face down on

their desk and give them Worksheet B if it is not

already photocopied on the reverse side. Give

students 10 minutes to read the same text as

before with 20 words missing. Students’ task is to

complete the missing words from memory, using

the given letters as clues. They should also pay

attention to the context of the word to remember

the latter more easily. When students have

fi nished, they compare their answers in pairs.

5. Students compare their answers with the text on

Worksheet A. Elicit the meaning of the 20 words

they have completed.

6. In pairs, students take turns to ask and answer

the questions about their attitude to Easter.

Extension:
Students write a description of a typical Easter in

Poland or in their homes, using selected vocabulary

from the text on Worksheet A.

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Type of activity: whole class, individual work
Focus: vocabulary connected with Easter,

defi nitions; listening, speaking and (optionally)

reading and writing skills
Level: beginner - elementary, grades 1-3
Time: 40 minutes
Preparation: Make one copy of teacher’s picture

cards and (optionally) word cards (below). Make

a copy of Student’s Worksheet A and B per each

pupil. For the version without reading and

writing, photocopy only Activity 1 on Worksheet

A per pupil.
Procedure:
1. Ask children in L1 what holiday we celebrate

in spring. When they answer Wielkanoc, elicit

or teach them the English name Easter and

write it on the board. In L1 fi nd out what

symbols and traditions children associate

with that holiday. Explain that today they are

going to learn some Easter symbols and

traditions in English.

2. Show pupils the teacher’s picture cards,

name the words they illustrate and explain

how each symbol or tradition is related to

Easter, using the following defi nitions and

any gestures that help convey the meaning:

1. yellow – It’s a popular colour at Easter.
2. chocolate – It’s a type of sweet children eat

at Easter.

3. lamb – It’s a baby sheep. It’s an Easter

animal.

4. Easter eggs – Children decorate them at

Easter.

5. daffodils – They are yellow fl owers. They are

a popular decoration at Easter.

6. basket – Children put their Easter eggs in it.
7. card – People send them to their friends or

family at Easter.

8. spring – It’s the season after winter. Easter is

in this season.

9. church – It’s a place where people go at

Easter.

10. chick – It’s a baby chicken. It’s an Easter

animal.

11. Easter bunny – It’s a rabbit which hides the

eggs at Easter.

12. Egg hunt – It’s a game where children fi nd

eggs and chocolate.

Version for beginners/without reading or

writing: say the defi nitions in L1.