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Teacher’s Notes

Easter Two-liner Jokes

by Agnieszka Szeżyńska

Type of activity: pairwork: matching
Focus: word play in Easter jokes
Level/age group: lower secondary (gimnazjum)
Time: 20-25 min
Preparation:

Copy one worksheet per student, fold the

worksheets as indicated.

Procedure:

1. Tell the students they are going to read some

jokes about Easter and that the jokes will be

based on word play (make sure students

understand the concept). Distribute the

worksheets and ask students not to unfold for

now. Tell them that the first two tasks will

help them understand the jokes. Give students

time to work in pairs on tasks 1 and 2 (they

should be able to come up with the second

pair of words but most probably will not be

able to come up with ‘hare’). Then check

with the whole group and clarify if necessary.

Emphasize that the ‘hare’ is one of the main

symbols of Easter, along with the ‘bunny’

(students will need to understand these two

words in task 3).

Key:

1.

/heə(r)/

= hair/hare

/mɑː(r)tʃ/

= a/to march / March

2.

1b

2a

3d

4c

2. Ask students to unfold the worksheet and

match the questions with the asnwers to form

Easter-related jokes. Allow time to read

through individually, then compare ideas in

pairs and finally check with the whole group.

Ask students to explain where the word play

lies.

3. With a strong group, you might ask students

to come up with some Easter-related jokes on

their own. Alternatively, ask students to work

in pairs, with one student looking at the jokes

and reading out the questions, and the other

putting the worksheet face down and trying

to recall the answers from memory.

Homework:

Ask students to search the internet for a few

more Easter-related jokes (not necessarily two-

liners) and bring them to the next class.