An Eggcellent Time of Year

Topic: Easter Level: J4 / J5 / J6

Global Village Szkoa Jezyka Angielskiego, Starachowice



Heres an Easter wordsearch. Can you find all of the words?




































































Now use the words to complete the text.

As well as being an important religious festival,
1
_________ has
also become known for other things. It is celebrated in April
each year, during the season of
2
_________.

All over the world children look forward to eating their
3
_________, made from delicious
4
_________. In some
countries, this is a game and before they eat them the children
have to find them and put them in their
5
_________ we call
this a
6
_________.

The legend says that these tasty treats are delivered by the
Easter
7
_________ (another name for a
8
_________). But only if
children have been good! Have you?

1. We might eat one of
these at this time of year
e___
6. The food which picture
1 is made from
c_________
7/8. Two names for
this animal r______
or b_____
2.We put lots of
picture 1 in this
b________.
3. When we play a game
looking for picture 1
h____.
5. The season
when the
festival is
s_______.
4. The name of this
festival e_______


An Eggcellent Time of Year
Topic: Easter Level: J4 / J5 / J6
Global Village Szkoa Jezyka Angielskiego, Starachowice



Read the text again. Answer the questions.

1. What kind of festival is Easter? ___________________
2. What month is Easter usually in? ___________________
3. What is a traditional Easter game? ___________________
4. What kind of children get Easter eggs? ___________________
5. Find two words meaning nice to eat ___________________

Heres a tongue twister about Easter. Can you put the words from it
underneath the correct sound?

Every Easter eats eighty excellent eggs

/e/ /i:/ /e/
______________ ______________ ______________
______________ ______________
______________

Now practice the tongue twister with your
group. How quickly can you say it? Do you
know any other tongue twisters?

Every Easter Eddie eats eighty
excellent Easter eggs.





What do you do at Easter? Tell your group.






An Eggcellent Time of Year
Topic: Easter Level: J4 / J5 / J6
Global Village Szkoa Jezyka Angielskiego, Starachowice


Teachers Notes
Level: Class Size: Age: Time:
Elementary Pre-Int Any 9-12 45 minutes
Main Aim(s): Assumptions: Possible Problems:
To input Easter vocab and
recognise it in text.
Students will have heard of
Easter and Easter eggs
Difficulty with vocabulary
Syllabus Links: Materials Needed Cultural Links:
Festivals Worksheets Festivals, Celebrations

Timing: Procedure: Sub Aims:
00:00:02:00 Direct the students to look at the title of the sheet. Ask
them what is wrong with it (its spelt wrongly). See if they
can tell you why (its a bad joke on excellent and eggs).
Tell them that they are going to find out about some non-
religious Easter celebrations. Ask them what they know.
Warmer
02:00-10:00 Direct the students to have a look at the wordsearch.
They have been given both written and pictorial clues.
However if they are finding the vocabulary too difficult
you can give them the words in their own language and a
dictionary to search for the translations. Give them some
time to finish and then go through the vocabulary.
Input vocabulary
10:00-20:00 Next the students are going to use the vocabulary to
complete a short text describing Easter and Easter eggs.
Once they have done this, read through it with them.
Use vocabulary in
context
20:00-30:00 Ask them to read the text again and this time answer the
questions. Go through the answers with the students.
Check understanding
of text
30:00-35:00 Before starting the next activity, introduce (or revise) the
three sounds given. Drill the students on them. Give then
a few minutes to match the words to the sounds and
then practice pronunciation of the words.
Extension.
35:00-40:00 Go through the tongue twister with them. Ask if they
know any others. Have one or two others ready for them.
40:00-45:00 Ask students what they do at Easter. Encourage them to
use the vocabulary studied.
Summary


Answer Key:

1. religious
2. April
3. egg hunt
4. good
5. tasty / delicious


/e/ - every, excellent, eggs
/i:/ - Easter, eats
/e/- eighty


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Pronunciation