is an important Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ. There are many different customs for celebrating Easter around the world. The Friday before Easter Sunday () and the Monday after are given as a bank holiday in the UK. Eggs and rabbits are associated with fertility, spring and new life. Children eat chocolate eggs and they have hunts for eggs hidden by the .

. Match the words with the pictures.

1. a chocolate egg 9. a lamb 2. Easter Bunny 10. a chick 3. flowers 11. an egg race 4. a basket 12. an 5. a ribbon 13. a bell 6. spring 14. Hot Cross Buns 7. an 15. a painted egg 8. Humpty Dumpty 16. daffodils

. Easter Eggs everywhere ! Look at the picture, fill in the gaps with the words below, then colour the eggs.

on, under, in, between, behind, in front of There's an egg………….the tree. It's yellow. There's an egg…………………the sheep.It's green. There's an egg…………...……….the flowers.It's blue. There's an egg……...………………..the tree. It's pink. There's an egg………….the rabbit's head. It's orange. There's an egg………….……..….the house.It's purple.

. Easter Eggs everywhere again ! Look at the picture, fill in the gaps and write sentences with the words below, then colour the eggs.

in front of, under, next to, inside, on top of, behind Look…………………..the bed. The egg is dark blue. Look………………….……..the bookshelf …………...….the alarm clock. The egg is yellow. Look………………..the wastepaper basket. There's a light green egg. Look…………………..the photo frame. The egg is red. Look…………………..the shoe. There's a purple egg. Look………………..………..the Teddy Bear. The egg is light blue. There's a dark green egg. Where is it ? …………………………………………………..

18 Easter words are hidden in the grid, can you find them ?

M G B A S K E T E R B R N O B B I R X G K G Y U

J V M S R E W O L F G Z S L I D O F F A D J F S H O T C R O S S B U N S P O T V S P R I N G M S A Y R A C E R E T S A E I T S U N D A Y L H F Z N P Y D U M P T Y L A K T M D T Y N N U B R E P E U E T A L O C O H C B D H L A M B H U N T Y R

Listen to this English nursery rhyme and number the lines as you hear them. ……….Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. ……….All the King's horses ……….Couldn't put Humpty together again. ……….Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. ……….And all the King's men

18 Easter words are hidden in the grid, can you find them ? M G B A S K E T E R B R

N O B B I R X G K G Y U J V M S R E W O L F G Z S L I D O F F A D J F S

H O T C R O S S B U N S P O T V S P R I N G M S A Y R A C E R E T S A E

I T S U N D A Y L H F Z N P Y D U M P T Y L A K T M D T Y N N U B R E P

E U E T A L O C O H C B D H L A M B H U N T Y R

Listen to this English nursery rhyme and number the lines as you hear them. ……….Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. ……….All the King's horses ……….Couldn't put Humpty together again. ……….Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

……….And all the King's men

Answer keys

There's an egg in the tree. It's yellow. There's an egg under the sheep. It's green. There's an egg between the flowers. It's blue. There's an egg in front of the tree. It's pink. There's an egg on the rabbit's head. It's orange. There's an egg behind the house. It's purple.

Look under the bed. The egg is dark blue. Look on top of the bookshelf behind the alarm clock. The egg is yellow. Look next to the wastepaper basket. There's a light green egg. Look behind the photo frame. The egg is red. Look inside the shoe. There's a purple egg. Look in front of the Teddy Bear. The egg is light blue. There's a dark green egg. Where is it ? it's inside the bookshelf.

2. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. 3. All the King's horses 5. Couldn't put Humpty together again. 1. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. 4. And all the King's men

1 Match the pictures with the words. 2 Can you find the message in the Word

search?

EASTER 1 2 EGGS E A S T E R B T A N EGG TREE D I S D I K B O T H P E C T A H S I T I EASTER 3 4 GREETING I R E L I G I O U S U F G T O A N D U I CHURCH G A J S T E U I E R D O S E C U L A R S JESUS 5 6 R E H O L I D A Y F

LAMB V B H A P P Y L V A C B E A S T E R W I

EGG 7 8 PAINTING 3 Comlete the text. EASTER BUNNY

CROSS 9 10 Ducking Monday

HOT CROSS Sprinkling, the very popular _____ of Easter in BUNS Hungary, is observed on Easter _____, which is LILY 11 12 also known as 'Ducking Monday'. On the day, _____ playfully sprinkle perfume or perfumed water on _____. Until some time back, young BASKET men used to _____ buckets of _____ over young women's _____. In the present time, they spray perfume, or just plain water, and 13 14 BIBLE then _____ for a kiss and a red _____. This is a very interesting tradition of ______in

EASTER EGG Hungary. HUNT

CHICK 15 16

CHOCOLATE BUNNY

KEY

EASTER EGGS 6

EGG TREE 8 2 Solution EASTER EASTER GREETING 9 IS BOTH CHURCH 10 A JESUS 16 RELIGIOUS LAMB 11 AND EGG PAINTING 7 A EASTER BUNNY 1 SECULAR CROSS 15 HOLIDAY HOT CROSS BUNS 12 HAPPY LILY 13 EASTER BASKET 4

BIBLE 14

EASTER EGG HUNT 3 custom, Monday, boys, girls, pour, water, heads, CHOCOLATE BUNNY 5 ask, egg, Easter.

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I had hoped that prayers would help him survive, but it was too late to publish the worksheet.

Easter is coming and I am hopeless.

An Eggcellent Time of Year

Here’s an Easter wordsearch. Can you find all of the words?

1. We might eat one of

these at this time of year

– e___ 2.We put lots of

picture 1 in this –

b______.

3. When we play a game

looking for picture 1 –

h____.

7/8. Two names for

this animal – r______

or b_____

5. The season 4. The name of this when the 6. The food which picture festival – e______festival is – 1 is made from –

s______. c______

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?

Topic: Easter Level: J4 / J5 / J6 Global Village Szkoła Jezyka Angielskiego, Starachowice

An Eggcellent Time of Year

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’ ______

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

Every Easter eats eighty excellent eggs

/e/ /i:/ /eɪ/

______

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.

Topic: Easter Level: J4 / J5 / J6 Global Village Szkoła Jezyka Angielskiego, Starachowice

An Eggcellent Time of Year

Teacher’s 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 Students will have heard of Difficulty with vocabulary recognise it in text. Easter and Easter eggs 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 (it’s spelt wrongly). See if they can tell you why (it’s a bad joke on ‘excellent’ and ‘eggs’). Warmer Tell them that they are going to find out about some non- religious Easter celebrations. Ask them what they know. 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 Input vocabulary 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. 10:00-20:00 Next the students are going to use the vocabulary to Use vocabulary in complete a short text describing Easter and Easter eggs. context Once they have done this, read through it with them. 20:00-30:00 Ask them to read the text again and this time answer the Check understanding questions. Go through the answers with the students. 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 Extension. then practice pronunciation of the words. 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 Summary use the vocabulary studied.

Answer Key:

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

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

Topic: Easter Level: J4 / J5 / J6 Global Village Szkoła Jezyka Angielskiego, Starachowice

Easter Word Search

Can you find all the hidden words in this word search? Words can go in the following directions:

C H I C K C P F X H F W

D T K W F Y B A B C D B

S C L P B K C M I H A N

P Q A D U T P I A O F B

R E M L N X Q L N C F A

I E B Z N G L Y G O O S

N A L H Y B J F R L D K

G S G K Q L H M R A I E

J T B B R E A D C T L T

M E K P D S O J S E S O

O R D L F S R K L G G E

D P U S S Y W I L L O W

CHICK CHOCOLATE BREAD

DAFFODILS EGG EASTER

BLESS FAMILY PUSSYWILLOW

BUNNY SPRING LAMB

BASKET

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S + L + B + + M + H A +

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(Over, Down, Direction) CHICK (0, 0, E) CHOCOLATE (9, 1, S) BREAD (3, 8, E) DAFFODILS (10, 1, S) EGG (9, 10, W) EASTER (1, 5, S) BLESS (5, 6, S) FAMILY (7, 0, S) PUSSYWILLOW (1, 11, E) BUNNY (4, 2, S) SPRING (0, 2, S) LAMB (2, 2, S) BASKET (11, 3, S)

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EASTER PICTURE DICTIONARY

Shrove Tuesday(UK & USA) Pancake Day Ash Wednesday 40 days

Maundy Thursday The Good Friday (crucifiction)

Water prank day, wet Monday Resurrection (In UK and USA) (in )

Easter egg Easter bunny chicken

daffodil egg Easter basket

catkins cake Easter lamb

Easter lilies church Jelly beans

Decorating eggs (paint and dye- Egg hunt (hide and find eggs) farbować)

Egg-knocking Easter breakfast (in Poland) Hot cross buns Easter Trivia Quiz:Easter and .

1.Easter is a celebration of... a) The Resurrection of Christ b) The crucifixion of Christ c) the Last Supper

2.The word "Easter" comes from... a) The white Esturian Flower that blooms this time of year b) "Ostara" the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility c) The word "East," referring to the rising sun and to spring

3.Lent, the period that comes before Easter, begins on what day? a) Shrove Tuesday b) c)Ash Wednesday

4.The egg is a symbol of... a) Rebirth b) Mourning c) Fertility

5.When did the rabbit first appear as an Easter symbol? a) In 16th century Germany b) When St. Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland c) When the 18th century rabbit population in England reached dangerous proportions

6.Where does the custom of Easter baskets originate? a) From the baskets farmers would use to collect their crops b) From the custom of people bringing baskets of eggs to the temple of Ishtar/Estra /Oestra c) From the Catholic custom of bringing to mass to be blessed

7.Palm Sunday, one week before Easter, celebrates... a) The edict in 325 AD by the council of Nice that Easter fall on a Sunday b) The commemoration of the Last Supper c) The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

8.Where can you find the world’s largest decorated Easter egg? a) Romania b) Ukraine c) Canada

9. What is supposed to bring people luck at Easter? a) finding a red boiled egg. b) wearing new clothes c) eating hot cross buns

10.In Cyprus they light bonfires at Easter and burn a small figure.Who does this represent ? a) Jesus b) the devil c) Judas

11.In Finnland,Sweden and Denmark children…….a) dress up as witches and go from door to door asking for sweets. b) dress up as rabbits and go from door to door giving people boiled eggs. c) dress up as rabbits and go from door to door and ask people for boiled eggs.

12.In the Netherlands, Belgium and France bells do not ring for a few days before Easter and it is said they have gone to …… a) Heaven b) Rome c) Jerusalem

13.In the Czech Republic, on , in an old tradition men……. a) give women a chocolate egg b) kiss women and dance with them c) spank women with a special whip

14.On Maunday Thursday,the Thursday before Easter , traditionally the day before Jesus celebrated Passover, the reigning English Monarch i.e Queen Elizabeth gives people ……a) money b) boiled eggs c) Bibles

Easter Trivia Quiz:Easter and Easter Traditions.Key

1.Easter is a celebration of... a) The Resurrection of Christ b) The crucifixion of Christ c) the Last Supper

2.The word "Easter" comes from... a) The white Esturian Flower that blooms this time of year b) "Ostara," the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility c) The word "East," referring to the rising sun and to spring

3.Lent, the period that comes before Easter, begins on what day? a) Shrove Tuesday b) Palm Sunday c)Ash Wednesday

4.The egg is a symbol of... a) Rebirth b) Mourning c) Fertility

5.When did the rabbit first appear as an Easter symbol? a) In 16th century Germany b) When St. Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland c) When the 18th century rabbit population in England reached dangerous proportions

6.Where does the custom of Easter baskets originate? a) From the baskets farmers would use to collect their crops b) From the custom of people bringing baskets of eggs to the temple of ishtar/Estra c) From the Catholic custom of bringing Easter food to mass to be blessed (No one is quite certain where exactly the custom comes from but these two are the most likely options.)

7.Palm Sunday, one week before Easter, celebrates... a) The edict in 325 AD by the council of Nice that Easter fall on a Sunday b) The commemoration of the Last Supper c) The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem

8.Where can you find the world’s largest decorated Easter egg? a) Romania b) Ukraine c) Canada

9. What is supposed to bring people luck at Easter? a) finding a red boiled egg. b) wearing new clothes c) eating hot cross buns

10.In Cyprus they light bonfires at Easter and burn a small figure.Who does this represent ? a) Jesus b) the devil c) Judas

11.In Finnland,Sweden and Denmark children….a) dress up as witches and go from door to door asking for sweets. b) dress up as rabbits and go from door to door giving people boiled eggs. c) dress up as rabbits and go from door to door and ask people for boiled eggs.

12.In the Netherlands, Belgium and France bells do not ring for a few days before Easter and it is said they have gone to a) Heaven b) Rome c) Jerusalem

13.In the Czech Republic, on Easter Monday, in an old tradition men… a) give women a chocolate egg b) kiss women and dance with them c) spank women with a special whip

14.On Maunday Thursday,the Thursday before Easter , traditionally the day before Jesus celebrated Passover, the reigning English Monarch i.e Queen Elizabeth gives people a) money b) boiled eggs c) Bibles