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2 Tell students that in today’s class, they will study Age: Adult / Young adult language for royalty. Hand out the student Level: Upper-intermediate–Advanced worksheets, face-down. Students work in pairs. Length: 90 minutes (approx.) + Their task is to complete a wordsearch about optional extension activities words related to royalty. The fastest pair wins. Language Focus: key expressions Students turn the worksheets to Task 1a and for talking about royalty begin the race. Monitor the class as they do this. Skills: reading, listening For weaker groups, you could reveal that words

Materials: One copy of the worksheet per student; → only appear in two directions (→ and ). Once if possible, a computer/projector with an internet a group has found all 12 words, check that they connection in classroom; one copy of the extension have done so correctly before declaring them the activities worksheet per student (optional) winners! Finally, elicit all 12 words, focusing on Aims: to allow students to effectively understand pronunciation and precise meaning of potentially and use common expressions for talking about confusing ones: royalty, to prepare students to understand a Christmas video-message by Queen Elizabeth II a = a man with a very high social position, just below that of a a count = a nobleman in some European What are red words? , but not in the UK, e.g. Ninety per cent of the time, speakers of English use just 7,500 words in speech and writing. These words Point out that, for some of the words, there also appear in the Macmillan Dictionary in red and are exist feminine versions (e.g. prince → ). graded with stars. One-star words are frequent, Ask students to identify which other words have two-star words are more frequent and three-star feminine versions (answer = duchess, countess). words are the most frequent. ‘Language for’ lessons are based on red words and encourage students to Male and female royal improve their English through communicative tasks Empress using collocation and commonly used phrases. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/learn/ Queen red-words.html Prince Princess

1 Begin the lesson by showing the photo of Duke Duchess the British (other photos if you Marquis/Marques Marchioness prefer can be found on their Instagram account https//www.instagram.com/theroyalfamily/?hl=en . Count Countess Alternatively, you could show a photo of more locally recognizable royals. Ask students to discuss the royal positions and family connections of the Baroness various members of the family (e.g. ‘that man is Lady the Queen’s grandson’).

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3 Refer students to Task 1b and ask them to discuss for Task 4a and allow students a minute or two to the questions in pairs. Allow them a few minutes discuss the two questions. Try to elicit some of to talk, monitoring and taking notes as they do so. the reasons behind a royal Christmas speech (e.g. Once the time is up, identify a student who seems to reflect on the year, to make people hopeful to know a lot about the topic and ask him/her to about the year ahead, to make the nation feel like share some information about a particular royal. a ‘big family’, etc.) Finally, provide feedback to the whole class, 8 Read the instructions for Task 4b and allow focusing on useful ‘royal’ vocabulary which may students a minute or so to individually complete have come up. the missing letters. When the time is up, students 4 Refer students to Task 2a Read the instructions should compare their suggestions. Then elicit the aloud. Set a time limit of a few minutes for correct answers. students to individually read through both texts 9 Read aloud the instruction and question for Task and complete the table at the end. Monitor the 4c. Then play the video. Note that only a short class as they do so, helping weaker students section of the video is relevant to this lesson. By to understand more challenging vocabulary. using the given link (http://www.youtube.com/ Once the time is up, ask students to compare watch?v=mv8kG31cSr4&t=3m2s), the video will their answers in pairs. Finally, elicit the correct automatically start at the correct time (3.02), but answers, asking students to identify the part(s) of you will need to manually stop the video at the the texts that correspond to the answers. end of the section (4.22). Once the section ends, 5 Now refer students to Task 2b. Again, allow them allow students to discuss the question in pairs. a few minutes to work individually, encouraging Then elicit the correct answer. them to reread the two texts for context. After a 10 Allow students a moment to read the questions few minutes, they should again compare answers in Task 4d. Play the video again, give students in pairs. Then elicit the correct answers. a moment to compare their answers to the 6 Read aloud the instructions for Task 3 as a questions, then elicit the correct answers. class, complete the first missing word together 11 Refer students to Task 4e and ask them to discuss (answer = ). Once students have the questions in pairs. Allow them a few minutes suggested this word, ask them to make sure to talk, monitoring and taking notes as they do so. that they ’t need to modify it: does the word Once the time is up, provide feedback, focusing need to be plural? (No); is there more than one on ‘royal’ vocabulary from this lesson which possible answer here? (No). Students work in students may have used. pairs to complete the rest of the missing words. Monitor the class and provide clues to weaker 12 Refer students to Task 5. Ask them to sit in new students. Finally, elicit the correct answers. pairs for this task. Give students a few minutes to discuss the questions, encouraging them 7 Tell students that in this part of the lesson, they to incorporate new language from this lesson. are going to watch a short video of the British For the question related to statistics, make sure Queen Elizabeth II. Read aloud the instructions students have had a chance to discuss it before

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you reveal the answers. Once you have elicited the 2. Text correct statistics (see Answer Key), give students a. Susan Bret another moment to discuss the final question. The disadvantages of being royal ✔ Finally, provide feedback on this entire task. Public opinion ✔ Extension Activities Money ✔ This lesson also includes three possible How to react if you meet a King ✔ or Queen extension activities: b. a. Complete the rules – This activity could be 1. a republic given for homework, or completed in pairs in 2. a monarchy the classroom. 3. to reign b. Write a paragraph – This could be completed 4. an heir individually in class, with students then explaining 5. an estate their paragraph to classmates and subsequently 6. a residence submitting it to the teacher. Alternatively, it could 7. to be next in line for something be set as a homework task. 8. to bow c. True or False quiz – This could be used as a fun 9. to curtsy way to finish the lesson, or to revise vocabulary 10. in a later lesson. Students should work in small 11. a groups to complete it. Encourage them to use new 12. Your language from the lesson as they discuss each 13. a commoner sentence in the quiz. 14. a coronation 3. 1. monarchy KEY: 2. estate/residence 1. 3. commoners h z r r c o u n t m 4. throne 5. line v m x u f c r o w n 6. coronation k c w p r i n c e i 7. bow 8. reigned i i c a s t l e a e 4. n t l b g d x l l y a. Students’ own answers b. occupied; Prince; wisdom; paradox; evil; faith g h s g x y q y t d c. Family events: She mentions two weddings, the p r i n c e s s h u arrival of two babies, another baby expected soon, the 70th birthday of the s o k q u e e n y k

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d. 1. The Queen says that she herself is very b. 1. True occupied (as the grandmother and 2. False – it will be Prince Charles great-grandmother to so many new babies). 3. True 2. She shares the wisdom that life contains many 4. False – Princess Anne and Prince Edward’s paradoxes, such as the way that humans children do not have these titles can do great good, but also great evil. 5. True 3. She says that faith, family and friendship 6. True have always been a source of comfort to her. 7. False – she has four 8. False – she first met him when she was 13 and 5. i. 69% he was 18. She was 21 when she got married ii. 21% 9. False – Charles, Edward and Andrew iii. 31% 10. True – her real birthday on 21st April Extension Activities (optional) and her official birthday, usually on a. 1. Majesty the second Saturday in June 2. curtsy 3. back 5. speak 7. wear 9. shake 10. stands

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Rules for meeting the Queen

a. In the UK, there are various traditions for how people behave when they meet the Queen. Think of one word to complete each gap. Most (but not all) of the missing words have been seen in this lesson.

1. Greet her first as ‘Your ’ then afterwards simply as ‘ma’am’ (rhymes with ‘ham’). 2. Bow or each time you meet her. 3. Don’t turn your on the Queen. 4. If you are eating a meal with her, you must finish when she finishes. 5. If you are sitting next to her at a meal, you must only to her when she speaks to you first. 6. The Queen arrives last to events. 7. You must formal clothes. 8. Hand any flowers or gifts you may have for her to her equerry or lady-in-waiting, not directly to the Queen. 9. Don’t touch her unless she offers to your hand. 10. Follow her lead – if you are sitting down with her and she up, it is time for you to leave.

b. What about in your ? What traditions do people follow when they meet your country’s leader(s)? If you don’t know, search for the information online. Write a short paragraph to explain.

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c. Quiz! With your classmate, discuss whether you think these sentences about the British Royal Family are True or False.

1. The Queen is the British Head of State. 2. After Queen Elizabeth II dies, Prince William will become King. 3. When a Prince or Princess becomes King or Queen, they can change their name if they wish. 4. The Queen’s grandchildren all have the ‘Prince’ or ‘Princess’. 5. The Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne, also has the title ‘ThePrincess Royal’.

6. In , Prince Charles is known as the Duke of . 7. The Queen has five children. 8. The Queen first met her husband, Prince Phillip, when she was 21. 9. The Queen’s sons are called Prince Charles, Prince Edward and Prince Richard.

10. The Queen has two birthdays.

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royalty British royal family tree 2007– Seven James, 1965– Sophie m. 1999 Rhys-Jones Lady 2003– Louise Windsor 1964– Edward Jack 1986– m. 2018 Brooksbank Sarah 1959– York 1990– Ferguson m. 1986–1996 Eugenie of 1988– of York Beatrice 1960– Andrew 1978 2017 − Earl of Anton y Snowdon 1930 Armstrong-J. m. 196 0− 1978– 2018– m. 2011 Mike Tindal l Lena Tindall 1995– Jones family m. 1992 Timothy Laurence Armstrong- 2002 − 1981– 2014– Princes s Zara Phillips Mia Tindal l Margaret 1930 Anne 1950– Isl a 1977– 2012– m. 2008 Phillips − Autumn Kelly 192 6− Queen r. 1952 Elizabeth II Mark 1948– Phillips m. 1973-1992 1977– 2010– Phillips Savannah Mark Phillips Philip 192 1− m. 1947 2019– 1981– Markle m. 2018 Windsor Meghan Archie Mountbatten- British Royal Family tree: The Louis Harry 2018– 1947– 1984– m.2005 Camila Sussex Duke of of Cambridge Parker Bowles 2015– 1982– 1948– m. 2011 Charles Charlotte Catherine Middleton of Cambridge Prince of Wales 1982– 2013– Duke of William George Spencer 1961–1997 Cambridge m. 1981–1996 of Cambridge

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1 Warmer a. Work in pairs. In the wordsearch below, find twelve words related to royalty. The fastest team wins!

h z r r c o u n t m ‘Royalty’ words 1. 7. v m x u f c r o w n

k c w p r i n c e i 2. 8. i i c a s t l e a e

n t l b g d x l l y 3. 9.

g h s g x y q y t d 4. 10. p r i n c e s s h u

s o k q u e e n y k 5. 11.

k n p a l a c e z e 6. 12. o e k i n g d o m s

b. Discuss the questions with your classmate. • Does your country have a royal family? If so, what do you know about it? If not, do you know any countries which do have a royal family? • Describe a person who is (or was) a member of a royal family. Examples: Queen Elizabeth II, Marie Antoinette, Alexander the Great, King Henry VIII, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Princess of Monaco, Princess Diana, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, etc. • Describe a or castle which you have visited.

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2 Text a. In the texts below, Joan and Bret talk about royalty. Read both texts and complete the task at the end.

Joan (66), UK The British monarchy is one of the most famous in the world. And I’d say that people from my generation are generally quite fond of our Queen. Ever since her coronation back in 1953, she’s led the country through some very difficult times. She attends lots of public events, where people call her ‘Your Majesty’, men bow to her and women curtsy. The Queen’s officialresidence is , in London. However, she also has other famous homes around the UK, such as her large estate at Sandringham (in the east of England), where she spends Christmas. These days, theQueen is quite old. Theheir to the throne is her son Charles, but I think he’ll also be quite popular when he eventually becomes King.

Bret (32), USA My country is a republic, which means it doesn’t have a royal family. To be honest, I’d prefer it that way. Sometimes I think it must be difficult to be royal. Think about it: if you’re the oldest kid in the family, you grow up knowing that when your father or mother dies, you’re next in line for the throne. And then you need to reign for the rest of your life! It must be so much pressure! I’d hate it. I know monarchs tend to be really wealthy, but I’m glad I don’t come from nobility. I’m very happy to be just a normal commoner, just like everybody else in my country.

Task: Decide which person mentions each item.

Susan Bret The disadvantages of being royal Public opinion Money How to react if you meet a King or Queen

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b. Look at the following expressions taken from the two texts in part a. Match each expression to the corresponding definition below.

a monarchy a coronation to bow /baʊ/ Your Majesty a residence an estate an heir /eə(r)/ a republic to be next in line for something to reign a monarch nobility a commoner to curtsy

Definitions: 1. a country that is ruled by a president or other leader that people vote for (not by a king or queen) = noun [countable] 2. a country (or state) which is ruled by a king or queen = noun [countable/uncountable] 3. to rule a country as the king or queen = verb [intransitive] 4. someone who will receive money, property, or a title when another person dies = noun [countable] 5. a very large area of land that belongs to one person, usually with a very big house on it = noun [countable] 6. a house (or apartment) where someone lives, especially a large house used by an important person = noun [countable, formal] 7. to be the next person who will experience something = phrase 8. to formally show respect for someone by bending your body forwards from the waist = verb [intransitive] 9. to formally show respect for someone by bending your knees with one leg behind the other = verb [intransitive] 10. a group of people from a very high social class (e.g. , duchesses, counts, countesses) = noun [uncountable] 11. a king or a queen = noun [countable] 12. a formal expression used for talking to a king or queen = phrase 13. a person who does not belong to a royal family or to nobility = noun [countable] 14. a ceremony at which someone officially becomesking or queen = noun [countable

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3 Language in Use

Write one word to complete each gap. All the words are from earlier tasks in this lesson. Make sure to use the word in its correct form. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer. 1. Hundreds of years ago, Germany used to be a , but it is now a republic. 2. In summer, the Queen often leaves her palace in London and travels to her country in eastern Scotland. 3. Years ago, members of the Royal Family weren’t allowed to marry ; they could only marry people who had come from nobility. 4. When a monarch dies, sometimes there is a battle to decide who will be next to sit on the . 5. Elizabeth’s father died in 1952. As his oldest child, Elizabeth was next in for the throne. 6. Elizabeth was just twenty-seven years old when her took place, crowning her as the new Queen of the . 7. When my friend Peter met the Queen, he was very embarrassed. He forgot to to her and, instead, tried to shake her hand! 8. Louis XIV was a famous French king, who for over seventy-two years, from 1643 to 1715.

4 Communication a. In many countries (e.g. UK, , , Belgium), the King or Queen gives a special speech on television every Christmas. With your classmate, discuss the following questions: • What do you think is the objective of such a speech? • In your country, is there any time of the year when the country’s leader appears on TV? Explain.

b. In a moment, you are going to watch a Christmas speech from Queen Elizabeth II, recorded in December 2018. Before you watch, let’s look at some vocabulary from the video. Read the definitions below and complete the missing letters. • to be busy = to be o c e d • the Queen’s son, Charles = The c of Wales (note: Wales is a country within the UK) • knowledge which you have learned over a long time = w o • a situation which is strange because it contains two opposite elements = a p r d • the opposite of good = l • a religion / a belief in God = a t

c. Watch the video once and answer the question below: What family events does the Queen mention? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv8kG31cSr4&t=3m2s

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d. Watch the video again and answer the questions below. 1. Who does the Queen say is very ‘occupied’?

2. What wisdom does the Queen share?

3. What three elements does the Queen say are very important to her?

e. Discuss these questions with your classmate: • From this short video, what impression do you get of the Queen’s personality? • In what ways does the Queen’s speech express the general feeling of Christmas? • The British Royal Family is probably the most famous in the world. Why do you think this family is so popular?

5 Discuss To finish the lesson, let’s talk about general ideas related to royalty. Discuss these questions.

• How have the duties of a royal family changed over the years? • Some people believe that there is no place for a royal family in the twenty-first century. Why does this opinion exist? • Would you prefer to live in a monarchy or in a republic? Explain.

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• The following statistics relate to the UK Royal Family. Discuss where each statistic should go. In the end, your teacher will tell you the correct answers. 21% 31% 69% i. The number of British people in favour of themonarchy = ii. The number of British people who don’t want a Royal Family = iii. The number of British people who have met (or seen) the Queen in real life =

Do these statistics surprise you? Why / Why not?

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