TEACHER’S NOTES Festivals: Bonfire Night by Wayne Rimmer YOUNG LEARNERS Level: Elementary, A1 Key: Target Age: 8-10 1. a.R b. R c. R d. W e. R f. W g. W h. W 2. ago - in the future, King - Queen, come - go, die Time needed: 45 minutes - live, caught - not found, fire - water, day - night, wrong - right, in - out of. Summary: A bonfire night reading, battle- 3. bonfire, November, gunpowder, fireworks, blow up, ships activity and Guy Fawkes board game. Parliament, friends, however Materials required: Copies of Worksheets 1 and 2 for each student; A copy of Work- Activity 2 sheet 3 for each pair or group of students; dice (for the game on Worksheet 3). See Worksheet 2. This speaking activity is a variation Key vocabulary: bonfire, gunpowder, of the popular battle-ships game but with gunpowder Houses of Parliament, firework, to blow up, instead of ships. Learners will work in pairs, taking it in turns to guess the location of the gunpowder on doll their friend’s grid. The first to locate all five pieces has discovered the gunpowder plot and wins! Before the Background Information game, revise prepositions of place and pre-teach barrel. Tell learners that they are going to try and find the Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes’ Night, is celebrated gunpowder, just like the King’s soldiers. It is easier to on November 5th with large public firework displays demonstrate this game on the board than explain the and bonfires. It commemorates the failed attempt of instructions in L2. Guy Fawkes to assassinate King James of England in 1604. Guy Fawkes tried to hide gunpowder under the Houses of Parliament and blow up the King as Activity 3 he opened a new parliament session. Fortunately (for Give each pair or group of students a copy of Work- the King), his plot was discovered and Guy Fawkes sheet 3. Learners will need a dice for this board game was executed along with his fellow conspirators. It played in pairs or small groups. They move in the is traditional to burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes on the direction of the arrows according to the dice roll. On bonfire. Less popular nowadays is children’s custom some squares there are instructions to say things in of showing the ‘Guy’ effigy to neighbours and asking English, e.g. Ask the teacher a question. Learners for a ‘penny for the Guy’ (if children still do this, the TEACHER’S NOTES can only progress to these squares if they do what is going rate is much more than a penny!). Actually, requested in English. there has long been a pagan rite associated with this time of year, the beginning of winter. People would destroy unwanted and possibly infectious items, including animal carcasses - hence, bone fire/bonfire – before the difficult winter. Useful Websites
http://www.bonefire.org/guy/ information + an interactive Guy Fawkes game www.fletchingbonfiresociety.co.uk Bonfire pictures and images
Activity 1
Pre-teach bonfire, gunpowder, Houses of Parliament, firework, to blow up, doll Read the text on Worksheet 1 then answer the questions.
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