Guy Fawkes Night, 5th November Intermediate: Teacher's Notes Be careful to distribute the worksheets in such a way that students can work on exercise 4 in pairs of A + B. Ex. 1: It is, of course, Guy Fawkes Night. The remaining two stanzas of the rhyme are as follows: Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, ‘twas his intent To blow up the King and the Parliament With three score barrels of powder below Poor old England to overthrow But by God’s providence he was catch’d With darkened lantern and slow burning match Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells ring Holloa boys, holloa boys, God saved the King! Ex. 2: (a) Guy Fawkes Night is also known as Bonfire Night Firework Night (b) Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated in Great Britain Newfoundland (Canada) some areas of New Zealand (c) Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on 5th November (d) The origin of this celebration stems from events which took place in 1605 (e) What was the object of the Gunpowder Plot, the event which is the origin of this celebration? to blow up English Parliament to kill King James I to restore Catholics to power (f) What do people do on Guy Fawkes Night? watch fireworks displays burn Guy Fawkes dummies in bonfires Ex. 3 & 4: Students work in pairs. After they have counted their points, pool the class for scores and applaud the winner(s). Congratulate them on their knowledge. Ask if they know anything else about the festival. Ex. 5: treason: the crime of being disloyal to your country or its government, especially by helping its enemies or trying to remove the government using violence (zdrada stanu) plot: a secret plan by a group of people, to do something harmful or illegal (spisek) You may have a short discussion on possible ways of punishing people who have committed these crimes. It might be a good idea to touch upon terrorism in the discussion. Ex. 6: (a) False – the English fleet wasn't defeated. Elizabeth was angered by the very attempt to invade England and wanted to take revenge on all the English Catholics who – she thought – helped Catholic Spain prepare the invasion. (b) True (c) False – they gave up digging because they discovered a secret room below the chambers where the lords met. (Note: Some people think that it was the King himself and his men who framed the conspirators into organising the plot so that they could have a reason for introducing even stricter restrictions on the English Catholics and confiscating their lands and possessions.) (d) False – one of the conspirators (by the name of Francis Tresham) sent a letter (on 26th October) to his cousin (Lord Monteagle) asking him not to attend Parliament on opening day. The cousin passed the letter on to the people working with the king. (e) True. Ex. 7: (students' personal reactions) PHOTOCOPIABLE © Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o. 2013 author: Marcin Smolik .