LESSON PLAN 3EASTER

1. Aim of the lesson: The aim of the lesson is the enlargement of pupil’s

vocabulary connected to Easter. The pupils try personally one of the typical British

activities called Running Egg. An Easter song helps them to work in a group and

improves their listening skills.

2. Grade level56: Pre-intermediate/Intermediate.

4. Required material56: Handouts 12-15, small basket, chocolate eggs, teaspoons,

skittles, CD with the song.

5. Time56: 60 minutes.

6. When to use this lesson plan: Right before Easter or at the beginning of spring.

7. Lesson description56:

INTRODUCTION

Come to the class with a small basket full of chocolate eggs. Decorate

the basket with ribbons and do not forget to bring some teaspoons, too.

Tell the pupils that this will be one of the activity lessons. To find out the

theme of the lesson ask them what festival is approaching now. Write

the correct answer “EASTER” on the board.

TONGUE TWISTER + VOCAB (10 minutes)

Write the sentence “Run red rabbit run” on the board and tell the pupils

that it is a tongue twister. Ask them whether they know what tongue

twister means. If they hesitate, try to help them by analysing both the

words ‘tongue’ and ‘twister’.

Read the sentence loudly and slowly, and then let the whole class

repeat the sentence. Ask the pupils to repeat it three times in a row as

quickly as they can.

The aim of this tongue twister is to introduce the lesson and it is also a

great articulation exercise which brings a lot of fun.

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Go back to the word Easter written on the board and ask the pupils what

they imagine when hearing this word. Write or paint their ideas on the

board if they hesitate, try to help them by describing some words (e.g.

the word egg – an oval thing produced by birds especially hens and

people usually eat it...).

The aim of this activity is to evoke the Easter atmosphere in pupils’

heads and to remind vocabulary connected to Easter.

RUNNING EGG (20 minutes)

Then tell the pupils that children in Britain also celebrate Easter and ask

the pupils whether they know any kind of activity that is typical for British

Easter, e.g. Easter Egg Hunt, Egg Rolling or Running with an Egg on a

Teaspoon, etc. Tell them that they are going to try one of these

activities, which is called: Running with an egg on a teaspoon.

Divide the class into two halves and give each pupil a teaspoon and one

chocolate egg. The chocolate eggs should be a bit bigger than the

teaspoon so as it is not very easy for the pupils to run with it.

Put aside all the chairs and desks in the class and ask the pupils to form

two rows. Each pupil in a row has to have a teaspoon and one chocolate

egg. Mark the starting line and explain the pupils that they have to run to

the other side of the class and back, where they have to touch his or her

classmate and only then can he or she start running. For this activity it is

good to bring some skittles to make the track more difficult – the pupils

have to run among the skittles that are in a row and turn back by running

around the last skittle. Tell them that if their egg falls down, they have to

go back to the start and start running again. Tell them that the first row

whose all members are back in the finish with all the eggs and spoons

wins.

Let the pupils enjoy the game but at the same time monitor any cheating

or other problems. If they like the game, you can make it more difficult –

take all the spoons and eggs away except one spoon and one egg in

each row. Tell them that the task is the same but the person who is

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running has to hand over the spoon with the egg to his or her classmate

at the end – if the egg falls down then the person has to run again.

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