“Easter” - advanced lesson plan

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Easter comes at the end of Lent,a 40-day period of fasting and spiritual preparations, symbolising Jesus’40-day fasting in the desert. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday when ashes are used to mark a cross on the forehead of believers to remind them that man too will ultimately be ash. Holy Week, the last week of Lent, begins on Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem when the crowds laid palms at His feet […]

Task

1. What do you know about the history of Easter? Read this text quickly to find out more about its origins.




2. Read the text again and put the missing sentences (A-G) into the correct spaces in the text (1-7).




3. Find words or phrases in the text which mean the same as those in the box below (a-h).




4. Look at the pictures and name the symbols




5. Read the text and decide which Easter symbol each passage describes




6. Easter symbols quiz. How much do you rememłrer?




7. Use the clues to help you find 12 words relating to Easter. The words may go in any direction: horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forwards and backwards.




8. Define the words in bold without using the forbidden words on the card.




9. Choose the correct meaning for each of these idioms.

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