Festivals - Pearson ELT

Bonfire Night
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Vocabulary
Listen and repeat.
Read
Read about Bonfire Night in Britain.
Bonfire Night is a British festival. It is on November 5th, in the autumn.
When it’s dark, many people have bonfires and fireworks in their gardens.
Some people go to big firework displays in parks. It is traditional to burn
a figure of a man on the bonfire. He is called a ‘guy’ to remember a bad
man in the history of England called Guy Fawkes.
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dark • bonfire
burn • figure
cellar • blow up
soldier • arrest
Roman candle
• fireworks • display
• gunpowder plot
(v)
• kill
• light(v)
• rocket
3 Check
Name of festival
Bonfire night.
Date
People ligth … .
The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
It is the night before November 5th. The year is 1605.
They set off … .
Fireworks
in Portugal
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Write
Write about a festival with fireworks in
Portugal. Find pictures for your project.
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hich day or days do you have
firework displays?
• Where do you go to watch them?
• Why do people celebrate this day?
• Do you have bonfires as well?
• What do people eat and drink?
• What else do people do?
They burn … .
In memory of … .
4 Check
Answer the questions about the Gunpowder
Plot.
Guy Fawkes and a group of men are
putting gunpowder in the cellar of the
Houses of Parliament. Their plan is to blow
up Parliament and kill the King of England
and all his men.
On the morning of November 5th, the
king’s soldiers enter the cellar and arrest
Guy Fawkes before he can light the
gunpowder. The king tells his soldiers to
torture Guy Fawkes and then execute him.
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What is the date?
It’s November 4th 1605.
Where are Guy Fawkes and his men?
What are they doing there?
Why are they doing this?
Is Guy Fawkes successful?
What happens to him?
5 Check
On November 5th, we always have a bonfire and fireworks in
the garden, and we burn a guy. We make our guy with old
clothes and newspapers. Then we put him on the bonfire.
When it gets dark, my dad lights the bonfire and then the
fireworks. Roman candles are good but I like rockets
best. After the fireworks, we cook potatoes in the fire.
Adam, Cornwall
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Correct the sentences about Adam.
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Adam lights the bonfire.
Adam’s dad lights the bonfire.
He watches fireworks in the park.
He and his family make the guy from wood.
His favourite fireworks are Roman candles.
They cook potatoes in the kitchen.
Fireworks in Portugal
In Portugal, we have fireworks
on October 5th to celebrate
‘Republic Day’.
We …
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Valentine’s Day
Read
Read about Valentine’s Day in Britain.
Valentine’s Day in Britain
Valentine’s Day is on February 14th. St Valentine is the patron
saint of love. In the UK and the USA, it is a very commercial
celebration. People send romantic cards to boys and girls
they like - but they don’t sign their names. You have to guess
who the card is from. There are often little love poems inside
the cards. Older people have romantic dinners and give each
other presents. The traditional symbols for Valentine’s Day are
hearts and roses.
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I always send Valent
cards to lots of boys.
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a special card for a
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boy called Matt in Ye
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know it’s from me. At
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girls write their name
out of
each boy picks a name
them in a hat. Then
that girl.
the first dance with
the hat and dances
Megan, Edinburgh
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In Brazil,
Valentine’s Day
isn’t
on February 14th
,
it’s on 12th June
and we call it Di
a
dos Namorados.
It’s a special da
y
when girlfriends,
boyfriends, husb
ands
and wives all give
each other pres
ents
like flowers, card
s
and chocolates.
our town, there
In
is a parade and
a samba
dance competit
ion. I love watc
hing the
parade, but I do
n’t like dancing!
My mother
always decorate
s the house with
flo
wers
and makes a sp
ecial chocolate
cake! Yum!
Jorge, Rio de Ja
neiro
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Vocabulary
Listen and repeat.
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patron saint • love • commercial
romantic • sign • guess • poem
symbol • heart • rose • youth club
dance • piece of paper • pick
boyfriend • girlfriend • husband
wife (ves) • parade • competition
3 Check
Read about Valentine’s Day in Britain.
Answer the questions.
1 When is Valentine’s Day?
It’s on February 14th.
2 Who is St Valentine?
3What sort of cards do people send?
4 What is inside these cards?
5 What do older people do?
6What are the traditional symbols of Valentine’s Day?
4 Check
Read about Megan (M) and Jorge (J).
Who …
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celebrates on February 14th? M
celebrates on June 12th?
sends a Valentine’s card?
watches a samba parade?
goes to a Valentine’s Day dance?
eats chocolate cake?
5 Check
Make sentences.
1 People send cards
2In Brazil,
Valentine’s Day is
3Girls put their
names
4Brazilian people
often decorate
5 Boys pick a name
a)in a hat.
b)their homes with
flowers.
c)called Dia dos
Namorados
d)from the hat.
e)but they don’t sign
their name.
Project
Valentine’s day in Portugal
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Write about Valentine’s Day in Portugal. Find pictures
for your project.
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When do you celebrate Valentine’s Day?
Is it very commercial?
Do you send cards?
Do you give presents? What sort of presents?
Are there any special events like dances or parades?
Do you decorate your home?
Do you have any special food or drink?
Do you enjoy the day? Why?/Why not?
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Valentine’s Day in Portuga
In Portugal, we ...
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World Environment Day
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Vocabulary
Read about WE Day in Angola and
answer the questions.
Listen and repeat.
Read
Read about World Environment Day.
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Home Celebrate WED Events Contact us
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY * 5 JUNE
People celebrate World Environment Day (WE Day) on
June 5th. Every year there is a different ‘Host Country’. The
aim of WE Day is to make people aware of some of the
problems the world is facing. It reminds us how we pollute
our air, rivers and seas, and endanger wildlife by destroying
its habitat. WE Day is important because it shows what
ordinary people can do to make the world a better place.
MANY SPECIES ONE PLANET ONE FUTURE
My name is Kiri from South
Shore School, Wellington,
New Zealand. This is our
poster for WE Day.
FI V E W A Y S
TO
environment • host country • aim
aware • face (v) • remind pollute • endanger • wildlife
destroy • habitat • ordinary
everywhere • rollerblade • recycle
save • switch off • fast food
waste • compost • forest
collect • seed • pot • grow
3 Check
Read about World Environment Day.
Answer True (✓) or False (✗).
1 People celebrate WE Day on June 5th.
True
2 WE Day means World Energy Day.
3 The UK is the host country every year.
4WE Day tells people what is happening to
the world.
5 Many wild animals and birds are in danger.
6WE Day shows countries how to save the
environment.
4 Check
Read Kiri’s poster and number the pictures
in the correct order.
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on’t go everywhe
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re by car.
Walk, ride a bike –
or rollerblade!
Recycle all your pla
stic bottles,
paper and old clothes
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on’t eat fast food
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every day.
Learn to cook.
ave energy! Switc
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h off lights, TVs an
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computers when you
aren’t using them.
Don’t throw things aw
ay! If you have a ga
rden,
put your waste vege
tables and fruit in yo
ur compost.
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At my school in Angola, we celebrate World Environment
Day with Plant a Tree Day. Six months before WE
Day we go to the forest and collect seeds from
many trees. We plant the seeds in little pots in the
school garden. Things grow very quickly in my country
because it’s very hot and it rains a lot. Soon we
have a lot of little trees. On WE Day we go to the
forest with our teachers and plant the new trees
in the forest. We often see wild animals and birds.
I like the Colobus monkeys best!
1What do they call WE Day at David’s school?
They call it Plant a Tree Day.
2 When do they collect the seeds?
3 What do they do with them?
4 Why do plants grow quickly in Angola?
5 What do they do with the little trees?
6 What do they often see in the forest?
Project
HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
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World
Environment Day
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a) Write about environmental issues in
Portugal. Find pictures for your project.
b) Write about some of the things you
are going to do for the next WE Day.
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re you going to make a poster?
• Are you going to plant anything?
• Are you going to clean up an area?
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David, Luanda
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World Environment Day
at my school
going to
These are some of the things we are
do this year for WED.
1 We are going to …
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