Why do we celebrate Easter

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Why do we celebrate Easter?

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Activity 1
Look at the pictures and describe them. What are we going to talk about today?
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Jesus Christ
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eggs and a chick
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bunny
Bible

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Activity 2
Open the eggs in the grass and discuss the questions
How do people in
your country
celebrate Easter?
What is the
traditional food to
eat at Easter?
Do you celebrate
Easter? What do
you do? Who do
you celebrate
Easter with?
Where do people go
on Easter Sunday?
Do people go to
church? What about
your family?
What is your
favourite Easter
tradition?
Do you prefer
Easter or
Christmas? Why?

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Activity 3
Read the example with the word and try to guess the translation of it
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tied (to) (adj) - Her hair was tied with a black ribbon
specifically (adv) - The book was written specifically for children.
belief (n) - That man has a strong belief in God.
similar (adj) - The five boys look very similar. They are brothers.
begin (v) – A: What time does the lesson begin? B: At 6 o’clock.
turn (v) – The trees turned green in spring.
bloom (v) - The flowers bloom in the spring.
mean (v) - A dictionary tells you what words mean.
victory (n) - I won $50 000 today. This is my victory.
over (prep) - The sky is over our heads.
death (n) – Death is the end of life.
resurrect (v) - Jesus resurrected from the dead.
unlike (prep) - Unlike most butterflies, these are very small.
set date (n) - Christmas has a set date – it’s on 25th of December.
fall (v) - Leaves fall from the trees in autumn.
16. commemorate (v) - Each year on this date we commemorate
those who died in the great war.
17. believe (v) - I don't believe he's 35. He looks very old.
18. derive (v) - Many English words derive from Latin.
19. goddess (n) – In Greece, Aphrodite was the goddess of love.
20. fertility (n) - Fertility is the ability to have a child.
21. motif (n) - Love is a central motif in her poems.
22. honor (v) – Today we honor our soldiers.
23. represent (v) – That symbol represents love and happiness.
24. symbolize (v) - The owl symbolizes wisdom.
25. rebirth (n) – The 2010 saw the rebirth of Polaroid cameras.
26. no wonder (adv) - No wonder you are tired! You did a lot of
homework.
27. dead (adj) – He is dead. He died in 1980. I miss him.
28. change (v) – I want to change the colour of my hair. I want pink
hair.
29. religious (adj) - The Bible is a collection of religious texts.
30. typically (adv) - January and February are typically the coldest
months.

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Activity 4
True or False
T 1. Easter is tied to religious beliefs.
T 2. Easter means victory over death.
F 3. In the Christian religion, Easter was the day when Jesus died.
T 4. Christmas is celebrated on a set date.
F 5. Easter is celebrated on a Sunday in March.
F 6. Easter can only be celebrated by religious people.
T 7. Easter is a day to honor life.
T 8. Eostre was the goddess of spring and fertility.
F 9. Bunnies represent life and rebirth.
F 10. Eggs symbolize fertility.

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Activity 5
Fill in the missing words
a) begin b)22 c) represent d) death e) victory f) changes g) 25
h) resurrected i) derived j) honor k) fall l) commemorate m) religious
n) symbolize o) beliefs p) bloom q) goddess
Like many holidays, Easter is tied to religious 1) o) beliefs , specifically
Christianity and is a day for celebration. Similar to springtime, when trees
2) a) begin
to turn green and flowers 3) p) bloom
, Easter is meant to
celebrate 4) e) victory over 5) d) death . In the Christian religion, Easter was
the day when Jesus 6)h) resurrected from the dead. Unlike other holidays such as
Christmas which is always celebrated on December 7)
, Easter has no set
g) 25
date and 8) f) changes every year. The holiday does always 9) k) fall
on a
Sunday sometimes between March 10) b) 22
to April 25.
Whether you’re 11) m) religious or non-religious, Easter can be celebrated by
everyone as it is a day to 12) l) commemorate life. The word is believed to be
13) i) derived from Eostre or Eostrae, which is the Anglo-Saxon 14) q) goddess
of spring and fertility. Today, many of the motifs that are tied to Easter are used to
15) j) honor life. Bunnies typically 16) c) represent fertility, while eggs usually
17) n) symbolize life and rebirth. It’s no wonder that Easter typically falls in the
spring. What’s your favorite Easter tradition?

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Activity 6
Open the eggs and discuss the questions to the video
Is Easter a
religious holiday?
Why?
Who or what is
the Anglo-Saxon
word «Eostre»?
What do bunnies
represent?
What do eggs
symbolize?
Does Easter have a
set date? What
day of the week
and what month is
Easter celebrated?