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1 Complete the text with the words below.

3 ICT Collect information about other traditions on Dia de los Muertos and prepare a presentation.

2 Put the instructions (A-E) into the correct order.

• chocolate • bread

• special • skulls • dead

Dia de los Muertos or ‘Day of the Dead’ is a 1) ______________ day that people in Mexico celebrate. It takes place on 1st and 2nd November every year. People believe that on this day, the 2)  ____________ come back to visit their families and friends. People dress up, hold parties and also prepare an ofrenda - a special table for the dead. On the ofrenda, they put photographs, decorations like sugar 3)  ____________ and flowers, food and drinks. People also like to make pan de muerto on this day. This is a special type of sweet 4)  ____________ with spices Mexicans eat with a cup of delicious Mexican hot 5)  ____________ or coffee.

Sugar skulls are a type of decoration that people put on their ofrenda to remember a person who died. Some people also give them to others as a special gift.

(makes 4 medium 3D skulls)

A Then, use a little royal icing to stick the two dried halves of the sugar skull together.B First, mix the sugar and meringue powder with water.C After the sugar mixture is dry, remove it from the two

moulds carefully. D Then, press the white sugar mixture into the two halves of

the skull mould. E Finally, decorate your sugar skulls with royal icing, foil and

glitter. You can add a name, too.

You need: • 6 cups white sugar

• 1/4 cup meringue

powder

• 1/3 cup water

• skull moulds

• royal icing in different colours

• colourful foil/glitter (optional)

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