Bonfire Night

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2 346 Vocabulary

Listen and repeat.

• dark • bonfire • fireworks • display

• burn • figure • gunpowder plot

• cellar • blow up (v) • kill

• soldier • arrest • light(v)

• Roman candle • rocket

3 Check

Name of festival Bonfire night.

Date

People ligth … .

They set off … .

They burn … .

In memory of … .

4 CheckAnswer the questions about the Gunpowder

Plot.

1 What is the date?

It’s November 4th 1605.

2 Where are Guy Fawkes and his men?

3 What are they doing there?

4 Why are they doing this?

5 Is Guy Fawkes successful?

6 What happens to him?

5 CheckCorrect the sentences about Adam.

1 Adam lights the bonfire.

Adam’s dad lights the bonfire.

2 He watches fireworks in the park.

3 He and his family make the guy from wood.

4 His favourite fireworks are Roman candles.

5 They cook potatoes in the kitchen.

1 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.

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

The Story of the Gunpowder PlotIt is the night before November 5th. The year is 1605.

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.

Project

Fireworks in Portugal

In Portugal, we have fireworks on October 5th to celebrate ‘Republic Day’.

We …

Fireworks in Portugal

6 WriteWrite about a festival with fireworks in

Portugal. Find pictures for your project.

• Which 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?

Valentine’s DayValentine’s Day 2 347 Vocabulary

Listen and repeat.

• 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 CheckRead 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?

3 What sort of cards do people send?

4 What is inside these cards?

5 What do older people do?

6 What are the traditional symbols of

Valentine’s Day?

1 Read

Read about Valentine’s Day in Britain.

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4 CheckRead about Megan (M) and Jorge (J).

Who …

1 celebrates on February 14th? M

2 celebrates on June 12th?

3 sends a Valentine’s card?

4 watches a samba parade?

5 goes to a Valentine’s Day dance?

6 eats chocolate cake?

5 CheckMake sentences.

Project

Valentine’s day in Portugal

6 WriteWrite about Valentine’s Day in Portugal. Find pictures

for your project.

• 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?Valentine’s Day in Portugal

In Portugal, we ...

I always send Valentine

cards to lots of boys.

But this year I’ve got

a special card for a

boy called Matt in Year

10. He’s cool. He doesn’t

know it’s from me. At

the youth club we

always have a special Valentine’s Day dance. The

girls write their names on pieces of paper and put

them in a hat. Then each boy picks a name out of

the hat and dances the first dance with that girl.

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 Dia dos Namorados. It’s a special day when girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands and wives all give each other presents like flowers, cards and chocolates. In our town, there is a parade and a samba dance competition. I love watching the parade, but I don’t like dancing! My mother always decorates the house with flowers and makes a special chocolate cake! Yum!

Jorge, Rio de Janeiro

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.

1 People send cards

2 In Brazil,

Valentine’s Day is

3 Girls put their

names

4 Brazilian 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.

World Environment DayWorld Environment Day

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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY * 5 JUNEPeople 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.

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2 348 Vocabulary

Listen and repeat.

• 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 CheckRead 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.

4 WE Day tells people what is happening to

the world.

5 Many wild animals and birds are in danger.

6 WE Day shows countries how to save the

environment.

4 CheckRead Kiri’s poster and number the pictures

in the correct order.

1 Read

Read about World Environment Day.

My name is Kiri from South Shore School, Wellington, New Zealand. This is our poster for WE Day.

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!David, Luanda

World Environment Day6 Writea) 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.

• Are you going to make a poster?

• Are you going to plant anything?

• Are you going to clean up an area?

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5 CheckRead about WE Day in Angola and

answer the questions.

1 What 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?

World Environment Day at my school

These are some of the things we are going to

do this year for WED.

1 We are going to …

FHELP THE ENVIRONMENT

W TI A O

Don’t go everywhere by car. Walk, ride a bike – or rollerblade!

1Recycle all your plastic bottles, paper and old clothes.

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Save energy! Switch off lights, TVs and computers when you aren’t using them.

3 Don’t eat fast food every day. Learn to cook.

4Don’t throw things away! If you have a garden, put your waste vegetables and fruit in your compost.

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