Cross-Cultural Easter Holiday Traditions
ESL Lesson PlansCross-Cultural Easter Holiday Traditions

Cross-Cultural Easter Holiday Traditions

This ESL lesson plan is perfect for engaging teens in a 60-minute interactive session. Students will develop their ability to explain cultural features and share factual information. Activities include discussing favorite holidays, matching vocabulary with definitions, reading about diverse Easter traditions, and creating dialogues using key expressions. The lesson plan encourages lively discussions and cultural exchange.

Skills

  • Can find out and pass on straightforward factual information.
  • Can explain features of the other culture to members of his/her own culture.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

What do you see in the picture? What holiday does it symbolize? Do you celebrate this holiday in your country? If not, what holidays do you celebrate in this season? How do you celebrate them?

Your answer:
2

In pairs, match the words with the definitions.

3

Read the text about celebrating Easter in different countries.

4

Now, look at the pictures and, based on the information from the text, describe them.

5

Mark the statements as True/False.

6

Fill in the gaps in the sentences about Easter with the following expressions.

7

Pull a piece of paper with the name of a country from the basket. With your partner, imagine yourselves traveling to this country and create a short dialogue that you might have there, as you prepare to celebrate Easter. Use at least 2-3 words from Exercise 2.