TN-Queens_Birthday_LO.pdf

Teacher’s Notes

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

by Małgorzata Krzemińska-Adamek

Type of activity : whole-class, pair and group work

Focus : vocabulary connected with royalty: symbols

of regality, places, regal titles, speaking skills,

writing skills

Level : intermediate – upper intermediate

Time : 30-40 minutes (depending on the length of

discussion) plus extension/homework

3. Tell the students that they are going to work in

pairs to decide on the facts about the British

monarch. Distribute Worksheet 2. Ask the students

to read the list of facts and explain that only half

of them (6) are true. They should choose the

correct ones. Allow the students to work on the

quiz for 7-8 minutes, discussing options. Then

check the answers and ask the students to correct

the false statements.

Preparation : The lesson requires students’

preparation prior to the lesson, i.e. ﬁ nding on

the internet and getting familiar with basic

information concerning Queen Elizabeth II.

Photocopy the students’ worksheets: Worksheet 1 -

one per student or one per group (there are three

groups planned for the activity) and Worksheet 2 –

one per pair. Prepare Polish-English or monolingual

(if you are working with more advanced students)

dictionaries.

Answers : 1. T, 2. T, 3. F (85), 4. T, 5. F (horse

racing), 6. F (59), 7. F (Philip), 8. F (different

countries of the Commonwealth celebrate it on

different dates, some countries have or are

planning to give up the holiday and exchange it

for a different one), 9. F (corgis), 10. T, 11. T,

12. T

Procedure:

1. Write two dates on the board: April 21, 2011 and

June 11, 2011 . Tell the students that the dates

refer to important events in Queen Elizabeth’s

life. Ask the students if they know what events

the dates stand for. If they don’t know, allow for

guessing. Explain that both dates refer to the

Queen’s birthday; the ﬁ rst one is the date of her

real birthday and the other is her ofﬁ cial one. Tell

the students that the lesson is going to be about

Queen Elizabeth and the monarchy.

2. Ask the students to work in three groups. Distribute

dictionaries and Worksheet 1. Explain that each

group is going to work on one of the categories in

the worksheet – regal symbols, places and regal

titles . Give the students 5-6 minutes to come up

with the lists of words they associate with the

assigned category. Time permitting, let all

students work on all three categories. Check and

discuss answers.

4. Organize a whole-class discussion concerning the

role of the monarchy in the present world. Ask

the students to work in pairs or groups of 3-4 and

prepare a list of ideas to answer the questions:

a. Do we need a monarchy in the present

democracies?

b. What are/should be the duties of royal family

members?

EXTENSION/HOMEWORK

Ask students to write a for and against essay (250

words) answering question a. above.

Expected answers: regal symbols : crown, crown

jewels, throne, sceptre, coat of arms; places :

Buckingham Palace, Holyrood Palace, Windsor

Castle, Balmoral Castle, London, Westminster

Abbey; regal titles : king, queen, prince, princess,

duke, duchess, count, countess

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