Easter SL LJ2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo
• Leerjaar 2

Dates 

Tongue Twister

Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs

Try and say this  5 times in a row. 

3 students may come forward

Which religion celebrates Easter?

1. Atheism
2. Christianity
3. Hinduism

Text 1

The first known Easter candy, chocolate eggs, appeared in the 19th century, followed by jelly beans in the 1930s and Peeps in the 1950s. Other varieties have been added, but these candies still rank highly in sales.

Americans spend an average of $2 billion on Halloween candy, $1.9 billion on Easter candy, $1.4 billion on Christmas candy and $1 billion on Valentine’s Day candy. Trumped by Halloween, Easter is known as the second best-selling candy holiday in the nation.

Easter is the second biggest candy consuming holiday. Which holiday is the first?

1. Christmas
2. Valentine's Day
3. Father's Day
4. Halloween

Lamb

Easter eggs

Lady bug

Easter bonnet

Chick

Bunny

Basket

Bee

Text 2 - read on your own and in silence

Nowadays people give each other Easter eggs made of chocolate, usually hollow and filled with sweets. Children in Britain hunt for (chocolate) Easter eggs hidden about the home or garden by the Easter bunny.  In the USA, the bunny has also been popular for centuries already.

Strangely the bunny as an Easter symbol seems to have it's origins in Germany, where it was first mentioned in German writings in the 16th Century. The first edible Easter bunnies appeared in Germany during the early 1800s, they were made of pastry and sugar.

In what country did the Easter Bunny originate?

1. Egypt
2. Britain
3. Germany
4. USA

What is your favourite flavour Easter egg? No right or wrong answers here...

Dark Chocolate (Red)

Milk chocolate (Blue)

White chocolate (Gold)

Raise if you found the...

Spot the panda

Text 3 - read on your own and in silence. 

The first chocolate Easter egg in England was made in Bristol back in 1873. America produces 91.4 billion chocolate Easter eggs each and every year, as well as 90 million chocolate bunnies. 

Even though Switzerland is famous for its chocolate, the tallest Easter egg was created in Italy in 2011. It was a mighty 10.39 metres high and weighed a heavy 7,200kg. That means it was taller than a giraffe and heavier than an elephant!

The largest chocolate Easter egg made was taller than a giraffe and weighed more than an elephant! Where was it made?

1. Italy
2. England
3. America
4. Switzerland

Paasei traktatie verdubbelen?

Easter egg hunt in the classroom!

3 students... via the randomizer.