Monday, 5 November 2012

GUY FAWKES

1. Watch the video and complete the chant.
"Remember, Remember, the 5th of ___________________,
The gunpowder treason plot
I know of no _______________ why the gunpowder treason
should ever be __________________."

2. Click on the link to get some information about Guy Fawkes. Then answer the following questions.
1-When did the plot take place?
2-What was the name of the King at the moment?
3-What did Guy Fawkes plan to do?
4-How did he plan to do it?
5-Why was he discovered?
6-When? Where? What was he doing?
7-Where was he taken by the soldiers?
8-Why is the 5th of November called Bonfire Night?
9-Read about the food people eat on Bonfire Night. Divide them into healthy or unhealthy food.
10-Find photographs of the two important monuments mentioned in Guy Fawkes' story.


3. True or False.
a-Guy Fawkes didn't act alone.
b-The plotters succeeded.
c-Children make bonfires every 5th November to celebrate that the King didn't die.








4. Vocabulary to learn: Divide  the words into verbs or nouns. Translate them into Spanish.
Gunpowder                                 plot                                plotter                             bonfire
effigy                                          blow up                          fireworks          let off             
 cellar                                          firework display


5. Finally, watch the video to see how children celebrate Bonfire Night and answer the questions:
1. What does the girl put in a can?
2. What is the boy making?
3. He uses his ________________, puts some _________inside and then draws a ____________.
4. What do they ask for in the Street? "___________for the __________". What do they use it for?
5. What do they finally do with the "guy"?
5. The King of England was a ___________________and he plotters were _________________.
6. What happened to Guy Fawkes? He was __________________.