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Pancake Day

Hello, everyone! I am glad to see you.

What is this week devoted to? What do people usually do during this week?

What day of the week is it today ? How do we call this day if we compare it with the day of the Pancake week?

1)Warm-up

Make up as many English words as you can from the word-combination: PANCAKE DAY

2)Let’s watch a short video and learn some useful information about this holiday.

https://youtu.be/2sIHCsdWKGI

3)Watch it once again and Write five questions about Pancake Day in the table. Do this in pairs/groups. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.

Without your partner, interview other students. Write down their answers. ((https://eslholidaylessons.com/02/pancake_day.html)

4)Let’s discuss this video by asking and answering questions.We are going to compare traditional Russian festival,Maslenitsa with the British pancake week.

Conclusion. Similarities and Differences.

5) Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly. ( WITHOUT READING IT) Then read the text and check.

Pancake Day is a favorite of children in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It is on this day they get to eat as many pancakes as they want – all smothered with syrup, or lemon and sugar, or strawberry sauce. It is also called Shrove Tuesday. This is a religious holiday on the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. During the 40 days of Lent, people used to fast and eat only the simplest of food. Things like eggs, milk and sugar had to be thrown away. Instead of wasting food, people traditionally used these ingredients to make pancakes. It became a mini celebration and people topped their pancakes with delicious things they could not eat for another 40 days. Few people nowadays fast for 40 days.

Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Day are not so well known in the United States. Americans are more familiar with Mardi Gras, which is also on the day before Ash Wednesday and is a very similar celebration. Different countries hold different events for Pancake Day. In England, some towns have pancake races. People must run a race with a frying pan and toss the pancakes as they run. The winner is the first person to cross the finishing line with a pancake that is still intact. Children like to have a go at tossing the hot pancakes out of the frying pan in their kitchens. In Newfoundland, Canada, the cook puts a ring or a coin in the pancakes. The person who finds the coin will be rich and the person who finds the ring will be the next to get married.

(https://eslholidaylessons.com/02/pancake_day.html)

5)We’ve found out some interesting facts. Let’s get to know one more interesting tradition. Look at the screen! What traditions have you noticed?

https://youtu.be/LzmA-mQo0Fs

6)We know that this festival is impossible without pancakes. Let’s bake them)

Song with movements and the recipe.

https://youtu.be/vPccTY3sph4

7) Tea-party with pancakes.

Hometask: multiple-choice task

Pancake Day is a (1) ____ of children in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. It is on this day they get to eat as (2) ____ pancakes as they want – all smothered with syrup, or lemon and sugar, or strawberry sauce. It is also called Shrove Tuesday. This is a (3) ____ holiday on the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. During the 40 days of Lent, people used to (4) ____ and eat only the simplest of food. Things like eggs, milk and sugar had to be thrown away. Instead of (5) ____ food, people traditionally used these ingredients to make pancakes. It became a mini celebration and people (6) ____ their pancakes with delicious things they could not eat for another 40 days. Few people nowadays fast for 40 days. 

Shrove Tuesday and Pancake Day are not so well (7) ____ in the United States. Americans are more familiar with Mardi Gras, which is also on the day before Ash Wednesday and is a very (8) ____ celebration. Different countries hold different events for Pancake Day. In England, some towns have pancake races. People must run a race with a frying pan and toss the pancakes as they (9) ____. The winner is the first person to (10) ____ the finishing line with a pancake that is still intact. Children like to have a     (11) ____ at tossing the hot pancakes out of the frying pan in their kitchens. In Newfoundland, Canada, the cook puts a ring or a coin in the pancakes. The person who finds the coin will be rich and the person who finds the ring will be the (12) ____ to get married.

Put the correct words from this table into the article.

(https://eslholidaylessons.com/02/pancake_day.html)