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GUY FAWKES' DAY - BONFIRE NIGHT

Vocabulary - Pictures -
History, Poems and Songs - Listening -
Interactive activities -
Lesson plans - Webquests -
Interactive games - Games to print - Cartoons - Videos

(Updated on 18/10/2011)

 


Related pages :

The HOUSES of PARLIAMENT

 



 

 

 

Vocabulary :

 

Pictures :

 

 

History, Poems and Songs :

 

  • The Gunpowder Plot (parliament.uk)
    What exactly was the Gunpowder Plot?
    Who was involved in the Plot?
    How was the Plot discovered?
    What happened to Guy Fawkes and the other conspirators?
    How is the Gunpowder Plot remembered?
    Are the Houses of Parliament still searched before State Opening?
    Does the cellar where Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament still exist?
    + Further information about the Gunpowder Plot

 

  • Bonfire Night - November 5th - history and rhymes associated with the Gunpowder Plot (easy)
    (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)



 

Listening :

 

 

INTERACTIVE activities :

 

  • Quiz 2 : a text with 9 questions - Multiple-choice exercise (isabelperez.com)


 

Lesson plans :

  • Bonfire Night
    "Free lessons, online games and printable worksheets for adult learners and kids at all levels of English
    - vocabulary, reading, worksheets, spelling and grammar activities, word games and quizzes."

    (esolcourses.com)

  • Bonfire Night - Resources : History - Posters - Videos ...
    (parkfieldict.co.uk)

 

  • Festivals of Light : Resource packs "around 4 Festivals of Light: Diwali, Hanukkah, Saint Lucia and theGunpowder Plot, from the Symbols Inclusion Project.
    (widgit.com)

    This pack contains materials about four Festivals of Light.

    • Diwali : 19 activities including stories, a play script, picture and vocabulary books and activities for individual and small group work.
    • Hanukkah : 9 activities including the story of Hanukkah in a text and symbol supported versions, plus activities for individuals and small groups.
    • Saint Lucia : 8 activities including a story, wordsearch and information on the festival of St Lucia
    • Gunpowder Plot : 11 activities including stories, individual and groupwork. This includes a firework safety leaflet as well as a recipe and quiz.

In each set there are a number of resources for whole class work, small groups and independent workers. 
There are symbol - supported stories, text onlystories, information sheets, recipes, crosswords, word searches and many more."

  • Bonfire Night
    "Today's lesson comes from Britain where we look at the Bonfire Night celebrations of November 5th.
    Learn what happened to Guy Fawkes and the customs involved with this special event.
    As with other lessons on this site there will be a video, mp3 listening file and PDF lesson to download..."

    - with a VIDEO and the transcript - AUDIO - TEXTBOOK - and an interactive quiz
    (kibishipaul.com)
  • The Gunpowder Plot - with Activities : Wordsearch / Crossword / Quickquiz
    (History on the Net)
  • Bonfire Night - a lesson (British Council)
    Theme: Bonfire Night in the UK
    Lexical area: Festivals

 

Webquests :

 

  • November the fifth - a worksheet
    "Visit the sites ... to find out more about it and answer the questions."
    - questions suivies de mots croisés et d'un exercice sur le passif
    (Annie Gwynn)

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Guy Fawkes - with a video and an interactive game :
    "Hangman: Guess the letters in a hidden word or phrase."

    Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

 

  • Gunpowder Plot Game - advanced (BBC)
    "Answer the questions against the clock to track down the fizzing fuse..."

 

 

Games to print :

 

Cartoons :

  • Cartoon: Firework Day
    "Today, November 5th, is Firework Day (aka  Guy Fawkes Day) in Britain, an annual event when people let off fireworks and light bonfires in commemoration of the failed attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605..."

    + COMMENT + LINKS
    (englishblog.com)

 

 

 

Videos :

  • 'V for Vendetta' - Part 1 (VIDEO not available)
    Le début du film parle de Guy Fawkes.
    + the SCRIPT (imsdb.com)

 

  • Remember, Remember the 5th of November
    "Remember, Remember the 5th of November
    The Gun powder, Teason and Plot
    I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot."

    (YouTube)

 

  • Bonfire Night - "What happens to Guy Fawkes every November 5th?"
    (YouTube)