Theme: April Fool’s Day
Lexical area: Jokes and hoaxes.

In this lesson students will learn about April Fool’s Day in the UK. They will discuss whether they have a similar day in their country, read about attitudes to April Fool’s Day in the UK, read about and then explain some famous April Fool’s Day tricks and finally come up with their own trick to play on someone else.


Aims:
• To practise speaking skills
• To practise reading skills
• To learn vocabulary related to April Fool’s Day

Age group: 12- adult


Level: A2/ B1


Time: 60 minutes


Materials:April Fool’s Day student worksheet and April Fool’s Day tricks handout

 

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