Guy_Fawkes_teachers_notes.pdf

Guy Fawkes Night, 5th November Elementary: Teacher's Notes

Ex. 1: 1 (b) 2 (d) 3 (a) 4 (c)

Ex. 2 - 5: (students' personal reactions). In exercise 2, you may wish to explain the word treason to the

students . Younger learners may be both attracted to, and at the same time scared of the idea of death

penalty. Take some time to read the information in exercise 5. Your students might also find it

interesting to learn that the 36 barrels of gunpowder mentioned in the text weighed about 2 tons.

Ex. 6: (a) Some children make an effigy of Guy Fawkes, called 'a guy' to burn it. Here you may wish to focus

on the traditional Polish custom of drowning an effigy symbolising winter, "Marzanna" .

(b) The children spend the money on fireworks.

Ex. 7: 1 (b) 2 (a) 3 (does not match any question) 4 (c)

Ex. 8: (students' personal reactions) It might be a good idea to organise a small exhibition of students' sketches

and ask a panel of judges, chosen from among the students, to choose the best design. The criteria by

which to judge could relate either to the artistic merit of the sketch or the creators' ingenuity in using

flammable materials. ☺

Ex. 9: The pairs of rhyming words are the following: remember – November; plot – forgot; reason – treason . You

may wish to explain to students that 'forgot' is not a verb form we would normally use, the correct form

should be 'forgotten'. The form 'forgot' is used for the sake of rhyme and rhythm.

The complete nursery rhyme is as follows:

Remember, remember / The fifth of November / Gunpowder, treason and plot / I see no reason / Why

gunpowder treason / Should ever be forgot.

You may ask students to memorise the poem as quickly as possible (set a time limit of 3 – 5 minutes)

and organise a little reciting competition.

Guy Fawkes Night, 5th November Intermediate: Teacher's Notes

Be careful to distribute the worksheets in such a way that students can work on exercise 4 in pairs of A + B.

Ex. 1: It is, of course, Guy Fawkes Night. The remaining two stanzas of the rhyme are as follows:

Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, ‘twas his intent

To blow up the King and the Parliament

With three score barrels of powder below

Poor old England to overthrow

But by God’s providence he was catch’d

With darkened lantern and slow burning match

Holloa boys, holloa boys, make the bells ring

Holloa boys, holloa boys, God saved the King!

Ex. 2:

(a) Guy Fawkes Night is also known as Bonfire Night Firework Night

(b) Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated in Great Britain Newfoundland (Canada) some areas of New

Zealand

(d) The origin of this celebration stems from events which took place in 1605

(e) What was the object of the Gunpowder Plot, the event which is the origin of this celebration? to

blow up English Parliament to kill King James I to restore Catholics to power

(f) What do people do on Guy Fawkes Night? watch fireworks displays burn Guy Fawkes dummies in

bonfires

Ex. 3 & 4: Students work in pairs. After they have counted their points, pool the class for scores and applaud

the winner(s). Congratulate them on their knowledge. Ask if they know anything else about the

festival.

Ex. 5: treason: the crime of being disloyal to your country or its government, especially by helping its enemies

or trying to remove the government using violence ( zdrada stanu )

plot: a secret plan by a group of people, to do something harmful or illegal ( spisek )

You may have a short discussion on possible ways of punishing people who have committed these

crimes. It might be a good idea to touch upon terrorism in the discussion.

Ex. 6: (a) False – the English fleet wasn't defeated. Elizabeth was angered by the very attempt to invade England

and wanted to take revenge on all the English Catholics who – she thought – helped Catholic

Spain prepare the invasion.

(b) True

lords met. ( Note: Some people think that it was the King himself and his men who framed the

conspirators into organising the plot so that they could have a reason for introducing even

stricter restrictions on the English Catholics and confiscating their lands and possessions. )

(d) False – one of the conspirators ( by the name of Francis Tresham ) sent a letter ( on 26 th October ) to his

cousin ( Lord Monteagle ) asking him not to attend Parliament on opening day. The cousin passed

the letter on to the people working with the king.

(e) True.

Ex. 7: (students' personal reactions)

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