Royal Family 2 A1 A2
Royal Family 2 A1 A2
Royal Family 2 A1 A2
Level: A1- A2
Introduction: This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out more about the British Royal Family and to practise their
Reading and writing skills.
Procedure:
Lead-in-Brainstorm Introduce your students to the world of British culture.
(10 minutes) Ask students if they know any typical holidays or festivals for United Kingdom.
You can visit www.gov.uk/bank-holidays for a list of all UK holidays.
Task 1 Reading Write on the board the names of the events that you can find on the poster. Tell your students that Royal
(15 minutes) Family members participate in these events. Ask students if they know anything about these events.
Divide students into groups.
Each group gets event descriptions. The students’ task is to recognize what event it is.
SET 1
Changing
Garden the Guard
Parties at Buckingham
Palace
Royal Remembrance
Ascot Day
Task 1 - Reading
Every year on the second This happens every year It’s an event that happens
Monday of March people on the Thursday before every day at 11 a.m.
from these countries Easter. The Queen travels at Buckingham Palace
celebrate This Day schools, to different cathedrals in London.
goverments and local or abbeys to give gifts to
communities organise local people. Usually she
different events and distributes special silver
celebrate. In London we coins.
can see some dancers,
singers and musicians
from different countires.
People can take part in
street parties , some
performances , sport
competitions , festivals
and shows.
This is a special week This Day is also known Every year over 30,000
of horse races in June. as Poppy Day. This is a guests spend a relaxed
The Queen has been memorial day observed summer afternoon in
interested in horses since in Commonwealth member the beautiful gardens of
she was a child. This week states to remember the Buckingham Palace or the
is the most popular race members of their armed Palace of Holyroodhouse.
meeting in Britain. Every forces who died during the They drink around 27,000
day there are many war. This Day is observed cups of tea and eat 20,000
visitors who are dressed on 11 November in most sandwiches and 20,000
up in their smart clothes countries to recall the end slices of cake!
and hats. of hostilities of First World
War on that date in 1918.
Task 2 - Writing
Choose 10 people from the Royal Family (from the poster). Write 10 sentences
what you would do if you were these people and you had a birthday.
Think about:
Useful vocabulary:
Examples: