This lesson plan introduces learners to how Easter is celebrated in America.
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12 What do you eat at Easter? Chocolate eggs? American kids eat jelly beans! This man is making the beans. He is adding sugar. This lady is checking the beans. The colours and flavours are mixed. A machine puts jelly beans into packets. Q: What’s this? A: It’s a factory, in California, USA. Q: What does it make? A: It makes sweets – jelly beans! Q: How many jelly beans does it make every year? A: It makes 15 million kilos! Q: What do American kids do with the jelly beans at Easter? A: The parents hide the jelly beans around the house or garden. Then, the kids find beans and put them in baskets – then, they eat them! YUM!
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What do you eat at Easter? Chocolate eggs? American kids eat jelly beans!
This man is making the beans. He is adding sugar. This lady is checking the beans.
The colours and fl avours are mixed. A machine puts jelly beans into packets.
Q: What’s this?A: It’s a factory, in California, USA.
Q: What does it make?A: It makes sweets – jelly beans!
Q: How many jelly beans does it make every year?A: It makes 15 million kilos!
Q: What do American kids do with the jelly beans at Easter?
A: The parents hide the jelly beans around the house or garden. Then, the kids fi nd beans and put them in baskets – then, they eat them! YUM!
Culture
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SPORTSTARS
THE EYE
FILM
THE LONDON RAP
THE CLICK QUESTION
All answers are on page 14 ☞
BEFORE YOU READWhat do you eat at Easter?
www.jellybean.com
Look at the photos. Where can you see these things?
an American fl ag
a green hat
lots of orange beans
a yellow hat
blue gloves
My Jelly BeanThink of a new jelly bean fl avour. Draw it here:
What colour is your jelly bean?
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What fl avour is your jelly bean?
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These are the most popular jelly bean fl avours in the USA.
1. Cherry 2. Strawberry
3. Grape 4. Lime
Now the jelly beans are ready. They can go to the shops!
The Jelly Belly jelly bean company makes some strange fl avours, too!
• Garlic • Popcorn • Cappuccino
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American kids eat 16 billion jelly beans at Easter.
The beans are drying in trays in the different colours and fl avours.
