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Examples : 
- Bonsai Trees
(tomsvariety.com)
- with Links to History and Facts
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Bring Luck With Lucky Bamboo, Give
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- Old Superstitions
:
Good Luck | Bad Luck | Acting & Stage | Animal | Card | Christmas |
New Years Baby | Wedding | New Home | Halloween | General | Hair | Death
(oldsuperstitions.com)
- Paraskevidekatriaphobia
- (macmillandictionary)
‘Touch wood, cross your fingers, and pop that lucky rabbit’s foot in
your pocket – and there will be an almost five-to-one chance that you
will not then be troubled today with paraskevidekatriaphobia – fear
of Friday the 13th.’
(Tim Radford, The Guardian, Friday 13th June 2003)
Idioms :
Listening :
- Friday
the 13th - AUDIO (BBC)
"Does the phrase "Oh no, it's Friday the 13th!" mean
anything to you?
Does this date fill you with fear, anxiety and foreboding - or is it
simply another day on the calendar?
Whether you're superstitious or not, join us as we try to find out why
Friday the 13th is such an infamous date."
- with the
script and a quiz
INTERACTIVE exercises :
- Superstitions
(British Council)
"At the top are nine pictures related to superstitions.
Below the superstitions are explained.
Can you put the pictures in the right boxes?"
Exercises TO PRINT :
- Ladders
and stairs -
"Write the interview.
The answers are given, fill in the questions.
You are a reporter for the large British paper 'The Independent'.
Recently there have been a large number of accidents relating to ladders
and stairs.
You are interviewing a very superstitious young man.
What do you ask him about?"
(fuv.hivolda.no)
Lesson plans :
-
Superstitions
"Take a look at the article, story, cartoon, word games,
trivia and links."
(British Council)
- Old
wives' tales - with Teacher's Notes (insideout.net)
Type of activity: Reading. Pair work.
Aims: To talk about superstitions.
Task: To match two halves of a superstition.
Conversation Questions :
Songs :
- Crystal
Ball by Keane :
"Oh, crystal ball, crystal ball,
Save us all, tell me life is beautiful,
Mirror, mirror on the wall."
- Good
Luck Charm by Elvis Presley :
"Don't want a four leaf clover
Don't want an old horse shoe..."
- Life
by Des'ree - with activities
- Superstition
by Stevie Wonder :
"Very superstitious, ladders bout’ to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin’ glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past."
Poems :
- SNEEZE
- LIEN MODIFIE
"Mémorise ce poème et interroge-toi...
Clique sur le texte pour qu'il s'efface!"
(Hervé Humbert)
Cartoons :
INTERACTIVE games :
Jokes :
- "Teacher: Can people predict the future with cards?
Student: My mother can.
Teacher: Really?
Student: Yes, she takes one look at my report card and tells
me what will happen when my father gets home."
( Weekly Tips for Teachers
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Videos :
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