Easter questions

 Facts about Easter

Instructions: 

Highlight the correct answer for each question.

Questions:

1.What is Easter? 

a) a new student at Pt England b) a Christian religious tradition

 c) A city in Mexico             d) A Christmas extra holiday

2. What does Good Friday mean?

a) Jesus died on the cross and his body was taken to a tomb

b) we have special discounts at the Malls

c) we have a great Friday at School

d) it’s a public holiday for only schools

3. Easter falls on different dates on the calendar.  How is it calculated? 

a) We choose a date from a hat.

b) Jacinda Ahern picks a date from the calendar 

c) Easter Sunday as the Sunday after the first full moon after the (northern hemisphere) spring equinox.

d)  When it falls on Mrs Sio’s birthday

 

4. Why do we have chocolate easter eggs? 

Answer: we have chocolate easter eggs because those who follow the religious meanings, hollow chocolate eggs have become a symbol of Jesus’s empty tomb. Also chocolate easter eggs are also a symbol of rebirth. 

5. Who are the main ideas in this text?

=> jesus’s death, the meaning of Easter and good Friday.

6. What did you not know about Easter, that you’ve learnt today?

→Today I just learnt that easter chocolate eggs are a symbol of Jesus’s empty tomb.