APRIL FOOLS' DAY

History and Traditions :

- Whales abandoned in school pool (CBBC) - Whales in the pool? APRIL FOOL! (CBBC) - Can you spot the April fools' gags? - interactive quiz (The Guardian) - Famous April Fool's Day Hoaxes (wyrdology.com) April Fools' Day "April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is a day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication onfriends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on a fool's errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible... The earliest recorded association between April 1 and foolishness can be found in Chaucer'sCanterbury Tales (1392). "  See Well-known pranks + April Fools' Day in media (Wikipedia) Museum of Hoaxes: Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time (museumofhoaxes.com) Origine et citations (wilstar) Learn all about the history of April Fool's Day (about.com) Traditions et Poèmes (about.com) April Fools Day (learnenglish.de) April Fools Day (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk) The Perfect April Fools Day Joke (phonydiploma.com)

Vocabulary :

• April Fool Dictionary (about.com)

Listening :

• April Fool's Day - AUDIO + a VIDEO (BBC)  

• Spaghetti Harvest - a video (BBC) 

Conversation questions :

• Conversation Questions : April Fool's Day (iteslj)

INTERACTIVE exercises : 

• Jokes, tricks and pranks - interactive quiz
  (BBC)
• April Fools Day - Reading comprehension with an interactive exercise(2ndnature-online-eikaiwa.com)
  

• April Fool's Day Quiz (about.com)

• Quotations - What they say about fools - Matching exercise

• Can you spot the April fools' gags? - interactive quiz (The Guardian)

Exercises TO PRINT :

• April Fools' Day  - UPDATED
  "Fill in each blank space with the correct response."
  ex : "Another word for "practical joke" is ... (prank/plank)."(eslpdf.com)

Lesson plans :

• April Fool's Day.
  "Take a look at the article, story, cartoon, trivia, links, history and word game."
  (British Council)

• April Fool's Day - a lesson plan (eslholidaylessons.com) 
  Word Doc | PDF | MP3 Listening  | Online Exercise

• April Fool's Day - a lesson plan (British Council) 
  Level - Intermediate and above "This lesson gives students the opportunity to find out about what happens on April Fool's Day, April 1st, in the UK.
  It's the one day of the year when it's acceptable to play jokes on your friends and colleagues.
  Many countries have their own equivalent of April Fool's Day."

Webquests : 

• Scavenger Hunt : APRIL FOOL (Education World)
  
  

INTERACTIVE games :

• April Fool's Day Word Search (surfnetkids.com)
  
  

Songs :

• April Fools Day (nwfolk.com)