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1. Which of these things or people do you think you are going to find in a book about Ireland? Tick seven boxes wine potatoes dancing skyscrapers beer pubs hot dogs basketball apples horses elephants George Washington Bob Geldof Vikings fish and chips hotels 2. Read the back cover of the book, and the introduction on the first page. How much do you know now about Ireland? Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1. There has been peace in Ireland for a long time. ( F ) 2. Something important happened on Easter Sunday 1916. ( T ) 3. Ireland is hot, dry country. ( F ) 4. Many Irish people left the country in the seventeenth century. ( F ) 5. To understand Ireland today you need to look at its past. ( T ) 6. Singing and dancing are important in Ireland. ( T ) Read Chapters 1,2, and 3. Circle the correct word. 1. Most Irish people can ski/sing. 2. Most of Ireland’s mountains/lakes are near the sea. 3. The Giant’s Causeway is made of strange islands/rocks. 4. Life on the Aran Islands changes quickly/slowly. 5. In the north and west of Ireland it is warm and wet/dry and hot. 6. Irish wine/milk and meat are some of the best in the world. 7. Irish people sell dogs/horses to many countries. 8. Many Celtic people wore gold tings around their necks and arms/feet and legs. 9. Hurling is a popular Celtic game/dance. Alumna: Gómez Contreras Alma Eréndira Profesor: Rosales Varela Julio César Grupo: HD Trimestre: 20O
- Irish is very like/different from English. Read Chapter 4 and then put these sentences in the correct order.
- ( 6 ) One ship went in front of the other.
- ( 3 ) The bloody fingers of the hand closed on the land.
- ( 1 ) They decided to race to the beach in their ships.
- ( 8 ) Then a man in the second ship cut off his hand.
- ( 4 ) The man with one hand said, “this is our land”.
- ( 7 ) Two groups of Vikings wanted to build a town in the same place in Ulster.
- ( 2 ) He threw it over the first ship to the beach.
- ( 5 ) “We’re going to win” said a man in the first ship. Read Chapter 5. Choose the best question word for these questions, and then answer them. What/When/Who/Why
- Who was king of Ireland after 1169? King Henry, the Second of England.
- What _ was the Plantation of Ulster? A plan to take land from the Catholic and give it to Protestant.
- Who _ brought an English army to Ireland in 1649? Oliver Cromwell.
- When did the Siege of Derry end? When three Protestant ships arrived with food and soldiers.
- Who won the Battle of the Boyne and the Battle of Aughrim? King William
- Why _ do Protestants march on 12 July? To remember the Battle of the Boyne. Read Chapters 6,7 and 8, and then answer the questions.
- What big change happened in Ireland in 1801? The Act of Union, it made that Ireland and Britain were just one country.
- What happened to many poor Irish people in the 1840s? They died because something killed the potatoes they ate.
- Why do people march in New York on St Patrick’s Day? Because they remember how Irish people died.
- Why did the group called Sinn Fein begin? Because they wanted speak Irish again and perpetuate their culture.
- Why did the Protestants make an army in 1914? Because they wanted to keep the Act of Union.
- What happened in Dublin on Easter Monday, 1916? Pearse went into the Post Office and said “Today Ireland is a free country!” unleashing a battle.
- When did the Irish government begin to meet in Dublin? In 1921.
- What happened on “Bloody Sunday”? British soldiers killed 14 Catholic marchers in Derry.
- Why did ten people die in prison in 1980? Because they wanted to be political prisoners.
1. Match the sentences with the people. Then use the sentences to write a short description of each person. Use pronouns ( he, she ) and linking words ( and, but, so, when, who ). Bob Geldof/James Joyce/Molly Malone/Patrick Pearse/Saint Patrick/William of Orange 1. Molly Malone was a poor but beautiful girl. 2. Bob Geldof was angry about the lives of poor people. 3. Patrick Pearse was the leader of the Irish Nationalist. 4. William of Orange is called “King Billy” by Protestant Orangemen. 5. James Joyce was born in 1882. 6. Saint Patrick learned about God in a French monastery. 7. Patrick Pearse took men to the Post Office on Easter Monday, 1916. 8. James Joyce wrote a book about one day in Dublin. 9. William of Orange became King of Ireland after James the Second. 10. Molly Malone sold cockles and mussels on the streets of Dublin. 11. Bob Geldof wants to change the world. 12. Saint Patrick came back to Ireland to teach the Irish about God. 13. William of Orange won the Battle of the Boyne against the Catholics. 14. Saint Patrick made Ireland an important Christian country. 15. James Joyce left Ireland and went to live in France. 16. Molly Malone died when she was young. 17. Patrick Pearse died in Kilmainham Prison in Dublin. 18. Bob Geldof planned some big concerts which made money for people in Africa. a. Bob Geldof was a singer who wanted to change the world with his songs, he was angry about the live of poor people, so he planned some big concerts which made money for people in Africa. b. James Joyce was a writer who born in 1882, he wrote a book about one day in Dublin called Ulysses , but he left Ireland to live in France because he had different and new ideas, and some Irish didn’t like them. c. Molly Malone is a statue of a poor and beautiful girl who sold cockles and mussels on the streets of Dublin, but sadly she died when was young. d. Patrick Pearse was one leader of the Irish Nationalist, it began when he took men to the Post Office on Easter Monday in 1916, time after he died in Kilmainham Prison in Dublin. e. Saint Patrick was a man who went to French were learned about God in a monastery, then he came back to Ireland to teach the Irish about God. He made Ireland an important Christian country. f. William of Orange was a King of Ireland after James the Second, he won the Battle of the Boyne against the Catholic, and the Protestant Orangemen called him “King Billy”.
2. Use the clues below to complete this crossword with words from the story. Then find the hidden place name in the crossword. (^1) L E A D E R (^2) M O N K S (^3) S U R R E N D E R (^4) L A N D (^5) P R O T E S T A N T (^6) V I K I N G S (^7) P R E S I D E N T (^8) B E E R (^9) P A R A D E (^10) F A R M (^11) H I S T O R Y
- Patrick Pearse was this for the Irish Nationalists.
- These people lived a quiet life on Skellig Michael.
- To stop fighting because you cannot win.
- A piece of ground.
- The Orangemen belong to this religion.
- These visitors to Ireland built cities like Dublin and Cork.
- The Irish one lives in a house in Phoenix Park, Dublin.
- Guinness is a famous black kind of this.
- There is one of these on St Patrick’s Day in New York.
- Land where people grow food and keep animals.
- All the things that happened in the past. The hidden place name is Londonderry.
4. Complete this report about Celts and Vikings in Ireland, using the words below (one word for each gap). ago, attack, built, came, different, English, fighters, first, found, games, jewellery, language, monasteries, north, Norway, Spain, speak, stole, Ulster, Wales, Waterford Both the Celts and the Vikings came to Ireland from other countries – the Celts from France and Spain , the Vikings from Norway. Both were strong fighters , but the Celts also made beautiful jewellery. The Celts arrived first , thousands of years ago. They brought with the Celtic games , like hurling, and also music. The Irish language , which some people still speak in Ireland today, is Celtic too, but it is very different from English. There are other Celtic languages in Wales , Scotland, and parts of Europe. The Vikings began to attack Ireland around 800. Often, they attacked the monasteries and stole the beautiful things that they found there. But some Vikings stayed and built towns. Waterford , Dublin and Cork were all Vikings towns. They also went to live in the north of Ireland in Ulster. 5. Choose a city or part of Ireland that you would like to visit. Find some more information about it, and make a poster or give a talk to your class. Look for answers to these questions: What do you know about its history, famous people, or famous places? Honestly, I don’t know too much about Dublin, but the only famous person who I know he born there is Oscar Wilde, he is remembered for his epigrams and plays, and for his novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. What do people make or do in this part of Ireland? Dublin is a place with a lot of history, is famous for their cathedrals, pubs and historical museums, so I think is necessary visit them. What can visitors see or do there? They can visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Library of Trinity College, Christ Church Cathedral, Kilmainham Gaol Prison, walk across Ha’Penny Bridge. Why would you like to go there? Because I think is a beautiful and quite city with too much history.
