What do these pictures have in common?

They are all about Saint Patrick’s day

Your projectYou are going to celebrate Saint Patrick’s

day at your secondary school and welcome pupils from the primary school.For this occasion, you are going to create

a poster about this festival and a quiz.

And to do that…First, you are going to learn some vocabulary to play goose gameThen, you are going to know more about the culture and traditions of Ireland through a webquest and biographies of famous Irish authorsNext, you are going to learn how to talk about past events studying the origins of that festival, the tales and a songLast, you are going to know more about St Patrick’s day in the world and you’ll create your poster and your quiz

Any questions???

Your turn now!!!

How much do you know about celebrations in the English-

speaking world?Read your worksheet, then choose the date and the

sentences and match them with the right celebrations

December 26th

October 12th

November 5th

October 31st

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5

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July 4th

The fourth

Monday of May

The third Monday in May

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April 23rd

March 17th

October 21st

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February 14th

November 11th

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Let’s focus on St Patrick’s dayLook at the flashcards, listen, repeat and memorize

Now take your worksheet and match the sentences with the pictures

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Now, learn more about Saint Patrick’s day, read and recap

Today is March 17th, it’s…

Saint Patrick

He is the Patron Saint of Ireland.

He converted the Gaelic Irish to Christianity.

He died on March 17th

March 17th is a Catholic holy day.

Saint Patrick’s DayMarch 17th is a “Be Irish” day.

People celebrate the Irish culture.

Saint Patrick’s DayPeople wear green clothes and Irish symbols.

There are parades in the streets.

Saint Patrick’s DayPeople listen to Irish music, drink beer and dance jigs.

Saint Patrick’s DayGreen is the Irish traditional colour, look at photos of Chicago and New York on Saint Patrick’s Day.

the Chicago river and the Empire State Building

Now let’s recap…

celebrated

festival patron saint

four-leaf clover

parades green baconcabbagefiddle uilleann pipe bodhran

beer jigsleprechauns

pot of gold rainbow

shamrock

Blarney stone

Let’s play goose game

Play again

Go back5

spaces

Roll the dice!!Play again = relance le dé

Go back 5 spaces = retourne 5 cases en arrière

Go back

7 spaces

What is the other name

of St Patrick’s

day?

What is the name of the traditional meal that

Irish eat on St Patrick’s

day?

What colour are the Irish’s clothes on St Patrick’s

day?

HOMEWORK1) Learn your vocabulary for the test at the beginning of the lesson2) Do the crosswords