Unit 3: Northern Ireland ❄ 🛳 ⚓

LISTENING ACTIVITY

 Listen the story about The myth of Oisín and the land of eternal youth while listening answer the following questions: (You can listen to the story twice to complete the activity). 

 1. Fill the gap: 

    - He was visited by the ______________________ Niamh. 

2. The Tuatha Dé Danann were...

   - the enemies of the Fianna.

   - the evil gods of Ireland. 

   - the people of ancient Ireland. 

   - the first saints of Ireland. 

3. Find the phrase that completes each sentences: (Match the items).

1. When he wished to hear music...             ...and colors that he had no name for.

2. He admired scenes of great beauty...      ...his ears filled with bewitching tones. 

3. When he hungered...              ... golden plates appeared laden with fragrant food. 

4. Fill the gap: 

   - Tir na nÒg was the land of ___________. 

5. Oisin Knew that Tir na nÒg was a place of eternal youth. 

                            TRUE 

                 FALSE

6. Select the right answer: Oisin lived in Tir na nÒg... 

   - for three years. 

   - for three hundred years. 

   - for three days. 

   - both three years and three days. 

   - both three years and three hundred years. 

5. Niamh never stopped looking for her husband. 

                            TRUE 

                 FALSE

READING ACTIVITY

Would you like to learn a bit more about Nepal? Here you have some clippings from magazines with more information about this beautiful country.

Did you know….?

Would you like to know more about the history about  Northern Ireland? Click here.  

Find out more about this legend. Click here. 

Did you know the Titanic? find out more here. 

Would you like to explore more this beautiful place? click here. 

Really spooky, isn´t it? More details about this scary story if your click here. 

Would you like to book a room with Spoke in this castle? hahaha!  click here! 

WRITING ACTIVITY

Spoke is really amazed about Northern Ireland and he wants to know more about this country. Would you like to teach Spoke more things about this country ?

Here is the next activity: Create a lap-book with fun stories, information about animals, people, food and places that can be found in this country.

This is an example of a lap-book: