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Teacher’s Notes

A VisiT To irelANd

by Magdalena Kondro

Type of activity: group, individual and pair work
Focus: vocabulary connected with the culture and

geography of Ireland; phrases to express likes;

reading, listening and speaking skills
level: elementary – pre-intermediate
Time: 30 minutes
Preparation: Make a copy of Student’s Worksheet

for each student.

Procedure:
1. Explain that St. Patrick’s Day is an Irish holiday,

which is now celebrated in many places around

the world. In today’s lesson students will find out

about Ireland’s popular symbols and tourist

attractions.

2. On the board write Ireland. In groups of 3-4,

students make a list of all the words they associate

with the country. Set a time limit and elicit the

words onto the board. Then students work

individually and copy the words in the alphabetical

order into their notebook. The first person to

finish, calls out: Stop! and all students must put

away their pens. Ask him/her to read the complete

list. If his/her alphabetical order is correct, this

person wins the game. If it is not, ask students to

resume their work until the next person calls out:

Stop. Repeat as above.

3. Students read about the Glooms’ visit to Ireland

in Activity 1 and complete the texts about their

favourite places with the corrects names a-f. In

pairs, students compare their answers. Check the

answers with the whole class. Elicit which words

helped students choose the correct names, eg 1.

The Blarney Castle – history, ruined, the top.
Explain any words from the texts students do not

understand.

4. If you have access to the Internet, ask students to

google the names of the attractions from Activity

1 and look at the photos. You can also set this task

for homework. If you have a map of Ireland, you

can show students the location of each of the

attractions mentioned.

5. In pairs, students complete Activity 2. They test

each other on how much they remember about

the tourist attractions from Activity 1. Student A

covers the texts and recalls everything he/she

remembers about attractions a-c. Student B

checks the answers in the texts. Then they change

roles. Student B says what he/she remembers

about attractions d-f. Student A checks the

answers. Alternatively, both students can cover

the texts, together recall everything they

remember about the attractions and then check

in the texts.

6. In Activity 3, students choose three of the

attractions they would like to visit in Ireland and

secretly write them down in their notebooks. In

pairs, students try to guess which three attractions

their classmate has chosen.

7. Go through the phrases for expressing likes in

Activity 1 with the whole class. Ask volunteers to

make their own sentences with each phrase. In

the same pairs as before, students then use the

phrases to explain their choices of the

attractions.

extension:
Students choose their favourite place in Poland

and write a paragraph about it, using the texts in

Activity 1 of their worksheets as a model.