WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IRELAND? ( 4th and 5th grade classes )

           As you know English is taught in our school. For that reason we want to design different activities to improve our pupil’s level of English. This year Denis is going to help us to do just that.

Denis is a native English speaker from Ireland. He will live in Zamora this year and will work with us. He will also have the amazing experience of living abroad.

Denis comes every Monday to María Inmaculada and helps our students to learn English in the most effective way.

Last Monday, 19^th of October, he was working with the 4^th and 5^th grade classes.

To break the ice we began the lesson asking some QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM SELVES i.e. Name, age, hobbies…

The second part of the session was… GEOGRAPHY TIME!

What´s the capital of Spain?

What’s the second biggest city in Spain?

Do you know the capital of Ireland?

After drawing a map on the board Denis started asking if they knew some well-known UK and Ireland cities.

   I.E what is the name of city number 1? 

... Game:  GUESS THE WORD!

The first player chooses an item and writes the word in a notebook. After that a clue is given 

(e.g. It is something you can find in…   

It is something you can buy at…   

It is something made of…).  

Players take turns guessing what the object is. The player who guesses the right answer becomes the next person to choose an object.

Now our students know what the Spire, Irish stew, the Liffey river and the Irish flag are.

The Spire of Dublin

An Irish stew

Liffey river

Ireland flag

Do you know it ?