IRISH LEGENDS - Cycle 4

LEGENDS OF THE

EMERALD

ISLE

SAINT

PATRICK

THE SECRET OF KELLS

MOLLY

MALONE

DOORS

OF DUBLIN

THE GIANT'S

CAUSEWAY

THE SECRET OF KELLS

Once upon a time, there was

a little boy called Brendan.

He lived with monks

in a monastery in Iona.

Iona was threatened by the Vikings. Brendan's tutor built walls

but other monks wrote

an illuminated book

to protect their culture.

The Secret

of Kells

Open !

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QUESTIONS :

1- Watch the video and try to understand the captions (=légendes).

2- Read the story and try to find the transparent words.

3- Look for the unknown words on www.deepl.com

3- Read the text again and find the following information :

PEOPLE / PLACES / ACTIONS

4- Copy the text in your notebook and circle the verbs. What do you notice ?

LESSON :

Pour faire un récit en anglais, je dois utiliser un temps du passé : le prétérit simple.

MOLLY

MALONE

Listen !

The legend

of Molly Malone

Once upon a time,

there was a beautiful woman.

She lived in Dublin.

She was a fishmonger

and so was her father.

She pushed her wheelbarrow and

sold cockles and mussels

in the streets. She died of a fever

and it is said that her ghost

still walks in Dublin.

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QUESTIONS :

1- MUSICAL DICTATION :

Watch the video and copy the lyrics in your copybook.

2- READING :

a) Read the story and try to find the transparent words.

b) Look for the unknown words on www.deepl.com

c) Read the text again and find the following information :

PEOPLE / PLACES / ACTIONS

4- Copy the text in your notebook and circle the irregular verbs in red and the regular verbs in green.

LESSON :

Pour former le prétérit simple, il faut savoir qu'il existe deux groupes de verbes en anglais. Les verbes réguliers auront la terminaison -d ou -ed. Les verbes irréguliers n'obéissent à aucune règle : il faut les apprendre par coeur.

SAINT

PATRICK

The legend

of Saint Patrick

Once upon a time,

there was a British man. At 16,

he was captured by pirates

and sold as a slave in Ireland.

After 6 years, he fled back to

England and became a priest.

He went back to Ireland

where he chased the snakes

and converted its inhabitants

to Catholicism.

Watch !

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QUESTIONS :

1- LISTENING :

Watch the video and make a list of the facts about St Patrick in your notebook.

2- READING :

a) Read the story and try to find the transparent words.

b) Look for the unknown words on www.deepl.com

c) Read the text again and find the following information :

TIMES / PLACES / ACTIONS

4- Copy the text in your notebook, but in the negative form (DIDN'T + base verbale).

LESSON :

Pour former la négation au prétérit, j'utilise l'auxiliaire DIDN'T (= DID NOT) suivi d'une base verbale.

THE

GIANT'S

CAUSEWAY

The legend

of the 2 Giants

NOUNS

Giant(s)

Causeway

Sea

Island

Stones

VERBS

FIGHT

THROW

CROSS

SHOUT

ATTACK

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QUESTIONS :

1- VOCABULARY :

Learn the nouns and verbs

2- GRAMMAR :

Look for the simple past form of the verbs (regular or irregular ?)

3 - WRITING :

Watch the video and rewrite the legend of the 2 giants with the vocabulary and in the simple past (5 lines).

DOORS

OF DUBLIN

The legend behind

the colourful doors

Why are these doors so colourful ?

Ireland was colonized by England.

When Queen Victoria, nicknamed

the “famine queen" in Ireland, died.

The Irish were told to paint

their doors black in mourning.

In rebellion, they painted

them in bright colours.

Find !

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QUESTIONS :

1- VOCABULARY :

Watch the video and look for the different colours used to paint the doors in the city of Dublin.

2- READING :

a) Read the text and find the transparent words.

b) Look for the French translation of the unknown words on www.deepl.com

c) Why are the Irish rebellious ?

3- GRAMMAR :

Observe the following sentences and circle the verbs. What do you notice ?

- The doors were painted with bright colours.

- The Irish were told to paint the doors in black.

- Ireland was colonized by England back then.

- Ireland was ruled by Queen Victoria.

WRITING

PROJECT

Your favourite

Irish legend !

Après avoir fait quelques recherches

internet sur les légendes irlandaises,

choisis celle que tu préféres.

Ecris ensuite cette histoire

sur une feuille que tu pourras

décorer comme un manuscrit,

ou avec des illustrations

et des enluminures.

Help !

Tu dois utiliser

le prétérit simple,

à la voix active

et à la voix passive.

IRISH LEGENDS - Cycle 4

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