EVERYTHING BECOMES GREEN

FLASHMOB IN SIDNEY

TREASURE HUNT

by Suzanne Talary and Amaya Gómez with the collaboration of Catalina Torres and Blake Buss

Students will be divided into four groups of seven each. The teacher will give them five different questions they will have to answer. All the required information is on this page, they will have to pay attention to the listenings and power point presentation. Besides of this, they will have to read about this festival.

QUESTIONS:

1. On what day is St Patrick’s Day celebrated every year?
2. What traditional food is typically prepared on St Patrick’s Day?
3. What are the four common traditions on St Patrick’s Day?
4. Why was St Patrick captured and taken to Ireland?
5. When was St Patrick born?
6. What does the symbol of the shamrock represent?
7. What are the two things that St Patrick’s Day commemorates?
8. St Patrick’s Day is a public holiday in which places?
9. In St Patrick’s declaration, what did God tell Patrick to do?
10. Why did St Patrick return to Ireland?
11. What is the name of the three-leaved plant?
12. In which year did St Patrick’s Day become an official public holiday in Ireland?
13. When and where was the first St Patrick’s Day parade held in the Irish Free State?
14. What colour is typical to wear on St Patrick’s Day?
15. What does the Irish breakfast consist of on St Patrick’s Day?
16. Where is St Patrick believed to have been born?
17. What happens if you find a shamrock?
18. What day did St Patrick die?
19. What happens if you find a Leprechaun?
20. What is a Leprechaun?

WATCH THIS PRESENTATION:



LISTEN TO:

Blake Buss, Paul Devlin and Danny Hennessy talking about St. Patrick´Day.




READ THIS DOCUMENT:

The Dubliners - Molly Malone