Level: Upper Intermediate

The aim of this lesson is to give students practice in reading an article about St. Patrick's Day for specific information and then the opportunity to talk about the customs and traditions of their own country's national day.

The plan is based around a text from the British Council LearnEnglish Central website at: http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-magazine-st-patrick.htm

The webpage also has a variety of online interactive activities.
We have also included the text for students and teachers without Internet access in class.

Plan components

Lesson Plan: - guide for teacher on procedure.

Download lesson plan 82k pdf

Worksheets: - exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

• Comprehension questions
• Complete text

Download worksheet 94k pdf

For more information about this topic you can visit these British Council and BBC sites:

• http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-magazine-st-patrick.htm
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/index.shtml

Alastair Bassett, Senior Teacher, Trainer, British Council Prague

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