Interactive Language

  St. Patrick's Day Reading Comprehension & Questions includes a quick 2-page reading comprehension exercise and accompanying quiz for St. Patrick's Day. Many of my students don't know a lot about St. Patrick's Day, which isn't a common holiday where I am, so I put together this reading comprehension exercise to help them get a better understanding of the holiday and associated customs. The 2-page, 400-word reading comprehension file covers three topics: History and Origin of St. Patrick’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day Traditions, and Irish Mythology and Symbols of Luck. A vocabulary list is included at the end of the file. The students can then use the accompanying quiz to test their understanding of the reading comprehension file. There's a 3-page printable quiz file that can be printed out and given to students, and a self-checking digital quiz file that can be used for going through the quiz questions with students. There are a total of 15 quiz questions. (Ans...

Let's talk about St. Patrick's Day, which is coming up this month on March 17. This holiday isn't common where I am, so students were quite curious about its origins and traditions. This lesson is called Let's Talk About St. Patrick's Day and is part of my  Seasonal Conversations in English  lesson bundle, which takes students through a conversation between two people talking about various holidays.  The lesson starts with a brief one-page introduction to the holiday: We then move into a short conversation between two people who discuss the origins of St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day traditions, and Irish foods eaten on St. Patrick's Day. The conversation slides all have embedded audio files which can be played by clicking on the blue icon in the top left corner: There is also a slide with an audio file for the entire conversation: For beginner-level students, I tend to play the conversation line by line first so they can read along with the attached...

St. Patrick's Day isn't celebrated (or even commonly known) where I am, so I wasn't sure whether or not to make any related products, but...there aren't that many special occasions in March, I'm saving lessons on spring for April, and today a student asked about St. Patrick's Day, saying they had seen a video talking about it online, so I decided I might as well make some materials. Words for St. Patrick's Day   contains an interactive point-and-click game to help beginner to intermediate ESL students learn vocabulary associated with St. Patrick's Day. This lesson is part of the Words for Holiday bundle, which contains lessons for Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Lesson materials include an interactive gameplay slideset, vocabulary slides with embedded audio files, discussion questions, and writing prompts, so students can practice reading, listening, writing, and speaking all in one lesson! The...