1. SECUENCIA DIDÁCTICA
The Great Irish Legends
Topics  Ireland Republic: Location, music, people, holidays and festivals.
 The Saint Patrick Story and the symbols: The Shamrock, the
Leprechauns, and the Blarney Stone
 Past tense
 Activities at home
Context Students of eighth grade. They live in 2 and 3 social level. They are
between 12 and 14 years old.
Time four weeks - two hours per week
Objective To recognize and value the importance of the traditions related to
the culture of the English country Ireland.
Specific
Objectives  To develop listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar and
cultural skills through different kinds of exercises.
 To understand why some of these legends are considered as
national holidays in the United States.
Place Classroom, English Lab
School
Materials
Workguide, cds, tv set, internet
ACTIVITIES OF DIDACTIC SEQUENCE
Activity Description Time Product
One
(in pairs)
The students have to access some
links to find out information of the
Ireland Republic. Then, they make
One
week
Oral presentations:
Coherence and logical
arrangement of the

2. oral Presentations about: location,
capital, official languages, famous
people, traditions, holidays and
festivals.
ideas.
Two
(Group
work)
For good readers and writers:
The students ask and answer
questions after reading a text about
the St. Patrick Story
One
week
Evaluation in
competition:
Personal opinions of the
legend by answering
questions. They have to
explain their answers.
Three
(Group
work)
How to plan a writing:
The students write short paragraphs
taking into account the coherence
and the language elements in the
ideas.
One
week
In papers, they write
their favorite ideas of
the assigned legend and
the diagram of the key
words.
Four
(Group
work)
Are games a waste of time?
The students write directions on a
board game that include rules about
the studied topics: Ireland’s legends
and general information (descriptions
and guessing words)
One
week
Work group: The word
game: Free and written.
four
(Group
work)
Feedback:
Editing and correction work done.
one
week
Work group: They
present a report of the
feedback
Evaluation
Cognitive
Performance
Understand vocabulary and grammar to communicate using the
four language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).
Procedural
Performance
Use web pages to look for material.
Apply technology to make presentations.
Attitudinal
performance
Be responsible for working in group.

3. Be attended to the commands.
Be creative using language to communicate.
Behave well with others.