Tales from Ireland - Blue Mango Theatre

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TALES FROM IRELAND-TEACHER’S NOTES
SYNOPSIS
This is the story of an intelligent and mischievous Leprechaun and a foolish boy known as
‘Clever’ Tom. Leprechauns are famous for having lots of gold, so when Clever Tom finds
Shamus, the leprechaun of our story, he tries to get his fortune. However, Shamus is a very
clever Leprechaun and won’t give away his treasure so easily. Also, Leprechauns love a
good prank and hardly ever miss a chance to play tricks on humans. Will Clever Tom fall for
Shamus’ tricks? Will Clever Tom get his fortune?
AIM:
Getting to know
the characters
and setting of the
play.
AIM:
Getting to know
what a Leprechaun
is
AIM:
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Leprechaun’s
song
WORKSHEET 1 FLASHCARDS
Use the flashcards so that students learn the names that will be useful for the
play: Leprechaun; Ireland; Crock/pot of gold; Shamrock; Field; Bait; Shovel/
spade; Trap; Weed; Clever Tom; Waterfall; Ribbon
Note: make sure you teach them that the Leprechaun is clever and that ‘Clever’
Tom is in fact a fool.
WORKSHEET 2
This is an exercise to teach students what a Leprechaun is. Some sentences are
false. Students should try to do this exercise based on what they know. In case
they know nothing about Leprechauns they should be able to use internet to
find out which sentences are true and which aren’t. After finding out which
sentences are false and which are true, you can tell them to test their partners,
by asking them questions based on the sentences (e.g. Where do Leprechauns
come from?; Do Leprechauns always wear red?).
Tell your students to imagine they catch a Leprechaun and that they are
entitled to ask for three wishes. What are your three wishes?
Key: 1-True; 2- False; 3- False; 4- True; 5- False; 6- True; 7- False; 8- True
Note: The correct grammar structure should be Second Conditional, but since it
depends on the age group you can use the Present Simple.
WORKSHEET 3
Part I
The first part of the song has got some mistakes. Listen to the song and correct
them.
Key: big/little; pink/green; tallest/ smallest; find/catch; money/gold
Part II
The verses of the second part of the Leprechaun’s song is all jumbled. Listen to
the song and order the verses.
Key: Tom, he needs a rainbow/ He can’t wait/ To catch my brother/ With the
bait/ We’ll put it by the waterfall/ In the pool/ Tom, he really is a fool
AIM:
Make your own
Shamrock and help
Clever Tom
WORKSHEET 4
Cicle Medio only
Explain to students that Clever Tom needs 4-leaf clovers (shamrocks) to catch a
Leprechaun (Shamus’s brother Liam) and become rich. 4-leaf clovers are very
hard to find!
Make your own 4-leaf clover and during the play you can help Clever
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Tom by giving it to him!
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TALES OF IRELAND-TEACHER’S NOTE
AIM:
Learn and review
prepositions of
place
T
Track 15
Tom´s song
AIM:
To practise
vocabulary
related to the play
and learn Tom´s
song
AIM:
Simple Past
WORKSHEET 5
Tom catches the Leprechaun Shamus and he tells Tom that he’s just a poor
Leprechaun and that his brother Liam is the rich one, with lots of gold. Tom will
need a trap to try to catch Liam. Use Liam and the trap to teach prepositions of
place. Tell your students to cut Liam and the trap out and use them.
More suitable for C.M.
WORKSHEET 6
Some words are missing from this song. Listen to Tom’s song and pause after
each gap, so students have time to fill in the blanks.
Key: 1) clever; 2) clever 3) Leprechaun; 4) mad; 5) gold; 6) famous; 7) show; 8)
clever; 9) Irish; 10) clever; 11) Irish; 12) Leprechaun; 13) house; 14) parties; 15)
yacht; 16) hot; 17) clever; 18) Irish; 19) clever; 20) Irish; 21) fun; 22) gold; 23)
house; 24) greed; 25) lucky; 26) Irish; 27) lucky; 28) Irish; 29) Leprechaun
WORKSHEET 7
Cicle Superior only
Ask your students to complete the sentences with a suitable past simple verb.
These sentences summarize this tale of Ireland. In case they find the exercise
too difficult, write the INFINITIVE of the verbs on the board.
Key: explained/said; was; told/promised; found; went; was; had; promised/told
AIM:
Getting familiar
with the
vocabulary from
the play
AIM:
Learn
about
Rainbows
APPENDIX 1
With these cards you can play several games with your students, for example
Taboo or Guessing the Word. The aim is to get students more familiar with the
vocabulary being used in the play.
APPENDIX 2
Science Project
Make your own rainbow.
Follow the instructions and get the
children to experiment together in
groups.
AIM:
APPENDIX 3
Create your own
Leprechaun.
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TALES FROM IRELAND- TEACHER’S NOTES – TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SHOWS FOR BIG GROUPS
ü A clear space of 4m x 3m. The space must be empty of furniture/children when the actor arrives.
ü A big table.
ü 1 x chairs (adult sized)
ü 2 x plug sockets in the performance space for the sound and light equipment.
ü General lighting.
ü The actor needs 30 minutes to set up the music and sound, and 30 minutes to set down.
GUIDELINES FOR A SUCCESSFUL SHOW
In order for the children to enjoy and follow the play performed in another language, we recommend the
following guidelines:
ü  Ensure that the students have done at least some preparation from the Workpack, so that they know
who the characters are and are familiar with the story.
ü To avoid distraction, limit the number of times teachers or students need to enter/leave the room during
the performance.
ü The students will be asked to be quiet and listen in some moments and asked to participate in others.
Please ask all teachers/monitors/parents present during the session to encourage the students to be a
good audience and respect the actors.
ü Turn off all mobile phones.
ü No eating or drinking.
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WORKSHEET 2
Do you know what a Leprechaun is?
True or false? Correct the false ones.
1.  A Leprechaun is also known as the fairy shoemaker.
2.  Leprechauns are originally from Scotland.
3.  If you catch a Leprechaun, he will grant you 4 wishes.
4.  He always wears green and a big top hat and is very small.
5.  Leprechauns aren’t very clever and they are usually quite boring.
6.  They love shamrocks and rainbows.
7.  You should trust Leprechauns, they always tell you the truth.
8.  A Leprechaun always keeps his promises.
Imagine you caught a Leprechaun.
What are your three wishes?
1. 
2. 
3. 
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Track 14
TALES FROM IRELAND
WORKSHEET 3
PART I
Some words in this song are wrong, find them and correct them.
Leprechaun’s song:
I'm a big leprechaun
Dressed in pink,
The tallest man
You’ve ever seen.
If you ever find me,
So it's told,
You will get
My crock of money.
PART II
Put the verses in the correct order
1) He can’t wait
2) With the bait
3) In the pool
4) To catch my brother
5) Tom, he needs a rainbow
6) Tom, he really is a fool
7) We’ll put it by the waterfall
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TALES FROM IRELAND
WORKSHEET 4
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WORKSHEET 5
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Track 15
WORKSHEET 6
TALES FROM IRELAND
Tom’s song
I am Tom, (1) ________ Tom
I’m a very (2) ________ lad
I’ll say I’ve seen a (3) __________
and they’ll say “What? you’re (4) _______”
But when they see my (5) ________
Well, they all will envy me
Cuz I’ll be rich and I´ll be (6) ________
With my own ( 7)_________ on TV
Cuz I’m Tom, (8)_______ Tom,
I’m as (9) _________ as they come
I come from southern Ireland
And I like to sing a song
Yes I’m Tom, (10)________ Tom
I’m as (11)_________ as they come
Now I’ve met a (12)__________
My working life is done
I didn’t find the (22)_______
Or get a (23)________ with a pool
And didn’t have a butler
or go dancing where it’s cool
But I have learnt a lesson
Just watch out for your (24)________
I’m lucky that I have realised
I’ve all the things I need
Cuz I am Tom, (25)________Tom
I’m as (26) ________ as they come
and I like to sing a song
Yes I’m Tom, (27)_________ Tom
I’m as (28)_______ as they come....
Now I’ve met a (29)___________
I’m luckier than some
I’ll buy myself a (13)_________,
No I won’t - I will buy 3!
I’ll go to lots of (14)__________
and they will all love me
I’ll drink fine champagne
Have a butler and (15)_________
I’ll lie beside the pool all day
complaining that it’s (16)________
Cuz I’m Tom, (17)________ Tom,
I’m as (18)________ as they come
And I like to sing a song
Yes I’m Tom, (19)________ Tom,
I’m as (20) _________ as they come
Now I´ve met a (21)_______
My working life is done.
Lucky x2
Leprechaun x4
Show
Mad
Greed
Irish x6
Parties
House x2
Gold x2
Hot
Clever x6
Yacht
famous
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WORKSHEET 7
Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs
Shamus is a Leprechaun, who fixes shoes for the fairies. Like all Leprechauns,
Shamus had a lot of gold.
One day Clever Tom, a lad from the village, FOUND Shamus asleep and
CAPTURED him.
Shamus ____________ that he was a poor Leprechaun and that his brother Liam
_________ the rich one.
Shamus _________ Clever Tom he would help him make a trap to catch Liam.
Next day, Tom __________ a rabbit in the trap. No signs of Liam.
On his second try, Tom __________ all the way to a waterfall to try to find a rainbow
and lure Liam into the trap. He ________ not successful once again.
On his third try to catch Liam, Tom ___________ to go to a field full of yellow weeds.
Shamus _____________ Tom that the treasure was buried under one of the plants.
Will Tom find the treasure and be rich?
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Appendix 1
LEPRECHAUN
•
•
•
•
•
GREEN
IRELAND
GOLD
CLEVER
RAINBOW
IRELAND
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•
•
GOLD
•
•
•
•
•
MONEY
RICH
FORTUNE
COINS
CROCK/ POT
•
PRANK
AN ACT
PERFORMED TO
DECEIVE
MISCHIEVOUS
ACTION
MULTICOULOURED
ARC
• COLOURS USED TO
REPRESENT IT: RED,
ORANGE, YELLOW,
GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO
AND VIOLET
CAUSED BY THE LIGHT
FROM THE SUN BEING
BROKEN UP BY WATER
DROPLETS IN THE
ATMOSPHERE!
•
TRAP
•
OBJECT USED
TO CATCH
ANIMALS
SHAMROCK
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•
•
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•
TRICK
•
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ISLAND IN THE
NORTH
ATLANTIC
COUNTRY
DIVIDED IN
TWO PARTS
NORTHERN
PART BELONGS
TO GREAT
BRITAIN
DUBLIN IS THE
CAPITAL OF
THE REPUBLIC
RAINBOW
TREASURE
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•
GOLD
FORTUNE
WEALTH AND
RICHES
POSSESSION
OF GREAT
VALUE
SYMBOL OF IRELAND
CLOVER
LEPRECHAUN’S
FAVOURITE PLANT
GREEN
4 LEAF BRINGS
GOOD LUCK
SHOVEL/SPADE
•
OBJECT USED TO DIG
•
IMPORTANT TOOL
FOR AGRICULTURE
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Appendix 2
What you'll need:
A glass of water (about three quarters full)
White paper
A sunny day
Instructions:
Take the glass of water and paper to a part of the room with sunlight (near a
window is good).
Hold the glass of water (being careful not to spill it) above the paper and watch as
sunlight passes through the glass of water, refracts (bends) and forms a rainbow of
colors on your sheet of paper.
Try holding the glass of water at different heights and angles to see if it has a
different effect.
What's happening?
While you normally see a rainbow as an arc of colour in the sky, they can also form
in other situations. You may have seen a rainbow in a water fountain or in the mist
of a waterfall and you can even make your own such as you did in this experiment.
Rainbows form in the sky when sunlight refracts (bends) as it passes through
raindrops, it acts in the same way when it passes through your glass of water. The
sunlight refracts, separating it into the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo
and violet.
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Appendix 3
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