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Week 11 Day 1 ESL

St. Patrick's Day, celebrated on March 17th, honors St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, and is a global celebration of Irish culture with foods, festivals, and parades. The holiday is associated with leprechauns from Irish folklore, who are mischievous creatures that love gold and grant wishes. Traditions include wearing green, searching for leprechauns, and gathering with friends and family to celebrate.

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Week 11 Day 1 ESL

St. Patrick's Day, celebrated on March 17th, honors St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, and is a global celebration of Irish culture with foods, festivals, and parades. The holiday is associated with leprechauns from Irish folklore, who are mischievous creatures that love gold and grant wishes. Traditions include wearing green, searching for leprechauns, and gathering with friends and family to celebrate.

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Happy

Monday
Unit 2 - Saint Patricks Day
Table of contents
01 02 03
What is St. Patrick’s Why do we
Journal Day celebrate?

04 05
Traditions/Craft Reading Comp.
The Iran Hostage Crisis
What is a holiday only for your culture? What
is it about?
A holiday in my culture is ____. It is about
______.
02
What is St. Patrick’s
Day?
St. Patrick’s Day
The only Holiday we have in March that is
widely celebrated because of the
amount of Irish Immigrants and
descendants we have living in America!

St Patrick’s Day is:

● Celebrated on March 17th


● From Ireland
● Is for St Patrick

St Patrick was a Patron Saint.


Do you remember another Patron Saint
we talked about earlier this semester?
Why do we talk about Leprechauns?
They are figures from Irish Folklore and Legends!

Folklore
● They are small mischievous fairies who love gold and can
grant wishes!
● They are said to hide their pots of gold at the ends of
rainbows
● They are very hard to catch and can be tricksters!
Quick Vocab For this Holiday!

Leprechaun Shamrock Pot of Gold


A small creature that A 3 leaf clover, the A black pot full of Gold
grants wishes and symbol of Ireland. said to be at the end of
loves gold the rainbow

Celtic Ireland/Irish Lucky


The family of native A country in Europe When good things
languages spoken by where the Holiday happen to you
Irish people and other comes from
“Celts”
03
Why do we
Celebrate it?
Why do we Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
Culture
Global celebration of Irish
culture, including foods,
festivals and parades!

Remembrance Tradition
St. Patrick is the Patron Saint Traditional irish food and
of Ireland, this holiday is to drink are eaten, friends and
honor him and the arrival of family get together and
Christianity to Ireland. celebrate!
04
Traditions &
Activity
Traditions Also Include:
Wearing green, looking for
leprechauns, and celebrating with
food and drink.
Let’s Participate!

Leprechauns
I have hidden 5 leprechauns
around the room. Find one
and return it to me for your
very own “gold” coin!
05
Reading Comp
Iran Hostage Crisis Pg. 50

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