Fin M’Coul – Giant of Knockmany Hill

Introduce word PRIMARY SOURCE

Popular Irish Giant Folktale – retold/illustrations by Tomie De Paola

The opposite of Giants are???

“In olden times, when Ireland’s glens and woods were filled with fairies and leprechauns, giants, too, lived on that fair Emerald island.”

 

An old folklore tells the tale that these little people

tend to keep a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

It is a perfect spot because it is just about impossible to find.

• RED – DEARG
• ORANGE – ORAISTE
• YELLOW – BUI
• GREEN – GLAS
• BLUE – GORM
• INDIGO – PLURIRNEACH
• VIOLET /PURPLE- CORCRA

 

AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW – AG BUN AN TUAR CEATHA

POT OF GOLD – POTA OIR

 

Let’s Count in Irish

1 = a haon (ah hain)

2 = a dó (ah dough)

3 = a trí (ah tree)

4 = a ceathair (ah cah-her)

5 = a cúig (ah coo-ig)

6 = a sé (ah shay)

7 = a seacht (ah shocked)

8 = a hocht (ah huck-t)

9 = a naoi (ah nay)

10 = a deich (ah deh)

 

 

How to say Giant in Irish – fathach

How to say Fairy in Irish – siog

More About Ireland

Mrs. Horan is a PRIMARY SOURCE

 

If time:

Irish Story Telling & Oral Histories/ Primary Sources Big Idea: I will listen to an Irish Folktale and Interview a person from Ireland [primary source] Learning Objectives: Students will appreciate a different culture by listenting to a folktale and then forming questions to interview a person from that country. Introduction to primary sources.Performance Task: storytelling, song, video, interview, artifactsLesson Link: storytelling Fin McCoulLesson Link: primary sources 1.Extention: 2.Technology- video 3. Higher Level thinking skills – primary vs. secondary sources; discover how a primary source brings authenticity to learning, realize the importance of their own story 4. Kagan: work in groups to come up with interview questions Standards LA.K.LAFS.K.RL.3.9, LA.K.LAFS.K.SL.1.1.b, LA.K.LAFS.K.SL.1.3 ESOL Language Experience Realia Song/Music Story Telling Tapes/Videos

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