1. 1.PROCESS AND PRODUCT ORIENTATION This is the preconception stage when students are asked to experience the World from another perspective.Students are asked to answer the warm-up questions; Have you ever been to a foreign county?Where?When? And then students are shown the pictures of some countries and cities.After that they are asked; Which countries/cities would you like to visit?Why? Students are asked to responde to questions emotionally.

2. WARM-UP QUESTIONS Have you ever been to a foreign country? When?Where? Which countries /cities would you like to visit?Why? Do you know any famous people from those countries?Who are they?

3. Fill in the blanks with relative pronouns It is an island …………….….is 480 kilometres long and 305 kilometres wide. It is a country ……….…....is located west of Britain. It is a country ………………capital is Dublin. It is a country ………..….symbol is shamrock. Which country is it?

4. IRELAND

5. 2.LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND USE IN A CREATIVE CONTEXT I In this stage students are given some specific information about famous Irish people to fill in the blanks with relative pronouns.After reading out the specific information they are supposed to match the pictures with the information given. S Students are given a sheet of paper with full of errors and they are supposed to correct them and check them with their partners.

6. Michael Collins Michael Collins,……………..…… was one of the leaders of Irish Army, was born in 1890 in Cork. Cork is a city ………….……is situated Southern Ireland.He led the struggle…………..……brought freedom to Ireland.

7. James Joyce James Joyce is the writer…………scrambled up the old formulas and set a table for the 20th century. Ulysses is the most important novel…....…….was written in 1939.The story of Ulysses takes place in Dublin…………..…..Joyce was born.Finnegan’s Wake is another important book ……………..…..was written by Joyce.

8. The Cranberries Cranberries is an Irish band………….members are Dolores,Noel,Mike and Fergal.Linger is the name of their single………….. was the biggest of all.Some of their albums are ‘Wake up and Smell the Coffee’,Eveybodyelse is Doing It so Why can’t We’.No Need to Argue is the name of another album …………was sold millions.

9. OSCAR WILDE Oscar Wilde was born in 1854 in Dublin …………………he won a scholarship to Magdelan Collage.He married Constance Lloyd…………………..was a barrister’s daugther.A Woman of No Importance,An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest are some of the names of the books………………brought him success.

10. U2 U2 are the Irish rock band……………….are very politically active in human rights causes.U2 have been one of the most popular rock bands in the World since 1980s.The lead singer of the band is Bono……………….was born in1960 in Dublin.

11. HURLING Hurling is a traditional Irish game …………………….resembles hockey.It is played by two teams of 15 players each.It is played with sticks and a ball.It is considered to be one of the fastest team sport.

12. CORRECT THE ERRORS Cork,which is the capital of Ireland,is located in the South of Ireland. English and Scottish are two official languages which are spoken in Ireland. Ireland has an increasing population which is more than 40 million. Ireland has a hot climate which sometimes reaches 40 C Irish Lira is the currency which is used since 2002 More than 90% of people are Protestant. Bravehearth is a well known film which is about Ireland’s Independence. Michael Colins is the presedent of Ireland. Cranberries,Madonna and U2 are famous Irish bands.

13. 3.CREATIVE ORAL/WRITTEN PRESENTATION tudents are given ‘You’ poetry which they are supposed to fill in with relative clauses.They try to complete the ‘You’ poetry as creatively as possible.As it is an open ended task it is very suitable for mixed ability groups.Motivating the students to use creative language is very important.

14. YOU POETRY Think of an actor,country,day,singer,star,fruit,man,city.Then complete the poem as appropriate by using relative clause. You are an actor who……………………………… You are a country where…………………………… You are a day when……..………………………… You are a singer whose……………………………. You are a star which/that……………………… You are a fruit which/that………………………….. You are a man whose………………………………. You are a city where………………………………..

15. 4.VISUALIZATION OF RESULT Students are supposed to use computers to make their poems as visually sitimulating as possible by inserting pictures or word art. In groups students are supposed to join their ‘You’ poetry and try to write the best one.

16. 5.PERFORMANCE In this stage each group is supposed to read their ‘You’ poetry aloud. The members of the groups are supposed to act out what is written.