8-week Course
NOTE: JANUARY 2012 the Course plan and the book are under revision. Please excuse inconsistencies. In order to ensure high quality print-outs, the PDF files are quite large. On a slow connection allow more time to download and open each file in ®Adobe Acrobat Reader. If your Internet browser asks you to permit 'Scripts and Active content', click to permit.
Week 2: [book pages 14 to 17]
- learn the general inflexion pattern in masculine nouns (Group 1)
- extend your vocabulary with basic adjectives
- conversation: Greeting & Introduction : See Lesson 5 page 18
- revise the first verse of the poem pg.
13 Target Sheet Week 2: MASCULINE NOUNS
Learners can use this sheet to record some new nouns and learn how the spelling of certain masculine nouns changes to express the sense 'of the' e.g. ' the top of the hill'. This important concept will be consolidated vocally and interactively in next week's Circuit Game 2.
Click the image on the left to open the printable sheet in ®Adobe Acrobat Reader. Please print if possible.
CIRCUIT GAME "Cé aige a bhfuil...?": for a class-size group
This game consists of 24 cards which drill the phrase 'Cé aige a bhfuil ... ?' [sounds like: kay egg-eh' a will ] - (Who has ...?) and the reply: 'Tá ... agam' - (I have ..). The game also provides practice with the nouns and adjectives.
Click either image to open the full-colour 3-page pdf file. Print and laminate it. Then cut out the 24 individual cards. Rules of the game are given on the first page. For an abbreviated version to play with young children at home - Cliceáil Anseo