Actividades de Inglés de 6º EP. Semana 25-29mayo

1) Read a short story about the island of Saint Borondon.

The Canaries traditionally consist of a collection of eight islands - Tenerife,

Lanzarote, GranCanaria, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera , El Hierro and La

Graciosa. However, stories persist of an ninth member of this archipelago - the legend of

San Borondon. Its name is the Canarian version of Saint Brendan , an Irish monk who

lived around 500AD. There is an old Irish poem that tells of Brendan and the other monks

eventually landed on an island that seemed reasonably hospitable, though uninhabited.

When they were saying mass, the island suddenly started to move.They were scared and

came back to Ireland.

When the Canaries were conquered in the 15th century, a story was discovered, popular

with the native Guanches, about an ninth island which sometimes was seen to the West

of La Palma, El Hierro and La Gomera. Sailors tried to reach it, but as they approached

the area, they found nothing. As Saint Brendan was living in this mysterious island they

called Saint Borondon.

There are reports in 18th century documents found on El Hierro, telling of a large number

of people attesting they had seen San Borondon from the summit of their island's

mountain.

What do you think about this story?_________________________

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2)Write True(T) or False (F). Correct the false ones.

A. The archipelago consists on a group of nine islands.

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b. Saint Brendan was a monk from Ireland.

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c. When Brendan was at home when the island moved.

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d. The story about the ninth island was discovered in the 15th century.

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e. In 18th century people attested they have seen San Borondon from their

windows, in El Hierro.

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3)Complete the sentences with 1,2 or 3 words.

1.Saint Brendan lived____________500AD.

2.When the island moved, Brendan and ________________come

back to Ireland.

3. You could see San Borondon _____________of La Palma, El

Hierro and La Gomera.

4.The sailors found _________ when they reached the area.

4) Imagine you work for a tourist information office and you want to

promote Saint Borondon island for tourists. Make a leaflet and write

about: food you can try, entertainment and activities you can

practice, shops, restaurant, routes, traditional clothes, places to visit.

( 10-12 sentences). Make pictures to illustrate the different things.

Decorate. Here you’ve got some examples.

*Use a cardboard or a sheet. Here you have some patterns, or invent

yours.

5)This is a free activity, it’s really funny. You are going to be the star

of a book. You can print it, read it and save it in your favourite books

library( not compulsory-no obligatoria) https://theadventurestarts.com/personalisedstoryforfree/

6)Give your opinion about the activities.