NORY RYAN’S SONG

PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

THATCHED ROOF COTTAGE

Here is a photo of a thatched roof cottage in Ireland. How is it the same and different from your home?

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Different

IRELAND

Here is a map of Europe. Can you find Ireland? Place a smiley face using “autoshapes” on the country.

ST. PATRICK’S WELL

Nory drops Anna’s coin into St. Patrick’s Well found in Ballentubber Abbey.

1. What county in Ireland is Ballentubber Abbey?

2. Why do you think people go to St. Patrick’s Well?

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ST. PATRICK’S WELL

What are other times that people make wishes besides throwing a coin in a well?

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BROOKLYN, NY

Maggie announces that she is going to sail to Brooklyn, New York with Liam. Name 2 things that you think she might see when she gets there.

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AMERICA

Maggie sailed to New York with Liam on a ship that left Galway. 1. About how many days would they need to travel before arriving in New York?

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POTATO BLIGHT

The potatoes start to turn black and turn to mush.

1. What kind of pathogen causes potato blight?

2. What causes the really bad smell?

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CLIFFS OF IRELAND

A man is killed when he is too near the cliffs.

1. Copy and paste a picture of what the cliffs in Ireland may look like.

2. Why would your parents tell you to stay clear of the cliffs?

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LIMPETS Nory gathers limpets to eat.

1. Describe limpets.2. Copy and paste a picture

of limpets.3. Would you like to eat

limpets? Why or why not?

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SIDHE

Throughout the story Nory is worried about the “sidhe”.

1. What are sidhe?2. Why should she

have not worried about them?

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CLOTHING OF CHILDREN

The story says Nory dipped her petticoat into the stream.

1. Describe a petticoat for a girl.

2. Do girls wear petticoats today?

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NETTLES

Anna uses herbs to cure sickness in the people. Nory helps Anna collect nettles.

1. View a nettles plant

2. Why would Anna want to collect nettles?

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CURRACH

Nory begs to go with Sean’s brothers in the currach.

Lord Cunningham demands the Mallons’ currach to pay for their rent.

1. Describe a currach. 2. How is it different

than a boat we might use today?

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LORD CUNNINGHAM

Lord Cunningham is the landlord to the people that live near Nory. Celia goes to Lord Cunningham’s to ask for a job in his kitchen. View the type of house that Lord Cunningham may have lived in on the next slide.

1. Name 3 things that makes Lord Cunningham’s house different than Nory’s.

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GALWAY

Nory’s Da said that the road to Galway wound around the coast like a ball of yarn let loose.

Locate Galway on the map.

GALWAY

Where do you think the Ryan family would have lived if they would have taken a path that wound around the coast like a ball of yarn let loose?

BRACK/COIN

When Nory goes to Ballilee to sell her shawl she sees a woman in the hotel eating brack.

What is brack? Do you think you would like brack? Why or why not?

Nory receives a coin for her shawl. Draw a picture of a coin from Ireland on the paper provided.

COMFREY

When Nory’s package is stolen, she is pushed down. Her forehead is torn open.

1. Why do you think Anna gives her Comfrey?

2. How would Comfrey help Nory?

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GANNETS

Nory talks about gannets throughout the story and then survives for many weeks on the eggs of gannets.

1. Describe a gannet.

2. Insert a picture of a gannet

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AMERICA

A strange man brought Nory two tickets to sail to America.

1. How do you think Nory felt when she learned about the two tickets?

2. Draw a picture of what you think the ticket may have looked like on the paper provided.

PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

Why did Patricia Reilly Giff decide to write Nory Ryan’s Song?

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