CLIL

Contents
CLIL 1: Language: Irish Gaelic 1
CLIL 1: Teacher’s notes 2
CLIL 2: Art: architecture 3
CLIL 2: Teacher’s notes 4
CLIL 3: Geography: volcanoes 5
CLIL 3: Teacher’s notes 6
CLIL 4: PE: rugby 7
CLIL 4: Teacher’s notes 8
CLIL 5: Science: strange animals 9
CLIL 5: Teacher’s notes 10

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Language: Irish Gaelic
1 Read about the Irish Gaelic language. How many languages can
you speak? Can you say anything in Irish Gaelic?

There are two languages spoken in Ireland:

English and Irish Gaelic, or Gaeilge. This is the
first official language and it is used by half a
million people as their mother tongue. It is also
one of the official languages of the European
Union and almost 2 million people around the
world speak Gaeilge.
It is a Celtic language and is similar to Scottish
Gaelic, Welsh and Breton, which is spoken in the
northwest of France. Its alphabet is similar to English.
In Ireland there are Gaeilge-language newspapers, radio stations and television shows
and school students have to study the language. Traffic signs and notices in shops
appear both in English and Gaeilge. It is also one of the oldest languages in Western Europe.

2 Look at the Irish Gaelic names and their pronunciations.

Practise saying them.

Irish Gaelic name phonetic pronunciation

FIND OUT
Ciara Kee-ra
How is the alphabet of Gaeilge
Siobhan Shi-vawn different to the English alphabet?
Pádraig Paw-rig
Niamh Neev WEB QUEST
Find more information about the
Do the Find out activity. Then circle T (true) or F (false). Irish Gaelic alphabet.
1 The Irish Gaelic alphabet hasn’t got the letters: j, k, q, w, y, z. T/F
2 Some letters have accents, eg á. T/F
3 The letters have the same pronunciation in English. T/F
4 Some letters are silent. T/F

3 Match the English names with their Irish Gaelic names.

1 2 3 4 5

Rose Patrick Lucy Neil Sarah

a) Pádraig b) Saraid c) Niall d) Rós e) Luseach

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 1 Teacher’s notes
Language: Irish Gaelic
Warm up
● Ask students if they know the English equivalent of some Spanish names. Write them on the
board, eg Maria / Mary, Jorge / George, Pablo / Paul, Andreas / Andrew, Elena / Helen, etc.
● Explain that you are going to read about the Irish Gaelic language and do the same now
with some Irish Gaelic and English names.

Worksheet
● Hand out copies of the worksheet.
● Ask students to do exercise 1 and the first part of exercise 2. The Find out section can be
assigned as homework.
● Ask students to do the second part of exercise 2.
● Ask students to work in pairs and compare their answers. Check answers with the class.
● Ask students to do exercise 3. Check answers with the class.
● Explain the Web quest (see below).

Web quest
● Ask students to find more information about the Irish Gaelic alphabet.
● Ask students to share the information they find.

Answer key
1 Student’s own answers.
2 1 T 2 T 3 F 4 T

Find out
The alphabet of Gaeilge doesn’t have the letters j, k, q, w, y and z. Also, some letters of the
Irish Gaelic alphabet have accents.
3 1 d 2 a 3 e 4 c 5 b

Web quest
Possible answers: It is an official language of the European Union. In the 2011 census
for the Republic, 94,000 people reported using Irish as a daily language outside of the
education system.

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Art: architecture

One of Canada’s best known artists is Frank Gehry. Born in Toronto in

1929, this architect has designed some of the most iconic – and most
unusual – buildings in the world.
His designs are influenced by the sea. Gehry’s buildings are angular, to
represent fish, and they are undulating, to symbolize waves. He also
uses a lot of steel and glass. These materials reflect the light in a similar
way to the sun shining on water.
His architectural style is known as deconstructivism and, at first
impression, his work looks very chaotic and surreal. His buildings,
however, are extremely ordered and well planned.
His most famous design is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. He is
also the architect responsible for the Marqués de Riscal hotel in Álava.

1 Read about Frank Gehry.

FIND OUT
2 Circle T (true) or F (false). Correct the false sentences. How is Frank Gehry influenced by
1 Frank Gehry was born in Canada in 1929. T/F water?

2 He paints pictures of buildings. T/F WEB QUEST

Can you find three more buildings
3 He designed the Guggenheim Museum in Toronto. T/F designed by Frank Gehry?

3 Write the cities and countries where you can find the Frank
Gehry buildings using the places in the box.

Álava, Spain Bilbao, Spain Los Angeles, USA

1 Guggenheim Museum,
2 Walt Disney Concert Hall,
3 Hotel Marqués de Riscal,

1 2 3

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Art: architecture
Warm up
● Find a picture of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and show it to the class.
● Ask questions and elicit some information about it, eg where it is, what it’s called, who built
it, when etc.

Worksheet
● Hand out copies of the worksheet.
● Ask students to do exercises 1 and 2. The Find out section can be assigned as homework.
● Ask students to work in pairs and compare their answers. Check answers with the class.
● Ask students to do exercise 3. Check answers with the class.
● Explain the Web quest (see below).

Web quest
● Ask students to find three more Frank Gehry buildings.
● Ask some students to share their information with the class.

Answer key
2 1 T 2 F, He designs buildings.
3 F, He designed the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Find out
Frank Gehry’s designs are influenced by the sea. His buildings are angular, to represent fish,
and undulating, to represent waves. The material he uses reflects the light, like sunlight
shining on the water.
3 1 Bilbao, Spain 2 Los Angeles, USA 3 Álava, Spain

Web quest
Possible answers: Dancing House in Prague, Gehry Tower in Hanover, Art Gallery of Ontario
in Ontario.

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Geography: volcanoes
1 Read about volcanoes. How many types of volcano are there? ash crater
lava
Many of the hills and mountains that surround Edinburgh
are ancient volcanoes.
There are three types of volcano – active, dormant and extinct. conduit
An active volcano is one that erupts frequently. This is when
clouds of ash and very hot lava flow up the conduit and out of the
crater. These volcanic eruptions can cause a lot of destruction and
disruption. A famous example is Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed
the Italian town of Pompeii in 79AD.
A dormant volcano, like Teide in the Canary Islands, is one that
is active, but has not erupted in a very long time. An extinct
volcano, like those that surround Edinburgh, is one that will
never erupt again.

2 Look at the map. Match the volcanoes with the 3 Do the volcano quiz.
countries.
1 In which country is the active volcano
1 Mount Vesuvius a) Canary Islands, Spain Eyjafjallajökull?
2 Mount Fuji b) Hawaii, USA a) Japan b) Iceland c) Italy
3 Mount Teide c) Indonesia 2 Which city is near Mount Vesuvius?
4 Mount Etna d) Japan a) Naples b) Palermo c) Pompeii
5 Krakatoa e) Italy 3 Which country hasn’t got any active volcanoes?
6 Mauna Kea f) USA a) Australia b) Italy c) Japan
7 Mount St Helens g) Sicily, Italy 4 How many of the world’s volcanoes are under water?
a) 10% b) 20% c) 40%
5 How high is Mount Etna in Italy?
a) 6,500m b) 525m c) 3,350m
FIND OUT
Which volcano erupted in 2010 WEB QUEST
creating problems for flights in Are there any famous volcanoes in
Europe? Spain?

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 3 Teacher’s notes
Geography: volcanoes
Warm up
● Brainstorm the names of some famous volcanoes, and where they are. Write the information
on the board.

Worksheet
● Hand out copies of the worksheet.
● Ask students to do exercises 1 and 2. The Find out section can be assigned as homework.
● Ask students to work in pairs and compare their answers. Check answers with the class.
● Ask students to do exercise 3. Students can do this individually or in pairs. Check answers
with the class.
● Explain the Web quest (see below).

Web quest
● Ask students to find out about one of the volcanoes in exercise 2.
● Ask some students to share their information with the class.

Answer key
1 There are three types of volcano (active, dormant, extinct).
2 1 e 2 d 3 a 4 g 5 c 6 b 7 f

Find out
In 2010 the eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland caused disruptions to air travel
across Europe.
3 1 b 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 c

Web quest
Possible answers: Mount Teide in Tenerife. It is the highest point in Spain.

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PE: rugby
1 Read about rugby.

Rugby originated in 1823 when a student at a prestigious

school in the town of Rugby in England picked up the
ball with his hands during a game of football and ran. As
the students started to play this form of ‘football’ more
and more frequently, they invented the rules that are still
followed to this day.
It is a sport played by two teams of 15 players with a ball
shaped like a big egg. They score goals by kicking the
ball over a high bar, which is like a giant ‘H’. Players score
points called tries by putting the ball behind the goal line.
Today, rugby is more popular than football in some parts
of the world. The most important international teams
are Argentina, Australia, England, France, New Zealand,
Scotland and Wales. They compete for the Rugby World
Cup every four years.
Rugby is also played in Spain. There are 200 clubs and
17,000 players around the country. FIND OUT
How many players compete in a game
2 Look at the picture. Find six words in the wordsearch. of rugby?

S B A L R T S
2 1
H P I T C H O
I O C S H E R
R S B A L L T
T T C H P M S 6
O S M E T E A 3 5
O H B O O T S
4
S H O R T S B

3 Complete the text with some of the words from exercise 2.

Rugby is the national sport of Wales. There are WEB QUEST

15 players in a rugby team. All rugby players
Find out about the Millennium
wear (1) , shirts and special
Stadium in Cardiff.
(2)
on their feet. Some players
wear head guards on their heads. The two teams
play a rugby match on a (3) . The
match lasts for 80 minutes. The (4)

isn’t round like a football. It’s shaped like an egg.

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PE: rugby
Warm up
● Write these countries and sports on the board in two separate lists. Go through new vocabulary
with the students:
the USA rugby
England ice hockey
France table tennis
Wales cricket
China baseball
Canada cycling
● Ask students to match the countries with their national sports. Discuss ideas with the class.

Worksheet
● Hand out copies of the worksheet.
● Ask students to do exercises 1 and 2. The Find out section can be assigned as homework.
● Ask students to work in pairs and compare their answers. Check answers with the class.
● Ask students to do exercise 3. Check answers with the class.
● Explain the Web quest (see below).

Web quest
● Ask students to find pictures of, and information about, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
● Ask some students to share their information with the class.

Answer key
Warm up
Possible answers: the USA / baseball; England / cricket; France / cycling; Wales / rugby;
China / table tennis; Canada / ice hockey.
2
S B A L R T S 1 posts
H P I T C H O 2 shirt
I O C S H E R 3 shorts
4 boots
R S B A L L T
5 ball
T T C H P M S
6 pitch
O S M E T E A
O H B O O T S
S H O R T S B

Find out
There are 15 players per team on the field at any one time. In the starting 15, there are 7 backs
and 8 forwards.
3 1 shorts 2 boots 3 pitch 4 ball

Web quest
Possible answers: national stadium of Wales / used for sports and musical events / hosted 1999 Rugby
World Cup / opened in June 1999 / second largest stadium in the world with retractable roof.

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Science: strange animals
1 Read about some strange animals that live in Australia.

Australia is home to some of the world’s strangest animals,

including the duck-billed platypus. This is a small mammal with
a mouth and feet similar to a duck. It does not give birth to live
young, like other mammals. It lays eggs like a bird! The duck-
billed platypus is also venomous, like a reptile.

Another bizarre animal is the echidna. This small mammal

has spines over its body like a hedgehog and it also has
spines all over its tongue to capture ants and other small
insects. It has the beak of a bird and it lays eggs, too. The
echidna lives for a very long time – about 70 years.

Australia is also home to the majority of the world’s marsupials, such as

the kangaroo and the koala. Marsupials are different to other mammals
because the females carry their young in a pouch.

The fearsome Tasmanian devil is also found in Australia.

This is the only carnivorous marsupial in the world.

2 Match these Australian animals with the 3 Circle T (true) or F (false).

descriptions.
1 Kangaroos can jump high. T/F
a) koala 2 Echidnas lay eggs. T/F
b) echidna 3 Kangaroos live in trees. T/F
c) duck-billed platypus 4 Duck-billed platypus sometimes
d) kangaroo live in the water. T/F
1 It’s a big animal. It’s got a very big, strong tail. 5 Kangaroos have got a big tail. T/F
It can jump. It’s a marsupial (it carries its 6 Echidnas are grey with big ears. T/F
babies in a pouch).
2 It isn’t a big animal. It’s grey and it lives in trees. FIND OUT
It sleeps a lot during the day. It’s a marsupial. What is special about the duck-billed
3 It’s got a long beak like a bird, but it can’t fly. platypus?
It looks like a hedgehog. It’s a mammal,
but it lays eggs.
4 It’s got a mouth and feet like a duck. It lives
WEB QUEST
on land and in the water. It’s a mammal, What are the most dangerous
but it lays eggs. Australian animals?

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 5 Teacher’s notes
Science: strange animals
Warm up
● Write this wordsnake on the board. Ask students to find the names of three Australian animals.
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o a laecha angaroo
k as ec
om hid
na r
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Worksheet
● Hand out copies of the worksheet.
● Ask students to do exercises 1 and 2. The Find out section can be assigned as homework.
● Ask students to work in pairs and compare their answers. Check answers with the class.
● Ask students to do exercise 3. Check answers with the class.
● Explain the Web quest (see below).

Web quest
● Ask students to find out more about other Australian animals, eg emu, wombat, possum or
Tasmanian devil.
● Ask some students to share their information with the class.

Answer key
Warm up
koala, kangaroo, echidna
2 1 d 2 a 3 b 4 c

Find out
The duck-billed platypus is special because it is a mammal, but it does not give birth to live
young like other mammals. It lays eggs. It walks like a reptile and has webbed feet like a
bird. They grow to about 47cm in length and weigh around 1.5kg.
3 1 T 2 T 3 F 4 T 5 T 6 F

Web quest
Possible answers: funnel-web spider, blue-ringed octopus, saltwater crocodile,
inland taipan snake, box jellyfish.

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