The following words (listed alphabetically) appear somewhere in the story one:
banshee, blarney, boycott, brogue, donnybrook, leprechaun, limerick, Saint Patrick, shamrock, shillelagh, smithereens, stew, stout, tanistry
Story One:
Imagine the DONNYBROOK that might occur if a crowd accused SAINT PATRICK of speaking in a BROGUE, of drinking STOUT and of leaning on a SHILLELAGH! I bet even SHAMROCKS would be crushed to SMITHEREENS in the melee. Thats as much BLARNEY as guessing that a LEPRECHAUN would scream LIMERICKS like a BANSHEE! In fact, if things got that mixed up, the prince, confirmed yesterday to the throne by right of TANISTRY, could insist on a BOYCOTT of all that hardy STEW!
Story Two is a fill-in-the-blank activity for St. Patricks Day: Choose one of the 14 alphabetical thematic words below for each blank to create an Irish sentence which will form a story. Word bank is: banshee, blarney, boondoggle, boycott, brogue, donnybrook, leprechaun, limerick, Saint Patrick, scone, shamrock, shillelagh, shimmer, smithereens, stew, stout, sweekstakes, tanistry. (ANSWERS are at the bottom of this page.)
Story Two:
For the elaborate coronation, the prince wore a robe stitched with an enormous green _____ (1). He became king by law of _____ (2). After the ceremony, while he was eating his delicious _____ (3), he became enraged. He yelled like a _____ (4) in his thick _____ (5) at the small _____ (6) because he kept chanting an inappropriate _____ (7). Furious, he picked up a heavy _____ (8) and smashed to _____ (9) an entire glass pitcher of dark brown _____ (10). Suddenly, a fight started! Even incantations and prayers to _____ (11) could not quell the _____ (12). Once the free-for-all got under control, the new king declared that in the future, he and his subjects would _____ (13) all feasts. You dont believe any of this _____ (14), do you?
Answers to Story Two:
1.SHAMROCK 2.TANISTRY 3.STEW 4.BANSHEE 5.BROGUE 6.LEPRECHAUN 7.LIMERICK
8.SHILLELAGH 9.SMITHEREENS 10.STOUT 11.SAINT PATRICK 12.DONNYBROOK 13.BOYCOTT 14.BLARNEY
You have permission to make a hard copy for further vocabulary study.
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