1. NORY RYAN’S SONG PATRICIA REILLY GIFF

2. THATCHED ROOF COTTAGE Here is a photo of a thatched roof cottage in Ireland. How is it the same and different from your home? thatched roof cottage Insert your answer here Same: Different

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

4. ST. PATRICK’S WELL Nory drops Anna’s coin into St. Patrick’s Well found in Ballentubber Abbey.St. Patrick’s Well 1. What county in Ireland is Ballentubber Abbey?county 2. Why do you think people go to St. Patrick’s Well? Place your answers here. 1. 2.

5. ST. PATRICK’S WELL What are other times that people make wishes besides throwing a coin in a well? 1. 2. 3.

6. 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. Place your answer here. 1. 2.

7. 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?Galway Place your answer here.

8. POTATO BLIGHT The potatoes start to turn black and turn to mush. turn black and turn to mush 1.What kind of pathogen causes potato blight? 2.What causes the really bad smell? Place your answers here. 1. 2.

9. CLIFFS OF IRELAND A man is killed when he is too near the cliffs. cliffs 1. Copy and paste a picture of what the cliffs in Ireland may look like. cliffs 2. Why would your parents tell you to stay clear of the cliffs? Place your answer here.

10. LIMPETS Nory gathers limpets to eat.limpets 1.Describe limpets. 2.Copy and paste a picture of limpets. 3.Would you like to eat limpets? Why or why not? Place your description here. 1. 3.

11. SIDHE Throughout the story Nory is worried about the “sidhe”. 1.What are sidhe?sidhe 2.Why should she have not worried about them?not worried Place your answers here. 1. 2.

12. CLOTHING OF CHILDREN The story says Nory dipped her petticoat into the stream. petticoat 1.Describe a petticoat for a girl. 2.Do girls wear petticoats today? Place your answers here. 1. 2.

13. NETTLES Anna uses herbs to cure sickness in the people. Nory helps Anna collect nettles. 1.View a nettles plantViewnettles plant 2.Why would Anna want to collect nettles?collect nettles Place your answer here

14. 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.currach 2. How is it different than a boat we might use today? Place your answer here. 1. 2.

15. 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. Place your answers here. 1. 2. 3.

17. 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.

18. 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?

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

20. 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? Comfrey 2.How would Comfrey help Nory? Place your answer here. 1. 2.

21. GANNETS Nory talks about gannets throughout the story and then survives for many weeks on the eggs of gannets. gannets 1.Describe a gannet. 2.Insert a picture of a gannet Place your answer here. 1.

22. 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.

23. PATRICIA REILLY GIFF Why did Patricia Reilly Giff decide to write Nory Ryan’s Song?Patricia Reilly Giff Place your answer here.

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