Unit 4
Discuss how to complete the story plan. Title of story Tortoise tries to fly Setting Characters Plot Beginning: Middle: End:
Speaking and listening: role play Work in groups. Role play the story ‘Tortoise Tries to Fly’. 1 Prepare your role play.
Decide who will play the different characters. • One student plays the role of Tortoise. • The others play the roles of the other birds. You may use your own words in your role play.
Who will be Tortoise?
2 Practise your role play. Then perform it to your class. Language: sentences
A sentence is a group of words which makes sense. Tortoise was envious of the birds. ✓ A party for all the birds. ✗
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Which of these are sentences? 1 Some of our feathers. 2 I can’t fly.
3 As smooth as a pebble. 4 Flying high in the sky. 5 Eagle swooped down. 6 Tortoise was scared.
• Story plan: Give students time to discuss the story plan, then complete the plan on the board with the whole class. • Speaking and listening: Explain that in this role play, students must imagine that they are characters in the story. • Language: Let students take turns to play the different characters. ICT Choose an animated fable on YouTube to show your students. Compare with the fable in this unit.
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