Lesson Plan Procedures
Time | Stage and Stage Aims | procedure | interaction | materials |
5-10 minutes | Pre-Listening * Get students interested in story * activate students’ schemata for fairy tales * Prediction task=aid comprehension | The teacher gives students pictures from the story (cut up into small picture cards)—one per pair. In pairs, the students arrange the cards in the order that they think the story will happen. | Pairwork | Picture cards (cut up and shuffled) |
20-30 minutes | Listening: * students listen to the story for enjoyment * students check their predictions | The teacher tells the story. Using the whiteboard, the teacher explains the vocabulary as he goes, through a combination of pictures and synonyms. Students listen for comprehension, and check their predictions | T--Ss | Whiteboard, markers, Script (for teacher’s use), Picture cards |
10 minutes | Feedback: * To ensure everyone has the correct answers from the prediction activity | The teacher uses the PowerPoint to display the correct order of the pictures as he tells the story a second time. | T--Ss | PowerPoint, projector, computer, picture cards |
10-15 minutes | Production: * For students to practice the new vocabulary that they’ve learned * For teacher to check how successful the lesson was | Using the picture cards, the students try to retell the story in their pairs. | Pairwork | Picture cards |
10-20 | Writing * For the teacher to check how successful the lesson was | The students each individually write a summary of the lesson. The teacher collects these, and uses these to judge how successfully the students understood the story | Individual work | Blank sheet for writing. |
Materials:
The King of the Golden Mountain Once upon a time, there was a merchant. A merchant is someone who buys and sells things. He was very rich. (He had a lot of money.) One day, he put all his goods (goods are things that you buy and sell) he put all his goods onto a boat (a boat is something that goes on water), because he wanted to sell them and make a lot of money. But, the ship sank in the water. (Sank means to go under the water. Sink-sank). And the merchant lost everything. He went from being very rich, to being very poor. (Poor means having no money). One day, as the poor man was walking outside, he met a dwarf. (A dwarf is like a small man. They are magical.) The dwarf asked him why he was sad. The merchant told the dwarf that he had lost all of his money. “I will give you lots of gold,” said the dwarf. (Gold is something that is very worth a lot of money). “But, in 12 years, you must bring me the first thing that touches your leg when you go home.” But, when the merchant went upstairs to check his chest (a chest is where you keep money), the chest was still empty. So the merchant thought that maybe it was all a joke--not real. But, one month later, when the merchant was looking for something upstairs, he found the chest again, and this time the chest was full of money. The merchant was very happy, and he forgot all about his promise to the dwarf, and he used the money to go back into business. But, the boy told his father not to worry. The boy had a friend who was a fairy. (A fairy is a small magical creature.) At night, the fairy came to talk to the boy, and told him everything he should do. The fairy told the boy to draw a circle, and the dwarf will not be able to come in. So, the boy and his father went to meet the dwarf. And the son drew a circle, and he and his father sat in the middle of it. The dwarf came, but the dwarf could not enter the circle. The dwarf was very angry. “A promise is a promise,” said the dwarf. “You must give the boy to me.” “I will not come out,” said the boy. They talked and talked for a long time, and at last, they came to an agreement. The father would not give his son to the dwarf, but the father would have to put his son into a boat, and push him out onto the sea. So, the son got into the boat, and his father pushed him out onto the sea. But, before the boy got far, a wave turned over the boat. The father thought his son had drowned. (Drowned means to die in the water.) The dwarf thought he had gotten his revenge. Both the dwarf and the father went away. But, the boy had not drowned. The good fairy was watching the boy, and the fairy brought the boy up again. The boy held onto the boat, and was safe. He travelled in the sea for a long time, until he came to an unknown place. In this place, there was a mountain made of gold. And on the golden mountain, there was a palace. (A palace is a big castle where the king lives.) The boy went into the palace, but it was empty. There was no one there. At last, in one of the rooms, the boy found a white snake. The white snake said to him, “I am really a princess. I was changed into a snake by magic. You can help me. Tonight, 12 men will come here. They will beat you. (Beat means to punch and kick). You must not say anything or try to fight them. Let them beat you. If you do this for 3 nights, then I will turn back into a princess.” That night, 12 men came, and they beat the boy. But he didn’t fight them, and he didn’t say anything. After 3 nights, the white snake changed back into a princess. They boy was almost dead, but the princess used her powers to heal him. And they fell in love, and got married. And the boy became king of the mountain, and the princess became the queen. And the queen had a son. 8 years later, the king of the golden mountain wanted to see his father again. He told the queen about his plan to visit his father. But the queen said, “Don’t go. If you go, bad things will happen to us.” But the king really wanted to see his father. So at last, the queen said, “Okay, you can go. Take this ring. Where you wish to go, the ring will bring you. But, you must promise never to use the ring to bring me to your father’s house.” “I promise,” said the king. The king took the ring, and wished himself to the town where his father lived. And the ring brought him there. But, when the king tried to go into the town, the guards would not let him in because his clothes were so strange. So the king had to change clothes with a farmer, and then the guards let him into the town. The king went to his father’s house, and he said, “Father, I am your son.” But his father said, “You are not my son. My son died eight years ago.” “No, it is me,” said the son. “I am still alive.” But his father would not believe him. Finally, the king showed his father his arm. As a boy, he had always had a red mark on his arm. When the father saw the red mark, he knew it was his son. Next, the king told him that he had married a princess, and had had a son, and was king of a golden mountain. “This cannot be true,” said his father. “Look at your clothes. It’s not a king’s clothes, but a farmers clothes.” At this, the king became angry, and he forgot his promise to his wife. And he wished for his wife and son to be brought to his father’s house. The queen was very angry, because he had broken his promise. Later that day, while they were walking, the king felt very tired. He and the queen and his son laid down under a tree to rest. But while he was sleeping, the queen took his ring off of his finger. And then the queen wished herself and her son back to the palace, leaving the king all alone. The king woke up, and realized he was all alone. He didn’t know what to do, but he decided to start walking until he got back to the golden mountain. While he was walking, the king came across 3 giants. (A giant is someone who is very big.) The 3 giants were arguing about their inheritance. (An inheritance is something you get when your father dies.) There were 3 things: magic boots that could take you where you wanted, a magic cloak that could make you invisible, and a magic sword. If you say “heads off”, this sword can cut off the heads of your enemies. The giants couldn’t decide who should get which things. They were arguing and arguing. So, the giants asked the king to help them decide. “I will help you,” said the king, but first I need to hold the things, so that I can better decide who should get them.” So, the giants gave him the magic boots, and the magic cloak, and the magic sword. The king put on the cloak, and the boots, and the sword, and as soon as he had all three, he used the magic boots to wish himself back to his palace. When the king got back to his palace, he saw that there were many people there, and there was a big party. He asked what was happening, and the people there told him that the queen was going to marry another husband. The king put on the invisibility cloak, so that no one could see him. And he went into the palace. In the palace, everyone was eating and drinking to celebrate the wedding. But the king stood next to the queen. Whenever the queen tried to eat something, he would move the food away. And whenever the queen tried to drink something, he would move the wine away. So the queen couldn’t eat or drink anything. The queen became afraid, and she stood up, and left the table, and went back into her room to cry. “What is happening to me?” she asked. The king followed her to her room, and took off his invisibility cloak. “I am your true husband,” he said, “and I have come back.” Then, the king went out to the party. “Everyone get out,” he said. “This party is over.” But they people would not leave. And they tried to fight the king. So the king took his magic sword. “Heads Off” the king said, and the sword cut everyone’s heads off. And so the king was king of the golden mountain once more.
| Merchant Rich Goods Boat Sank Poor Dwarf Gold Chest Joke Promise Grew up Fairy enter Sea Wave Drown Mountain Gold Palace Snake Beat Heal King Queen Ring Wish Guards Farmer Mark Broken his promise Laid down Took off Woke up Giants Inheritance Boots Cloak Invisible Sword Argue marry husband cry |