ENGLISH LESSON
Target group: form 5-6
Topic: FOOD (урок позакласного читання)
Name of the fairy tale: The Story of the Magic Porridge Pot
Aims:
1. to introduce main characteristics and literary elements of fairy tales;
2. to develop pupils’ reading skills by reading short fairy tales;
3. to enrich pupils’ vocabulary through fairy tales;
4. to teach values through fairy tales;
5. to develop pupils’ speaking skills through fairy tales;
6. to develop pupils’ grammatical skills through fairy tales
7. to develop their communication skills.
8. to speak about values, discuss topics connected to values mentioned in
the fairy tale
9. to develop pupils’ critical thinking
Brainstorm
The teacher hands out the worksheets and asks pupils general questions about
fairy tales:
- Do you like fairy tales?
- What kind of fairy tales do you know?
- Do you know how fairy tales begin? (Once upon a time; A long time
ago; etc.)
- Where do actions take place in fairy tales? (in a castle, in a forest, in
an unknown place)
- Who are the main characters in fairy tales? (princes, princesses, wicked
step-mothers)
MICROPHONE
- What does the ‘word’ magic mean? Share your ideas.
(The teacher introduces definition from the dictionary)
the use of special powers to make things happen which would usually be impossible, such as in stories for children.( Cambrige online dictionary)
in stories, a magic word or object has special powers that make the person using it able to do
impossible things. (Longman online dictionary)
Making predictions (прогнозування)
Today we’ll read a fairy tale The Story of the Magic Porridge Pot.
- What is this fairy tale about? Let’s predict. Share your ideas.
- Look at the picture and answer the following questions:
Who can you see in the picture?
What are they doing?
Name all the things you can see in the picture.
Once upon a time there was a poor but good little girl who lived with her mother. They had nothing to eat. One day, the child went into the forest, and there an aged woman met her who was aware of her sorrow…(pause)
-Guess what comes next? ( prediction)
She gifted her with a little pot, which when she said, "cook, little pot, cook", would cook good, sweet porridge, and when she said, "stop, little pot", it ceased to cook. The girl took the pot home to her mother, and soon…(pause)
-What do you think will come next? ( prediction)
they were freed from their poverty and hunger, and ate sweet porridge as often as
they chose. Once on a time when the girl had gone out, her mother said…(pause)
-What happened? ( prediction)
cook, little pot, cook. And it did cook and she ate till she was satisfied, and then she wanted the pot to stop cooking, but did not know the word.
She said, „No more now little pot” but it kept making porridge. She said, „That's it, little pot, stop.” But the porridge started to overflow from the pot and spill onto the stove. „Stop it!” she cried, but … (pause)
-What do you think will come next? ( prediction)
porridge overflowed onto the floor and filled the kitchen. It poured out into the street and into the next house. Then it poured through every street in the town and no one knew how to stop it. People came …(pause)
- What do you think people are going to do? ( prediction)
with buckets and pots to scoop up the porridge but as fast as they did, more porridge filled the streets. …(pause)
- What is the end of this story ? ( prediction)
At last the little girl came back into town and shouted "stop, little pot", and the pot stopped cooking. But anyone who wanted to get across the town that day had to eat their way there.
III. Post- reading activity:
-Answer the questions about the text: ( Pupils answer individually.)
Did you like the fairy tale?
What is this fairy tale about?
Who are the main characters in the fairy tale? ( the good little girl, an
old woman, mother)
What was the magic object in the fairy tale? (It was the magic pot)
Why was the object so special? (It helped to feed poor little girl and her
mother. When the little girl said, "cook, little pot, cook", would cook good, sweet porridge, and when she said, "stop, little pot", it ceased to cook.)
VOCABULARY(pair work)
Group work (team building):
Across 2. a feeling of great sadness 3. a round container that is open at the top and is deep enough to hold fruit, sugar, etc. 4. a thick soft food made from oats boiled in milk or water, eaten hot for breakfast 5. when liquid flows over the edges of a container, etc. because there is too much of it 6. any of various types of container, usually round, especially one used for cooking food
Down 1. The feeling you have when you need to eat 2. a cooker 4. the condition of being extremely poor 3. Read the adjectives and connect the opposite pairs.
COMPREHENSION (plot)
Put the statements into the correct order:
a. One day, the child went into the forest.
b. Once upon a time there was a poor but good little girl who lived with her mother.
c. The girl took the pot home to her mother.
d. At last the little girl came back into town and shouted "stop, little pot”.
e. But the porridge started to overflow from the pot and spill onto the stove.
f. An aged gifted the girl with a little pot
g. One day when the girl had gone out, her mother said, “cook, little pot, cook!“
DISCUSSION ( 6 W)
-First work in pairs and then discuss the questions with your classmates
-Which of these adjectives describe a good person? (helpful, poor, hungry, friendly, kind, smart, greedy, honest )
- What is a good deed? Can you name any good deeds?
-Why do you think the magic pot was given to the little girl?
-Why could only the little girl use the magic pot?
-What strange things happen when the mother does not use magic correctly?
- Was the little girl respectful or not?
-Why is it important to listen to your parents?
Mind map (group work):
Make your own mind map. Choose 5 most important to describe a little girl, her mother, old woman.
-Share your ideas! (Activities to practise talking about values and understanding values)
ART: (Work in pairs)
- Make your own illustrations for the fairy tale „The story of the magic
porridge pot”.
Follow the directions:
Draw the good little girl.
Draw the magic porrigde pot
Draw the house where the little girl lived together with her mther.
Draw the town full of porridge
- Compare your pictures and put questions to each other.
IV. WRITING (hometask)
The following questions can help you:
What does your magic tool look like?
How did you get it?
How do you use it?
Why is it special?
How does it work?
V. FEEDBACK
The Story of the Magic Porridge Pot
Once upon a time there was a poor but good little girl who lived with her mother. They had nothing to eat. One day, the child went into the forest, and there an aged woman met her who was aware of her sorrow. She gifted her with a little pot, which when she said, "cook, little pot, cook", would cook good, sweet porridge, and when she said, "stop, little pot", it ceased to cook. The girl took the pot home to her mother, and soon they were freed from their poverty and hunger, and ate sweet porridge as often as they chose.
Once on a time when the girl had gone out, her mother said, cook, little pot, cook. And it did cook and she ate till she was satisfied, and then she wanted the pot to stop cooking, but did not know the word. She said, „No more now little pot” but it kept making porridge. She said, „That's it, little pot, stop.” But the porridge started to overflow from the pot and spill onto the stove. „Stop it!” she cried, but the
porridge overflowed onto the floor and filled the kitchen. It poured out into the street and into the next house. Then it poured through every street in the town and no one knew how to stop it. People came with buckets and pots to scoop up the porridge but as fast as they did, more porridge filled the streets.