The enormous

turnip

Bulgaria , Sofia2010

THE ENORMOUS

TURNIP

Contents

New wordsTale ExerciseCharacters Dramatization

Methods

BULGARIAN FOLK TALE

PUPILS 7 – 8 YEARS OLD

PurposesDeveloping skills –

listening, speaking, reading.

Revision of language structures.

Introducing new vocabulary

ResultsTurning English into

means of communication

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THE ENORMOUS TURNIP

KEY COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTORS LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION

COMPETENCE

ORAL COMPREHENSION Children can:

Understand the storyUnderstand “can” and “can’t”Understand description about

family and animalsUnderstand and follow a role-play

situation.Guess and say words by listening

the spelling

ORAL INTERACTION

Children can:

Answer to questions about “The enormous turnip” story.

Participate in games using the language.

Use classroom language to communicate.

KEY COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTORS

KEY COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTORS

LINGUISTIC COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE

ORAL PRODUCTION Children can:

Say the members of their family.

Say the animals

Say the colours.

Tell “The enormous turnip” story.

Describe the characters.

Describe a friend.

Introduce themselves.

WRITING PRODUCTION Children can:

Write short descriptions about the characters.

Fill speech bubbles in the pictures.Fill gaps to complete words or

texts about the topic.Label colours, parts of the body,

animals, members of the family.

WRITING RECEPTION Children can:

Read and understand “The enormous turnip” story.

Put in the right order scrambled sentences of the story.

Read and understand information given to choose the right answer

KEY COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTORS

KEY COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTORS

MATHEMATICALCOMPETENCE

Children can:

Count and sum up the characters.Solve simple mathematical

problems through counting the numbers of people and animals

KEY COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTORS

SOCIAL AND CIVIC COMPETENCE Children can:

Collaborate with each other in groups.

Take care for the plants and animals.

LEARNING TO LEARN

Children can:

Sequence the story using different sequencing cards.

Use reading techniques to extract relevant information.

Memorize songs and poems about the topic.

KEY COMPETENCIES DESCRIPTORS

CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC COMPETENCE

Children can:

Participate in a role play about the story.

Perform songs and rhymes.Use different artistic techniques to

create pictures and books related to the story.

Listen and repeat . Play a tape and children repeat in small groups .

Role play .For the next lesson –

dramatization . For homework – put in

order the pictures in activity book .

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ActivitiesReminding the story.

Retelling in Bulgarian.Explain the new words:

enormous, turnip, pull out can’t move.

Listen and point. Children listen to the story and point to the pictures in the pupils book.

Name the characters: a girl, a dog, a cat, a mouse, grandparents.

We’ve got multimedia lesson and we can use it in class

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New words

can’t move – не се движи

enormous -огромна pull out -дърпам

turnip - ряпа

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read the story

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Colour. Write the correct numbers

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Colour. Write the correct numbers

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Colour. Write the correct numbers

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Characters

grandpa

grandma

girl dog

cat mouseSTART NEXT

play

play

play

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