FINAL WORK

PROFESORA: JELENA BOBKINA

MARINA VELÁZQUEZ TORREJÓN

D.N.I.: 53466860W

MENCIÓN EN LENGUA EXTRANJERA GRUPO 2

INDEX

- Introduction ...................................................................................... 1

- Objectives ......................................................................................... 2

- The Gruffalo story.............................................................................. 3

- Activities ............................................................................................ 9

- Conclusion ......................................................................................... 16

- Bibliography ...................................................................................... 17

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INTRODUCTION

When I had to choose the story for my storytelling activity and my final work I wanted

to find a story which the children enjoy and which I like. Because if you don’t like the

story or the things you do, you won’t do a good work or you can’t to do the children

enjoy.

Finally I chose the Gruffalo story. Firstly because when I read the story I fall in love and

secondly because it’s a story that it makes the children enjoy and we can work a lot of

aspects in classroom.

The purpose of that project is create some activities which we can work the different

areas. I have organized the activities in areas but this does not mean one activity only

works one area. The same activity can to work different area.

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OBJECTIVES

Every project has objectives that they are the purpose of the project. They permit to

know what are going to work with that final work.

The objectives we are going to work are:

- To enjoy the storytelling.

- To work the expression of feelings and values.

- To enhance their communicative skills.

- To develop their capacity of empathy.

- To know the expressive possibilities of the body.

- To understand and to convey messages.

- To understand the story’s vocabulary.

- To respect the artiste’s production of other.

- To enjoy music.

- To work by team.

- To develop the personal confidence.

- To talk in public.

- To verify their reading and listening comprehension.

- To construct correctly questions and answers.

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THE GRUFFALO STORY

A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.

“Where are you going to, little brown mouse? Come and have lunch in my underground house.”

“It’s terribly kind of you, fox, but no – I’m going to have lunch with a gruffalo”

“A gruffalo? What’s a gruffalo?” “A gruffalo! Why, didn’t you know?

“He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws”

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“Where are you meeting him?” “Here, by these rocks, and his favourite food is roasted fox.”

“Roasted fox! I’m off” fox said. “Goodbye, little mouse” and away he sped.

“Silly old fox! Doesn’t he know, there’s no such thing as a gruffalo?”

On went the mouse through the deep dark wood. An owl saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.

“Where are you going to, little brown mouse? Come and have tea in my treetop house.”

“It’s frightfully nice of you, owl, but no –

I’m going to have tea with a gruffalo” “A gruffalo? What’s a gruffalo?”

“A gruffalo! Why, didn’t you know? “He has knobbly knees, and turned-out toes, and a poisonous

wart at the end of his nose”

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“Where are you meeting him?”

“Here, by this stream, and his favourite good is owl ice cream.” “Owl ice cream? toowhit toowhoo!

Goodbye, little mouse,” and away owl flew. “Silly old owl! Doesn’t he know, there’s no such thing as a

gruffalo?”

On went the mouse through the deep dark wood. A snake saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.

“Where are you going to, little brown mouse? Come for a feast in my logpile house”

“It’s wonderful good of you, snake, but no – I’m having a feast with a gruffalo.”

“A gruffalo? What’s a gruffalo?” “A gruffalo! Why, didn’t you know?

“His eyes are orange, his tongue is black, he has purple prickles all over his back”

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“Where are you meeting him?” “Here, by this lake and his favourite food is scrambled snake.”

“Scrambled snake! It’s time I hid! Goodbye, little mouse,” and away snake slid.

“Silly old snake! Doesn’t he know, there’s no such thing as a gruffalo?”

But who is this creature with terrible claws and terrible teeth in this terrible jaws?

He has knobbly knees and turned-out toes and a poisonous wart at the end of this nose.

His eyes are orange, his tongue is black He has purple prickles all over his back.

“Oh help! Oh no! It’s a gruffalo!” “My favourite food!” the gruffalo said. “You’ll taste good on a slice of bread!”

“good?” said the mouse. “Don’t call me good! I’m the scariest creature in this wood.

Just walk behind me and soon you’ll see, everyone is afraid of me.” “All right,” said the gruffalo, bursting with laughter.

“You go ahead and I’ll follow after.”

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They walked and walked till the gruffalo said, “I hear a hiss in the leaves ahead.”

“It’s snake”, said the mouse. “Why, snake, hello!” Snake took one look at the gruffalo.

“Oh crumbs!” he said, “goodbye, little mouse,” and off he slid to his logpile house.

“You see?” said the mouse. “I told you so.” “Amazing!” said the gruffalo.

They walked some more till the gruffalo said, “I hear a hoot in the trees ahead.”

“It’s owl, said the mouse. “Why, owl, hello!” Owl took one look at the gruffalo.

¡oh dear!” he said, “goodbye, little mouse” And off he flew to his treetop house.

“You see? said the mouse. “I told you so” “Astounding!” said the gruffalo.

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The walked some more till the gruffalo said, “I can hear feet on the path ahead.”

“Its fox” said the mouse. “Why, fox, hello!” Fox took one look at the gruffalo.

“Oh help!” he said, “goodbye, little mouse” And off he ran to his underground house.

“Well, gruffalo,” said the mouse. “You see? Everyone is afraid of me!

But now my tummy’s beginning to rumble. My favourite food is…. gruffalo crumble!”

“Gruffalo crumble!” the gruffalo said, And quick as the wind he turned and fled.

All was quiet in the deep dark wood. The mouse found a nut and the nut was good.

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ACTIVITIES

The first activity is telling the Gruffalo story for that we are going to do a storytelling

and we are going to support in a power point presentation. After that we are going to

do the rest of the activities in different sessions.

Language Skills

- Key words 1

In this activity we are going to work the vocabulary. By team the children want

to match the words with the pictures.

Match the words with the picture.

- Key words 2

In this activity the children are going guess the word which is right for each

definition.

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Write the words for each definition.

1. The organ of sight: …………………..

2. The part in the middle of your leg: ……………….

3. A very long pointed teeth: ……………………………..

4. One of the five individual parts at the end of your foot: ………………………

5. An ugly and terrible growth on the skin, similar to grain: ………………….

6. Organ in mouth: …………………

7. A sharp, curved nail on the foot of an animal, such as on a cat: …………………

- Create your own Gruffalo

The children are going to create their own Gruffalo, for that we are going to

show them different possibilities. They have to write the Gruffalo description

and do a draw.

You have to create your own Gruffalo. Write how it is and do a draw. You can

use the possibilities we offer you.

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- Bingo Gruffalo

We are going to play the Gruffalo Bingo. We are going to hand one bingo card

to each child.

We are going to explain how to play and later we are going to star.

Communicative Skills

- Create your Gruffalo 2

This activity is the second part to “Create your Gruffalo2. We need to do team

four or five children. For this activity the teacher is going to choose one

Gruffalo description and his author have to read the teams his definition and

the group have to draw the Gruffalo.

The team that draws the most similar Gruffalo according the original Gruffalo

description, it is going to win a point.

The team with more punctuation wins the game.

- Gruffalo song

We are going to listen and sing the Gruffalo song. First we are going to listen

and the second time they are going to listen they are going to fill the gaps with

the word they have listened.

You can listen the song in that link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFXSM7G0bB8

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Listen the song and fill in the gaps the word you listen.

He has terrible ………………..,

And terrible ………………,

And ………………… teeth in his ………………. Jaws

He’s the Gruffalo, Gruffalo, Gruffalo.

He’s the Gruffalo!

He has nobly ……………..

And turn-out ……………….

And a poisonous wart at the end of this ………………

He’s the Gruffalo, Gruffalo, Gruffalo.

He’s the Gruffalo!

His eyes are ……………..,

His tongue is …………………,

He has ……………….. prickles all over his back.

He’s the Gruffalo, Gruffalo, Gruffalo (x2).

He’s the Grrr Grrrr Grrrr Gruffalo!.

He’s the Gruffalo!

Personal growth

- Play Gruffalo story

We are going to play the Gruffalo story by team. We are going to organize three

groups and three parts to play. One is the parts of the story until the Gruffalo

appear, other from the Gruffalo appears to the end of the story, and other

group have to play a sequel to the story.

Firstly we are going to distribute the children in three group and later they are

going to take a paper where it is explained the parts that they have to do.

You are going to play the Gruffalo story, but don’t worry only until the Gruffalo

appears. And your partners are going to continue the story.

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You are going to continue the Gruffalo story, you are going to play the story

from the Gruffalo story.

You are going to imagine what happened next in the story? You are going to

play a sequel to the story. Be creative.

- What would do you if….?

In this exercise we are going to imagine what it is their answer in an imaginary

situation. By pairs each children have to ask their partner the different

questions to know their answers.

What would you do if….

o You were a Gruffalo?

o The mouse told you about the Gruffalo and you are a behaviour

creature in the forest?

o You wanted to know the Gruffalo??

Autonomous learning

- Gruffalo Movie

We are going to see the Gruffalo film (2009). The length of the film is 30

minutes. We can find a free version in that link: https://vimeo.com/90957237

- Quiz

When we are going to finish the film we are going to organize 4 groups in class.

Each group has to create a Gruffalo quiz with 10 questions and 4 possible

answers.

In another session we are going to play the Gruffalo quiz. They are going to play

four team, first team versus second team and third team versus fourth team.

The first team ask the questions and the second answer and later the second

ask the first. The other two teams, third and fourth, are going to do the same.

The two teams who are going to win in each case, are going to play again the

same way until one of them are going to be the winner.

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Interdisciplinary learning

- Body parts

In this exercise we are going to work the parts of the body. The body parts

which appear in the Gruffalo story and other they know.

In big group the teacher is going to show the following body parts: head,

shoulders, tummy, knee, feet, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, toes…. The

teacher is going to say the body parts and point them, children imitate him or

her.

After that the teacher is going to show them “one little finger song” to practice

the body parts vocabulary.

One little finger lyric: One little finger, One little finger, One little finger, Tap, tap, tap. Point it to the ceiling, Point it to the floor Point it to your …….. (body parts) Repeat with each body parts When children know the song one of them will sing the song and choose the body parts he or she wants to the rest of the class have to point.

- Play Gruffalo song

In music our students have learned to play the flute and in this activity we are

going to sing and play the Gruffalo song. The children know the song because

they did in Gruffalo song activity previously. Now they are going to learn the

score of the song. And later we are going to do a little chorus where one of the

students is going to sing the song and the other are going to play the song.

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Literary critics

- Questions about the story

The children are going to answer some questions about the story but they are

questions where they have to give their personal opinion. They are going to

answer individually.

Answer the questions in your notebook.

1. Why does the mouse invent the Gruffalo monster?

2. Do you feel afraid with a Gruffalo description?

3. Do you think the mind is a powerful tool which you can feel happiness,

scare, sadness….?

4. What is the moral of the story?

5. Do you like the story? Why?

Cross-curriculum topic

- Change the final

By groups the children are going to change the final of the story. Later they are

going to tell the rest of the class.

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CONCLUSION

The purpose of this project is creating a group of activities where the children enjoy

with them and the reading.

Nowdays children don’t like reading and don’t have an interest in books or comics. But,

why is happened? I believe that is a problem which the book or story we tell them, we

need to change and show them different stories, different books to read. Books that

they like, books that they recover their pleasure from reading books where their

imagination is working, where they live a lot of adventures…

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

- Donaldson, Julia. (1999): The Gruffalo. London: Macmillan Children’s book.