TEACHING

GRAMMAR
USING
STORIES,
NURSERY
RHYMES AND
POEMS
WEEK 14
STORIES
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 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. ...

 The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. ...

 The Elves and the Shoemaker. ...

 The Little Mermaid. ...

 The Twelve Dancing Princesses. ...

 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. ...

 Hansel and Gretel. ...

 The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

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LET’S LISTEN
TO THIS:
WHAT IS THE
TITLE OF THE
STORY?
HOW TO ADAPT/ADAPT FOR A GRAMMAR CLASS

 Lesson focus: Listening & Speaking/Writing

 Grammar item: Simple present tense

 Duration of video: 4:38

 Stages of a lesson to play the video : Presentation

 Approach of Teaching Grammar: Covert

 Stages to use grammar: Production

 Teaching material: worksheet

Presentation : Name the characters

 Play the video

Discuss the characters– refer to the video
Group work
Give the task sheet on the anagram – unscrambled the
words to make the name of the characters in Little Red
Riding Hood
(winner will give a star as a reward)
ACTIVITY:
_____
ANAGRAM
PRACTICE
Draw the story map by including the
names and the mocation for 4 routes
taken
 Emphasize that there are 4 routes

 Refer to the Story map to retell the story. Write the

names and location on the board.
 Pupils given similar story map but without the name
of the places and the characters involved at each
scene.
 Pupils have to name the character and label the
scene by working with a partner in question and
answer session
e.g. What is the name of the character?
Where does this scene take place?
PRACTICE: WRITING THE STORY USING REBUS
PRODUCTION: WRITE A SHORT DESRIPTION ON THE STORY
(EXAMPLE OF ENRICHMENT AND REMEDIAL WORKSHEET)

Task 2: Grammar practice (Simple Present tense) (Enrichment)

Write five sentences about the situation in the video on Little Red Riding Hood. You may use the words below to help
you.
Give – Make – go - walk - have - fell
e.g.
 Grandma likes apple pie

1. ____________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________
EXAMPLE OF WORKSHEET

Task 2: Grammar practice (Simple Present tense) (Remedial))

Rearrange the word in the sentences below on the situation in the video on Little Red Riding Hood.
e.g.
 Q: apple pie/ Grandma/ likes

A: Grandma likes apple pie

1. Mother/ muffin / cooks/ Grandma/for

2. goes/Little red Riding Hood/to Grandma House

3. in the wood/She/walks

4. big/ The wolf/ has/ eyes/ears/ and

5. pushes/ Little Red Riding Hood/ the wolf

6. happy/ is / Grandma
HOMEWORK : CONNECT THE DOTS, COLOUR THE PICTURE
AND WRITE A CAPTION FOR THE PICTURE (ENRICHMENT)
HOMEWORK : CONNECT THE DOTS AND COLOUR THE
PICTURE (WEAK/REMEDIAL)
NURSERY RHYME
POEMS
 Modern and simple poems

 Emphasize on the language – free verse usually

 Grammar items : tenses/verbs. Punctuation

 Try and create the activity using poems

POSSIBLE ACTIVITY