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LEVEL 2
Discussion activities
Before reading
1 Group work: Put students into small groups and ask them: a to make a list of people and things they expect to find in fairy tales. b to work together to retell a fairy tale from their own cultures that they know well.
While reading
3 Write: A letter to Jack Have students write the following letter: Imagine you are Tom or Bob and write a letter to your brother Jack. Tell him the story of the magic table / the magic donkey and the jealous old man.
After reading
4 Guess: Have students compare their predictions about the role of the table, the donkey and the stick in this fairy tale. Were they right? 5 Role play: Put students into groups of six. The characters are: Tom, Bob, Jack, their mother, the jealous man. Tell students that there is one extra character a friend of the jealous mans with whom he plans the tricks. Have them act out the story.
Teachers notes
LEVEL 2
While reading
18 Role play: Goodbye, Giant! (page 25) The king of the Giants was very angry with the Giant because he took his youngest and loveliest daughter for walk by the sea. Ask students to role play the conversation between the giant and the princess and between the giant and the king just before the king puts the giant into the jar. 19 Guess: (after reading pages 26 and 27) The kings cook puts the fish over the fire and strange things happen. Ask students the following: Who is the woman? Who is the man with red hair? What work do the fish have to do?
After reading
20 Role play: Put students into pairs to role play the scenes between the king and the queen pages 28 and 29. 21 Discuss: The best story In this tale, there are several stories: a The Giants story when he is put into the jar b The story of the young king , his wife and her servant c The Fishermans story Have students discuss in groups which story is the most interesting and which hero is the most intelligent. Then they report to the class.
After reading
10 Guess: The prince married the princess and they lived happily ever after. Have the students speculate: What did they and their servants do for the people? 11 Discuss: A new impossible job Put students into small groups and ask them to think up an impossible job for the prince and his servants, even with their special powers. Then ask the groups to describe their jobs and choose the best (i.e. the hardest) one.
While reading
13 Discuss: Kindness (pages 14 and 15) Have students read pages 14 and 15 and then discuss in pairs: Was Hans a kind person? Why, do you think? 14 Discuss: A new life (page 15) Ask students to read page 15 He suddenly had many friends. Get the students in groups and ask them to discuss: How did Hanss life change when he was rich?
While reading
23 Role play: (page 29) Get students in pairs. Ask them to imagine the conversation between the old king and his new wife when she wants to send his sons away. 24 Discuss: An old womans help (pages 30 and 31) Have students discuss what help the old woman gives Elisa. Does the old woman want to help Elisa? Do you think Elisa will finish the ten coats for her brothers?
After reading
15 Role play: Get students to work in pairs and imagine the conversation between the princess and Hans when he tells her the story of the old woman and the three dogs. 16 Discuss: Dogs help Ask students to discuss in groups how each of the dogs help Hans: How did the dogs with eyes like eggs help Hans? And the one with eyes like oranges? And the dog with eyes like plates?
After reading
25 Write: Elisa is now the queen. She cannot speak but she can write. Have the students write a letter and imagine they are Elisa writing to her husband, the king. She tells him that his brother and the people want to put her on a fire and kill her. 26 Discuss: The birds help Ask the students to get into groups and discuss how the white birds help Elisa when the people want to put her on a fire.
Vocabulary activities
For the Word List and vocabulary activities, go to www.penguinreaders.com.