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Home reading: The Flying Lion
Textbook: p. 68
GoalAbout the African folk tale “The Flying Lion”; finding cause and effect in a folk tale.
New words
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Explanation
The book has an African folk tale called “The Flying Lion”, in which a lion could once fly. I do not retell that tale; I wrote my own short tale on a similar theme instead. In folk tales animals usually talk, events often happen three times and there is a moral at the end. Read the text and find the cause and the effect. To tell a story use: Once upon a time ..., One day ..., Finally ...
Worked examples
“The proud camel”. Once upon a time a camel thought that he was the tallest and strongest animal in the desert. He never helped the others. One day a sandstorm came and he lost his way. A little desert fox showed him the road, and the camel understood that everyone is useful. From that day he shared his shade with all the animals. Moral: Do not be proud; we all need each other.
Mini-dialogue. — Why did the camel lose his way? — A sandstorm came. — Who helped him? — A little fox.
Class activity
“Folk-tale theatre”: three pupils act out the tale and the class finds the moral.
Practice
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From the text: Who showed the camel the road?
A little desert fox.
2
Cause and effect: A sandstorm came. → ?
The camel lost his way.
3
A phrase to start a tale:
Once upon a time ...
4
Say the moral in your own words.
Do not be proud; help one another.