ESL - INTERNET

PRIMARY SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Address: http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html

Links: http://www.eduplace.com/tales/lessons.html  (Click on Aesop)

Subject: wacky tales created by students

Grade: 6, beginner + (reading and writing activity)

Prepared by: Solange Moseley, ESL Primary teacher, CS de l'Eau-Vive

 

MEQ OBJECTIVES

  • TERMINAL: 3 
  • COMPONENTS: 3.1 Important elements of a story: characters, plot, events.

 

þ REQUIRES ADVANCED PLANNING

o COPY THIS ACTIVITY ON A DISKETTE AND WORK FROM THE SERVER

þ DO THIS ACTIVITY DIRECTLY ON THE INTERNET

 

PRE-ACTIVITIES:

Twelve (12) different topics are offered, same principle as above, to create a wacky:

- tongue twister - odd animal - the play’ s the thing - what a buy! - 

- the audition - two cinquains - on the track of bigfoot - what are friends for

- the camping trip - up close and personal - the mummy

ACTIVITIES: Students create their own wacky tales by completing the grid provided on site.

Students must complete the grid according to the requirements. 

Ex. ( lions ) plural noun

(cat ) singular noun 

At the end of the selection a wacky tale appears with the words chosen by the student.

Ex.: And the moral of the story is...

Two lions don’t make a cat....

 

CLOSURE: After printing their story, students get in groups of 3 or 4 and read to one another their wacky story.

FEEDBACK/EVALUATION: The story can be evaluated either orally, if presented to the rest of the class and/ or for written expression.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY:

CLASS MANAGEMENT: Computer lab. Pairwork if there are 15 computers. Students, in pairs, can help one another create a story.

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