Objectifs globaux : Identify the most common Anglo-Saxon mythical creatures.
Objectifs travaillés : Text and video comprehension.
Resources :
PDF: Six Beasts
AUDIO: Curious British Legends
AUDIO: 1 The Chain Oak, Alton
AUDIO: 2 The Screaming Skulls, Southern England
AUDIO: 3 Crazy Well Pool, Devon
AUDIO: 4 The Hands of Postbridge, Dartmore
AUDIO: 5 The Devil’s Footprints, Devon
PDF: The biscuit did the trick
Contents
Six Beasts
What do you know about Anglo-Saxon creatures?
PDF: Six Beasts
- Cut out the pictures of the six legendary creatures.
- Stick them in your book, one by one, and copy the short text that describes the creature.
a. Banshee: female spirit who announces the death of a family member, by lamenting.
b. Changeling: fairy child left in place of a human child stolen by fairies (in Scotland and Ireland)
c. Gwyllgi: frightful mythical dog with red eyes that appears in Wales’ lonely roads at night.
d. Leprechaun: little mischievous Irish creature; if captured by a human, he will grant three wishes in exchange for freedom.
e. Merlin: Welsh wizard linked to King Authur’s legend.
f. The Loch Ness Monster: a monster that has been reported in Loch Ness, in Scotland since the 6th century.
Curious British Legends
Listen to the introduction to the podcast « Curious British Legends »
- What did you understand?
- What is coming next in the podcast episode?
Introduction
You will each be assigned a number 1-5.
Listen to your assigned story.
- What did you understand?
1 – The Chain Oak, Alton
2 – The Screaming Skulls, Southern England
3 – Crazy Well Pool, Devon
4 – The Hands of Postbridge, Dartmore
5 – The Devil’s Footprints, Devon
The biscuit did the trick
You are going to read a text called « The biscuit did the trick »
PDF: The biscuit did the trick
- Look at the title of the text. What do you think the story will be about?
Answer the questions by reading specific parts of the text
- Read paragraph 1. What is the story really about?
- Find two time markers in the first paragraph and translate them.
- Read paragraphs two and three and find
- the characters (names, pronouns)
- the places related to each person
- the action verbs related to each character
- Sum up the situation so far (paragraphs 1-3)
- Considering the situation, what do you think the parents’ reactions will be?
- Read paragraph 4 and the following dialogue. Were you correct about the parents’ reactions?
- Read the final passage. What is the key element in the passage?
- Considering the context of the text, what does « The biscuit did the trick » actually mean?
Evaluation
Answer questions about this lesson.