Урок 10. Folk tales
Предмет: Английский язык, 7 класс

Lesson 10

Folk Tales

In this lesson

you will learn to read, listen and talk about folk tales in different countries

Ключевые слова: beast, entertain, fairy, folk tale, giant, incredible, treasure, noble, obstacle, overcome, saint, upset, value.

Речевой материал: tales, tradition.

Основное содержание урока

Perhaps the best way to spend a cold, winter evening in Ireland is to sit close to the fire and enjoy the company of a storyteller.

Ireland has many stories to tell and they belong to 2 groups: myths and legends and folk tales. Throughout the years, people passed on stories from generation to generation to form a great tradition.

Myths and legends are stories about giants, saints, warriors and kings. They are tales of heroes who overcome evil character, fight with magical beasts and have incredible adventures.

One such legend is the story of the noble champion Finn Mac Cumhal and his group of warriors, the Fianna, who protected the High Kings of Ireland.

Folk tales entertain people while teaching them moral values. These stories have the most unusual characters: fairies, elves, leprechauns and many more.

The Leprechaun is one of the most popular characters in Irish folk stories. It is a type of fairy that makes shoes and has a hidden treasure: a crock filled with gold.

If you catch it, it must tell you the secret location of its treasure immediately. But be careful! It will try to trick you into looking away for a second, and then it will disappear!

Vocabulary

Тренировочные задания

1.

Read the text and answer the questions.

Grandpa planted a turnip. The turnip grew bigger and bigger. Grandpa came to pick the turnip, pulled and pulled but couldn't pull it up! Grandpa called Grandma. Grandma pulled Grandpa, Grandpa pulled the turnip. They pulled and pulled but couldn't pull it up! Granddaughter came. Granddaughter pulled Grandma, Grandma pulled Grandpa, Grandpa pulled the turnip. They pulled and pulled but couldn't pull it up!

What country is this folk tale from?
What is the title of this folk tale?
Who was the sixth person who helped Grandpa?

2.

Choose an extra fairy tale from the list. Explain you choice.

The turnip, The bun, The swan geese, The frog princess, Fenist the bright falcon, Snowmaiden, Alyonushka, Sadko, Cinderella, Wee little havroshechka, The scarlet flower.

3.

Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple.

On Friday we 1) ________ (HAVE) five lessons. The first lesson 2) ________ (BE) English. At this lesson we 3) ________ (WRITE) a dictation and 4) ________ (DO) some exercises. Mary 5) ________ (go) to the blackboard.
She 6) ________ (ANSWER) well and 7) ________ (GET) a "five". Peter 8) ________ (DO) not get a "five" because he 9) ________ (DO) not know his lesson well. After the second lesson I 10) ________ (GO) to the cafeteria. I 11) ________ (EAT) a sandwich and 12) ________ (DRINK) a cup of tea. After school I 13) ________ (DO) not go home at once. I 14) ________ (GO) to the library and 15) ________ (TAKE) a book. Then I 16) ________ (GO) home.

4.

Read the story and mark the statements as True (T) or False (F).

King Midas – from the Ancient Greece Mythology King Midas – was a very kind man who ruled his kingdom fairly. But he didn’t always think very deeply about what he said. One day, while walking in his garden, he saw an elderly satyr asleep among the flowers. Taking pity on him, King Midas let him go without punishment. When the god Dionysus heard about it, he rewarded King Midas by granting him one wish. The king thought for only a second and then said: “I wish everything I touch turned to gold.” And so it did. The beautiful flowers in his garden turned toward the sun for light, but when Midas touched them, they stood hard and gold. The king grew hungry and thin, because each time he tried to eat, he found that his meal was gold. His lovely daughter, at his loving touch, turned to gold. His water, his bed, his clothes, his friends, and the whole palace were gold. King Midas saw that soon his whole kingdom would turn to gold unless he did something right away. He asked Dionysus to take back his golden touch. Because the king was ashamed and very sad, Dionysus took pity on him and fulfilled his request. Instantly, King Midas became poorer but richer - he felt - in the things that really counted.

Midas was a good king for his country.
King Midas followed the rule: First think, then do!
Dionysus rewarded King Midas for his kindness to the elderly person.
Dionysus’s reward was gold.
It took King Midas hours to think of his wish.
Midas was happy to eat from gold plates.
King Midas loved his daughter so much that he gave her all gold in the kingdom.
At first Dionysus was angry with Midas and didn’t want to turn everything back by his request.

5.

Choose the correct form of the verbs.

1. The Prince wants/wanted to marry a true princess. 2. The Prince travels/travelled a lot to find his future wife, but he doesn't/didn’t know how to check if the princess was/is real. 3. The Prince is/was sad because he felt/feels lonely 4. The Princess standing by the city gate is/was all wet. 5. The old Queen decided/decides to check if she is/was a true princess. 6. The Queen putted/put a pea between the mattresses. 7. The Princess couldn’t/can't sleep all night. 8. The Princess is/was uncomfortable to sleep on the bed with the pea under the mattresses. 9. The Prince and his family know/knew that she is/was a real princess because she was/is unhappy after a sleep on 20 mattresses with a pea under them. 10. The Prince’s family think/thought that real princesses were/are very delicate and tender.

6.

Choose the correct item.

1) I bought some really nice ___________ for my MP3 player.

laptops
headphones
submarines

2) Mary and Tom ___________ their house at 8am yesterday.

left
are leaving
leave

3) I like watching chat ___________ when I want to relax.

reports
shows
news

4) We ___________ to work when it started to rain.

walked
were walking
used to walk

5) You ___________ your house unlocked when you are not home.

shouldn’t leave
should leave
left

6) Documentaries are very ___________.

interest
interested
interesting

7) I got a ___________ camera for my birthday.

virtual
digital
mobile

8) If you press the ___________ the screen will turn on.

button
dome
gadget

9) I didn’t like the ___________ of the film. It was too complicated.

plot
myth
adventure

10) Many people ___________ isolated in big cities.

sleep
sit
feel

7.

Combine the word from the marked letters.

Finn Mac Cumhal was a noble champion and warrior. The Fianna was a group of warriors to which Finn Mac Cumhal belonged. Leprechauns are a type of fairy creatures that make shoes and have a crock of gold.

8.

Write a story about the folk tale “The Fox and the Stork” you have read. Put the following sentences into the correct order.

So the Fox was unable to eat a bite, because his nose was too short for the long neck of the jar.
The moral is: be fair to your friends!
The Fox made friends with the Stork and decided to invite her for lunch.
But when he served the meal he played a trick on his guest.
He poured the soup into two flat plates.
So the Stork couldn’t eat a drop of it because of her long nose.
As you make your bed so you must lie on it!
The Fox cooked a tasty frog soup.
She was hurt but didn’t show her feelings.
She welcomed him in her house and served a very special meal.
It smelled very tasty.
So the Fox was impatient to start the meal.
This story is about a strange friendship between the Fox and the Stork.
But the Stork handed him a jar.
So the Stork taught him a lesson!
The next day the Fox got the Stork’s invitation for lunch.

Контрольные задания

ВАРИАНТ 1

1.

Put the following quote by Hans Christian Andersen into the correct order.

Created, better, there, by, fairy, life, are, tales, no, itself, those, than

2.

Write the Рast Simple forms of the verbs.

1 catch
2 send
3 find
4 hide
5 break

3.

Fill in: use, play, explore, create, tell.

______________ a story;
______________ a magnifying glass;
______________ an area;
______________ a role;
______________ a character;

ВАРИАНТ 2

1.

Put the following quote by Stanley Robertson into the correct order.

Story, A, told, heart, be, eye, should, mind, to, heart, to, eye, to, mind

2.

Write the Рast Simple forms of the verbs.

wake
spend
hear
leave
put

3.

Fill in: wear, solve, smoke, overcome, put.

.............. criminals behind bars;	put
............... a crime;
...............a pipe;
............. .an obstacle;
.............. a hat