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Stories from Other Cultures
Objectives
To read and explore a range of fiction genres, including stories from other cultures.
Resources
Lined paper | ๐ KWL Chart | ๐ What is the difference between folk tales and myths? | ๐ Stories from Other Cultures
Today's Lesson
Spelling
Look at the words below and do a pre-test. This means that you are checking how well your student can spell these words before you teach them. You do not need to focus on the words your student spelled correctly the first time.
Rule: Endings which sound like /สษn/ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian (1 of 2)
- completion
- expression
- discussion
- confession
There are many activities you can do during the week to practise spellings. Please see the Spelling Activity Sheet under General Resources and use them as you see fit for your student.
Dictation
For this exercise you:
- Dictate the sentences below.
- Tell your student you will only say it once, so they really have to concentrate.
- Your student repeats the sentence. If you find that your student is unable to repeat the sentence back to you, do not move on to step 4 but rather just do steps 1, 2 and 3. This will give your student time to improve his or her working memory. You should not move to step 4 unless your student is able to easily repeat the sentence back to you.
- Your student writes the sentence.
- Your student reads the sentence to make sure he/she used capital letters, full stops and correct spelling. You can see that words are used from the new weekly spelling list and can therefore be used as a spelling pre-test.
SENTENCES
- It was good to practice the play to completion.
- Sam's expression was joyous when he saw his birthday cake.
- We had a family discussion about the picnic.
- The confession of where the ball was hidden, made John happy.
Main Activity
Explain to your student that this week you will be learning about cultural stories. In order to access any background knowledge they might have, ask them to tell you what they already know, and complete the KWL Chart.
Show โThe Lion and the Animalsโ and โA Terrible Friendโ to your student from the Stories from Other Cultures resource. Explain that these are folktales from Africa. Do they know what a folktale is? Read and discuss the information sheet:
๐ READ - What is the difference between folk tales and myths?
๐ READ - Stories from Other Cultures
Choose one of the stories to read together. You might like to take turns in reading, or you might like to read the story to your student.
Tell your student that folktales were stories passed down through the generations orally to explain events and entertain.
Ask: What did you think about it? Did they think it was a good tale? Why?
Discuss the moral lessons under the stories. Ask: How did the story teach these morals?