UNIT 6: FOLK TALES
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Objectives:
By the end of this unit, students can:
•use an exclamatory sentence with the correct intonation
•use the lexical items related to the topic ‘ Folk Tales’
•use the past continuous tense correctly
•distinguish between the past continuous tense and the simple past tense
•read for specific information in a fairy tale
•talk about a legend/folk tale/fairy tale/fable )its plot, main characters,etc.)
•listen for specific information in a fairy tale
•write a narrative of legend/ folk tale/fairy tale/fable

Getting started
A suggestion for Nick’s project
Introdution
Before Ss open their books review the previous unit by asking them to take part in a small game. Ss work in two big groups A and B. Each student calls out the name of a Vietnamese festival, then points at one student from group B. This student has to call out the name of another Vietnamese festival. The game stops when a group cannot give the name of any Vietnamese festival of when time is up. The group with more names of Vietnamese fedtival wins. Focus on the topic in Unit 5 and key language and structure learnt.
Write the Unit title on the board ‘ Folk Tales’/ Elicit any information Ss know about folk tales by asking about types by asking about types of folk tales they know their favourite folk tales and characters
Ask Ss to guess what the picture might show or what the conversation might be about. Let Ss open their books and check their answers.
1 Ask Ss questions about the picture:
Where are Duong and Nick?
What are they doing?
What are they talking about?
T may ask Ss to guess what Vietnamese legend Duong would suggest for Nick’s project.
T may also ask Ss to share any famous Vietnamese legends they have read:
Have you ever read or been told a famous Vietnamese legend?
What is its title?
What is it about?
What are the main characters in it?
Play the recording. Ss listen and read. T can play the recording more than once. Then come back to the questions and have Ss answer them. Do not give correction at this stage.


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a First, have Ss work independently. Then ask them to share answers before discussing as a class.
Key: 1. B 2. C
3. A 4. C 5. A


b Have Ss work in pairs to match the words to their meanings. Then ask them to share answers before discussing as a class.

Key: 1. c 2.d
3.a 4.b


c Again, ask Ss not to look at the book and try to remember the information about the legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co, and complete the table. Then ask Ss to open their books and check their answers.

Key:

Title
Lac Long Quan, Au Co

Genre
Legend

Main characters
Lac Long Quan, Au Co, and their sons

The plot
Lac Long Quan married Au Co.
Au Co gave birth to one hundred baby boys.
Lac Long Quan missed the sea.
Lac Long Quan took fifty of their sons to the sea.
Au Co took the others to the mountains.


d Have Ss discuss the question in pairs. Then, draw Ss’ attention to the structure, meaning and use of exclamatory sentences by analyzing the instruction and examples in the Remember! box. Write the following on the board:








1. handsome/man =
2. interesting/game=
3.good/news=
4. lovely/dogs=
5.brave/women=


Key:
1. What a handsome man( he is )!
2. What an interesting game ( it is )!
3. What good news ( it is )!
4. What lovely dogs ( they are) !
5. What brave women ( they are )!



Elicit the first answer from the Ss. Then give Ss a minute to write out the rest of the sentences. Check the answers with the class.
2 Have Ss quickly match the types of stories with their definitions. Then play the recording for Ss to check their answers. Now put Ss into pairs to think of an example of each type of story. You can add a time limit to increase the fun. Ss raise their hands when they have completed their lists. Check them with the class.

Key: 1. C 2. D
3. B 4. A


Audio script:
A very old, tradition story from a particular place that was originally passed on to people in a spoken form – fable
An ancient story about brave people or magical events that are probably not true – fairy tale