2. The project is equally divided in three
sessions of 45 minutes duration
• Lesson 1: Warm – up and Pre – reading
activities
• Lesson 2: Reading activity
+ follow – up speaking
activities
• Lesson 3: Follow – up listening activity
+ post reading activities
3. Activities in Lesson 1:
• Activity 1:
• Gap filling activity: Pupils experiment with
structures, they write for a real purpose.
• Speaking with focus on grammatical patterns
such as: demonstrative pronouns this is – that
is, verbs “have” and “do”.
• Teaching aids:
personal photocopy, board, picture flashcards:
dog, fox, cat
phrasal flashcards: this is, that is
4. • Activity 2: Speaking about the
cover page of the story
• Grammar focus on the verb “do” and
the auxiliary verb “can”. Pupils answer to
the questions: “Do you like the colours?”
“Can you tell me the colours?”
• Teaching aids: word flashcards with
colours.
5. • Activity 3: Discussing about
Aesop and fables
• The teacher asks pupils what they know
about Aesop and his fables.
(The discussion is conducted in Greek
because it is more convenient to pupils.)
6. Lesson 2: Reading activity
Benefits of story telling:
• Eye contact
• Characters’ dramatic placement
• Voice and gesture recreation
7. Benefits of listening to the story:
•Pupils directly reflect while listening
the story
•It is more entertaining to pupils, they
familiarize with authentic dialogues.
Teaching aid: CD player
8. Speaking activity 1:
• Discussion upon the story’s slogan:
Food is good, but a lot of food is bad for you!
The discussion is conducted in Greek so
that pupils can easily support their
opinion.
Teaching aid: a poster
9. Speaking activity 2:
• Pupils use new structures and decide who
is right and who is wrong.
• A rather fascinating activity because all
pupils raise their hands, decide and judge
at the same time.
We should not forget that children are very
strict in their judgments.
10. Speaking activity 3:
Teacher adds the Red Riding Hood in the
story:
• Children are generally fond of using their
imagination while describing events!
• Children find it interesting to give both a
different end in the story and feel like fairy
tale writers themselves!!!
11. Lesson 3: Listening activity
Benefits of listening to the story’s song:
• Pupils love songs
• They are great for movement and word-
phrase repetition.
• They understand more English than any
other method
12. Post – reading activities
Vocabulary elaboration activities:
• Activity 1: Pupils categorize verbs, nouns,
adjectives of the story.
• Activity 2: word matching
• Activity 3: a fun activity with the fable’s
slogan.
• Activity 4: focus on imperatives
• Activities 5 + 6: Gap filling
13. Extra fun activity:
• Pupils inspired by the fable prepare a
poster using their imagination and many
crayons!!!!
• Pupils make a second poster adding the
red riding hood and her grandfather since
they have given another end to the story.