Tercer trimestre

Some contents for the first unit of the 3rd term (April/May)

UNIT: A kiss from a princess (Fairy tales and traditional stories)

• An oral telling of the opening of a traditional story: The Frog Prince retold by Margaret Carter.
• Analysis of same text for narrative and dialogue features.
• Dramatic presentation of story opening, acting in character.
• The past simple tense (regular and irregular) as used for narration.
• Speech marks as used in prose dialogue.
• Group work to re-tell and present stories to the class.
• The structure of traditional stories.
• Typical elements of traditional stories.
• Deconstruction and construction of basic plot lines.
• Altered versions of a traditional story: The Other Frog Prince from The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and The Frog Prince Continued, also by Jon Scieszka.
• The planning of a story using a five part “story mountain” framework.
• Writing a final version of a traditional fairy tale with a changed ending.

UNIT: Drama

• Conventional aspects of a play script.
• Differences between play scripts and prose stories.
• The importance of drama .
• Reading and listening to a play script: an adapted versions.
• Preparation, rehearsal and presentation to a live audience of a play.
• Memorization of dialogue.
• Words in English associated with the theatre.
• Speaking in public to an audience.
• Using a story mountain framework to analyse the structure of the story.
• Writing a prose version of the story presented in the play script.
• Expression of emotions using English and gesture.
• Group work to produce a finished product: a performance to a live audience.