Patrycja Dąbkowska

Literacy lesson
Topic: Manners and proper behaviour at dinners table

The story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eob3MtLkgK0

Age: 3 grade (10 years old students)

Why do I consider my story to be good?

 it has simple illustrations, they look as if they were drawn by z child

 attractive characters - a tiger that behaves as a human being
 a simple storyline
 events that surprise- students may expect tg=hat the girl and the tiger would become friends
but they do not, the tiger has gone and never come back
 no background description
 simple dialogues

Lesson 1

Stage of the lesson Procedure Preparing to the text

reception: Justification of
the activity according to the
rules of working with the
text
1. Introduction The teacher plays with students hangman on Preparing for the text
the board reception: To introduce the
the solution is: TABLE MANNERS topic
The teacher informs students that this is the To prepare students to text
topic of the lesson reception
2. Discussion The teacher asks students Preparing to the text
What should we do at the table?:) reception: To refer to
and write down answers on the board students background
What we shouldn't do at the table? :( knowledge and experience
To discuss the most
Have you ever observed misbehavior at the important problems and
table? values that will be
What was wrong? Why? mentioned in the text
3. Listening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgZeziV Preparing to the text
UsZ0 reception: To give students
Students watch the video knowledge which they may
use to make connections
with the text
watch a video connected
with the main idea of the
text
4. Making project Students get A3 sheets of paper (there is a Preparing to the text
table divided into 2 parts, one column We reception: To reinforce the
should.., second column We shouldn't...) and knowledge which they may
their task is to write down the ideas from the use to make connections
video and add their own- pair work with the text
5. Presentation Students share what they have on their To assess the knowledge
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posters

Lesson 2

1. Introducing new Teaching vocabulary with flashcards Explaining more difficult

vocabulary Different types of drilling and word games words or facts that appear
in the text
2. Making Teacher shows students the book and asks Introductory text
predictions them to make predictions What the book might recognition: To prepare
be about? students for emotional and
The teacher writes down predictions on the intellectual perception
whiteboard.
3.Reading Teacher reads text to the students and shows Reading
them illustrations
4. Post-reading Teacher asks students to close their eyes Introductory text
activities recognition To give them
time to get back to reality
Teacher asks students Introductory text
How do you like the story? recognition
How do you feel? To relate to children's
emotions and
Teacher asks what the text was about Working with the text
Students give answers and check if their
predictions were correct
The teacher asks children to prepare cards with Working with the text
'Yes, he was'. ' No, he wasn't.' and then writes Searching for information
questions on the board and gives students - students have to find
some time to find answers in the text information in the text
Was the tiger invited to Sophie's house?
Was the tiger polite?
Was Sophie happy with tiger's visit?
The teacher asks questions out loud
students answer using cards

Then the teacher distribute the Worksheet 1 Simple reasoning-

and asks students to fill it in analyzing character
behavior
Then the teacher asks students a question discovering cause and
What should he change in his behavior? effect relations

The teacher writes questions and structure Working with the text:
The tiger should... The tiger shouldn't...... on interpreting- students
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the board, give one example and explains the have to think and decide
meaning which types of behaviour
ex. The tiger shouldn't interrupt Sophie and her are proper and which are
mum during the meal. not

Students discuss tiger's behavior using modal

verb should

Group work students work in groups of 4

Students work with the text- they are asked to
find examples of good and bad tiger behaviour
Students are asked to make a poster connected
with the tiger's behaviour
they have to use should and shouldn't structure

Individual work- students are asked to answer Examine the context

question in their notebook "What can we learn
from the
story?”
Students work in groups, they are asked to Going beyond the text
Imagine of a different animal came to tea. How changing the story
would the family behave? and re-write the
story

Drama activity Students are asked to present the new story by Going beyond the text
performing it drama activity