Unit 6. Folk Tales. Lesson 1. Getting started - Full

UNIT 6
FOLK TALES

FOLK TALES
Cinderella
The Hundred-knot Bamboo Tree
The story of Tam and Cam
Snow white and the seven dwarfs
Cinderella
UNIT 6
FOLK TALES
Period 44
GETTING STARTED
A SUGGESTION FOR NICK’S PROJECT
II. LISTEN AND READ
1. Where are Duong and Nick?
2. What are they doing?
3. What are they talking about?
II. LISTEN AND READ
Duong: I phoned you around 9 p.m.
last night, but no reply.
 Nick: Oh, I was doing some
Internet research on
Vietnamese legends for my
project. 
Duong: Have you found one you like
yet? 
Nick: Not really. Can you suggest
anything? 
Duong: We have lots of legends, folk tales, and fables. A popular
one is the legend of Lac Long
Quan and Au Co. 
Nick: Oh yeah? What’s it about?
Duong: Well, it’s about the origins of the
Vietnamese people. 
Nick: Who are the main characters? 
Duong: Lac Long Quan – the dragon king
of the ocean, Au Co – a fairy, and
their sons. 
Nick: And what’s the story? 
Duong: Let me see… Lac Long Quan
married Au Co. She gave birth to
a bag of one hundred eggs, which
produced one hundred baby boys. 
Nick: One hundred baby boys? That’s a lot.
 Duong: And some years later, Lac Long
Quan missed the sea so he took
fifty of their sons to the sea, and Au
Co took the others to the mountains.
Those boys were the ancestors of the
Vietnamese. 
Nick: What an interesting legend it is! I think
I’ve found the subject of my project!
- legend (n)
: truyền thuyết
- folk tale (n)
: truyện dân gian, cổ tích
- to give birth
- to research on
- Origin (n)
: truyện ngụ ngôn
: sinh ra
: nghiên cứu về
: nguồn gốc
* NEW WORDS
- fable (n)
- Fairy tale: truyện cổ tích
1a. Read the conversation again and choose the correct answers.
1. What was Duong doing at 9 p.m. last night?
A. He was coming to Nick’s house.
B. He was phoning Nick.
C. He was talking to Nick.
2. What was Nick doing at 9 p.m. last night?
A. He was watching a TV show.
B. He was talking about his project.
C. He was searching for information on the Web.
3. What legend did Duong recommend to Nick?
A. A legend about how Viet Nam began.
B. A legend about Vietnamese people being original
C. A legend that isn’t well-known
4. Who was Lac Long Quan?
A. A fairy
B. Au Co’s father
C. The dragon king of the ocean
5. Where did Au Co take half of the sons?
A. To the mountains
B. To the sea
C. To Lac Long Quan’s land
1. What was Duong doing at 9 p.m. last night?
A
He was coming to Nick’s house.
B
He was phoning Nick.
C
He was talking to Nick.
2. What was Nick doing at 9 p.m. last night?
A
He was watching a TV show.
C
He was talking about his project.
B
He was searching for information on the web.
3. What legend did Duong recommend to Nick?
C
A legend about how Viet Nam began.
B
A legend about Vietnamese people being original
A
A legend that isn’t well - kno
4. Who was Lac Long Quan?
A
A fairy
C
Au Co’s father
B
The dragon king of the ocean
5. Where did Au Co take half of the sons?
B
To the mountains
A
To the sea
C
To Lac Long Quan’s land
2. Match the words to their meanings. (Ex. b/ p. 59)
1. title
2. Genre
3. main characters
4. plot
the people the story is about
b. the content of the story
the name of the story
d. the type of story it is
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. b
3. Find the information in the conversation to complete the table. (Ex. a/ p. 7)
Legend
Lac Long Quan, Au Co and their sons
Au Co gave birth to one hundred baby boys.
Lac Long Quan missed the sea.
Lac Long Quan took 50 their sons to the sea.
Au Co took the others to the mountains.
4. What does this sentence from the conversation express? (Ex. d/ p. 59)
Nick: What an interesting legend it is!
It’s an exclamatory sentence
Exclamatory sentences are used to express surprise or strong feelings. We use what in exclamatory sentences:

 What + a / an + adjective + N (singular countable) + S + V!

 Example: What a naughty boy he is!

 What + adjective + N (uncountable/ plural countable) + S + V!

  Example: - What naughty boys they are!
- What beautiful weather it is!
We don’t always use an adjective or a subject and a verb in exclamatory sentences. 
Example: What a day!
REMEMBER!
1.handsome/man


2. interesting/ game


3. good/ film


4. lovely/ dogs


5. brave/ women
- What a handsome man (he is)!
- What an interesting game (it is)!
- What a good film (it is)!
- What lovely dogs (they are)!
- What brave women (they are)!
II. PRACTICE
1. Match the words with their definitions. Then listen, check and repeat. (Ex. 2/ p. 59)

A
LEGEND
B
FOLK TALE
C
FABLE
D
FAIRY TALE
1. traditional, imaginary short story that legend teaches a moral lesson; typically using  animal characters.
2. an imaginary story typically involving magic or fairies, usually for children.
3. a very old, traditional story from a particular place that was originally passed on to people in a spoken form.
4. an ancient story about brave people or fairy tale magical events that are probably not true.
2. GAME: GUESS THE STORY. (Ex. 3/ p. 59)
 
Example:
 
What kind of story is it?
It’s a fairy tale.
Who are the main characters?
Cinderella, her stepsisters, her stepmother, and a prince.
What’s it about?
It’s about Cinderella, a kind and beautiful girl who finally gets
married to a prince.
Is it Cinderella?
Yes!
* Work in pairs. Interview each other and try to guess the title of the story.
III. AT HOME
Learn by heart new words and structures.
Do Ex. 3a in your notebooks.
Be ready for A CLOSER LOOK 1.
Date
UNIT SIX
FOLK TALES
Period 45
A CLOSER LOOK 1
- An ogre
: yêu tinh
- A knight
: hiệp sĩ
- Evil (adj)
- Cunning (adj)
- Fierce (adj)
- A witch (adj)
: xấu xa
: xảo quyệt
: hung dữ
: phù thủy
I. NEW WORDS
- Woodcutter (n)
: Tiều phu, người đốn củi
II. VOCABULARY
1. Match the characters with the pictures. (Ex. 1/ p. 60)
A. woodcutter
B. emperor
E. fairy
G. giant
F. princess
D. knight
C. Buddha
H. witch
1
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
2. Match the creatures with the pictures. (Ex. 2/ p. 60)
A. dragon B. wolf C. hare D. fox
E. tortoise F. lion G. ogre H. eagle
1
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
g. ogre
f. lion
a. dragon
e. tortoise
d. fox
c. hare
h. eagle
b. wolf
3. Put the adjectives into the correct columns. (Ex. a/ p. 60)
cheerful 
generous
brave
kind
cruel mean
evil greedy
wicked fierce
cunning
4. Now use these adjectives to describe some characters in one of your favourite folk tales.  (Ex. 3b p. 60)







* Example:

There’s a wolf in Little Red Riding Hood. He’s cunning and wicked.

There is a fairy in Cinderella.
She is kind.

There is a prince in Snow White and Seven Drafts.
He is brave.
III. PRONUNCIATION
1. Listen and repeat. (Ex. 4/ p. 60)
Intonation in exclamatory sentences
1. What a colourful hat she is wearing!
2.  What a time we’ve had today!
3. What beautiful eyes she has!
4. What a nice day it is!
5. What good news it is!
 
We use falling intonation for exclamatory sentences.
REMEMBER!
2. Practise these sentences. Then listen and repeat.
(Ex. 5/ p. 60)
What a beautiful princess she is!
 What brave knights they are!
 What a big nose the wolf has!
 What a fierce ogre it is!
 What a handsome prince he is!
IV. AT HOME
Learn by heart new words.
Practise pronunciation.
Do Exercises A1, A2 / p. 44 in workbook.
Be ready for A CLOSER LOOK 2.
UNIT 6 : Folk Tales
Lesson 3 : A closer look 2
Ex2: At 3p.m yesterday the tortoise was running ahead of the hare.
Past continuous (quá khứ tiếp diễn)
Grammar
Form: S + was/ were + Ving
Past continuous
Ex1: Yesterday I (see) a hare and a tortoise.
V2
Usage: We use the past continuous to describe an action that was in progress at a stated time in the past. (diễn tả 1 hành động diễn ra tại 1 thời điểm xác định trong quá khứ)
saw
Ex3: The knight (ride) a horse at this time two days ago
=
 was riding
a fairy appeared
- When the boy was crying, ,
S + was/ were + Ving , S + V2/ed
(quá khứ tiếp diễn)
(quá khứ đơn)
(hành động đang diễn ra
trong quá khứ)
(hành động xen vào)
while the boy was crying
- A fairy appeared
(when / while )
(quá khứ tiếp diễn)
DẤU HIỆU NHẬN BIẾT

at + giờ + thời gian trong quá khứ (at 12 o’clock last night,…)

- at this time + thời gian trong quá khứ. (at this time two weeks ago, …)
- at that moment

+ Trong câu có “when/while” khi diễn tả một hành động đang xảy ra và một hành động khác xen vào.



1. Complete the following sentences by putting the verbs in brackets in the correct form:
1. When the prince saw Cinderella at the party, she (wear) …………... a beautiful gown.
2. What (you/ do)  …………….…….this time yesterday?
3. When Jack (go) …………….. to the market, he met a magician.
4. While the hare was sleeping, the tortoise (run) ……… to the finish as fast as he could.

5. When the princess returned, the prince (not wait)  …………………
 for her.
was wearing
were you doing
was going
ran
wasn’t waiting
2. Use the past continuous and the the suggested words to
write sentences to describe what was happening in each picture.
1.servant/ spin/ in the woods
2.girl/ pick flowers/ by the side of the road
3. knights/ ride horses/ to the castle
4.Cinderella/ dance/ with the prince
5.Saint Giong/ fly/ to heaven.
6.ogre/ roar/ with anger
1.The servant was spinning in the woods.
2. The girl was picking flowers by the side of the road
3. The knights were riding horses to the castle
4. Cinderella was dancing with the prince
5. Saint Giong was flying to heaven.
6. The ogre was roaring with anger.
1.The prince (walk) ………….....  along the road when he met a princess, so he (stop) ………..  and (have) ……….a chat with her.
2. When Saint Giong (lie) …………..on the bed, he (hear) ……….…..an announcement that the emperor(need)   …..........brave men to protect his land.
3.Alice was walking alone in the woods when she suddenly (hear)  …………. footsteps behind her. Someone (follow)  …........
her. She was frightened and she (start)  ………….to run.
4. Write the correct form of each verb, using the past continuous or the past simple.
was walking
stopped
had
was lying
heard
needed
heard
was following
started
S + was/ were + Ving , S + V2/ed
(when / while )
dropped
ate
Were dancing
left
Were missing
decided
5. a. Read the fable and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or the past continuous.
It was a nice day. The sun (1. shine) …………… and a tortoise(2.sleep)  
………………. in the sun. He opened his eyes and saw that an eagle was flying in the sky. “I want to fly like that!” the tortoise said. The eagle heard him and agreed to help. The eagle picked up the tortoise, and off they (3. go) …………... When they (4. fly)  …………………….very high in the sky, the eagle (5. open) …………. his claws for the tortoise to fly. But the poor tortoise (6. fall)  ……………all the way down to earth.
was shining
was sleeping
went
was flying
opened
fell
 Be happy with what you have/ you are.
b. What is the moral of the fable?
Perid 45
Unit 6: FOLK TALES
Lesson 5: Skills 1
Friday, December 15th, 2017
Unit 6: FOLK TALES - SKILLS 1


1. Read the fable The Starfruit Tree. Then find the following words and underline them in the story. What do they mean?
Once upon a time, there was a rich man living in a village. When he died, he left his two sons a fortune. But the elder brother gave his brother only a starfruit tree. When the fruit was ripe, an eagle came and ate the fruit. The younger brother begged the eagle not to. The eagle promised to repay him in gold and told him to make a bag to carry it. The eagle took him on its back to a place of gold. There, he filled the bag with gold. When he got home he was rich. The elder brother was surprised, so he asked his brother to explain. After hearing the story, he offered to swap his fortune for the starfruit tree, and his kind brother accepted. When the eagle came, the elder brother asked it to take him to the place of gold. The greedy brother filled a very large bag and all his pockets with gold. On the way home, because the load was too heavy, the eagle got tired and dropped him into the sea.
I. Reading
fortune - starfruit tree - ripe- filled - load - repay
1. fortune

2. starfruit tree

3. Ripe

4. filled
5. Repay
6. load
f. a large amount of money
b. Tree with green fruit shaped like a star
a. ready to be eaten
c. put gold into the bag until there is no more space
d. pay back
e. something that is being carried
Unit 6: FOLK TALES - SKILLS 1
What do they mean? You match with the meanings
2. Read the story again and answer the questions.
ANSWERS:
1. He gave his younger brother only a starfruit tree.
2. The eagle promised to repay him in gold.
3. He offered to swap his fortune for his brother’s starfruit tree.
4. He filled a very large bag and all his pockets with gold.
5. He was dropped (by the eagle) into the sea.
1. What did the older brother give his younger brother?
2. What did the eagle promise to the younger brother?
3. What did the elder brother do when he found out how his younger brother became rich?
4. What did the elder brother do when he got to the place of gold?
5. What happened to the elder brother in the end?
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3. Now complete the details of the fable.
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C. greedy
B. time
B. fortune
C. gold
A. swapped
dropped

4. Read the story summaries below. Decide which story you would like to read.
Unit 6: FOLK TALES - SKILLS 1
II. Speaking
Title: Saint Giong
Genre: legend
Main characters: Thanh Giong
Plot: Thanh Giong lived in the village
of Phu Dong. He was already three
years old, but he couldn’t sit up or say
any words. However, when the enemy
invaded his country, he helped Emperor
Hung Vuong the Sixth defeat the enemy
and save the country. He flew to heaven
and became a Saint.
Unit 6: FOLK TALES - SKILLS 1
Title: The Tortoise and the Hare
Genre: fable
Main characters: a hare and a tortoise
Plot: The hare always boasted about how fast he could run. The tortoise challenged him to a race. The hare soon left the tortoise behind.
The hare believed that he would win,
and he stopped to take a nap. When
he woke up, he found that the tortoise
arrived before him
Title: Chung Cakes, Day Cakes
Genre: folk tale
Main characters: Prince Tiet Lieu,
his wife, and Emperor Hung Vuong
Plot: Emperor Hung Vuong announced
that the prince who made the most
delicious food would become the new
emperor. Prince Tiet Lieu and his wife
pleased the emperor by creating two
types of rice cakes that represented
Heaven and Earth. Emperor Hung Vuong made Tiet Lieu the new emperor.
5. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the stories.
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5. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the stories.
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1. B 2. E 3. D 4. C 5.A
5. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the stories.
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6. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the stories.
Unit 6: FOLK TALES - SKILLS 1
GAME
WHO AM I?
I was a three years old child. Then I grew up to be came a giant and save our country from the An under Emperor Hung King The sixth.
Thanh Giong / Giong Saint
6. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the stories.
Unit 6: FOLK TALES - SKILLS 1
GAME
WHO AM I?
I am an animal who can not run quickly. However I won the hare in a race because he was so arrogant.
The tortoise in the fable “ The tortoise and the hare”
6. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the stories.
Unit 6: FOLK TALES - SKILLS 1
GAME
WHO AM I?
I am a son of Hung King. I made Banh Chung and Banh Day. Emperor Hung Vuong made the new emperor
Tiet Lieu
.
* Homework:
- Learn vocabulary by heart and rewrite them in sentences.
- Redo the exercise in your notebook.
- Prepare for SKILLS 2
Unit 6: FOLK TALES - SKILLS 1
UNIT six
FOLK TALES
Period 47:
SKILLS 2
2. One night, a giant captured the princess and put her in his tower.
1. Once upon a time, there was a king, a queen and a prince.
3. One day, a dragon heard the princess sing for help.
4. At the end of the story, the dragon made friends with the princess.
1/65. Listen to the fairy tale The Princess and the Dragon and correct the following statements.
 Once upon a time, there was a king, a queen and a princess.
 One night an ugly ogre captured the princess and put her in his tower.
 One day a dragon heard the princess cry for help.
 At the end of the story, the dragon married the princess.
The Princess and the Dragon
Once upon a time, there was a king and a queen who lived in a (1)_______with their beautiful daughter. One night an ugly ogre captured the princess and put her in his tall, dark tower. The king and the queen were very sad. They promised to (2)__________ to the knight that rescued the princess. Many knights wanted to rescue her. But they all ran away when they reached the tower and saw the ogre roaring (3)__________ . One day a dragon was flying over the tower when he heard the princess cry for help. The dragon flew down to the tower, took a big
fiery (4)_______ and blew the ogre far away. The dragon rescued the princess from the tower and gently put her on his (5)___________. They flew back to the castle. The king and the queen were so happy. The dragon turned into a handsome prince and married the princess. They all lived happily ever after.
2/65. Listen again. Fill the missing words.
castle
give gold
with anger
breath
strong back
3/65. Make notes about one of your favourite fairy tales. You can invent your own story.
WRITING
3/65. Make notes about one of your favourite fairy tales. You can invent your own story.
WRITING
Mouse and cat
Mouse and cat
Mouse lived in heaven. The Ruler of Heaven gave him a key to take care of the rice warehouse.
Mouse ate the rice so much and the ruler put him in the land. The mouse still continued tc eat rice in the land.
The ruler put his cat in the land to kill mouse.
4/65. Use your notes in 3 to write the fairy tale. Use The Princess and the Dragon as a model.
Once upon a time…………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………… lived happily ever after.
Once upon a time, the ruler of Heaven had a mouse in heaven. The Ruler decided to give him the key to take care of the rice warehouse. The mouse ate so much rice. The ruler was very angry and put the mouse in the land. When the mouse got to the land, he continues to eat the rice in the land so much. Therefore, the Ruler put his cat in the land to kill the mouse.
* HOMEWORK:
- Learn by heart the new words.
- Write the full story at home.
- Prepare the new lesson Unit 6: Looking back.
Once upon a time, in a small village, ther was a little boy living with his granny. The little boy was called Tich Chu. He was a naughty boy. He was only interested in playing with friends. He didn`t care so much about his granny.
Once day, her granny was very thirsty, she called Tich Chu but he wasn`t at home. He was playing with friends. His granny was so thirsty that she became a bird. She flew to find water. After coming back home. Tichs Chu couldn`t find his granny. He realized that his granny had become a bird. And he needed to find magic water for her. He accepted to do everything so that the bird could become his granny again. After overcoming all the diddicult and dangerous things on the way of searching for magic water, Tich Chu was able to bring magic water to the bird. The bird drank water and became his granny again. Tich Chu promised to his granny that a better grandchild to make granny happy. They lived happily since then.
Ngày xưa, trong một ngôi làng nhỏ có một cậu bé sống cùng với bà. Cậu bé tên là Tích Chu. Tích Chu là một cậu bé nghịch ngợm. Cậu ta chỉ mải mê chơi đùa với bạn của mình, cậu ta không quan tâm nhiều đến bà mình.
Một hôm, bà Tích Chu khát nước quá. Bà gọi Tích Chu nhưng Tích Chu không có ở nhà. Cậu ta đang vui chơi với bạn bè của mình. Bà Tích Chu khát nước quá nên biến thành một chú chim và bay đi tìm nước. Khi Tích Chu trở về nhà, cậu ta không thấy bà mình đâu cả. Cậu biết rằng bà mình đã hóa thành chim, và cậu cần phải mang nước thần về cho bà. Cậu bé chấp nhận làm mọi điều để chim có thể biến trở lại thành bà nội của cậu. Sau khi vượt qua hết các trở ngại khó khăn và nguy hiểm trên đường đi tìm nước thần, cậu bé đã mang được nước thần về cho chim uống. Chim uống xong liền hóa lại thành bà. Tích Chu hứa với bà rằng cậu sẽ ngoan ngoãn hơn để bà vui long. Kể từ đó, họ sống hạnh phúc với nhau.