Buying A Gift - Teacher Guide

Level Domain Benchmark Content Theme
2 Access to Information Pupils identify different text types and use this knowledge as needed. Numbers and Time


Unit Name Buying a Gift
Task Name Compare Cinderella and Juleidah
Number of Lessons in Task 2 lessons
Language Level 2
Desired Task Outcome To compare the tales of Cinderella and Juleidah and to describe the characters of Cinderella and Juleidah.
Task Description Pupils will compare the traditional story of Cinderella and the Egyptian story, "The Princess in Animal Skins". They will classify sentences about Cinderella and Juleidah. The pupils will also describe the characters of Cinderella and Juleidah ; they can choose from a list of words that are provided for them. They can also send in their descriptions.
Assessment If all the sentences have been correctly matched to characters, the pupils will receive immediate feedback. At the end of the task, the pupils may complete a short rubric to assess their work in the task.

Task Stages

Task Stages Learning, Teaching and Assessment Principles
Pre-Task: All pupils know the traditional story of Cinderella, if not, they can read one of the following tales:The Making Waves classic version (level 1), The Disney version, A shorter Disney version, Another somewhat harder version
  • The teacher activates and builds on pupils' background knowledge.
  • The teacher links to pupils' prior experience.
Pre-task: Pupils should read the Egyptian story of "The Princess in Animal Skins ". This is a classic Egyptian folktale of the Cinderella structure. Pupils may be asked to think about the similarities and the differences between the two Cinderella versions. This may be a good opportunity to raise the question of what is a folktale, and what characterizes folktales in general.
  • Pupils have opportunities to develop independent reading habits.
  • Pupils are motivated to continue finding out about people, cultures, music and literature related to the target language.
Pupils will read 10 mixed sentences. Five sentences are about Cinderella and five sentences are about Juleidah. The pupils will judge which sentences describe which character.
  • Pupils develop confidence in ability to use the target language.
They will drag the sentences about Juleidah and drop it in a column with her name and picture; they will also drag the sentences about Cinderella and drop it in a column with Cinderella's name and picture. If all the sentences have been correctly matched to the character, the pupils will get a positive feedback, "yes, that right". If at least one sentence has not been correctly matched, the pupils will be asked to "try again".
  • Pupils are not afraid to make errors.
  • Pupils feel challenged within the range of their possible performance.
  • Pupils are aware of learning objectives.
  • Pupils have opportunities to learn by doing.
Pupils will describe the characters of both Cinderella and Juleidah. They can either describe the characters on their own or choose from an adjective bank. They can also send in their own adjectives to add to the adjective bank.
  • The task generates a variety of outcomes.

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