THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, WRITTEN BY BEATRIX POTTER

Subject Reading and Writing in English

Students name - Susana Garca Muiz
AGE/COURSE
9/10 4TH COURSE
TIMING
Pre-reading: 15 minutes
During-reading: 15 minutes
Post-reading: 25 minutes

Teacher reads the title of the tale and shows the cover and some illustrations of the story to help pupils visualize it
and creating a desire to continue learning.
1. VOCABULARY AND ACTIONS: Teacher introduces new vocabulary after a brainstorming about vegetables.
Teacher explains the meaning of the vegetables, berries and actions that appear in the tale.
Lettuce

Beans

BLACKBERRIES

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Peas

Radish

Parsley

GOOSEBERRIES

Cucumber

Cabbage

Onion

BLACK-CURRANT

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TO SQUEEZE

TO WRIGGLE

TO ATE

TO GATHER

TO FEEL SICK (rubbing the belly)

TO JUMP

TO RUSH

TO SLIP

TO FLOP DOWN

These actions appear in the tale and

pupils should memorize them through
TPR method. Teacher does the
actions/gestures and pupils repeat them
in order to act out during the storytelling.

After that teacher gives pupils cards for playing the memory in pairs so that they can reinforce the new vocabulary

Teacher uses the projector or the IWB for the class to listen and read. Its preferable to use the IWB
for highlighting the new words.

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Teacher tells the story doing the actions and asking pupils to
act out the actions and gestures they were practicing. Teacher
tells the story using different voices for each character.
2. PREDICTING ACTIVITY
Teacher stops when Peter rabbit runs
into the gooseberry net and ask
pupils: What do you think will
happen next?

Teacher checks pupils have a good comprehension of the storyline and plot through these activities
3. STORY SEQUENCE
Order the Peter Rabbits story with numbers and then write a sentence that describes the passage. Finally retell the
story to your partner.

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4. READING COMPREHENSION SPINNER

Its a fun way to check comprehension. Pupils click the wheel in shifts to spin and answer the question.

5. ACTING OUT WITH PUPPETS: Choose your favorite part of the tale, write a mini dialogue and acting out the story
working with stick puppets

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FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES
Play on computer at home!
http://www.peterrabbit.com/play/

RESOURCES
http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/peterrabbit/pageflip.html
http://www.peterrabbit.com/
https://www.iconfinder.com/
https://www.pinterest.com/Cluchita/beatrix-potter/

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