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Hi, I'm Miss Brooms and I'm so very excited to be learning with you today.

You have made an excellent choice in choosing an English lesson.

We are going to do some fantastic learning, and I will be guiding you through it.

So let's get started, shall we? Welcome to today's lesson.

Today's lesson is called Introduction to Traditional Tales.

Your outcome for today is "I can name some features of a traditional tale." So by the end of today's lesson, you should be able to name some features of this traditional tale that we are focusing on.

For this lesson, you will need your listening ears, looking eyes, and thinking brains.

So I hope you have all of those ready as well as somebody to talk to.

Your key words for today are going to be popping up throughout the lesson, so make sure you keep an ear out.

Your key words are traditional tale, fiction, characters, setting and plot.

Well done, that was great.

If you haven't heard these words before, that's okay.

We are going to be discussing them throughout this lesson.

Let's quickly go over the key words one more time, ready? Traditional tale, fiction, characters, setting, plot.

Fantastic, you really have your listening ears ready.

Throughout the lesson, these are the things that we are going to be focusing on.

We are going to be looking at revisiting the story, introducing traditional tales and features of a traditional tale.

So those are the things that we are going to be focusing on throughout this lesson.

Let's start with revisiting the story.

Now, when you think of revisiting a story, we're thinking about re-reading a story and re-reading a story helps us to remember the plot as well as notice details in the text and the illustrations.

Whilst listening, try to remember who the characters are, where the setting is, and what the plot is.

I'm now going to read the whole story without stopping.

"'The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

' Once upon a time, there lived the Three Billy Goats Gruff.

The youngest was the smallest, the middle one was a bit bigger, and the oldest was the largest of them all.

They lived in a dry brown meadow next to a rushing river with a rickety bridge.

One sunny morning, the goats decided to embark on a journey to cross the bridge.

On the other side of the bridge, there was a lush green meadow full of tasty grass to eat.

However, there was a challenge they had to face.

Beneath the bridge dwelled a fierce troll with bushy hair and sharp teeth with a temper as sour as a lemon.

This troll took pleasure in snatching up any passerby who dared to set foot on his bridge.

First, it was the turn of the smallest goat.

As he approached the bridge, his tiny hooves went 'trip trap, trip trap.

' Suddenly the troll emerged with a furious roar, demanding 'Who's that trip-trapping over my bridge?' The smallest goat was quick and nimble and explained that he was too small to eat with a leap, he crossed the bridge and reached the other side.

Next, it was the turn of the middle goat.

As he approached the bridge, his medium hooves went 'trip trap, trip trap,' a bit louder.

Suddenly the troll emerged with a fearsome growl bellowing, 'Who's that trip-trapping over my bridge?' The middle goat explained that he was also too small to eat with a leap, he crossed the bridge and reached the other side.

Finally, it was the turn of the largest goat.

As he stepped onto the bridge, his hooves pounded the wooden planks creating a thunderous 'trip trap, trip trap,' that echoed throughout the air.

This time, the troll was livid and howled, 'Who's that trip-trapping over my bridge?' The largest goat was brave and mighty and would not be deterred, with strength and courage he lowered his powerful horns and charged at the troll.

The troll went tumbling into the river below and disappeared with an enormous splash never to be seen again.

Finally, once the troll was defeated, the goats were free to cross the bridge whenever they pleased.

They grazed happily on the sweet green grass on the other side of the meadow.

Safe from the troll, they lived happily ever after." Wow, that was such great listening.

Hmm, have a think.

What is one thing you remember from the story? One thing you remember from the story.

You are going to need to talk to someone nearby to you.

Have a think in your mind and then pause the video here and discuss for a moment.

Remembering the main events helps us to know the plot.

These are the main events in the story.

Once upon a time, there were three billy goats.

First, the small billy goat decided to cross the bridge and the mean troll tried to eat him.

Then the medium-sized billy goat tried to cross the bridge and the troll again wanted to gobble him up.

Then the biggest bravest billy goat crossed the bridge and stood up to the troll.

Suddenly the troll fell into the water with a splash.

Finally, the three little billy goats gruff lived happily ever after in the lush green meadow.

Those are the main events in the story.

They help us to know the plot.

A character is a person or an animal in a story.

So the goats and the troll are characters in this story.

Characters, huh? That is one of our key words.

The goats.

The troll.

Right, now let's check your understanding.

Hmm, true or false? The bridge is a character in "The Billy Goats Gruff," true or false? Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Fantastic, now that you've thought about it, I'm going to show you the answer.

Get ready, true or false? The bridge is a character in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." The answer is false.

The bridge is not a character because it isn't a person or an animal.

Well done if you got that right.

Keep those listening ears turned on, let's move on.

A setting is where the story takes place.

Setting, that's one of our keywords.

Now, a story can have more than one setting.

What are the different settings in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff?" Have a think in your mind.

What are the different settings in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff?" Now turn to someone nearby to you, and can you tell them what do you think? What are the different settings in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff?" Pause the video here.

Great, those were some brilliant ideas.

The different settings in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," the brown meadow, the bridge over the river, and the green meadow.

Well done if you got those.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Hmm, let's see if you remember which of these are settings in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff?" Have a think, is it A, a forest, B, a bridge over a river, C, a scary troll, or D, a grassy meadow? Which of these are settings in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff?" A, a forest, B, a bridge over a river, C, a scary troll, or D, a grassy meadow.

Pause the video here for some thinking time and show me your answer.

Fantastic, really great thinking.

I could see how hard you were really thinking about that.

I'll show you the answers.

Which of these are settings in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff?" A, a forest, B, a bridge over a river, C, a scary troll.

D, a grassy meadow.

The answers are B, a bridge over a river, and D, a grassy meadow.

Well done if you've got those, those are the settings.

Now we're gonna do a matching activity.

We are going to be matching the key words to the correct definitions.

So your keywords here are character, setting, plot.

Those are keywords that we've already looked at and had a thought about.

So let's see if you can match them today to the correct definitions.

So is a character where the story takes place? Is a character what happens in the story? Or is a character a person or animal in the story? Is a setting where the story takes place? Is a setting what happens in the story? Or is a setting a person or animal in the story? Is a plot where the story takes place? Is a plot what happens in the story? Or is a plot a person or animal in a story? I would like you to whisper to yourself the key word and the definition.

See if you can match them up.

When you've whispered it to yourself, I'd like you to turn to someone nearby to you and tell them what you think.

Make sure you take turns.

Pause the video here.

Great, well done for such great turn taking.

Your thinking brains were going very fast, I could see.

Now let's see if you are correct.

A character is a person or animal in a story.

Well done if you got that.

A setting is where the story takes place, good job.

And the plot is what happens in the story.

So a character is a person or animal in a story, a setting is where the story takes place, and a plot is what happens in the story.

If you didn't get any of those, that's okay.

Just whisper the correct answer to yourself now.

Good job.

So we're revisiting the story.

We're looking at the story again.

I would like you to retell the story of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" to someone nearby to you.

Before you do that, I will retell it again.

Once upon a time, there were three billy goats.

They wanted to go to the lush green meadow.

First, the small billy goat tried to cross the bridge and a mean troll popped up.

Then the medium sized billy goat tried to cross the bridge again.

And again, the troll popped up and wanted to gobble him.

How mean.

After that, the big brave billy goat wanted to cross the bridge and stood up to the mean troll.

Suddenly, the troll who was sour as a lemon was pushed into the water with a splash.

Finally, the billy goats were happy in the lush green meadow, eating yummy grass.

The end.

Now it's your turn.

Have a think and then turn to someone near to you.

Use the pictures to help you and tell them the story of "The Billy Goats Gruff." If you can tell the whole story to the person nearby to you, see if maybe you can then take turns at retelling the story.

Pause the video here.

Great, now, did you remember the settings and characters in the story? If you did, just quickly whisper them to yourself.

Who are the characters? What are the settings? Well done.

Let's move on to introducing traditional tales.

Have a look at these stories, "Little Red Riding Hood" "Anansi The Clever Spider" "The Princess and the Pea" "The Three Little Pigs." Hmm, you may have heard of some of these books before.

You may have even read them.

If you have, fantastic.

If you haven't, that's okay.

We call all of these books here traditional tales.

Traditional Tales.

Traditional tale is one of our key words.

Now, traditional tales are very old stories that have been passed down from a long time ago and have been told again and again.

"Little Red Riding Hood," "Anansi the Clever Spider," "The Princess and the Pea," "The Three Little Pigs." Can you think of any more traditional tales? Have a think and if you can, you can whisper them in your hands and then share them with someone nearby to you.

Have a think, can you think of any more traditional tales? Great thinking.

Pause the video here.

Now, there are often lots of different versions of the same traditional tale.

Take "Little Red Riding Hood." That's the one I know, hmm.

Oh, "The Wolf's Story." That looks a little bit different, hmm.

And finally, "Petite Rouge," that's in a different language.

"Little Red Riding Hood," "The Wolf Story," "Petite Rouge," Hmm, now they're all different versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" of the same traditional tale.

I mean, I've never seen a crocodile before in "Little Red Riding Hood," have you? When I'm thinking about "The Billy Goats Gruff" as well, there are many different versions of the story.

So you may have heard a different version than the one you heard earlier on when I read it to you.

Now, these stories here are similar, but they've been retold in a different way.

So similar means the same.

So the story is almost the same, but it's been retold a bit differently.

Traditional tales are also fiction.

That means they're not real.

So fiction means the story did not happen in real life.

So if it did not happen in real life, it's fiction.

The plot and the characters have been made up.

So in our fictional texts, the plot and characters have been made up.

Now, I don't know about you, but I've never heard of a talking wolf, that must be made up.

We know that animals do not talk in real life, so this shows that the story is fiction.

Fiction books often have illustrations instead of photos.

This is an illustration here on the front cover of "Little Red Riding Hood," and this is a photo of a real wolf.

So fiction books have illustrations instead of photos, usually.

Now let's see if we can do a true or false.

True or false? A traditional tale is a story about a real person, true or false? Have a think.

A traditional tale is a story about a real person.

Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Great, now that you've had a think, I'm going to show you.

True or false? A traditional tale is a story about a real person? The answer is false.

A traditional tale is fiction.

Hmm, have a look.

Which of these books are traditional tales? Get your pointing fingers ready.

Point to the ones that you think are traditional tales.

Get ready.

Show me your pointy fingers.

Well done.

Point to the screen, I'm gonna show you.

The answers are "The Three Little Pigs," and "Little Red Riding Hood." I know they are traditional tales because the front covers are showing me illustrations and traditional tales are fiction.

And fiction books usually have illustrations instead of photos.

And I can see on the front cover of "My First Book of Garden Bugs" there are real photos.

Now, here are some other traditional tales that you might recognise.

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears," "Ramayana," and "Jack and the Beanstalk." Have you read them before? You have Great.

Oh, some of you haven't, that's okay.

My favourite traditional tale is "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" because it is fun to imagine trying out different chairs and beds, just like Goldilocks did.

Hmm, what's yours? I would like you, because I am curious, I would like you to tell your partner, which is your favourite traditional tale.

I would like you to also explain why this is your favourite.

I'd like you to use the phrase, "My favourite traditional tale is, because." "My favourite traditional tale is mm because." Great repeating.

Now I'd like you to use that phrase and tell the person near to you your favourite traditional tale.

Pause the video here.

Wow, that was a great discussion.

Here are some examples of some answers you might have shared.

"My favourite traditional tale is 'The Princess and the Pea,' because I think it would be fun to sleep on all those mattresses!" Or you might have said, "My favourite traditional tale 'Jack and the Beanstalk' because I like growing plants and would like to grow a giant beanstalk." Or maybe your favourite traditional tale was "The Three Little Pigs," because you might like the clever pig who builds the strong house.

Now let's move on to features of a traditional tale.

Hmm, look again at these traditional tales, "Little Red Riding Hood," "Anansi the Clever Spider," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." These stories have a lot of similarities.

A similarity that I notice in all of them is they all have talking animals or magical creatures.

Can you think of anything that is the same? Just have a think in your mind.

Characters often include princes and princesses, just like the princess in "The Princess and the Pea." They include talking animals just like "Anansi the Clever Spider." Characters can often include magical creatures like the giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk." Now we know that animals don't talk in real life, so these stories must be fiction.

Fantastic, great repeating.

True or false? Let's have a think.

Let's see if you remember if traditional tales often include talking animals.

Have a think true or false? Traditional tales often include talking animals.

Pause the video here for some thinking time.

Great job.

Now show me your thumbs up or thumbs down.

Okay, ready to see the answer.

True or false? Traditional tales often include talking animals.

The answer is true, well done if you got that.

Now, traditional tales often have heroes and villains.

Heroes are the good characters in the story, such as Cinderella, the Billy Goats, Little Red Riding Hood.

And the villains are the bad characters in the story, such as the Big Bad Wolf, the troll, the Giant in "Jack in the Beanstalk." So which of these is a villain? Is it, A, grandmother, B, troll, or C, a fairy godmother? Which of these characters is a villain? A, grandmother, B, Troll, C, fairy godmother.

Pause the video here and show me your answer.

Well done, okay.

The answer of which of these is a villain.

A, grandmother, B, troll, C, fairy godmother.

The answer is B, troll.

The troll wasn't very kind to the billy goats.

Now, in traditional tales, the plot often involves a problem, which is then solved by the end of the story.

In "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." The bears find their porridge eaten, their chairs broken, and somebody sleeping in their bed, oh goodness.

The story ends happily when Goldilocks leaves the house and says sorry to the bears.

So the problem was the bears finding their porridge eaten and all their chairs being broken.

And it was solved at the end by Goldilocks saying sorry.

So most traditional tales, they end happily.

What is the problem in the story of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff?" What is the problem in the story of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," hmm.

Now the troll, the troll makes it difficult for the goats to cross the river, but the story ends happily when the goats get to the other side of the river to eat the grass.

I would like you now to help me match the problem to the happy ending.

So the problems are, Cinderella runs away dropping her glass slipper.

The other problem, the wolf climbs down the chimney of the house made of bricks.

The happy ending, he falls into a pot of boiling water.

And the other happy ending, she marries the prince.

I would like you to whisper talk to your finger the problem and the happy ending.

So whisper the problem and then the happy ending it matches to.

Can you do that now? Pause the video here.

Wow, that was great whispering, I can barely hear you.

Ready, we're going to match the problem to the happy ending.

So the two problems are, Cinderella runs away dropping her glass slipper, and, the wolf climbs down the chimney of the house made of bricks.

And the happy endings are, he falls into a pot of boiling water, and, she marries the prince.

The answers are Cinderella runs away dropping her glass slipper, and the end she marries the prince.

And the wolf climbs down the chimney of the house made of bricks and he falls into a pot of boiling water.

Fantastic if you got that.

If you didn't, that's okay.

Now, what I would like you to do for one of these tasks is I would like you to tick the box if the traditional tale includes the key features.

So the features are talking animals, heroes and villains, a problem, a happy ending.

And the two stories I'd like you to think about, the two traditional tales are "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" and "Little Red Riding Hood." Now some of you may have that as a worksheet in front of you, or some of you might just want to discuss it.

If you are doing a worksheet, I would like you to go and tick the box if the traditional tale includes the key features shown here.

If you are discussing it, I would like you to turn to someone nearby to you and tell them, do you think "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" have talking animals? Is there a problem, a hero, a villain, a happy ending? And do the same for "Little Red Riding Hood." Okay, you are going to need your thinking brains, okay? Put on your thinking brains.

And make sure if you are discussing it with someone near to you, that you are using your listening ears and taking turns listening to each other.

Get ready, pause the video here.

Wow, you are so focused.

Now I'm going to show you the answers.

So, what I wanted you to do is tick the box if the traditional tale includes any of the key features.

So let's have a look at what features "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" have and "Little Red Riding Hood," ready? All, these traditional tales both have talking animals, heroes and villains, a problem and a happy ending.

Wow, they're very similar.

So to finish our lesson.

For our summary, which is thinking about everything that we've looked at during this lesson, focusing on an introduction to traditional tales.

Traditional tales are stories that are retold again and again.

And traditional tales are fictional stories, which means the characters, the setting, and the plot are made up.

Now, as we've looked at, traditional tales have lots of similar features, princes and princesses, talking animals, magical creatures, heroes and villains, and a problem followed by a happy ending.

We have looked at so much learning today, and you guys have been absolutely fantastic.

Give yourself a pat on the back saying ♪ One, two, three, well done me ♪ Fantastic.

It has been wonderful to learn with you today.

I hope you choose another English lesson.

Bye.