Level : 1st year Unit two : once upon a time

Text book : At the crossroads Sequence one: Listening and Speaking

Aim of the sequence : enable pps to :

1. Listen and respond orally and in writing to a tale .
2. Express likes and dislikes about literary works.
3. Recognise stress in three syllable words.
4. Recognise and pronounce infected endings (verb+ed).

Language Forms :
1. Past simple tense
2. Keen on …………. Fond of
3. adjectives .

Phonology
1. Stress in three syllable words .
2. Pronunciation of final ed .

Lesson plan
Stages Aims T.A
Demonstration
1-Teacher castes introductory questions about the topic .
Eg : Do you remember when you were children what
your mothers and grandmothers used to tell you before
sleeping ?
Ps : They used to tell stories .
2-Teacher :Surely you enjoyed them can you name me To encourage
some ? pupils to
Ps: Ali baba ,Sandrella , Foulla ,…... Etc. anticipate to get
3- Con you tell me , which word or expression that the them motivated
majority of these stories start with?
Anticipate Ps : This is in tragic , we say it in English (one upon a
time ) and this is the title of our new unit.
(p 36) -Now ,open your books on page 36. To develop 10 mn
T : Look to the pictures and say which of the following pupil's guessing
tales from Arabian nights they illustrate ? Justify your
answer .
Responding to a
Key : The pictures illustrate The voyages of sand bad tale (identifying
the sailor. characters in
Teacher : Each story should be presented by a number of picture )
characters m Look et the characters in the picture story,
then identify the hero (the teacher explains that the hero is Responding to a
the most important character ) and say who he is ? tale
Key : the hero is Sandbad , he appears in picture (A), ( identifying
(B), (E) (F). place on a map)
Teacher :we know the hero now , but what about the
place where the story occurred ?
Look at picture B and say which part of the world the map
represents by circling the appropriable letter .Justify your
answer .
Key : C-the middle East . we see the map of Iraq , and
chatt El Arab.
 Listen Teacher : are we sure about our answer ? To check
PPs : No , we are not sure . listening
and check comprehension
Teacher : To check our answers your are going to listen
(p 37) to the 1st part of the story .
Pupils listen to the teacher reads the script one (P iii) and
check their answers.
To express
Teacher : since we've checked our answers we move to literary
the second activity . Preferences
The picture n the previous page are in scrambled order (not
in order ). Re-order them by writing letters A.F in the boxes To practice the
below . (Each picture represents an event ) . language
Key :
40 mn
Responding to
1 2 3 4 5 6 an extract from
C B D E F A by putting the
narrates events
in a logical
Teacher : As we've done with the previous activity you order
are going to check your answers by listening to the second
part of the story .
PPs: listen to the teacher reads the script N° :02 and
check their answers.
Teacher : we've seen the story in pictures now, we're
going to see the same story but in paragraphs .
The sentences and paragraphs below are in scrambled order
, Re-order them to get a coherent story.
Key :

1 2 3 4 5 6
B D E F A C

Teacher : No close your books and fill in the blanks by

the words from the list below : (whale-island –first -stories
–Basra-sailed –seven -sailor ). To check pupils
Sandbad the ……………….….. is one grasp and
of the inforgatable ………………..…. He made comprehension
……………..……..…. voyages .In his ……………..……..…. of the story
one , he traveled from Bagdad to…
………………….…. and from there ………..…………..….
down chatt el Arab , he continued
sailing until he reached an …………………………………..
….
unfortunately , it was not an
island but it was……………………………
Key :
1 sailor 2 stories 3 seven
4 first 5 Basra 6 sailed
7 island 8 whale
Task 1: Listening script: part one
My name is Sinbad the Sailor. You have probably heard about me if you have read
Arabian Nights. I’ve made seven voyages. Today, I’ll tell you about my first voyage
because it was the most fantastic. I was born to a wealthy family in the surroundings
of Baghdad. When my father died, he left me a lot of money. I liked the easy life, so I
spent it all very quickly. As a result, I was obliged to become a merchant sailor. I
travelled from Baghdad to Basra, and there the captain of a merchant ship accepted
to take me to the Far East in order to buy and sell goods. I took with me many boxes
full of carpets. I remember that the captain sailed his ship safely from Basra, down
Shatt Al-Arab, through the Persian Gulf in a hot summer day. After that, we sailed
night and day across the vast Indian Ocean, stopping at many places to buy and sell
merchandise for profit. One day, we caught sight of a beautiful island which
surprisingly did not show on the captain’s map. But the captain decided to stop there
to fetch fresh water because there wasn’t any left in the ship. We got off the ship onto
the island and started to explore it for water sources. I was happy to be on firm
ground again. So I walked to the highest point of the island in order to have a full
view of it.
Key to task 2:
Skill: responding to an extract from a tale by putting the narrated events in a logical
order.
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Task 3: Check
Listening script: part two
Unfortunately, when I reached the summit, the island began to move. At first, I
thought it was an earthquake, but then I realized that the ‘island’ was not an island at
all. It was a whale! I started to run back to the ship, but before I reached it, the whale
threw me down in the water. When I came back to the surface, I realised that the ship
was sailing away from me. Soon I saw nothing around me, except water and a floating
box. I climbed on the box and let myself float on the sea for many days and nights
until I landed on an island, a real island this time. A king’s horseman came to me, and
I told him who I was and what happened to me. He took me to the shelter of a cave
and gave me food and water. A few days later, I travelled with him to the capital city
of the country. Once there, the horseman took me to the king and told him my
fantastic story. The king gave me permission to live in the city. I discovered that the
city was full of merchantmen from other countries. One day, I was visiting the harbor
when I suddenly saw a ship with boxes which had my name written on them. At first,
the captain of the ship didn’t believe that I was Sinbad. He thought that I was
drowned, but when I told him the story about the whale and how I came to be there,
he knew I was telling the truth. He gave the boxes back to me and the profit he made
by selling my goods. It was in this way that I became rich again...
Key to task 4:
1→ b, 2→ d, 3→ e, 4 → f, 5→ a, 6→ c