English Story lesson “The Enormous Turnip”

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This power-point is used for lecturing , supplement with worksheet. Subject: English Language ( in reading lesson ) Target students: Primary One

Objectives: 1. Via reading the story , students can learn some simple vocabulary. 2. Students can also learn some grammatical structure, i.e. How to form the plural nouns Pronoun ( he,she,it,they,we) Simple Present Tense 3. Develop students’ interest in reading short story.

“The Enormous Turnip” Author: Parkinson, Kathy

The man’s got a seed. He goes in the garden He put the seed in the ground.

The seed grows . The man’s happy.

The seed grows and grows. It’s a turnip. The turnip’s big. It’s very big.

The man very happy. “It’s big.” he says.

He wants to eat the turnip. The man pulls the turnip. The man’s hungry. He wants to eat the turnip. The man pulls the turnip. The turnip doesn’t move.

The man sees the woman. “ come and help” he says.

“Pull!” says the woman. The woman pulls the man. The man pulls the turnip.

The turnip doesn’t move. They see a boy. “Come and help!”they said.

“Pull!” says the boy. The boys pulls the woman. The woman pulls the man The man pulls the turnip. The turnip doesn’t move.

They see a girl. “Come and help!” they said.

“Pull!” says the boy. The girl pulls the boy. The boy pulls the woman. The woman pulls the man. He man pulls the turnip.

The turnip doesn’t move.

They see a dog. “Come and help!” they say.

“Pulls” says the girl. The dog pulls the girl. The girl pulls the boy. The boy pulls the woman. The woman pulls the man. He man pulls the turnip. They pull and they pull. The turnip doesn’t move.

They see the cat. “Come and help” they say.

The turnip doesn’t move. “Pulls!” says the man. The cat pulls the dogs. The dog pulls the girl. The girl pulls the boy. The boy pulls the woman. The woman pulls the man. He man pulls the turnip. They pull and they pull and they pull. The turnip doesn’t move.

They see a mouse. “Come and help!” they say.

“Pull!”says the woman. They pull and they pull and they pull…….. The mouse pulls the cat. The dog pulls the girl. The girl pulls the boy. The woman pulls the man. The man pulls the turnips. They pull and they pull and they pull……..

“Yes”! “We’ve got the turnip!”, They say. “We’ve got the enormous turnips!”

“Come and eat” says the woman. Hey eat the turnip. “It’s good .” The end of the story.

Simple Present Tense E.g. He puts the seed in the ground. describe habitual actions E.g. He goes in the garden. E.g. He puts the seed in the ground. talk about present states E.g. The man sees the woman. E.g. They see a boy.

express interests, feelings and opinions express simple truths E.g. The seed grows and grows. E.g. The sun rises from the East. express interests, feelings and opinions E.g. The man is hungry. E.g. He wants to eat the turnip.

make requests E.g. “Come and Help!” E.g. “Pull!”

Agreement: verbs agree with nouns

Task 1 -- Simple Present Tense 1. Alice __________(go) to school by bus. 2.__________(come) and __________(join) us! 3. I __________(like) Leon Lai. 4. The water ________(boil) at 100 Celsius. 5. Peter _________(be) a doctor. 6. The lemon __________(be) sour. 7. Please ___________(give) me a ruler. 8. I ___________(brush) my teeth everyday. Click the pink button for answer.

How to make nouns plural? In general, we add “~s” to make most nouns plural Type 1: + “~s” eg. car-->cars book-->books turnip-->turnips

+ “~es” eg. Church-->churches box-->boxes match-->matches Type 2: + “~es” eg. Church-->churches box-->boxes match-->matches glass-->glasses brush-->brushes

Type 3: Special case eg. man-->men woman-->women goose-->geese mouse-->mice sheep-->sheep

dog ________ butterfly ________ horse ________ duck ________ Task 2: change them to plural dog ________ butterfly ________ horse ________ duck ________ cow _________ Click the blue button for Answer.

__________ cats __________ sheep __________ mice __________ hens Task 3: Change them to singular __________ cats __________ sheep __________ mice __________ hens __________ women Click the blue button for Answer.

Task 4: Divide the following words into different parts of speeches Task 4: Divide the following words into different parts of speeches. Put the verbs in the left and the nouns in the right. turnip, man, woman, garden, ground, eat, mouse, grow, mouse, seed,pull,say,come,move Click here for Answer

Story’s Vocabulary:

Click the picture for Answer. Task 5:Vocabulary P_ l _ ( verb) Click the picture for Answer.

Click the picture for Answer. g_ r _ e _( Noun) Click the picture for Answer.

Click the picture for Answer. t _ r _ _ ps ( Noun) Click the picture for Answer.

Click the picture for Answer. M_v_ ( Verb) Click the picture for Answer.

Click the picture for Answer. M_u_e (Noun) Click the picture for Answer.

Task 6: What is the pronoun for the following nouns? fireman man elephant and horse Ann and I turnip mother Click the square for Answer! brothers farmers sister mice garden Peter and May

That’s the end of the lesson. Congratulations !!! Thank You.

Link Materials

He

It

She

They

We

1. Goes ( Habitual Action-->Alice -- She --> +“es” if “I” or “They/We/ You”--> Go

2.Come and join (Request --> Simple Present Tense )

3. Like (Interest --> I--> like if she/he --> likes)

4. Boils (Simple truth--> water --> it--> +”s”)

5. is ( Present State--> Peter --> he--> is if “I” --> “am”, if “you/they/we” --> “are”)

6. is ( Simple Truth--> Lemon--> it--> is)

7. Give (Request --> Simple Present Tense)

8. Brush (Habitual Action--> I--> Brush if “She/He” --> +”es”; if “They/We/You”--> “Brush”)

garden

Mouse

Move

pull

Turnips

Butterflies

Cat

Cows

DOGS

Ducks

Hen

Horses

Mouse

Sheep

Left hand side: Nouns Right hand side: Verbs turnip man woman ground seed mouse Right hand side: Verbs pull grow eat say come move

Woman