T HE T ORTOISE AND THE T HREE B ROTHERS A N IGERIAN S TORY BY A BIMBOLA A LAO Lesson Aims: To identify and use key language features Lesson Objectives: Identify and use adverbs and idioms in creative writing Write a short passage extending a story

THINKING POINTS What are the names of the three brothers? What did the tortoise offer the brothers? What job did Awekun do? Who gave them the tools to complete their impossible tasks? What happened to Ijapa at the end of the story?

THE BIRD’S SONG Omode meta nsere Ere o ere ayo Omode meta nsere Ere o ere ayo Okan l’ohun o ta’run Ere o ere ayo Okan l’ohun o ga’gbon Ere o ere ayo Okan l’ohun o we’kun Ere o ere ayo O ta’run, O ga’gbon, O we’kun Ere o ere ayo

AMAZING ADVERBS Adverbs are words that give more information about an action They can tell us how, where, why and when something happens They usually go along with verbs in your sentences For example: He listened carefully to his teacher. She accidentally broke the glass. He has already finished his homework.

INTERESTING IDIOMS Idioms are phrases that aren’t interpreted literally Every culture has their own idioms For example: She is pulling my leg. It’s raining cats and dogs. He finished it just in the nick of time. Now write some of your own!

WRITING Write such as a story/letter/apology from the point of view of one of the characters a brother the king the tortoise Explore the moral of the story - that liars and people who deceive others get their comeuppance Include dialogue, adverbs and an idiom (if possible)