Unit 6, grade 8: Folk Tales – A Closer Look 1

1. Vocabulary

1.1. Task 1 Unit 6 grade 8

These are popular characters in folk tales. Match the characters with the pictures. Can you add more? (These are common fairy tale characters. Match the characters with the pictures. Can you add more?)

Guide to answer

Some more characters:

farmer: uncle farmer

prince: prince

queen: queen

dwarfs: dwarfs

saint: saint

servant: servant

guest: grandparents

stepmother: stepmother

1.2. Task 2 Unit 6 grade 8

These creatures are popular characters in folk tales. Match the creatures with the pictures. Can you add more? (These creatures are common fairy tale characters. Match the creatures with the pictures. Can you add more?)

Guide to answer

1 – G: ogre (Leprechaun)

2 – F: lion (Lion)

3 – A: dragon (Dragon)

4 – E: Tortoise (Turtle)

5 – B: wolf (The wolf)

6 – C: hare (Rabbit)

7 – H: eagle (Eagle)

8 – D: fox (Fox)

1.3. Task 3 Unit 6 grade 8

a. The adjectives in the box are often used to describe characters in folk tales. Put them into the correct columns. Can you add more? (The adjectives in the box are often used to describe fairy-tale characters. Put them in the correct columns. Can you add more?)

Guide to answer

b. Now use these adjectives to describe some characters in one of your favorite folk tales. (Now use these adjectives to describe some of your favorite fairy-tale characters.)

Guide to answer

– There’s a wolf in Little Red Riding Hood. He’s cunning and wicked.

– Cinderella is a kind girl in the story “Cinderella”.

– Saint Giong is brave in the story “Saint Giong”.

– Mai An Tiem is a hard-working and kind farmer in the story “Legend of Watermelon”.

– Lang Lieu is generous and kind in the story “Legend of Chung and Day cakes”.

– The witch is very cruel and wicked in the story “Snow White and the seven dwarfs”.

Translated:

– There is a wolf in Little Red Riding Hood. He is cunning and cruel.

– Cinderella is a kind girl in the story “Cinderella”.

– The brave Saint Giong in the story “Saint Giong”.

– Mai An Tiem is a hardworking and kind farmer in the story “The Legend of Watermelon”.

– Lang Lieu chivalrous and benevolent in the story “The legend of banh chung and banh day”.

– The witch is very evil and cruel in the story “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.

2. Pronunciation

Inposition in exclamatory sentences (Intonation in exclamation)

2.1. Task 4 Unit 6 grade 8

Listen and repeat the sentences, paying attention to intonation. Do they have rising or falling intonation? (Listen and repeat the sentences, paying attention to intonation. Do they rise or fall intonation?)

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Guide to answer

first. What ↗ a colourful hat she is wearing!↘

(She’s wearing a really colorful hat!)

2. What ↗ a time we’ve had today!↘

(We had a great time today)

3. What ↗ beautiful eyes she has!↘

(She has such beautiful eyes)

4. What ↗ a nice day it is!↘

(It was a beautiful day!)

5. What ↗ good news it is! ↘

(That’s good news.)

2.2. Task 5 Unit 6 Grade 8

Practise these sentences. Then listen and repeat. (Practice these sentences. Then listen and repeat.)

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Guide to answer

first. What a beautiful princess she is!

(She is such a beautiful princess!)

2. What brave knights they are!

(The knights are so brave!)

3. What a big nose the wolf has!

(The wolf has a really big nose!)

4. What a fierce ogre it is!

(Goblins are fierce!)

5. What a handsome prince he is!

(The prince is so handsome!)

3. Practice Task 1

Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from others

Question 1: A. brave B. fable C. tale D. giant

Question 2: A. cunning B. fund C. Buddha D. but

4. Practice Task 2

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences

Question 1: Have you ever seen a very huge person, or a __________?

A. tale B. evil C. giant D. glitch

Question 2: In the story, the princess was walking in the campus of the cattle when an eagle __________.

A. appeared B. appeared C. was appearing D. appeared

5. Conclusion

Through this lesson, you need to do full exercises and practice how to read exclamation sentences. You also need to remember a few words:

• giant /ˈdʒaɪənt/ giant
• fairy /ˈfeəri/ fairy
• witch /wɪtʃ/ witch
• knight /naɪt/ knight
• Buddha /ˈbʊdə/ Buddha
• emperor /ˈempərə(r)/ king, king
• woodcutter /ˈwʊdkʌtə(r)/ woodcutter
• princess /ˌprɪnˈses/ princess
• dwarf /dwɔːf/ dwarf
• cruel /ˈkruːəl/ read evil
• mean /miːn/ stingy
• evil /ˈiːvl/ evil
• greedy /ˈɡriːdi/ greedy
• fierce /fɪəs/ fierce
• cunning /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ cunning