Enormous Turnip Personal Program

Using the "Enormous Turnip" tale in an elementary English class is a great way to engage young learners in reading, storytelling, vocabulary building, and even teamwork. Here's my step-by-step guide on how to incorporate this classic folk tale into your 1st Year PE English class:

First of all you must introduce the Story: Begin by introducing the story to your students. Explain that you will be reading a traditional folk tale called "The Enormous Turnip." You can also show them pictures of turnips to help them understand the context.

Now it's time to work on vocabulary: Before reading the story, go over some key vocabulary words from the story, such as turnip, farmer, pull, tug, and so on. Write these words on the board and discuss their meanings with the students.

Practice reading aloud: Read the story aloud to the class. Use different voices for the characters to make it more engaging and to help students distinguish between characters.

Retell the Story as many times as u consider necessary: After reading, have the students retell the story in their own words. You can do this as a class discussion or in small groups. This helps reinforce comprehension.

Make a Character Analysis: Discuss the main characters in the story (the old man, old woman, grandchild, dog, cat, and mouse). Ask students to describe each character's role and personality traits.

Work on Sequencing Activity: Provide students with a set of picture cards or sentence strips depicting key events from the story. Ask them to arrange the cards or sentences in the correct order to retell the story's sequence.

Discussion Questions: Ask open-ended questions about the story to stimulate discussion. For example:

1. • What problem did the old man face?

   • How did the characters work together to solve the problem?

   • What did they learn from their experience?

Dramatic Play: Encourage students to act out the story. Assign different roles to students and have them reenact the scene where the characters try to pull the enormous turnip out of the ground.

Creative Writing: Have students write a short story or ending to the tale, imagining what might happen next if the turnip didn't come out. This exercise encourages creativity and critical thinking.

Art and Crafts: Incorporate an art activity where students can draw or paint their own interpretation of the enormous turnip or create turnip-themed crafts.

Cooking Activity: If possible, you can even bring in turnips and have a cooking activity where students prepare a simple turnip dish, like mashed turnips or turnip fries, to connect the story with real-life experiences.

Story Extension: You can use this story as a springboard to teach other lessons, such as gardening and the life cycle of plants.

Assessment: Assess student understanding through quizzes, written responses, or presentations, depending on the age and proficiency level of your students.

Homework or Follow-up: Assign related homework tasks, such as writing a character diary or creating a turnip-themed poem.

Addapt it to your students age and level.- It was dessigned for a 25 6 years old students at a Bilingual School in Aragón.

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