The giant's side of the story: retelling a fairy tale
Will retells Jack and the Beanstalk from the giant's point of view; students learn storytelling phrases and retell a fairy tale with a twist.
B1Teens45 minStorytelling
About this lesson
A B1 speaking lesson (storytelling). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Storytelling
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Stories & fairy tales
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Word order
- Key words
- Once upon a time, At first, All of a sudden, Luckily, Unfortunately, In the end, the moral of the story
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Retell a well-known fairy tale from a different character's point of view
- Use time phrases and past tenses to make a story clear and exciting