The other side of the story: a fairy tale villain speaks
The giant from Jack and the Beanstalk tells his own version; students retell a familiar fairy tale from an unexpected point of view.
C1Adults55 minStorytelling
About this lesson
A C1 speaking lesson (storytelling). Warm-ups, role plays and discussion tasks — get the whole class talking.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Speaking
- Type
- Storytelling
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Stories & fairy tales
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Reading text, True / False, Matching
- Key words
- You've probably heard…, Let me set the record straight., Little did I know…, And that's when it happened., What would you have done?, to this day, a trespasser, to be painted as…
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Retell a well-known fairy tale from a new point of view, engaging a live audience
- Use storytelling techniques such as direct address, suspense and rhetorical questions