January Week Four

This week we used a piece of art "The Land of Make Believe" as a jumping off point for an interesting conversation about fairy tales and imagination.

Listening:
Learners can check out an episode from 6 Minute English: What's in a fairy tale? or some modern retellings of fairy tales from LearnEnglish Teens - British Council.

For original version, try watching a video that delves into10 Dark Fairy Tale Origins - YouTubeor a compliation of trailers of different adult Fairy Tales. You could also listen to an episode of TTBOOK about fairy tales.
 
Reading:
Learners can try an article from Breaking News English about some of the origins of tales. Please note that this valuable resources also offers listening.

For original version try reading some traditional folk tales online from different parts of the world: World of Tales, famous American folktales.

Writing:
This week for writing, please write a story based on a fairy tale or folktale.  You can play around with the traditional story, changing the ending, describing the characters.  Get creative in your adaptation!
Best,
Kelly