Το ΣΤ2 στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος Comenius ολοκλήρωσε τη συγγραφή ενός παραμυθιού με τίτλο: «Wawel’s Dragon». Παρακάτω αναλύεται ο τρόπος διδασκαλίας και αναγράφεται και το παραμύθι στην αγγλική γλώσσα.
TEACHING PLAN
Text type: tale
Genre: narrative
Task: Write a tale with the title ‘Wawel’s Dragon’
Learnign Objectives
The pupils should become able
- To make explicit the tale’s structure
- To use the suitable linguistic means for the purposes of the particular genre
- To get involved in the assessment procedure and stand critically against the produced text
- To write collectively a tale for the Comenius programme
Teaching methods
Part A’
The teacher reads a tale
The pupils identify the text type and genre
Then, they identify the structure and the basic elements of the text
Afterwards they process the given elements of the tale ‘Wawel’s Dragon’ which is the allocated tale for year six.
Part B’ Pre-writing stage
- Selection of verb tenses: Simple Past and Past continuous
- Linguistic means: Adjectives, Exaggeration
- Making a list of adjectives
Adjectives for the main characters
The good character:
Brave, strong, adorable, great, sturdy.
The bad character:
Evil, huge, fiery, despiteful, hateful, obnoxious.
Part C’ – Writing stage
Part D’ – Assessment
- team assessment
- individual writing of a tale based on the conclusions of the assessment
Wawel’s Dragon
Once upon a time in Krakow, Poland, was a huge castle. There lived a king with his beloved daughter, Izabel. There also lived the knights whose mission was to protect the castle and the kingdom from the enemies. Outside of the castle lived the farmers and the local peasants who worked in the fields.
At that time a scary dragon made his appearance and spread terror and destruction in the kingdom by attacking the inhabitants. The dragon was burning the crops and devouring the animals. Due to this fact the peasants reached the limits of famine.
A winter morning the dragon did his worst attack ever. His flames burned down almost everything in the settlements around the castle. The crops, the animals and most of the houses were turned into a fireball who threatened the castle’s existence. The king frightened gave a command to open the castle’s gates and let the peasants enter. Despite the city’s defence he was worried about the castle’s luck and therefore decided to abandon it. He ordered everyone to use an underground passage leading to the city centre and evacuate the castle. The people found shelter in the city and the dragon made the castle his lair.
The following day the king announced that whoever kills the dragon will get his daughter’s hand. Among the men who decided to fight the dragon was a shoemaker, called Scuba.
Scuba had a secret weapon: a pair of magic shoes. The advantage of the magic shoes was that the man who wore them could fly high and quick.
After many men’s failure to kill the dragon Scuba decide to risk and get the beautiful princess for his wife.
The other morning the dragon saw a determined Scuba entering the castle. The latter put his shoes on and started to fly. The dragon made an attempt to attack Scuba but in vain. Scuba was faster and managed to throw some arrows who hit the dragon in the heart.
When Scuba returned at the city he found a cheering crowd excited from his great victory.
The king thankful to the great hero kept his promise. He gave his daughter to Scuba for his wife and happiness returned to Wawel’s castle.
The end
