Fairy-tale creatures

Who can you see in these pictures? Fill in the correct word. Choose from the words in the grid.

a dragon - a fairy - the big bad wolf - the seven dwarfs - puss-in-boots- the three pigs - a knight - Pinocchio - a queen

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Choose 2 of the above fairy-tale creatures.

Use the internet to find information about them (e.g. their story). ………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Capture in the forest

Lord Farquaad is on a hunt. Try to fill in the correct word before he catches you. Choose from the words in the grid.

old (x2) - small - blue - wooden - flying - big - possessed - little (x2) - green - real - talking (x4) - magic

Lord Farquaad wants to ban all fairy-tale creatures. His soldiers come to the forest to capture them all. Gepetto wants to sell his ……………………… puppet to the soldiers. But Pinocchio doesn’t want to go and shouts: “I’m not a puppet, I’m a ……………………… boy!” Soldier: “I will give you 5 shillings for this ……………………………… toy.” In the meanwhile the 3 bears are captured and put in a …………………………… cage. Next in line is an ……………………………… lady who has a …………………………… donkey. Lady: “This is my ……………………… donkey.”Soldier: “Can you prove this?”Lady (to the donkey): “ Talk ………………………… fellow!” But the donkey refuses. The ……………………… lady gets a ……………………………… nervous. Suddenly a fairy tries to escape and all her …………………………… powder falls on the donkey. The donkey now flies through the …………………………… sky and shouts: “I’m a ……………………………… , …………………………………… donkey!”But the powder loses his force and the ……………………………… donkey falls down. The soldiers now want to capture him. The donkey runs for his life, when he meets a ………………………… , ……………………… ogre.

A helping hand for Shrek

Shrek doesn’t know what all these words mean. Can you help him? Use a dictionary to find the meaning of the following words.

to prove : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………to be possessed : ………………………………………………………………….……………………………………………to seize : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………a resettlement : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………a witch : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………a cage : …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………stubborn : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………a puppet : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………a donkey : ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………a guard : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

There are different kinds of novels and films (e.g. thriller, comedy, …). Shrek knows the different kinds, but he isn’t telling. So, it’s up to you. Use the internet to find out what kind of films these are.

Shrek : ……………………………………………………………………………………………28 Days Later : ………………………………………………..………………………………Love Actually : …………………………………………………………………………………The Matrix : ……………………………………………………………………………………The Lord of the Rings : …………………………………………………………………Minority Report : …………………………………………..………………………………Ice Age : ………………………………………………………….………………………………

Money, money, money

Read the following texts and answer the questions.

1. PoundThere used to be 12 pence in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound. One pound, three shillings and sixpence would have been written as £1 3s 6d, but when spoken would probably have been expressed in shillings: twenty-three and six, meaning twenty-three shillings and sixpence.

Just think about that for a moment and then try and add £1 3s 6d and £5 18s 11d together! Wouldn't you rather have a decimal system!

Just for interest!

The £ represents pounds sterling and comes from L which stands for the Latin "libre".The s represents shillings and comes from the Latin "solidus". The d represents pence (the plural of penny) and comes from the Latin "denarius".

2. Dollar

3. Euro

How did the "old" money work in real terms?

To give you some idea of the relative value of these amounts in more recent times, one of my great-grandfathers was earning 11s (eleven shillings) a week as a farm labourer in 1896. He then moved to the nearby city (Norwich, Norfolk) and became a factory worker and earned £1 a week.

In 1946 my mother's first pay packet was thirty-seven and six (thirty-seven shillings and sixpence or £1 17s 6d) for being a shorthand typist.

An American explanation states that the '$' symbol was historically a combination of both letters representing this nation: US. In the early days of the United States, they would type a 'U' on a typewriter, then back-space and type an 'S' over the 'U' to designate U.S. Currency.

Another belief is that the '$' sign has been said to be based on the number 8. The Spanish eight-real coins were known as Spanish dollars. They circulated too alongside the currencies of the colonizing countries. These currencies were denominated in pounds, shillings and pence (£sd) and the Spanish dollar was "rated" at a particular value in the currency of each colony.

A special euro currency sign (€) was designed after a public survey had narrowed the original ten proposals down to two. The European Commission then chose the final design. The eventual winner was a design created by a team of four experts, who have not been officially named.

There are two sources available for the origin of the dollar, one linked to the $ sign and another to the word dollar.

The word dollar was introduced by the Dutch in the North-American colony. In the 17th century, the Dutch 'Leeuwendaalders' - or Liondollars - were also very popular in the English colonies; its value is 30 nickels . The origin of the Dutch word 'daalder,' quite similar in pronunciation to that of the word 'dollar,' is based on the German word 'taler.'

Nowadays We don’t use shilling anymore, it is replaced by the 5p coin, which is still worth 1/20th of a pound, because there are 100 new pence in a pound.

Pound Dollar Euro

1 pound £1 $1.9107 € 1.4861 1 dollar £0.5304 $1 € 0.78291 euro £0.6776 $1.2810 € 1New vocabularyTo add: optellenAn amount: bedrag, hoeveelheidA labourer: arbeiderTo earn <-> to spend

Questions on the text :

1. How many shillings are there in a pound?

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2. What do you get when you add £1 3s 6d and £5 18s 11d together?

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3. How do you say £2 5s 7d ?

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4. In 1896 a farm labourer earned ............................ a week.

5. On which word is the word “dollar” based?

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6. Give to possible explanation for the use of the American dollar sign ($).

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The glyph is (according to the European Commission) "a combination of the Greek epsilon, as a sign of the weight of European civilization (an E for Europe), and the parallel lines crossing through stand for the stability of the euro".

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7. What is the meaning of the “€” sign?

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8. Which monetary unit is the most valuable? The euro, the pound or the dollar?

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Magic puzzle

A fairy has lost some magic powder. This way all the words are changed into descriptions. Try to find these words and solve the crossword puzzle.

1. a small person with pointed ears who has magic powers in children's stories

2. large strong building, built in the past by a ruler or important person to protect the people inside from attack

3. describes something that is created by and exists only in the mind; that is not real f.i.: an………………………….. friend

4. a person who is admired for having done something very brave or having achieved something great

5. a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series of events ( f.i. : a bedtime ................. )

6. an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall, strong and usually very cruel, appearing especially in children's stories

7. to have a magical effect on someone or something: to ..... 8. to think that something is true, correct or real: to ............ in9. spoken words which are thought to have magical power: to cast

a ........10. a traditional story written for children which usually involves

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Do you believe in ...... ?

Answer the questions and afterwards we’ll have a class discussion about it.

Do you believe in fairy-tales? Why (not) ?

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In what did you believe when you were little? ( Santa Claus, mermaids, elves, ... )

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As good as Shrek?

Write down your own fairy-tale. Let your imagination work !

Criteria: Write at least 15 lines. Pay attention to your language. Be creative.

Once upon a time

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These words might help: - princess- dragon- to be enchanted- to cast a spell on- castle- .....

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Formation objectives

Language: The pupils get an introduction on the adjectives The pupils are able to talk about imagination.

The pupils are able to write a fairy-tale.Learning Strategies: 14: The pupils are able to consult their knowledge of the English

language in order to do exercises, especially creative writing. 15: The pupils are able to question themselves about a certain topic. 20: Pupils learn that visualization is a means to memorize new vocabulary.

Personality Formation: 3: The pupils dare to speak up for their opinion in front of their

classmates. 6: The pupils are willing to listen to each other and respect each other’s opinion. 7: The pupils are polite in conversations with others.

World Orientation: The pupils are able to find out the difference between monetary units. They get to know something more about the different origins.

Teaching activitiesFirst the pupils watch a part of the movie. Then they try to solve exercise 1 and 2. They do the exercises individually. Afterwards they get corrected. Then the pupils read the text ‘Money, money, money’. They try to solve the questions individually.In pairs the pupils solve the magic puzzle.‘Do you believe in … ?’ is a class discussion. First the pupils give an answer to the questions, so that later on, in the class discussion, they already have thought about the questions. This way it’s easier to speak in class.Writing their own story gives the pupils the chance to be very creative and to use their imagination. Afterwards a few pupils can tell their story in front of the class.

VOETSociale vaardigheden:De leerlingen kunnen zich als persoon present stellen: uitkomen voor de eigen mening en deze beargumenteren.De leerlingen kunnen respect en waardering voor anderen opbrengen: de eigenheid van medeleerlingen accepteren en waarderen.De leerlingen kunnen in een groepsdiscussie hun mening weergeven, handhaven en bijsturen.

These 3 are all linked with the class discussion about imagination.