the elves yr 5

8/12/2019 The Elves Yr 5

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By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

THE ELVES

AND

THE SHOE MAKER

CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

COMPONENT - SHORT STORY FOR

YEAR 5 SJKC


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Abo! !he A!hor"

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm The Elves and the Shoemaker was extracted from the book, published in a slim

volume, containin fair! tales which before the brothers Grimm put them on paper, had

existed onl! b! word of mouth and was entitled Tales for "hildren and #earth$%ainstakinl! interviewin elderl! German peasants, shepherds and others who had heard

these ancient tales from their forebears, the! made a collection that included such

popular favourites as Snow White and the Seven &warfs, #ansel and Gretel, The 'ro

%rince and (apun)el$

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, born in *+- and *+. respectivel!, studied law in collee

but became interested in earl! German epics and folktales, beinnin their research in this

field in their earl! twenties$ The two were at first interested onl! because of what the

stories revealed about primitive man/s thinkin and lanuae, and the! miht have remained

unpublished had not a friend chanced to read them$ #e immediatel! arraned for their

publication$ Their simplicit!, the swiftness of narrative, the triumph of weak 0littlepeople/, the presence of maic, enchantments, talkin animals 1 all made the stories an

instant success with children$

The two brothers later became reat scholars of anti2uit! and linuistics, at work on a

vast dictionar! when the! died, Wilhelm in *- and Jacob in *.3$ 4ut the name Grimm

will alwa!s stand for fair! tales$

Syno#"i"

This stor! is about a shoemaker, his wife and two elves$ The shoemaker was ver! poor$

#e could not bu! leather to make shoes$ 5ne mornin, he went to his shop$ #e found a pair

of read! made shoes$ #e sold the shoes$ #e bouht more leather$ Ever! mornin, he found

pairs and his wife wanted to know who made the shoes$

The! found out that two elves made the beautiful shoes at niht$ 6n the mornin, the

elves would leave$ The shoemaker and his wife made clothes for the elves$ The! were ver!

thankful to the elves$ The elves were ver! happ!$ The! put on their new clothes and

danced$ Then, the elves went awa!$ The! never came back$
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Elemen!" in $The El%e" and !he Shoema&er'

a( Smmary 7 shoemaker had no old to bu! leather$ So he could not make shoes$ #e closed hisshop and went home$ The next da!, he and his wife came to the shop$ The! saw a pair of

shoes$ Someone had made them$ Then a man came in and bouht the shoes$ #e ave the

shoemaker some old coins for the shoes$ With the old, the shoemaker bouht someleather$ #e spent the da! cuttin out the leather$ #e wanted to make some shoes$ 6n the

evenin, he went home$ When he came back the next da!, he saw man! pairs of shoes$

Someone had made them8

Then people came in and bouht the shoes$ The! ave the shoemaker old$ This went

on for man! da!s$ The shoemaker became rich$ The shoemaker and his wife wanted to

know who was makin the shoes$ That niht, the! hid under the table$ 9ater, the! saw two

elves$ The elves made the shoes$ The shoemaker and his wife wanted to thank the elves$

So the! made little clothes for them$ The! left the clothes on the table$ When the elves

came to the shop that niht, the! saw the clothes$ :uickl!, the! put on the clothes$ The!

were happ!$ The! ;umped and danced about$ Then the! ran off into the niht and never

came back$

b( Se!!in) This make


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Le""on .lan / 0The *o%er(

Learnin) O!come 1

*$3 7c2uire vocabular! and understand the meanin of words and phrases in context$

*$= 9isten to and follow simple instructions and directions accuratel!

S#eci-ica!ion" 1

*$3$* 9isten to ke! words and phrases heard

*$=$* 9isten to and follow simple instructions to draw picture

Ob2ec!i%e" 1

%upils should be able to listen to instructions of teacher and draw the elves, ac2uire

vocabular! and understand the meanin of descriptive words$

Time 1

3> minutes

Ma!erial" 1

The literature text book, blank papers

Ac!i%i!ie" 1

*$ 9ook at the book cover, read the title of the stor!

?$ 7sk pupils who the! think the elves are and who drew the pictures in the books and the

@eanin of the word 0retold b!/$

3$ 9ook at the back cover and talk about the other titles found in the series

=$ Teacher ives papers to each pupil, then describes the outward appearance of an

elf$

-$ %upils listen to the descriptions and draw the elf$

.$ Teacher writes down some descriptive words on the white board

+$ %upils read the vocabular! and cop! them down$

$ Some pupils share their pictures of an elf to the class
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Le""on .lan 3 0 .lo!(

Learnin) O!come 1

3$+ (ead and en;o! simple stories and respond to them b! talkin about the people, and

moral values in the stor!A and relate it to one/s life$

S#eci-ica!ion" 1

3$+$? (ead and ive details about the people and animals in the stories

3$+$3 Talk about values

Ob2ec!i%e" 1

%upils should be able to read and understand the se2uence of events occurred in the stor!,

then sa! what the moral values are$

Time 1

.> minutes

Ma!erial" 1

The literature textbook, sentence cards, worksheets

Ac!i%i!ie" 1

* Teacher asks the pupils to read the stor! aloud

? Teacher asks the pupils to identif! the t!pes of tense used in the stor!$

3 %upils point out the main characters in the stor!, talk about their personalities$

= Teacher displa!s the random cards on se2uence of events happened in the stor! on

the whiteboard$

- %upils read aloud the sentences in the random cards$

. Teacher forms the class into roups of four, and then distributes worksheets to let

pupils discuss and rearrane the sentences b! writin the correct number in thebrackets$

+ Ever! roup reads their correct se2uence of the stor!$

Teacher asks the class to tell the moral values the! learn from the stor!$ %upils

response$


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Ma!erial -or le""on #lan 3 0Sen!ence card" -or le""on #lan 3(

The shoes were ver! well made$

5nce aain, he found a pair of red shoes on his workbench$

7n old man bouht the pair of black shoes$

The! decided to thank the little men b! makin them some clothes$

5nce upon a time, there lived a poor shoemaker and his wife$

The little men were ver! happ!$

#e was so poor that he could not afford to bu! leather to make shoes to s

7 lad! bouht the pair of red shoes$

5ne da!, he was surprised to see a pair of black shoes on his workben

The! put on the clothes and ran off happ

So, ever! evenin the shoemaker would leave pieces of leather on his

workbench$ The next mornin, there would be pairs of shoes there$

The shoemaker became rich$

With the mone!, the poor shoemaker bouht more leather$

The shoemaker and his wife found out that two ver! little men had been makin the shoes

#e decided to find out who had been helpin him make the shoes


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Worksheets for lesson plan ? C

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Le""on .lan 4 0Moral Vale"(

Learnin) O!come 1

?$- Talk about the people, places and moral values of the stories heard, read and viewed

in simple lanuae$

=$? Write out word, phrase, sentence and pararaph level in clear, leible print

S#eci-ica!ion" 1

?$-$3 ame the ood and bad characters and talk a little about them$

=$?$? Write sentences in clear and leible cursive writin

Ob2ec!i%e" 1

%upils should be able to name the ood and bad characters, the moral values and write a

short dialoue in clear, leible print$

Time 1

3> minutes

Ma!erial" 1

The literature textbook, worksheets

Ac!i%i!ie" 1

* %upils reread or rescan the stor! the! learnt in previous lesson$

? %upils talk about the characters in the stor!$

? Teacher asks pupils about the moral values the! learn from the stor!$

3 Teacher writes down the moral values the pupils have learnt on the whiteboard and

summarise them$

= Teacher divides the class into roups of two$

- Teacher distributes worksheets to each roup$

. Teacher asks the pupils to write a short dialoue between a lad! and the shoemaker

Bwith pictures ivenC$


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Worksheet for lesson plan 3

9ook at this scene$ Write a short dialoue between the lad! who came to bu! shoes and

the shoemaker$

7nswers of worksheets for lesson plan 3

9ad! F 6 would like to bu! this pair of red shoes, how much are the!

Shoemaker F The! are (@ 3>$

9ad! F #ere/s the (m3>, please pack them for me$

Shoemaker F Thank !ou, madam$ 6/ll do that riht now$


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Le""on .lan 5 0*harac!er"(

Learnin) O!come 1

=$? Write out word, phrase, sentence and pararaph level in clear, leible print

S#eci-ica!ion" 1

=$?$? Write sentences in clear and leible cursive writin

Ob2ec!i%e" 1

%upils should be able to write a short dialoue in clear, leible print$

Time 1

3> minutes

Ma!erial" 1

The literature textbook, worksheets

Ac!i%i!ie" 1

* %upils read the stor! on pae *= and *- one b! one and sentence b! sentence$

? %upils talk about the plot and the characters on the two paes$

3 &ivide pupils into two roups$

= 5ne roup of pupils will discuss about the sentences on pae *= about the shoemaker

while the other roup of pupils will discuss about the sentences on pae *- about the

shoemaker/s wife$

- 7fter that each roup sends - pupils to write five sentences from both paes about

the two characters$

+ Teacher discusses the sentences with the pupils$

%upils complete the worksheet$


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Worksheet for lesson plan =

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Suested 7nswer for worksheet lesson plan =

A Wri!e 6 "en!ence" abo! !he "hoema&er7 8"e in-orma!ion on #a)e /57

* The shoemaker is a !oun man$

? #e has a shop and he makes shoes in his shop

3 #e makes ood shoes so people like to bu! his shoes$

= #e works hard$

- #e loves his wife ver! much$

B Wri!e 6 "en!ence" abo! !he "hoema&er7 8"e in-orma!ion on #a)e /67

* The shoemaker/s wife is a !oun woman$

? She loves her husband ver! much$

3 She tells him not to worr!$

= She arees to his plan$

- She makes clothes for the elves$

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