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Form 5 Home Reading

Jack & the Beanstalk

p. 4 Complete the sentences:

• Fairy tales are stories…
• A fairy tale starts…
• Fairy tales come from…
• The oldest written fairy tales come…

p. 5 Background. Choose the correct item:

• Jack & the Beanstalk is an old English/ Russian fairy tale .
• The oldest book with this fairy tale dates back to 1834/1734.

Mark the sentences as True or False

• The story comes from England.
• Jack and the Beanstalk is about the fairies.
• The story dates from 1734.

p. 5 The Plot. Choose the correct word:

• Jack Trott and his mother are rich/ poor .
• They live in the town/ country .
• They take their cow/ beans to market.
• The next day there is a huge castle/ beanstalk in their garden.
• The giant has got a magic/ golden hen.
• Jack steals/ chases the hen.

p.p. 6-7 Characters. Name the characters!

Guess: Who’s…?

big

not very clever

kind

poor

loving and caring

scary

lazy

Episode 1 Which of these things can you see in the pictures?

Cupboard milk

Table dog

Honey bed

Bread chair

Cow

Mark the sentences as True or False

• Jack is working in his bedroom.
• Jack and his mother have got bread and honey to eat.
• They haven’t got any money.
• The cow’s name is Trott.
• Jack is happy to sell the cow.

Discuss:

• Why is Jack sleeping?
• Why do you think his mother lets him sleep all day?
• Why is Jack sad at the end of the episode?
• What do you think happen in the next episode?

The lesson is over!

Good luck!!!

Goodbye!!!