Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

Box 60
Jack and the beanstalk: story summary formula
Story summary formula
Story summary
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Jack stole a hen that laid golden
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eggs. Jack cut down the
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beanstalk and killed the ogre.
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Follow-up
• Remove the story summary from the board and ask the children to write
it in their own words.
• In this fairy story, Jack is seen as a hero who made his mother rich.
However, from the ogre’s point of view, Jack was a thief. Ask the children
to rewrite the story from the ogre’s point of view.
• For the on-line story of Jack and the beanstalk, check the Website
appendix on page 148.
• For other narratives, see Activities 2.16, 3.5, 3.14, 3.18, 4.10, 5.1, 6.18.