Five-Minute Activities for Young Learners

3.14 Goldilocks
Level
***
Language focus
Narrative, simple past tense, should
Skills focus
Speaking and writing
Thinking focus
Analysing
Teaching approach
Promote creativity – accept errors
Interaction
Small group work, suitable for large classes
Preparation
Draw the problem-solving grid on the board and write in the
headings. See Box 61.
Procedure
1 You could do this activity as pairwork, or you may prefer to put the
children into small groups of three.
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2 Briefly remind the class of the story of Goldilocks and the three bears.
(See the Website appendix on page 149 for a link to the on-line story of
Goldilocks.)
3 Then ask the children to think about the main character – Goldilocks.
What were her problems? Ask the children to copy the problem-solving
grid from the board and write in Goldilocks’ problems, taking care to
write the verb in the past tense.
4 Next, ask the children to think about how she tried to solve her
problems. After discussion, they should record these solutions in the
problem-solving grid, using past tense verbs.
5 Finally, ask the groups to discuss some advice they could give to
Goldilocks. They then record these in the grid. Tell the children to use
either should or should not in their advice.