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8.2.1 Intensive reading – Ogre stories
Indigenous Languages · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Features of ogre stories: huge greedy being, problem, human wit or unity, moral
- Direct and inferential questions; vocabulary tree from ogre and music words
- Reader’s theatre of a classroom ogre text; notes on lessons for real life
What you will be able to do
- identify the features of ogre stories for information
- respond to questions from texts for comprehension
- use vocabulary related to the theme in sentence construction for comprehension
- embrace the place of ogre tales in cultural conservation
Key questions
“How can we read to get specific information from a text?”
“How do ogre stories differ from other stories?”
Lessons
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Features of ogre stories and a reader’s theatre
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizMark ogre-story features on a classroom text, then read it as a theatre in your language.
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Questions, vocabulary tree and life lessons
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAnswer questions on the ogre text, build a vocabulary tree with sentences, and note lessons you can apply without harming anyone.