Once she told her family she realised that the fear inside didn’t bother her anymore. She realised that the only thing she had to fear was fear itself. One day the storm inside got so strong that she could not hold it back anymore. She could never let them see what was inside and would never let them in. She feared the secret could hurt her sister. The secret prevented her from ever seeing her people and even her own family. A secret so terrible that she had to keep it concealed from everyone. The wind howled and storms raged.Įvery night, the Princess listened to the howling wind and thought about the terrible storm that raged inside of her.
On the mountain it was winter all year round. Once upon a time there was a beautiful Princess, but she did not live in a castle, she lived alone on top of an isolated mountain. You can now tell students the story but this time they should just listen and not write anything down. Tell them they will find out the secret at the end of the lesson.Ĥ. Ask students to compare their predictions. Board these terms, clarify any unknown language and ask students to predict what will happen in the story.ģ. Tell them the fairy tale involves a Princess with a terrible secret that she must conceal, an isolated mountain, a swirling storm, fear and a realisation. Tell students that you are going to tell them about a fairy tale.Ģ. Language Focus: Narrative Tenses and Vocabulary.ġ. Skills: Extended Listening, Collaborative Writing and Speaking. Materials: A3 paper, story below and song. They really analysed the song before realising it is something they have been exposed to lots of times before but never really thought about. The results: the students got some great listening and writing practice. I let them in on the trick by playing the song at the end of class. I then did a dictagloss (see below) and some collaborative writing. I changed it just enough so that they wouldn’t suspect but tried to keep some key vocabulary. I decided to play a trick on my students. The problem is that most of them have listened to it so may times that using it in the classroom might not be that useful. Lots of my students have been going crazy for this song.