Welcome to class 8B
What story is it?
- It’s “The Starfruit Tree”.
Vocabulary: Match the words in A with the correct meaning in B:
1. fortune(n): gia tài
2. ripe (adj): chín
3. offer(v): đề nghị
4. repay(v): trả lại, trả ơn
5. load (n): vật chở, cái mang theo
6. beg(v): cầu xin, van xin
7. promise(v): hứa
8. carry(v): mang, mang theo
9. swap (v): đổi, trao đổi
10. drop(v): thả, rơi
1. What did the older brother give his younger brother?
- He gave his younger brother only a starfruit tree.
2. What did the eagle promise to the younger brother?
- The eagle promised to repay him in gold.
3. What did the elder brother do when he found out how his younger brother became rich?
- He offered to swap his fortune for his brother`s starfruit tree.
4. What did the elder brother do when he got to the place of gold?
- He filled a very large bag and all his pockets with gold.
5. What happened to the elder brother in the end?
- The eagle dropped the elder brother into the sea.
or He was dropped into the sea (by the eagle).
Act 2. Read the story again and answer the questions:
greedy
time
fortune
gold
swapped
dropped
Act 3. Read the story again and complete the details of the fable.
Example Exchange:
A: What story do you want to read?("The Starfruit Tree")
B: I want to read ________________
A: What kind of story is it? (a folktale)
B: It`s _________________ .
A: Who are the main characters?(the elder bother/the younger bother/ the eagle)
B: _________________________ .
A: What is the story about?(The man left his two sons a fortune ... The eagle dropped the elder brother into the sea.)
B: _____________ .
A: What do you learn from the story?(not greedy)
B: We should ____________________ .
Act 5: Ask and answer questions about the story "The Starfruit Tree"
Example Exchange:
A: What story do you want to read?
B: I want to read "The Starfruit Tree".
A: What kind of story is it?
B: It`s a folk tale.
A: Who are the main characters?
B: The elder bother, the younger bother and the eagle.
A: What is the story about?
B: The man left his two sons a fortune but the elder brother gave his brother a starfruit tree. An eagle came to eat the fruit promised to repay the younger brother in gold. He became very rich. The elder brother swapped his fortune for his brother`s tree. The eagle helped the elder brother take gold. As the eagle was flying back, it dropped the elder brother into the sea.
A: What do you learn from the story?
B: We shouldn`t be greedy.
Act 5: Ask and answer questions about the story" The Starfruit Tree"