The sneaky rabbit

• English
• Basisschool
• Groep 5-8

The sneaky rabbit

What's the word?

tiger

stars

cheese

rabbit

pond

tired

tiger

stars

Soup

stone

foot

jump

scared

Vocabulary Task

Get the pupils to drag the correct word to the correct image.

Show the example: Moon

This traditional story is about how a rabbit tricks a tiger. Will the rabbit escape? Watch and find out!

How many things can you name? Be quick!

Give the class a short amount of time to write as many words as possible. Set a time limit on your phone and time them!

There are two ways to do this>  If you get them to write each word individually  the words are grouped together on the board (eg: 10 pupils wrote"moon"). OR if they write all the words in one post, then you can count which pupil had the most words, this introduces a competitive element.

 Watch the story again. Then explain there is going to be a quiz with true or false questions. 

a. Rabbit was very tired.

1. True
2. False

b. Tiger found Rabbit and woke him up.

1. True
2. False

c. Rabbit thought the sun looked like cheese.

1. True
2. False

c. Rabbit thought the moon looked like cheese.

d. Tiger pretended to eat the cheese.

1. True
2. False

d.  Rabbit pretended to eat the cheese.

e. Rabbit told Tiger the cheese was in the pond.

1. True
2. False

f. Tiger hated white cheese.

1. True
2. False

f. Tiger loved white cheese.

g. Tiger jumped into the pond with a stick.

1. True
2. False

g. Tiger jumped into the pond with a stone.

h. Tiger couldn’t get out of the pond.

1. True
2. False

How can Tiger get out of the pond? Imagine how he does it

Homework: 

How else could the rabbit have solved the problem of the tiger?

This could be done as an extension in the lesson OR given as homework. 

Adjust the task depending on the level of your class: 

1. They could draw a picture and write a sentence 
2. They could write a new ending for the story.

Adapted for the Bhutan Canada Foundation Online Learning Initative from a British Council Learn English Kids lesson by Susan Corrigan