The proverb for the week: A joy that is shared is a joy made double.
The Story of Stone Soup
Three monks travelled along a mountain road.
“What makes one happy?” asked the youngest monk.
“The wisest monk replied, ” Let’s find out.”
They stopped at a village. It had gone through hard times. The villagers were poor, tired and suspicious of strangers.
“Today we will show the villagers how to make stone soup” announced the monks.
They lit a fire and placed a pot on it. They filled the pot with water from the well.
A little girl asked, “What are you doing?”
They said they were making stone soup and needed three round, smooth stones.
They put them in the pot.
“Of course, stone soup tastes much better with salt and pepper, ” said a monk.
An old villager brought salt and pepper and put it in the pot.
One of the monks tasted the soup and said that carrots would improve the flavour of the soup.
A villager dropped a dozen carrots into the soup.
One by one the villagers brought cabbage and peas and spinach. It all went into the bubbling pot.
At last the soup was ready.
The villagers sat down to eat the delicious soup.
The villagers understood that to be happy is as simple as making stone soup.
The rhyme for the week. Please encourage the students to memorise this short poem.
Open a book
And you will find
People and places of every kind;
Open a book
And you can be
Anything you want to be;
Open a book and you can share
Wondrous words you find in there.
Grammar:
Verb conjugation:
I dance
You dance
He, she dances
We dance
They dance
I walk
You walk
He, she walks
We walk
They walk
I drink
You drink
He, she drinks
We drink
They drink
The students repeat the exercise with: eat, sleep, play, laugh, smile.
Depending on the level of the student the sentence can also be completed.
Example: I drink a cup of tea.
I eat a banana.
I walk in the park.
I sleep at ten o’clock, etc.
Vocabulary words:
Able: I won’t be able to play in the match on Saturday.