Manual Limba Engleză, clasa 7-a,Unit 5, Lesson 3,           WHAT IF...

Ex. 1 page 79

Look at the pictures below. They present symbolic objects from famous fairy tales. In pairs, write the title of the fairy tale in each picture. Discuss what your favourite fairy tale is. Why? Report the findings to the rest of the class.

Ex. 3 page 79

    Read the story of a group of teens who participated in their school celebration of Women’s Day. They rewrote a famous fairy tale. Read the text and say what the play helped them understand.

     Every school organizes a festivity to celebrate a holiday. It is common to celebrate Christmas or St. Valentine’s Day. Students gather after school and rehearse some interesting school plays. They spend the time together, they laugh a lot, they have fun. Then they perform the school play in front of the school audience. The students are usually very creative. They can make up so many interesting plays.
     This year, Matei’s school decided to have a celebration of Women’s Day. Matei’s class wanted to participate in the celebration. They wanted to make up something very original. At first, they thought of performing a fairy tale.
     ‘I love Cinderella,’ said Patricia. ‘It is an interesting story for girls,’ added Matei.
    Patricia didn’t like Matei’s comment. She wanted to know what stories were for boys. The children were about to start a fight when Sanda exclaimed:

       ‘I have an idea!’
Sanda wanted to rewrite the tale and instead of Cinderella they would have a Cinderfella. She explained that it was interesting to see people’s reaction if the main character was a young boy.

    ‘This is impossible,’ said Sergiu. ‘We don’t have enough time.’

    Sanda disagreed. She believed that they had to start right away. The teens worked a lot. They argued sometimes, but they enjoyed working together.

       When their teacher asked them what they were rehearsing, they said:

     ‘Our play is very unusual!’ 

      On the day of their performance, the children were nervous.