THE TORTOISE AND THE THREE BROTHERSA NIGERIAN STORY BY ABIMBOLA ALAO

Lesson Aims:To identify and use key language features

Lesson Objectives:Identify and use adverbs and idioms in creative writingWrite a short passage extending a story

THINKING POINTS

What are the names of the three brothers?

What did the tortoise offer the brothers?

What job did Awekun do?

Who gave them the tools to complete their impossible tasks?

What happened to Ijapa at the end of the story?

THE BIRD’S SONG

Omode meta nsere

Ere o ere ayo

Omode meta nsere

Ere o ere ayo

Okan l’ohun o ta’run

Ere o ere ayo

Okan l’ohun o ga’gbon

Ere o ere ayo

Okan l’ohun o we’kun

Ere o ere ayo

O ta’run, O ga’gbon, O we’kun

Ere o ere ayo 

AMAZING ADVERBS

Adverbs are words that give more information about an action

They can tell us how, where, why and when something happens

They usually go along with verbs in your sentences

For example:

He listened carefully to his teacher.

She accidentally broke the glass.

He has already finished his homework.

INTERESTING IDIOMS

Idioms are phrases that aren’t interpreted literally Every culture has their own idioms

For example:

She is pulling my leg.

It’s raining cats and dogs.

He finished it just in the nick of time.

Now write some of your own!

WRITING

Write such as a story/letter/apology from the point of view of one of the characters

a brotherthe kingthe tortoise

Explore the moral of the story - that liars and people who deceive others get their comeuppance

Include dialogue, adverbs and an idiom (if possible)