CLIP 5802
The Sun and the Wind (English)
Key Info
- The Sun and the Wind (English)
- Duration: 05:28
- The wind and the sun battle it out to see who is more powerful. Each unleashes its force until the winner is declared. Meanwhile, Paula the weather forecaster gives a strange forecast – will her predictions come true? This clip has subtitles available in Flash.
- Subject:
Literacy
Topic:Stories: Myths, Legends, Parables and Fables
- Keywords: fable, Aesop, Aesop's fables, sun, wind, short story, modern retelling, adaptation, beginning, middle, end, Telling Tales, Telling Tales English version, subtitled
Ideas for use in class
- Can be used in the following ways: Discuss how mood and atmosphere are created. Discuss how the story has been updated. Describe characters orally and in writing. Compare with similar stories. Retell using appropriate voice for different characters. Identify formal story language. Structure a new sequence of events based on the story and use this as a story plan. Write in the style of the story using typical dialogue, past tense and time connectives.
Background details
- Clip language : English
- Aspect ratio : 16x9
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