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Early Years Foundation Stage

Literacy

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

﻿Hello, I'm Adam and this is Panda. We are on Unit 4 Lesson 3 using the story, "The Three Billy Goats Gruff". Let's see what's on the agenda today. For today's warm-up, we're going to start with some drama, some role-play, so we can explore how the troll sounds, what he would look like, and how we would describe him in the story. After that, to help us with our storytelling, we're going to step out the story with actions. So there's lots to do. Let's start by exploring the troll. So the warm-up is going to be in two halves. The first half, we're going to think of describing the big, bad troll, as if we were the Billy Goats Gruff. Okay, so let me teach you a little of rhyme, that goes like this, "The big, bad troll has big, bad eyes." We should do that together. "The big, bad troll has big, bad eyes." Good. "His eyes are the size of billy goat pies." Together? "His eyes are the size of billy goat pies." Brilliant. "His big, sharp teeth are as yellow as custard." Together? "His big, sharp teeth are as yellow as custard." Brilliant. "But he won't eat us with dollops of mustard." Ready? "But he won't eat us with dollops of mustard." Brilliant. Let's do it together, and I might do some clapping in between the lines. Should we see how it goes? I haven't done this before. "The big, bad troll has big, bad eyes." "His eyes are the size of billy goat pies." "His big, sharp teeth are as yellow as custard." "But he won't eat us with dollops of mustard." Again! "The big, bad troll has big, bad eyes." "His eyes are the size of billy goat pies." "His big, sharp teeth are as yellow as custard." "But he won't eat us with dollops of mustard." Well done. I've got to practise that as well. But what that rhyme teaches us is a way of describing the troll as being big and bad. And if you were a billy goat, and you thought his eyes were the size of billy goat pies, that'd make you feel a bit scared, wouldn't it? In the story, it would make you feel scared. His teeth are sharp and as yellow as custard, and he's not going to eat us with dollops of mustard. I like that, because those billy goats are confident that they've got a plan. Well that's one way of describing the troll. Let's try and be the troll now. Let me show you what I mean. So you can see that for this part of the warm-up, I've chosen to stand up. So if you are able to and you'd like to, perhaps you could do the same. And it's fine just to watch, as well. But the big, bad troll, well the first thing, is that he's big. So let's try and make our bodies as big as we can make them appear. Remember, he's got sharp jaws. And he says these things, he says, "I'm going to to eat you up, from your tail to your snout." But we've got to sound like a troll when we say that in the story. So, can you make your voice go low? Can you make your voice go low? Let's see, he says then, "I'm going to to eat you up from your tail to your snout." If we did that in the storytelling, I think we would remember that. Should we try that together? "I'm going to to eat you up from your tail to your snout." One more time. "I'm going to to eat you up from your tail to your snout." Brilliant. Right! We know how to be a troll, we know how to sound like a troll, shall we now sing the song of the Billy Goats Gruff? ♪ The Three Billy Goats ♪ ♪ The toughest you've seen ♪ ♪ Looked across the river ♪ ♪ At the grass long and green ♪ ♪ "We want that grass" said the Billy Goats Gruff ♪ ♪ But the troll under the bridge is rough and tough ♪ ♪ "We need a plan ♪ ♪ We need a trip-trap-trapping plan" ♪ ♪ The little billy goat ♪ ♪ Crossed the bridge with a skip ♪ ♪ He went trip-trap-trapping ♪ ♪ Trip-Trap-Trip ♪ ♪ The troll leapt out and said with a shout, ♪ ♪ "I'm going to eat you up ♪ ♪ From your tail to your snout" ♪ ♪ The little billy goat said, ♪ ♪ "Don't eat me ♪ ♪ My bigger juicy brother's coming ♪ ♪ He's yummy" ♪ ♪ That was the plan ♪ ♪ That was the trip-trap-trapping plan ♪ ♪ The middle-sized billy goat ran double-quick ♪ ♪ He went trip-trap-trapping ♪ ♪ Trip-Trap-Trip ♪ ♪ The troll leapt out and said with a shout, ♪ ♪ "I'm going to eat you up ♪ ♪ From your tail to your snout" ♪ ♪ The middle-sized goat says, ♪ ♪ "Don't eat me ♪ ♪ My bigger juicy brother's coming ♪ ♪ He's yummy" ♪ ♪ That was the plan ♪ ♪ That was the trip-trap-trapping plan ♪ ♪ The big billy goat went stamp-stomp-kick ♪ ♪ He went trip-trap-trapping ♪ ♪ Trip-Trap-Trip ♪ ♪ The troll leapt out and said with a shout, ♪ ♪ "I'm going to eat you up ♪ ♪ From your tail to your snout" ♪ ♪ The big goat laughed, ♪ ♪ "You can't eat me" ♪ ♪ And he butted that troll right out to sea ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That was the plan ♪ ♪ That was the trip-trap-trapping plan ♪ ♪ That was the trip-trap-trapping plan ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ So you can see, that I've chosen to stand up for this part of the lesson. Stay where you are for now, I'm going to show you what I would like you to try. If I'm going to step the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff, I have to imagine that on the ground there are some stepping stones. I imagine that they are square. And every time I put a foot on a stone, I'm going to do an action and say something, maybe, that helps me remember the important things of the story. The first time, I might do it like this: "Once upon a time, there were Three Billy Goats Gruff, who lived on a hill. The little billy goat went down to the bridge. Trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. After that, the middle-sized Billy Goat Gruff went to the bridge. Trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. After that, the big Billy Goat Gruff went to the bridge. Trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. The big billy goat butted the troll, Whee! Splash! Out to sea. Finally, the three Billy Goats Gruff got to the other side of the bridge and ate all the grass." Shall I do it again? It's always a little bit different. "Once upon a time, there were three Billy Goats Gruff who lived on a hill. The little Billy Goat Gruff went trip-trap-trip-trap-trip to the bridge. After that, the middle-sized Billy Goat Gruff went to the bridge. Trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. After that, the big Billy Goat Gruff went to the bridge. Trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. The big billy goat butted the troll Whee! Splash! Out to sea. Finally, the three Billy Goats Gruff ate the lovely green grass." I'm going to pause the video now, and it's your turn to practise that, to try that. And when you're finished, come back, and we'll talk about the story some more. All right then? Time for work. So how was that? Are you ready for a big challenge now? We're going to step the story again, only now we're going to put in the bits with the troll. Remember, we've learned those bits. "I'm going to eat you up from your tail to your snout." Okay. I'll show you what I mean. "Once upon a time, there were three Billy Goats Gruff who lived on a hill. They wanted the green grass on the other side of the river. There was a problem: A big, bad troll. Eyes the size of billy goat pies! They made a trip-trap-trapping plan. First billy goat went trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. 'I'm going to eat you up from your tail to your snout.' 'Don't eat me. My bigger brother's coming. He's juicier than me.' Middle-sized billy goat went trip-trap-trip-trap-trip to the bridge. 'I'm going to eat you up from your tail to your snout.' Very good. 'Don't eat me. My bigger brother's coming. He's tastier than me.' The big Billy Goat Gruff went trip-trap-trip to the bridge. 'I'm going to eat you up from your tail to your snout.' The big billy goat butted the troll Whee! Splash! Out to sea. And the three Billy Goats Gruff ate all the green, green grass." That's much harder. Should we try it together, now? Stand up if you can, if you're able to, and join in with me. "Once upon a time, there were three Billy Goats Gruff who lived on a hill. They wanted to eat the green grass on the other side of the river. There was a problem: A big, bad troll. His eyes were the size of billy goat pies. They made a plan. A trip-trap-trapping plan. First billy goat went trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. Troll says, 'I'm going to eat you up from your tail to your snout.' 'Don't eat me. My bigger brother's coming. He's tastier than me.' Middle-sized Billy Goat Gruff went trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. The troll said, 'I'm going to eat you up from your tail to your snout.' 'Don't eat me. My bigger brother's coming. He's tastier than me.' The big troll came. Trip-trap-trip-trap-trip. 'I'm going to eat you up from your tail to your snout.' And the big billy goat butted him Whee! Splash! Out to sea. And finally, the three Billy Goats Gruff ate all the yummy grass." Well done. Could you try that? Putting in all the bits with the troll. It's hard, but I challenge you. And when you've done that, come back and we'll talk about today's lesson. Good luck! Time to work again. So how was that? That was quite tricky with all those extra bits in. Well done! Well we are working hard to get ourselves ready to tell that story independently in Lesson 5, and you're doing really well. So what have we done today to practise our storytelling and to learn the words. The first thing we did was to practise how we describe the troll with his eyes and his teeth and how we would sound like a troll when we spoke in the story. We've sung the story to help us remember the order and all the words like trip-trap-tripping, trip-trap-trip. And now we've stepped the story not once, but twice. So you have worked hard in this session. Panda and I are excited now, because it means in the next session when we explore more about the goats and how they speak and what they say, I think you're going to be really good. So we look forward to seeing you in the next session. We'll tell the story without speaking as well. Until then, keep showing your work to friends and family and teachers, because you're doing so well and we look forward to seeing you soon. Okay then. Bye-bye!

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