Lesson Plan – Standard VI English
Term I – Unit 3 – Supplementary Reader
Stone Soup
Genre: Supplementary Story
Theme: Sharing, cooperation, kindness and community spirit
1. Learning Objectives
By the end of the lesson, the teacher expects the students to:
understand the story “Stone Soup” and its sequence of events.
identify the main characters and their roles.
learn the meanings and usage of new vocabulary from the story.
understand how the traveller cleverly encouraged the villagers to share their food.
recognize the importance of sharing, cooperation and unity.
develop listening, reading and speaking skills through the story.
understand the message that collective effort can create happiness and prosperity.
2. Learning Outcomes
After learning the lesson, students will be able to:
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reads a variety of texts in English / Braille and identifies main ideas, characters, sequence of ideas and events and relates with his/her personal experiences Textbooks
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participates in activities in English like role play, group discussion, debate, etc.
narrate the story of Stone Soup in their own words.
use the new words in meaningful sentences.
identify the qualities of the traveller and the villagers.
explain how the traveller brought the villagers together.
apply the idea of sharing and cooperation in their day-to-day life.
work cooperatively with classmates during group activities.
understand that even small contributions from many people can produce a valuable result.
demonstrate kindness and willingness to share with others.
3. Introduction
The teacher may begin the lesson by asking:
Have you ever shared your food with a friend?
What happens when everyone in a group contributes something?
Can we make a delicious dish with the help of many people?
Would you believe that soup could be made using a stone?
Why is sharing important in a family or community?
The teacher displays or writes the title “Stone Soup” on the board and asks the students to predict what the story might be about.
Introduction to the lesson:
The teacher tells the students that they are going to read an interesting story about a hungry traveller who enters a poor village and uses a clever idea to teach the villagers the value of sharing and cooperation.
4. Reading and Understanding
A. Reading Activity
The teacher reads the story aloud with proper pronunciation, stress and intonation.
Students listen carefully.
Students read the story silently.
Selected students read the dialogues aloud.
The teacher pauses at important points and checks comprehension.
B. New Words and Meanings
| New Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Traveller | A person who travels from one place to another |
| Journey | An act of travelling from one place to another |
| Hungry | Wanting or needing food |
| Extra | More than what is needed |
| Tasty | Having a pleasant taste |
| Lit | Made something start burning |
| Boiled | Heated a liquid until it bubbles |
| Sipped | Drank a small amount slowly |
| Cupboard | A storage place with doors |
| Drifted | Moved slowly through the air |
| Neighbour | A person living nearby |
| Delicious | Very pleasant to taste |
| Plentiful | Available in large quantities |
| Villagers | People living in a village |
| Ingredients | Things used to prepare a dish |
| Cooperation | Working together for a common purpose |
C. Comprehension Check
The teacher asks:
Who came to the village?
Why was the traveller hungry?
What did the traveller pick up from the ground?
What did the woman give him?
What did the woman's husband bring?
Who brought carrots and beans?
Who brought chicken?
What did the villagers finally realize?
How did the village change at the end?
5. Mind Map
STONE SOUP – Mind Map
STONE SOUP
│
┌───────────────────┼───────────────────┐
│ │ │
TRAVELLER VILLAGE PROBLEM
│ │ │
Hungry & tired Poor & unhappy No one wanted
│ │ to share food
└───────────────────┼───────────────────┘
│
CLEVER PLAN
│
Picks up a stone
│
Makes "stone soup"
│
┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
│ │ │
Salt Onion & potato Carrots & beans
│ │ │
└───────────────┼───────────────┘
│
Chicken
│
▼
DELICIOUS SOUP
│
▼
VILLAGERS SHARE
│
▼
VILLAGE BECOMES
A HAPPY PLACE
│
▼
MESSAGE: SHARING +
COOPERATION6. Consolidation and Presentation
Summary of “Stone Soup”
A tired and hungry traveller arrived at a poor and unhappy village. He asked a woman for some food, but she refused because she said that there was no extra food in the village. The traveller then picked up a stone and announced that he could make delicious stone soup.
The curious woman allowed him to enter her house. He put the stone into a pot of boiling water and cleverly asked for small quantities of salt and butter. When the woman's husband arrived with onions and potatoes, the traveller suggested adding them to the soup.
The smell of the soup attracted the neighbours and villagers. One neighbour brought carrots and beans, while a farmer brought chicken. Everyone contributed something to the soup.
Finally, the traveller served the soup to all the villagers. They were amazed by the delicious soup and realized that the stone itself had not made the soup. Their own contributions had made it plentiful and delicious.
The traveller removed the stone and continued his journey. From that day onwards, the villagers began sharing what they had with one another, and the village became a happy place.
Moral / Message
Sharing and cooperation can turn scarcity into abundance and bring happiness to a community.
7. Reinforcement
The teacher reinforces the following points:
The traveller was clever and resourceful.
The villagers initially believed that they had nothing to share.
The traveller did not force anyone to give food; instead, he encouraged them gradually.
Every person contributed a small amount.
The soup became plentiful because of the combined contributions of the villagers.
The stone was only a clever part of the traveller's plan.
The story teaches the importance of:
Sharing
Cooperation
Unity
Kindness
Community spirit
Helping others
Real-life Connection
The teacher can relate the story to everyday situations:
Students sharing their lunch with friends.
Working together on a classroom project.
Sharing books and learning materials.
Helping a classmate who needs support.
Participating together in school activities.
Contributing small amounts of effort to complete a large task.
8. Evaluation
A. Lower Order Thinking Question
Who brought the chicken for the stone soup?
Expected answer: A farmer brought the chicken.
B. Middle Order Thinking Question
How did the traveller make the villagers contribute ingredients to the soup?
Expected answer: He gradually suggested that different ingredients would make the soup better, which encouraged the villagers to contribute what they had.
C. Higher Order Thinking Question
Imagine that you were one of the villagers. What would you contribute to the soup, and why?
Expected response: Students should give their own answers and explain why they would share that particular ingredient.
9. Remedial Teaching
For slow learners, the teacher can:
retell the story using simple sentences.
divide the story into small sections and explain each section separately.
use pictures of the traveller, stone, pot and vegetables.
provide a character-and-event chart.
teach new words using pictures and simple examples.
allow students to read short portions repeatedly.
conduct pair reading with a proficient student.
ask simple Who? What? Where? Why? questions.
use sentence starters such as:
“The traveller was ______.”
“The woman gave ______.”
“The farmer brought ______.”
“The villagers learned to ______.”
encourage students to retell the story using the mind map.
10. Writing
Writing Task
Write a paragraph of 8–10 sentences about “Stone Soup”.
Students may use the following clues:
Traveller → hungry → poor village → woman refuses food → stone soup → salt and butter → onions and potatoes → carrots and beans → chicken → villagers share → happy village
Alternative task:
Write five sentences about the importance of sharing in our daily life.
11. Follow-up
Choose any one of the following activities:
Activity 1 – Sharing Activity:
Students bring or identify something that they can share with their classmates and explain why sharing is important.
Activity 2 – Role Play:
In groups, students enact the story “Stone Soup”, taking the roles of the traveller, woman, husband, neighbours, farmer and villagers.
Activity 3 – Creative Writing:
Write a short story of 8–10 sentences beginning with:
“One day, I found a strange stone…”
Homework:
Write five new words from the lesson, their meanings and one sentence for each word.
