The Giant Potato Story

Dear All,
Do you still remember the Giant Potato story which I demonstrated in the class? Do you still remember what kinds of classroom activities that I did when I told the story to you all. If you are curious to know the complete script of the story...here is the text:


The Giant Potato


Once upon a time there was a man called Mr. Fry. He loved potatoes. He ate potatoes for breakfast. He ate potatoes for lunch. He ate potatoes for afternoon tea. He ate potatoes for dinner.

One day, Mr. Fry got a parcel. It was from his brother in Peru. Inside the parcel there was a very strange potato. It was very SMALL. It was very ROUND. It was very YELLOW. There was a note in the parcel. It said:
'Plant this potato in a very big hole in your garden. Don't water it'
Mr. Fry was very excited. He went into his garden. he dug a very big hole in your garden. He planted the potato. The sun was shining. it was very hot. So Mr. Fry picked up a watering can and water the potato. Suddenly, there was a flash of lightning and it started to rain. The rain poured down. Poured down. And the potato started to grow. It grew BIGGER and BIGGER and BIGGER. And the leaves started to grow. They grow WIDER and WIDER and WIDER. Mr. Fry looked at the enormous plant. He was very hungry. He thought enormous plant is the same with enormous potato. So he held the top of the plant and he pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So he called his wife, Mrs. Fry, to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Mrs. Fry called her son, Peter, to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Peter called his sister, Barbara, to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry. Barbara held Peter. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, but nothing happened.

So Barbara called the pet to help. Mr Fry held the plant. Mrs. Fry held Mr. Fry. Peter held Mrs. Fry. Barbara held Peter. The pet held Barbara. They pulled HARDER and HARDER and HARDER, and suddenly, out come the potato. It was ENORMOUS. It was the biggest potato they have ever seen.

'I'm hungry', said Mr.Fry. 'What's for dinner?', 'Potatoes,' said Peter and Barbara



Well, that's the complete story of the GIANT POTATO. You can improvise or change some details of the story as you like. There are so many follow up activities that can be done after the students listen to the story interactively. Any Ideas??


The story was quoted from Teaching Children English - Vale and Feunteun