Two Stories about Soup - Alexei Tolstoi

These are two traditional stories around getting the ingredients to make soup.

In the first one, retold in a famous version by Aleksey Tolstoy, who will help grandpa pull up a huge turnip to make soup for his family? In the second, of central European origin, how can a poor man make a delicious soup? Both stories have a strong strand of humour but underlying them are important messages about being ready to ask for and to give help, about the importance of teamwork... and about using your imagination and ingenuity.

SYLLABUS

Vocabulary areas: family and friends, food, animals, time and meals

Grammar and structures: Present simple, Present continuous, Has / Have got, Determiners, Can for ability, Would like