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Audrey Hepburn: She Ate Tulip Bulbs in the War… Then Helped Hungry Children

Level A2 (Elementary) · Video 3:47 · 45-minute lesson

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45-minute lesson plan

TimeStageWhat to do
0–3′Warm-upAsk the class: “Have you ever been very hungry? Who helps hungry children in your country?” Let a few students answer.
3–13′WordsPre-teach the 5 words with the flashcards: war, dancer, actress, visit, kind. Say each word, show the meaning, and ask for a quick example.
13–20′VideoPlay the video (3:47). Students follow the transcript. Play it a second time if needed.
20–28′ComprehensionWorksheet C (or the online Story Challenge): check answers together. Ask “How do you know?”
28–35′Grammarhelp + someone + (to) + verb: to say who gets help and what they can do. Show “She helped children get food.”, then do worksheet E together.
35–43′WorksheetStudents do worksheet A, B and D alone or in pairs. Check with the answer key.
43–45′SpeakingIn pairs: “Audrey Hepburn got help as a child and gave help as an adult. Who has helped you? How can you help someone else?”

Homework: students finish the lesson online (flashcards + Story Challenge). With your class link, you see who finished.

Words and grammar

  • war (noun): a time when countries fight. “The war came to her town.”
  • dancer (noun): a person who dances, often as a job. “She wanted to be a dancer.”
  • actress (noun): a woman who plays a person in a film or on a stage. “She became a famous actress.”
  • visit (verb (past: visited)): to go to a place or a person for a short time. “She visited many countries.”
  • kind (adjective): good, friendly and helpful to other people. “She was kind to everyone.”

Grammar: help + someone + (to) + verb — to say who gets help and what they can do. “She helped children get food.”

Discussion questions

  1. Audrey Hepburn got help as a child and gave help as an adult. Who has helped you? How can you help someone else?
  2. What was the hardest moment in Audrey Hepburn's story? What did Audrey Hepburn do?
  3. Make two sentences about your own life with “help + someone + (to) + verb”. (From the story: “She helped children get food.”)

Student worksheet

Name: Date:

A Match the words to their meanings

  1. war (noun)
  2. dancer (noun)
  3. actress (noun)
  4. visit (verb (past: visited))
  5. kind (adjective)
  6. ballet (noun)
  7. film star (noun)
  8. hunger (noun)
  1. the feeling or problem of not having enough food
  2. to go to a place or a person for a short time
  3. good, friendly and helpful to other people
  4. a kind of dance that tells a story with music
  5. a woman who plays a person in a film or on a stage
  6. a very famous actor or actress
  7. a person who dances, often as a job
  8. a time when countries fight

B Complete the sentences from the story

visited · kind · war · film star · dancer · actress · ballet · hunger

  1. She loved .
  2. She wanted to be a .
  3. She became a famous .
  4. She became a .
  5. She many countries.
  6. The came to her town.
  7. She was to everyone.
  8. She knew as a child.

C Did you understand?

  1. Audrey Hepburn grew up in America.True / False
  2. What did her family make flour from?
    1. Rice
    2. Potatoes
    3. Tulip bulbs
    4. Apples
  3. Who helped her after the war?
    1. Film stars
    2. United Nations workers
    3. Her ballet teacher
    4. Nobody
  4. She won an Oscar for her first big film.True / False
  5. What did she do for UNICEF?
    1. She made films about ballet
    2. She taught dancing
    3. She built a school
    4. She visited many countries and helped children

D Put the words in order

  1. helped / children / She / get / food

E Grammar: help + someone + (to) + verb

We use it for to say who gets help and what they can do. She helped children get food. · They helped her get well. · The money helped people fight for freedom.

Example from the story: She helped children get food.

  1. She helped children food. (get / gets / getting)
  2. They helped get well. (her / she / hers)
  3. The money helped people for freedom. (fight / fought / fighting)

F Your turn

Retell Audrey Hepburn's story in 5–6 sentences. Use at least three words from exercise A.

Answer key

A. 1h 2g 3e 4b 5c 6d 7f 8a

B. 1 ballet · 2 dancer · 3 actress · 4 film star · 5 visited · 6 war · 7 kind · 8 hunger

C. 1 False · 2 c · 3 b · 4 True · 5 d

D. 1 She helped children get food.

E. 1 get · 2 her · 3 fight

Transcript

During the war, a young girl in the Netherlands was very hungry.

She ate tulip bulbs.

Years later, she helped hungry children all over the world.

This is the story of Audrey Hepburn.

Welcome to brightlivesenglish.com, where we teach real English using real-life stories.

War. In a war, countries fight.

The war came to her town.

Dancer. A dancer moves to music.

She wanted to be a dancer.

Actress. An actress plays a person in a film.

She became a famous actress.

Visit. When you visit a place, you go there for a short time.

She visited many countries.

Kind. A kind person is good to other people.

She was kind to everyone.

Now, one pattern: help someone do something.

We say help, then a person, then a verb.

She helped children.

They got food.

She helped children get food.

Ready? Let's begin.

Audrey Hepburn was born in Belgium in 1929.

She grew up in the Netherlands.

She loved ballet.

She wanted to be a dancer.

Then the war came to her town.

Audrey danced in secret shows.

She said the money helped people fight for freedom.

In the last winter of the war, there was very little food.

Her family made flour from tulip bulbs.

She was very thin and ill.

Who would help them?

In May 1945, the war ended.

United Nations workers came with food and medicine.

They helped her get well.

Later, this work became part of UNICEF.

She became a famous actress.

She won an Oscar for her first big film.

People everywhere loved her.

In 1988, she started to work for UNICEF.

She visited many countries.

She helped children get food, water and medicine.

She was kind to everyone.

Let's review. The war came to her town.

She wanted to be a dancer.

She became a famous actress.

She visited many countries.

She was kind to everyone.

And remember: she helped children get food.

Audrey Hepburn's story teaches us: remember the help you got, and give it back.

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