Lesson plan
Storytelling: Carnival crime script
Use this script to tell the story, putting the picture cards on the board and pausing to ask the
learners questions as indicated.
Kelly was excited.
• Stick the picture of Kelly on the board. What does Kelly look like? Why do you think she was
excited?
Kelly was on holiday with her family in a fantastic place – Rio in Brazil. The hotel was wonderful.
• Stick the picture of the hotel on the board. What was the hotel like? Why was it wonderful?
Kelly’s brother Steve was excited too.
• Stick the picture of Steve on the board. What’s Steve like?
It was carnival time in Rio, and that night there was a big party in the street. Everyone had wonderful
clothes in different colours.
• What colours were the clothes? What were the clothes like?
Kelly and Steve wanted to go to the party but they didn’t have any carnival clothes.
‘Let’s go to a shop and buy some costumes,’ said Steve. So they went out of the hotel and into the
shopping centre. All the shops had fantastic clothes. They went into a big shop. Kelly put on a costume.
‘Ha ha, you look terrible!’ said Steve.
• What was the costume like?
Steve put on a costume. ‘That’s good! You look like a clown!’ said Kelly.
• What kind of costume did Steve put on?
Finally Kelly and Steve bought costumes. Now they were ready for the party!
• What costumes did Kelly and Steve buy?
Kelly and Steve went back to the hotel. When they arrived they saw a woman.
• What was the woman wearing? What did she look like?
The woman was wearing diamonds on her fingers, on her shoes, on her clothes and in her hair. ‘Wow!’
said Steve. ‘Look at her! Who is she?’
• Who was the woman?
‘That’s Diana Diamond – the famous film star,’ said the manager. ‘The diamonds are famous – they cost
thousands of pounds!’
• Stick the picture of Diana Diamond on the board. What’s she like?
Kelly and Steve went to get ready for the party. At eight o’clock they went to the restaurant with their mum
and dad to have dinner.
• What did they have to eat?
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Suddenly Kelly and Steve heard someone screaming.
• Who was screaming and why?
‘Oh! My diamonds, my diamonds – they are gone! Gone!’
Diana Diamond ran into the room. ‘My diamonds are stolen!’ she screamed.
Kelly and Steve went out of the hotel. They saw a man running away with the diamonds. The man had a
costume.
• Stick the picture of the man on the board. What kind of costume was he wearing?
In the street there were thousands of people wearing colourful costumes. Everybody was dancing and
singing. The music was very loud. ‘Quick!’ shouted Kelly. ‘After him!’
Kelly and Steve ran after the man in the costume. It was difficult to see him because of the party in the
street. ‘There he is!’ shouted Steve. ‘He’s going towards the mountain!’
The man in the costume ran faster and faster. Kelly and Steve ran faster too.
• Stick the picture of the chase on the board. What happens next?
Suddenly the man stopped running and fell to the ground.
• What did Kelly and Steve do?
Kelly and Steve sat on the man. The police arrived and took the man away to prison.
• Stick the picture of the police officers arresting the thief on the board. What happens to the
diamonds?
Kelly and Steve took the diamonds back to the hotel and gave them back to Diana Diamond.
• Stick the picture of Kelly and Steve with Diana Diamond on the board. How does she thank them?
‘Oh thank you, thank you,’ she said. ‘My wonderful diamonds – I have them back again. You must come to
my extra special carnival party.’ It was the best carnival party ever.
• What was Diana Diamond’s carnival party like?
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Storytelling: Carnival crime cards
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