The link  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbKr-k1PTvA will get you directly to the story of 'The rainbow Fish' 

You can use the following lesson plan as a guide but if you have any other ideas please feel free to share them with the rest of us!

Step 1

Tell you students they are going to watch a story entitled the Rainbow Fish. Have they ever seen a rainbow fish?

Step 2

Get feedback and pair learners to brainstorm vocabulary related to fish/ sea (expect answers like: waves, coral reef, beach etc) – and other aquatic animals they might know (eg octopus, whale, crab , starfish, seal etc)

Step 3

Put students in groups and ask them to draw how they imagine the Rainbow fish. 

Step 4

Get feedback and show the film.  Stop on 0.15  and compare and contrast their rainbow fish to the story’s . How similar or different it is? Ask Ss to describe it and tell you if they like it.

Step 5

Students still in groups brainstorm the key elements of the story.  What do they think the story is about? 

Step 6

Get feedback and tell them that they are going to watch the rest of the film and see if their predictions were correct.

Step 7

Get feedback  and Show the film a second time but now stop it on 0.59 and ask:

Has the Rainbow Fish got friends? How does he feel?

Step 8

Get feedback and Watch the film until 1.57. What does the small blue fish want? Did he get it? What’s the result of the RF not sharing his scales? Encourage discussion about the importance of sharing things that we love with the others. Do Students share their things ?

Step 9

Watch the film until 3.10 What advice did the octopus give to the Rainbow Fish? Do you think the RF will follow this piece of advice?

Step 10

Watch the film until 4.30. How does the blue fish feel now? Why? Get feedback and try to focus students attention to different feelings evoked to the heroes of the story up to that moment.

Step 11

Watch until the end of the film. How does the RF feel now that he has given his scales?  Has he got any friends?