牛津版 高一 模块三 Unit 1 牛津版 高一 模块三 Unit 1 英语课件

Task Telling a story

Do you like reading stories? What kind of stories do you like reading? Why? What are the common elements in stories?

The chain of events in a story is called the plot. A plot tells what happens to the characters in a story. It usually contains these parts: Skills building 1: plotting a story

1. Start The start of the story introduces the background of the story and the main characters. It answers these questions: Who? Where? When? Why?

2. Body The body of the story tells about the problems experienced by the characters. e.g. a problem the main character wants to solve or something he/she needs to learn from the experience.

3. Ending The ending of the story tells how the problem is solved or how the story ends.

Read the story about a man named Captain Lee and his trip on page 12, put the paragraphs in the correct order and then tell which part each paragraph belongs to.

Answers: The correct order: The part each paragraph belongs to: a. ______ b. _______ c. _______ d. ______ e. _______ f. _______ BS E BB B

Step 1: completing a checklist Listening: 1. Part A : You are going to enter a storytelling competition. Your teacher is giving you some help. Listen and complete the list below to help you plot your story.

1. The questions your teacher asks are for the _______ (tick one box) start of the story □ body of the story □ ending of the story □ √ Joining the storytelling competition

3. The story must end with( tick one box) something happy □ something bad □ a surprise □ √ amazing experience 2. You need to write about the _________________ of a girl.

1. Who is the main character? 2. Where did the girl go? Sandy. Part B: Listen to the conversation on page 13, and then answer the questions below. To the museum.

3. Why did the girl go there? 4. How did she get there? By school bus. To do a class project about art and history.

5. What happened before the girl arrived at the museum? 6. What time of the day was it? Late morning. Sandy and her classmate Li Feifei were left behind by others and had to run to catch up with them.

3. Write the start of the story using your answers from part B. Possible example: One morning at about 10 o’clock, Sandy and her classmates went to the museum together with their teachers, because they had a class project about art and

history. They got there by school bus. When they got off the bus, Sandy and her classmate Li Feifei were so busy looking around that they were left behind. So, they had to run to catch up with the others.

Skills building 2: recognizing different elements of a comic strip Can we tell a story with pictures? How can we tell a story with pictures?

When we tell a story with pictures, we can using: speech bubbles thought bubbles sound bubbles captions what sb is saying what sb is thinking the sound sb is making describe the state/ action

Look at the comic strip about a monster on page 14. Label the different ways of adding words to pictures.

Answers: 2. _____________ 3. ______________ 4. _____________ 5. ______________ 6. _____________ 7. ______________ thought bubblecaption speech bubble sound bubble thought bubblesound bubble

Look at the pictures and tell the story.

Step 2: preparing a story with a surprise ending Look at the pictures on page 15. Drew the correct bubbles around the words or actions, and complete the captions for the five pictures with the correct forms of the words in the box.

Answers: 1. __________ 2. ____________ 3. __________ 4. ____________ 5. __________ staredfelt heardsmell tasted

Work with your group members to work out a surprise ending according to the five pictures given in Part A. You should draw a picture, write a caption and add thought, speech or sound bubbles where necessary.

Skills building 3: using adjectives and adverbs in stories adjectives: 2. to express qualities, feelings and views 1. to describe a person or thing.

Adverbs: 1. to add more information to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb. 2. to express place, time, degree, manner and point of view. 3. to make comments, concentrate on a certain word or phrase, and link clauses or sentences.

Read the article on page 16 and circle the adjectives and underline the adverbs. Adjectives: good, weak, hot, cold, new, wild, left, nearest, safe, hard, next, few, various, strong, grateful, hopeful, near Adverbs: now, ago, quickly, later, very, fully

Step 3: writing your story Make the body of the story on page 17 more lively by adding adjectives and adverbs. Fill in blanks with the words in the box. Then complete the last paragraph using your picture 6 from step 2 to help you.

Answers: 1. ____________ 2. _______________ 3. ____________ 4. _______________ 5. ____________ 6. _______________ 7. ____________ 8. _______________ 9. ____________ 10. _______________ tiredasleep Suddenlyalive frightenedloudly backbeautiful red delicious

Possible ending of the story: All of a sudden, a bell was ringing. Sandy woke up and found herself sitting on a chair. She could see people leaving. To her great surprise, she saw a big, red apple in her left hand and some beautiful

flowers in her right hand. She knew it was time for the museum to close and she had to leave. But her classmates and her teachers were nowhere in sight.

Present your story with your partner using the pictures that you have prepared and the adjectives and adverbs you have chosen.

When telling your story, pay attention to these points: have a nice tone of voice use proper facial expressions speak loud enough to be heard look your audience in the eye

keep a good pace use hand gestures the expression on your face use proper stress

Homework 1. Do part B on page Prepare a story with a surprise ending. 3. Preview project.