Unit 1 The world of our senses

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

Plot Start Body Ending It comes at the beginning of the story and introduces the background and the main characters (Who / Where / When / Why) It comes in the middle of the story and tells about the problems experienced by the characters. It comes at the end of the story and tells how the problem is solved or how the story ends.

Put the paragraphs in the correct order. A I noticed Captain Lee … This was my first adventure after… The ship sank but we managed … As we stared out at the sea, … The sea became very rough and … Suddenly, the lightning came …

You are going to enter a storytelling competition. Listen to your teacher and complete the list below to help you plot your story.

1. The questions your teacher asks are for the ______. A. start of the story B. body of the story C. ending of the story A

2. You need to write about the ___________________ of a girl. 3. The story must end with _______. A.something happy B.something sad C. a surprise amazing experience C

Listen and answer the questions. Sandy. To the museum. 1.Who is the main character? 2.Where did the girl go?

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

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

Write the start of the story using the answers from Part B.

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 went 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. Possible example

We can add words by using speech bubbles, thought bubbles, sound bubbles and captions. Do you know how to tell a story more effectively?

speech bubble thought bubble sound bubble caption

speech bubble thought bubble sound bubble caption

When writing stories, we always use adjectives and adverbs to make them more interesting and lively. 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 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.

1. Prepare a short story with a clear plot. 2. Finish the exercises in workbook.