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? 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. StartThe start of the story introduces the background of the story and the main characters. It answers these questions: Who? Where? When? Why? 2. BodyThe 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. EndingThe ending of the story tells how the problem is solved or how the story ends. Your friend has written a story about a man called Captain Lee and his ship. Unfortunately, she put the story in the wrong order. Help her put the paragraphs in the correct order.Answers:The correct order: Decide which part each paragraph belongs to. Write S for start, B for body, or E for Ending.The part each paragraph belongs to:a. _ b. _ c. _ d. _ e. _ f. _B S EB B 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 to your teacher 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 2. You need to write about the _ of a girl.3. The story must end with _ (tick one box) something happy something bad a surprise amazing experience 1. Who is the main character?2. Where did the girl go?Sandy.Part B:Two students are talking about how to start the story. Listen to their conversation, 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. Part C:Write the start of the story using the answers from Part B.Possible example:One morning at about 10 oclock, 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. We can tell a story with pictures. When we tell a story with pictures, we can add words using speech bubbles, thought bubbles, sound bubbles and captions. These four things can help us tell a story better. Skills building 2: recognizing different elements of a comic strip When we tell a story with pictures, we can using: speech bubbles thought bubbles sound bubbles captions what sb. is sayingwhat sb. is thinkingthe sound sb. is makingdescribe 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 bubble captionspeech bubble sound bubblethought bubble sound bubble Look at the pictures and tell the story. Step 2: preparing a story with a surprise endingLook at the pictures on Page 15. Draw 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. _stared feltheard smelltastedfeel hear smell stare taste 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 storiesAdjectives:2. to express qualities, feelings and views1. to describe a person or thing Adverbs: 1. to add more information to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb2. to express place, time, degree, manner and point of view3. to make comments, concentrate on a certain word or phrase, and link clauses or sentences Read the article on Page 16 and circle all the adjectives and underline all the adverbs.Adjectives: good, weak, hot, cold, new, wild, left, nearest, safe, hard, next, few, various, strong, grateful, hopeful, nearAdverbs: now, ago, quickly, later, very, fully Step 3: writing your storyMake the body of your story more lively by adding adjectives and adverbs. Fill in the 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. _tired asleepSuddenly alivefrightened loudlyback beautifulred delicious asleep frightened suddenly delicious loudly back beautiful red alive tired 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 use proper stress 1. Do part B on Page 97.2. Prepare a story with a surprise ending.3. Preview Project.