1、Unit 1 The world of our sensesTask:Telling a story1.What kind of story do you like?science fictionlove story detective storyhistorical storyplotSkills building1:plotting a storyPlot:The chain of events in a story is called the plot.A plot tells what happens to the characters in a story.PlotStartBody
2、EndingBackground Main charactersWho?Where?When?Why?The problems experienced by the Characters,e.g.a problem the main character wants to solve or something he or she needs to learn from the experience.How the problem is solved or how the story ends.PracticeYour friend has written a story about a man
3、called Captain Lee and his ship.Unfortunately,she put the story in the wrong order.Help her put the paragraphs in the correct order.Step 1:completing a checklistPart A:Listen and complete the checklist.1.The questions your teacher asks are for the 2.start of the story 3.body of the story 4.ending of
4、 the story 2.You need to write about the _ of a girl.amazing experience3.The story must end with something happy something sad a surprise Tapescript Remember that you need to write a story for the competition next week.You should begin working on your story soon.Before you begin,pay attention to the
5、 rules for the storytelling competition.First,you have to write the story together with a partner.Second,you need to providepictures to go with your story.Third,both you and your partner must take part in telling your story.Fourth,you your story should be about a young girl named Sandy who had an am
6、azing experience in a museum.Before you begin writing,you may find it helpful to think carefully about these points:Why did she go to the museum?How did she get to the museum?Who did she go with?What did she do before she arrived at the museum?What time of the year was it?What time of the day was it
7、?The ending of the story must have a surprise.If everything is clear,you can now get into pairs and discuss how to start the story.Sandy.1.Who is the main character?Part B:Listen and answer the questions.2.Where did the girl go?To the museum.3.Why did the girl go there?To do a class project about ar
8、t and history.4.How did she get there?By school bus.5.What happened before the girl arrived at the museum?Sandy and her partner Li Feifei were left behind by others and had to run to catch up with them.6.What time of the year was it?Late morning.Tapescript S1:First,lets decide why she went to the mu
9、seum?S2:Perhaps she went because of a class project?You know we always do class projects.S1:Thats a good idea.So she was doing a class project aboutWhat do you think?Maybe art and history?S2:Thats not a bad idea,a project about art and history.S1:Now we can decide how she got to the museum.S2:If she
10、 went because of a class project she would go with her classmates,and they would probably go by school bus.S1:So,they all went by school bus.S2:Yes,so now we know how and why she went to the museum,and who she was with.But what did she do before she got there?S1:Perhaps,they were walking from the sc
11、hool bus,and Sandy and her classmate Li Feifei were so busy looking around that they were left behind by the group,so they had to runto catch up with others.S2:Yes,that would explain why she was so tired.S1:Well,it seems that we have answered all of the questions.S2:Not yet.We havent discussed the t
12、ime.S1:Oh.Youre right.Well,most museums dont open until ten oclock in the morning.So,lets make it late morning.S2:Fine.Now weve answered all the questions.Wed better start writing the story soon.Possible example:One morning at about 10 Oclock,Sandy and her classmates went to the museum together with
13、 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.Part CSkills building 2:identify diff
14、erent elements of a comic stripHow can we tell a story?(words;pictures)speech bubblesthought bubblessound bubblescaptionPractice:Label the different ways of adding words to pictures.(P14)Step 2:preparing a story with a surprise ending.1.Different stories have different endings.happy,sad,surprisemoving,thought-provoking2.Do part A and B on page 15.
