What Fun Thing Has Happened to You?
Social Practice of the Language To tell short stories of interest. Achievements • Explore fun personal anecdotes. • Analyze different aspects of storytelling. • Tell a personal anecdote. Product: Recording of a Personal Anecdote Recreational and Literary Environment
1 Look at the picture and the title.Tell each other what you think it is about. Where can you find stories like these? 106
Henry’s Hat
a Yesterday my class went to the zoo. We were all excited about seeing all the animals. I really wanted to see the pandas. b When we got to the zoo, I was happy that we went to see the pandas first. There was a baby panda and it was so cute! c I was looking at the baby panda when suddenly I felt someone taking my hat off my head. I thought it was one of my friends joking with me, but it wasn’t. I looked up and saw a monkey wearing my hat and laughing at me! d Finally, a zookeeper came and gave my hat back to me. Lots of people took pictures. There are even videos on the Internet now of the monkey wearing my hat! 2 Read and see what happens. Look at the underlined verbs.What tense are they in? Is the story about the present? Ask your teacher any words you don’t know. 3 Match the parts of the story with their descriptions. 112
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Ending: It is the last part of the story and it tells us how the problem was solved. Climax: It is the part in the story where something exciting or a problem happens. Beginning: It is the first part of the story that gives us the background information. Development: It is the part that happens after the beginning.
your anecdote to make it more understandable? For information about this theme, go to page 112.
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