Unit 1. A day in the life of

UNIT 1: A DAY IN A LIFE OF…
WRITING
KIM’S GAME
HOW TO PLAY
There are a list of words
you will be allowed to view them once, without taking note
Then, listing all the words you can remember in 2 mins
The group who has the most correct words will win the game
passenger
immediate
district
pedal
park
purchase
cyclo
fellow
travel
continue
drop
office
ride
KIM’S GAME
New words
- Stare death in the face (phrase): so scared
Take off: leave the ground
Air-hostess (n): a person who takes care of passengers on a plane
Fasten seatbelt (v): fix the seatbelt around the body to keep safe
Announce (v): tell sb something officially
Land (v): bring a plane down to the ground safely
VOCABULARY
thắt, buột
cất cánh
1. take off
2. fasten
3. seat-belt
4. announce
5. air- hostess
6. land
hạ cánh
tiếp viên hàng không
thông báo
đai an toàn
(v)
(v)
(n)
(v)
(n)
(v)
thắt, buột
cất cánh
1. take off
2. fasten
3. seat-belt
4. announce
5. air- hostess
6. land
hạ cánh
nữ tiếp viên hàng không
thông báo
đai an toàn
Match these words with their meanings
Task 1. Work in pairs. Read the passage in the book and find all the verbs that are used in past simple and the connectors (time expressions) in the story.
Simple past
S +V ed +…
2
land
landed
stare
stared
Regular verb
Irregular verb
begin
take
took
began
The verbs that are used in past simple
stared, was, arrived, got, took off, began, thought, were told, seemed, realized, were, screamed, thought, felt, announced, was, were, landed, was.
The connectors
on that day, on time, at first, then, just, a few minutes later, one hour later.
NARRATIVE
► NARRATIVE is a description of events
►Writing narrative uses the past tenses such as past simple, past continuous, past perfect to describe
►Connectors: time expressions (at first, then, before, after, while, until, then, in the end…)
► format of a narrative: the events, the climax, and the conclusion
Format of a narrative
The events: all events which occur before the climax
The climax: the most excited/important even in a story
The conclusion: the end of the story
Task 2. Work in groups. Identify the events, the climax, and the conclusion of the story. Then report your results.


Task 2.
The events: got on plan, plane took off, hostesses were just beginning to serve lunch when plane began to shake, plane seemed to dip, people screamed in panic.
The climax: we thought we had only minutes to lives
The conclusion: pilot announced that everything was all right, we landed safely.
Use the prompts below to build up a narrative abaut a hotel fire.
Last year I spent summer holidays at a seaside town. The hotel / be modern / comfortable. I have wonderful holiday until fire.
It / be / Saturday evening / and / everybody / be /
the discotheque / ground floor. It / be / crowded /with people. They / dance / and/ sing happily./ Suddenly / we smell / smoke. / Then / black smoke /begin/ fill the room. / Everybody/ start / scream / in panic. / People/ run toward / fire exists. / One door / be / block. / Many people / begin /cough / choke.
Then / just as we / think / we / have / only / minutes / live, fire brigade / arrive .Firemen / fight / their way / into / room / and soon / everyone / be / safely out of the building. / Luckily / nobody / be / seriously hurt. / It / be / most frightening experience / my life.
was
was
and
had
a
was
and
was sitting
in
on
the
was
x
was dancing
x
singing
x
,
smelt
,
x
began
x
started
to
to
x
x
ran
the
was
blocked
x
x
began
and
coughing
choking.
,
thought
x
x
had
to
arrived
fought
x
the
x
x
was
x
,
was
x
was
the
in
x
HOMEWORK
Write a narrative using the events
Years ago - took a drive out in the country - got a flat tire - not know how to fix a flat - a gang of 5 men stopped - scared to death- came up to us - “Give me your keys” - terrified - handed over the keys - changed the tire - gave us back the keys - “Now go home”
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING