Unit 1. A day in the life of

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Warm up:
Match the words/ phrases in column A with their meaning in column B.
Unit 1:

Lesson 4: Writing
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF......
Pre-writing
Task 1:Read the following passage and find all the verbs that are used in the past simple and the connectors (time expressions) in the story.
A narrative.
14th July 1995 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared death in the face.
Our flight was due to leave at 11 a.m, and I arrived at the airport quite early. We got on the plane at 10.30 and the plane took off on time. The air-hostesses were just beginning to serve our lunch when the plane began to shake.
At first, we thought we were flying in bad weather. We were told to stay seated and fasten our seat belts. Then suddenly the plane seemed to dip. We realised we were in danger. Many people screamed in panic. We all thought we had only minutes to live.
Then, just when we had given our all hope, we felt the plane slowly gained height. A few minutes later the pilot announced that everything was all right. We were all overjoyed and relieved. One hour later we landed safely. It was the most frightening experience of my life.

Pre-writing
Vocabulary:
Due to (a) = because of = owing to:
Dip (v):
To be in danger:
Gain (v):
Overjoyed (a):
Relieved (a):
Bởi vì
Dìm xuống
Gặp nguy hiểm
Giành được, lấy được.
Vui mừng khôn xiết
Yên lòng, giảm bớt (gánh nặng)
A narrative.
14th July 1995 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared death in the face.
Our flight was due to leave at 11 a.m, and I arrived at the airport quite early. We got on the plane at 10.30 and the plane took off on time. The air-hostesses were just beginning to serve our lunch when the plane began to shake.
At first, we thought we were flying in bad weather. We were told to stay seated and fasten our seat belts. Then suddenly the plane seemed to dip. We realised we were in danger. Many people screamed in panic. We all thought we had only minutes to live.
Then, just when we had given our all hope, we felt the plane slowly gained height. A few minutes later the pilot announced that everything was all right. We were all overjoyed and relieved. One hour later we landed safely. It was the most frightening experience of my life.

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A NARRATIVE
Definition:
A Narrative is a description of events.
Structures:
+ The events
+ The climax
+ The conclusion
While-writing
Task 2: Work in groups. Identify the events,
the climax, and the conclusion of the
story. Then report the results.
*The events:
got on the plane,
plane took off,
the air-hostesses were just beginning to serve our lunch when the plane began to shake,
the plane seemed to dip,
people screamed in panic.
*The climax:
We all thought we had only minutes to live.
*The conclusion:
The pilot announced that everything was all right, we landed safely
While-writing
Task 3: Use the prompts below to build up a narrative about the hotel fire.
Post-writing
Correct students’ writing.
Last year, I spent my summer holidays at a seaside town.
The hotel was modern and comfortable.
I had a wonderful holiday until the fire.
It was Saturday evening and everybody was sitting in the
discotheque (which was) on the ground floor.
It was crowded with
people.
They were dancing and singing happily.
Suddenly we
smelt smoke.
Then black smoke began to fill the room.
Everybody
started to scream in panic.
People ran toward the fire exits.
One
door was blocked.
Many people began coughing and choking.
Post-writing
Correct students’ writing.
Then, just as we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire
brigade arrived.
Firemen fought their way into the room and soon
everyone was safely out of the building.
Luckily, nobody was
seriously hurt.
It was the most frightening experience of my life.
Consolidation.
Use the prompts to build up a narrative about a hotel fire.
Homework
- Do “Writing” exercise
at page 9 on workbook.
- Prepare “Language focus”
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