Unit 1. A day in the life of

Welcome to our class!
Good afternoon
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Warm- up
Answer the questions:
Have you ever heard a frightening story?

When and Where did it happen?

How do you feel about that?
Unit 1 ( cont)
Period 4: Writing a narrative
To stare death in the face:

Air-hostess:
To fasten seatbelt:
( be) in danger:
To scream in panic:
Climax: ( n).
Vocabulary:
đối mặt với cái chết
nữ tiếp viên hàng không
thắt dây an toàn
gặp nguy hiểm
hét lên hoảng loạn
đỉnh điểm, cao trào
Rub out and remember
Task 1: Read the passage and find all the verbs in the past and the connectors in the story.
Verbs:
Started, was, arrived, got, took off, began, thought, were, told, seemed, felt, announced, ended
Connectors:
on that day, at first, then, just, a few minutes later, one hour later.
Task 2: Identifying the events, the climax,
and the conclusion of the story:
Events
Climax
Conclusion
Got on the plane
Plane took off
Hostess were just
beginning to serve
lunch when plane began
to shake
Plan seemed to dip
People screamed in panic
We thought we
had only minutes
to live
Pilot announced
that everything
was all right
We landed safely
Narrative
What is a narrative?
-> It’s a writing that tells a story.
-In a narrative paragraph, you relate a sequence of events. This sequence may lead to a climax (like task 2)
A narrative paragraph usually has a topic sentence: tell reader who/what the point of the paragraph is.
Time order: organize your sentences
First, then, next, finally, afterwards, meanwhile……
Order of events: The following set of sentences are not in the correct time order. Number the sentences in the correct order.
…..Our vacation in Florida last month was a real disaster.
…..On the way to the airport, the taxi broke down.
…..We got a new hotel room after arguing with the manager
…..When we arrived back home, we found that water had flooded our house because of a broken pipe.
…..All in all, we should have stay at home.
…..We had to wait several hours for the next flight.
…..When we arrived at our hotel in Miami, our reservations had been canceled because we were late.
…..We missed our plane to Miami.
…..While we were in Miami, someone broke into our hotel room and stole all of our clothes.
…..It rained the entire week, we couldn’t go to the beach at all
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Use the prompts below to build up a narrative about a hotel fire.
Last year/ I / spend / summer holidays / 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.
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Example:
Use the prompts below to build up a narrative about a hotel fire.
Last year/ I / spend / 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
were 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
spent
Homework:
1. Rewrite the writing
2. Prepare the next period of the
lesson
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