Narrative

Narrative

Reading, Listening, Writing

Look at the picture and the words below.

valley; flows; steep; wooded; shining; flat; sticks out; still;

Open Ended

Use the words below to describe the picture.

valley; flows; steep; wooded; shining; flat; sticks out; still;

(What do you think will happen next? What will the man do?)

Let's read "a tangled web" on page 124

Multiple Select

Tick the things the man did ! (choose up to 4)

• He swam up the river under water.

• He fell into the water.

• He hid on the riverbank under some trees.

• He came out onto the bank further up the river.

• He went back along the bank to a place where he could see the rock.

Open Ended

What do you know about the man's past life?

Writing skills

The writer make the story interesting by using:

• short sentences to describe what the man saw, thought and felt.

• questions to describe the man's thoughts.

• phrases with verb + -ing to describe actions and events.

Multiple Select

She sat in a corner of a café, ... (more than 1 option is possible).

• singing at the top of her voice.

• staring thoughtfully into the water.

• blocking my way out of the room.

• reading a book.

• gasping for breath.

Multiple Select

She run up the stairs, ... (more than 1 option is possible).

• singing at the top of her voice.

• staring thoughtfully into the water.

• blocking my way out of the room.

• reading a book.

• gasping for breath.

Multiple Select

She drove at top speed down the motorway, ... (more than 1 option is possible).

• singing at the top of her voice.

• staring thoughtfully into the water.

• blocking my way out of the room.

• reading a book.

• gasping for breath.

Multiple Select

He stood on the bridge, ... (more than 1 option is possible).

• singing at the top of her voice.

• staring thoughtfully into the water.

• blocking my way out of the room.

• reading a book.

• gasping for breath.

Multiple Select

A man stood in the doorway, ... (more than 1 option is possible).

• singing at the top of her voice.

• staring thoughtfully into the water.

• blocking my way out of the room.

• reading a book.

• gasping for breath.

Multiple Choice

Which tense does the writer use to tell the main event of the story?

• past simple

• past perfect

Multiple Choice

Which tense does the writer use to refer to an earlier event that explains what happened?

• past simple

• past perfect

Homework

write 1, 2 or 3 paragraph(s) to continue the story "a tangled web".

Start with the following:

"I picked up a piece of wood lying near my hiding place... "