unit-4-telling-tales

Unit4TellingtalesOutline•Warmup•Pre-readingactivities•Readingcomprehension•Vocabularyandexpressions•assignmentWarmup•legendvs.talevs.storyYuGongremovedthemountainNoah’sArkCityparkW---Parkroad---EAC864•Itwas7:15inthemorning.IwaswalkingalongParkRoadtowardstheeastwhenanoldmancameoutoftheparkontheothersideofthestreet.•ThenIsawayellowcardriveupThirdStreetandmakearightturnintoParkRoad.•Thenextmomentthecarhitthemanwhilehewascrossingtheroad.Hefellwithacry.Thecardidn’tstopanddroveoffatfullspeedheadingwest.•InoticedthedriverwasayoungwomanandtheplatenumberwasAC864.Aftertwominutes,Istoppedapassingcarandtooktheoldmantothenearesthospital.Narrativeessay•Anarrative,insomesense,issimplyastorythatconveysamessage.Elementsofanarrativeessay(details)characterssettingplotarepeopleinthestorytellsuswhenandwherethestorytakesplacetellsuswhathappensinthestory.BeginningMiddle(abuild-uptoaproblem;theproblemitself;andhowitisresolved)Ending(whattheyhavelearned)Astorymountain(plan)beginningBuild-upproblemresolutionendingPre-reading•Theadj.sbelowareusedtodescribethemaincharacter–Mr.Jonesinthestory.Searchthemeaningindictionary.slender,lean,thinblindcrippledscarletstar-shapedbirthmark