Αγγλικά Προχωρημένοι (Α΄ Γυμνασίου) - Βιβλίο Μαθητή (Εμπλουτισμένο)
Lesson 2 Tell me a story!
Εικόνα
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Here is the story that won first prize in the web story-writing competition. The
title is ‘A BROKEN WINDOW'. Before you read it, discuss the following in pairs.
a. Who is the main character in the story? Give a short description.
b. Where is the broken window?
c. What other characters are there in the story?
d. Is the ending happy or sad?
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Read and / or img listen to the story and check your guesses.
What did you guess right?
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written by Sarah Crawley
It was about 11.30, on a cold winter evening. A strong wind was blowing. Mary Larson
was coming back home from the cinema. When she was outside her block of flats, she saw
glass on the pavement. She looked up and saw her kitchen window broken! It was late and
all her neighbours were sleeping. She panicked but she called the police on her mobile right
away. Two policemen arrived within five minutes.
Together, they unlocked the door and got into the flat. It was in a terrible mess! Some
furniture was upside down! Mary's clothes were lying on the floor and her money and
jewellery were missing! The policemen searched the flat, asked Mary some questions and
wrote a report. Mary spent that night at a friend's house and the next day she got someone
to repair the window and fit a new lock.
Three days later, she went to the police station and found one of the policemen, John
Edwards. Unfortunately, he didn't have any news about the burglars but he asked Mary out
for a cup of coffee. Mary said ‘yes’ because she liked John. You can guess the rest. Very
soon, they fell in love with each other and decided to get married! Mary never got her
jewellery back but she found a lovely husband. And all this thanks to that broken window!
adapted from a student's story for the English school newspaper ‘LEONteen'.
UNIT 4
Lesson 2
Writing application - Learn how to write a story
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Time for Teens wants to make a comic strip based on the story
about the broken window. Read it again and put the drawings
in the right order. There are two extra drawings.		 img
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Let's discuss Mary's feelings. In which part of the story did
Mary feel ...? Say why.		 img
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Did you like the story? Why / Why not? Think about the plot, the characters
and the language used by the writer and tell the class your opinion.
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A burglary
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Find words in the story to match these pictures.
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What do these words and expressions mean? Match.
1. wind
2. it's in a mess
3. it's missing
4. search
5. repair
6. thanks to sb / sth 		......
......
......
......
......
...... 		a. it's not here and I can't find it
b. look carefully to find sth
c. it’s very untidy
d. because of sth / sb
e. make sth broken good again
f. air that moves
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Look up the verb ‘lie' in your dictionary.
How many meanings has it got?
What meaning has it got in our story?
Lesson 2 Tell me a story!
Weather Collocations
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img In stories we usually need to describe the weather. Put these words in
the boxes (A-E). Then, listen and check.
non-stop                 sunny                hard                going down                 light
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Use the words/phrases in the tasks above to make a story.
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Time for Teens made a radio play based on the 1st prize story. Here is part of
it. The police found the kitchen clock in Mary's flat broken. It said 10.45 so the
burglary probably happened between 10 and 11 o'clock last night. John and his
colleague visited all Mary's neighbours and asked them if they knew anything
about the broken window.
Listen to John reporting to the police chief and find out what each person was
doing between 10.00 and 11.00 last night. Match the neighbours’ names (1-6)
with the pictures (a-h). Do you think any of these people are guilty?
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UNIT 4
Lesson 2
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Past Simple - Past Continuous
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Study the example sentences and complete the Grammar table.
a. A strong wind was blowing.
b. She saw glass on the pavement.
c. She called the police.
d. Pam was listening to music between 10.00 and 11.00 pm.
To set the background in a story
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Actions in progress at a specific time
in the past
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PAST CONTINUOUS
Main events in a story
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PAST SIMPLE
  1. Which sentence(s) describe(s) ...
  1. main events in the story .... / ....
  2. the background in the story ....
  3. an action in progress at a specific time in the
    past ....
  1. How do we form the Past Continuous?
    ....... / were + verb-.....
  2. How do we form questions and negativesentences in the past continuous?
see Grammar Appendix, page 169
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In pairs, tell each other what you were doing ….
  1. when your English teacher came in.
  2. between 4 and 6 o'clock yesterday
    afternoon.
  3. when the school bell rang this morning.
  4. when your parents came home after work.
  5. at 11 o'clock last night.
 e.g. What were you doing at eleven o'clock
last night?
I was watching TV. What about you?
I was ….
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Tell me a story!
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These pictures are going to accompany students' stories with the title ‘A long day'.
Write the first three sentences to set the background of each story.
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e.g. It was a warm Monday morning. The sun was shining over the city. Mary was preparing
her suitcase. She wanted to leave as soon as possible.
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You are going to read the 2nd prize, Magda's story, with
the title ‘A Broken Window'.		 img
Student A: Look at page 143.
Student B: Look at page 145.
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Tell each other about one day you did something
wrong and you were grounded.
Think about:
  • when it was
  • where you were
  • what you were doing
  • what happened
  • how long you were grounded for
UNIT 4