Slide 3:
Lead in
1 Do you find something in common in the pictures we have shown?
2 Do we sometimes have foggy days here?
When?
3 Have you ever lost your way in the fog?
What would you do if you got lost in the fog?
4 From ‘ Welcome to the unit’ , we know that sometimes we use one or two of our senses more than the others. What sense or senses do you think we can use on a foggy day?
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Exercise
1 What is the story about?
2 Where did Polly live?
3 How did she usually get home?
4 What was the old man carrying? A young lady in the fog At 86 King Street By Bus A stick
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At the bus stop The fog is too thick for the bus to run to King Street She was being watched
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Her heart was beating with fear The old man helped her find the way Polly was thankful
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Reading strategy:
Reading a story
There are different types of stories. Stories usually have the following elements in common. Take the story you just read:
a plot –
main characters –
a certain time period –
a place – a woman lost in the fog was helped by an old man a woman and an old man one afternoon a foggy city
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a problem or an issue to be solved –
a climax or a surprise ending –
Learning to identify these elements will help you better understand the stories you read. how she should get home the old man was blind
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Retell the story:
the chart below can be used to help you
outside Polly’s working place
at the bus stop on the street
in the Underground train
at Green Park Station
in Park street
at the corner of the street
in the street near King Street
at 86 King Street
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THANK YOU