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Listening:
•
Responding to advice and warnings
•
Responding to narrative texts
• Comprehending an announcement
Speaking:
•
Giving advice and warnings
•
Retelling a narrative text
Reading:
• Reading narrative texts
Writing:
•
Writing a narrative text
Stories That I Like
Chapter
2
Source
:
www.thefeltsource.com
In This Chapter
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Listening
In this section, you will learn how to:
•
respond to advice and warnings;
•
respond to narrative texts;
• comprehend an announcement
.
1. What do you say if your friend often comes late?
2. What do you say if you see a little boy playing with
fi
re in his bedroom?
3. Do your friends play truant? Why?
4. Do your parents allow you to watch TV every
evening?
Rita and her uncle, Mr Latuconsina, are in an AC room. Rita
warns her uncle not to smoke in the air-conditioned room.
Uncle : Wow! How comfortable this room is.
Rita : Yes, sure. This is an air-conditioned room.
Everyone
1
before seeing a doctor. But
I beg your pardon, look at the warning on the
wall. You
2
of the danger of smoking
cigarettes in this room.
Activity
1
Answer the following questions.
Activity
2
You are going to listen to a dialogue. Listen carefully
and
fi
ll in the blanks.
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Uncle : Thanks a lot, Dear. I didn't see it. Rita, your cellular
phone is still active. It
3
active.
Rita : Oh, no. We are not forbidden to use them.
But....
Uncle : But, why don't you use vibration? The sound
4
others.
Rita : Thank you, Uncle. I'll change the sound to
vibration.
Uncle : By the way, how long should we wait for our
turn? We have been here for a half hour.
Rita : Be patient, please. We have our turn after that
lady.
1. Mrs Rahma :
Buyung, come here.
Buyung
:
Yes, Mom. What's the matter?
Mrs Rahma :
Your mark is still low.
?
Buyung
:
Alright. I'll try to do my best.
Mrs Rahma :
Okay. Good luck.
2. Devi
:
How about going out tonight?
Ajeng : I'd love to, but my mother
not to go out tonight.
3. Linda
:
Did you hear that Rinto
by
Mrs Tuti for using bad language?
A Ling
:
Yes, I often remind him to use polite
and good language.
4. Mother :
It's already 11 p.m. You've
studied for 3 hours.
Lintang : OK, Mom. I've
fi
nished reading.
5. Butet
:
Daddy, you said that you'll have a
meeting at 8 o'clock and it is 7 now.
.
Father
:
Okay, Dear. Thanks. See you.
Activity
3
From the dialogue above,
fi
nd the expressions for
giving suggestions and warnings. Work in pairs.
Activity
4
Listen to the tape. Complete the dialogues with the
expressions you hear.
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1. Where did Liu live?
2. How was Liu?
3. Why did he want to
fi
nish everything quickly?
4. Why did Liu hurry home?
5. How were his rice plants?
6. What is the height of his rice plants?
7. How did Liu hurry his plants along?
8. What happened to Liu's rice plants?
9. Why did the people of the village laugh at Liu?
10. Based on the story, what was an impatient and
careless person called?
Words
1. patient
2.
rush
3. careful
4. talk
5. worry
6. almost
7. pull
8. over
9. foolish
10. saying
Synonyms
a. hurry
b. nearly
c. silly
d. unhurried
e. chat
f. draw
g. regardful
h. above
i. proverb
j. be
anxious
Activity
5
You are going to listen to the tape about a story.
Answer the following questions with your friend.
Study the questions before listening to the story.
Activity
6
The following words are taken from the story. With
your partner, match them to their synonyms on the
right side.
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Cookie Dolls
The children
1
a batch of cookies and left them
on the kitchen table overnight.
When the family had gone to bed, the Wooden Spoon
People came out of their
2
to take a look around
the kitchen.
"You're all very plain!" said one of the wooden spoons,
as he
3
hard at the cookies.
"You would look
4
too if you only had two
5
for eyes and half a cherry for a nose," sighed
a cookie quite sadly.
"So sorry," the wooden spoon apologized. "I didn't
mean to sound so rude."
And with that, he leapt back into the kitchen drawer,
and
6
until he found what he was looking for.
"May I introduce you to my friend the icing pump?"
asked the wooden spoon, as the two came over to the
7
cookies. "He's the
8
you need!"
In no time at all, the wooden spoons
9
mixing bowls and icing sugar and all kinds of pretty
decorations.
The icing pump got busy and made every different
pattern he could think of, with icing in all colours of the
rainbow.
"We all look so beautiful," smiled a cookie who was
covered in every
10
of pink. "We look good enough
to eat!".
Taken from
50 Bedtime Stories
, 2002
Source:
50 Bedtime Stories
, 2002
Activity
7
Listen to the tape and
fi
ll in the blanks.
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Speaking
In this section, you will learn how to:
•
give advice and warnings;
•
retell a narrative text.
1. What do you say if your younger brother or sister is
lazy to study?
2. Your best friend forgets to return your book, what do
you say?
3. Are you happy to see your classmate be quiet? Give
your reason.
4. What do you say if you want to give warning to a
trouble maker?
5. What do you say to advise your best friend who forgot
to do his/her homework?
6. Your sister forgot to close the bedroom window last
night. What do you say?
1. What was the announcement about?
2. Who was invited to the competition?
3. When will the competition be held?
4. Where will it be held?
5. How many stories will be provided by the committee?
Write down the titles.
Activity
8
Listen to the announcement on the tape. Then answer
the following questions.
Activity
1
Answer the following questions.
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Mrs Dwi : Danu, Mrs Etty told me that you didn't
attend her lesson three times. Is that
right?
Danu : Yes, Ma'am.
Mrs Dwi :
Why didn't you study with her properly?
She is a qualified teacher here. Many
students like her very much because she is
also a patient teacher.
Danu :
Actually I like her lessons. But the way she
explains is so fast that I cannot follow the
lesson.
Mrs Dwi : You should ask her to explain the lesson
more slowly.
Danu :
But I'm ashamed to tell her.
Mrs Dwi :
Alright, I'll accompany you to talk to her.
Danu :
Thank you, Ma'am.
Mrs Dwi :
It's alright.
Danu :
Ma'am, I promise to study hard especially
in her subject.
Mrs Dwi :
That's my student.
Dialogue 1
Danu is in Mrs Dwi's room. She is giving advice to Danu.
UN Shot
Ina : Why are you
sleepy in class?
Ines : Do I look sleepy,
Na? I am not
sleepy, but I
have a painful
stomachache.
Ina : You should go
to the doctor.
Come on I'll
accompany you.
The underlined words
express ....
a. disagreement
b. satisfaction
c. obligation
d. offering
e. advice
(UN 2003/2004)
Activity
2
Read the following dialogues. Underline the expressions
used.
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Policewoman : Good morning, Sir. May I see your
driving licence?
A man
: Good morning. Here you are.
Policewoman : You just broke a traf
fi
c regulation on
Siliwangi Street.
A man
: Did I ride my motorbike too fast?
Policewoman : No. But you didn't read the traffic
sign when turning right. You must not
enter this street before 10 a.m.
A man
: But I am in a hurry.
Policewoman : Okay. Go ahead with your motorbike.
But you should sign this form showing
that you broke the rule. And please,
leave your driving licence with me.
A man
: I'm sorry for my fault. It won't happen
again.
1. Why should Danu meet Mrs Dwi in her room?
2. What did Mrs Dwi say when giving a suggestions to
Danu?
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Dialogue 2
A man is stopped by a policewoman because he violated a traf
fi
c
regulation.
Activity
3
In pairs, answer the questions based on the two
dialogues above.
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a. Don't do too much training.
b. Why don't you go with your father?
c. She advised me to study hard.
d. Don't meet Mr Rudi now.
e. Don't forget to give him my regards.
f. He is in the admonition of God.
g. You should study hard.
1. Dinar
: I'm very sorry, Sir. I came late.
Mr Siregar : Okay. But
. He has been here
since 7.
2. Luna :
. He cannot be disturbed. He is
very busy.
Gendis : Alright. I'll meet him at noon.
3. Doctor : No problem. Just take enough rest.
.
Patient : I will. Thank you, Doc.
4. Putu
: Mom, tomorrow I'll have a test. Please
pray for me as always.
Mother : Okay. But
.
5. Nori
: What should I do when meeting Mr
Cahyo at his of
fi
ce?
Father : Yeah.
.
6. Linda : What did mother say to you?
Bakri :
because she didn't want me to
fail.
7. Lia
: Why does he often get problems?
Budi
: I think that
.
3. What did Mrs Dwi mean by saying you should not
do that?
4. Why did the policewoman stop the man?
5. What did the policewoman say to warn the man?
6. Why must the man sign the traf
fi
c ticket?
Activity
4
Complete the following dialogues by choosing the
right expressions given in the box. Practise them
with your partner.
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1. Headmaster : Everyone
the rules that
have been agreed together.
Vice-headmaster : I hope so. We should give
sanctions to those who break
them.
2. Mrs Ende : Borlan, no mother hates her child.
What she does is for the goodness of
her child. So, now go back home and
tell your apology to your mom.
Borlan
:
Thank you very much for
.
3. Maryam : We
enter the room before
asking permission.
Joko : Sure.
What to Say
Giving Warnings
You must not break the rules.
•
Please, don’t ....
•
I warn you not to ....
•
Don’t do that.
•
Don’t ....
•
Giving Advice
I suggest that you ....
•
She advises me to do the best.
•
You should be patient.
•
Everyone should not ....
•
Why don’t you ...?
•
Study the following expressions of giving advice and warnings.
Less Formal
Less Formal
More Formal
More Formal
Activity
5
Complete the dialogues. Then act out the dialogues
you have made in front of the class with your
partner.
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The Tortoise and the Hare
One bright, sunny morning a
tortoise–we shall call him Mr Tortoise–
was taking a walk when suddenly he
met a hare. Now he did not like this
hare at all, for he was very sarcastic,
and always laughed at the tortoise.
Nevertheless, the tortoise smiled and
greeted him, "Good morning, Mr Hare.
How are you?"
The hare did not answer, but as
soon as he saw the tortoise, he began
to laugh very loudly.
"Oh, oh. I can't help laughing at
you, Mr Tortoise!"
"Why, what's so funny?"
"You! You are so slow, Mr
Tortoise."
"Me? Slow? Who says I'm slow?"
asked the tortoise.
"I do," answered the hare. "With
those funny legs of yours you certainly
can't run, you can only walk."
"But there's nothing the matter
with my legs."
"Well, I don't know whether one
can call them legs or not. They're
so short and look so funny. I don't
understand how you can get about at
all!"
The tortoise got very angry, but
he just smiled. He walked on saying,
"Goodbye, Mr Hare. See you again."
"Wait a moment, Mr Tortoise.
Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm just taking a walk."
"Oh? You certainly can't walk very
far, though, can you?"
Hearing this the tortoise became
angrier still, but he pretended to be
calm.
"Look," he said, "why don't you
stop teasing me and making fun of me?
I'm sure I can run as fast as you can."
At this the hare laughed so loudly
that he was unable to answer the
tortoise immediately.
"You? As fast as me? Poor Mr
Tortoise, don't you know that I'm the
fastest creature in the forest?
"We shall see," said the tortoise. "I
have a good plan. Do you see that tree
over there on the top of the hill?"
"Yes, I do."
"Now, let's have a race and see
which of us can reach that tree
fi
rst. It's
a very long way off, but it will prove
which of us can run the faster."
Activity
6
Read the following fable with a partner. Practise your
pronunciation with your partner.
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The hare stopped laughing and
asked, "Are you serious, Mr Tortoise?"
"Of course I am," answered the
tortoise. "Let's begin the race right
away!"
One, two, three! The tortoise and the
hare were off. Of course the tortoise was
quickly left far behind by the hare.
When the hare had run for about
half an hour he thought, "I think I will
just lie down here to rest a while. I've
made myself tired running so fast.
Anyway, it will take a very long for the
tortoise to get here. I can't even see him.
When he comes, I will jump up and run
away from him again. What a fool Mr
Tortoise is to have a race with me, the
fastest creature on legs!"
So the hare lay down to rest, and
soon was fast asleep. He slept for hours
and hours! And he did not hear the
tortoise passing quietly.
It was already late in the afternoon
when the hare woke up.
"Goodness!" he cried out. "It's
nearly dark! Where's Mr Tortoise?"
He looked up towards the hill and
saw the tortoise, very far off and very
small!
"Mr Tortoise can be only a few
metres from the tree by now! I must
hurry!"
And the hare started to run just as
fast as he could go. He ran and ran with
all his might to get to the tree
fi
rst. Ten
minutes more! Three minutes more...
two minutes more... one minute...
thirty seconds... ten second... three...
two... one! At that moment the tortoise
reached the tree! And so he was the
fi
rst
to arrive at the tree! The hare was late...
only one second!
Ashamed, tired and very exhausted
because of running so very fast, the
hare rolled over on the ground and
died!
Taken from
Selected Fables
, 2001
1. What was Mr Hare like?
2. Why did Mr Hare laugh at Mr Tortoise?
3. What made Mr Tortoise get angry with Mr Hare?
4. What was Mr Tortoise's plan for himself and Mr
Hare?
5. What did Mr Hare do after he had run for about half
an hour?
6. When did Mr Hare wake up?
7. What did Mr Hare do after he saw Mr Tortoise almost
win the race?
Activity
7
Answer the following questions.
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8. How did Mr Tortoise win the race?
9. What happened to Mr Hare after arriving at the
tree?
10. What is the moral value you get from the story?
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba was such a poor man that
he had only had one shoe for his two
feet. Even the mice in his house were
hungry.
One day, his wife said, "We have no
food in the house. No rice. No potatoes.
Go and collect leaves in the forest so
that I can make a soup."
Ali was a lazy man. He looked for
leaves for about ten minutes and then
he climbed a tree to sleep. He was
afraid of wolves. When he woke up,
he was surprised to see forty thieves
on forty horses. They stopped in front
of a big rock.
"Open Sesame!" shouted the leader.
A door on the rock opened. The thieves
carried sacks full of gold into the cave.
When they had finished, the leader
shouted.
"Close Sesame!" and the door
closed. As soon as the thieves had
disappeared Ali Baba jumped down
from the tree, said, "Open Sesame" and
went into the cave.
There were shelves all around the
walls. The shelves were full of sacks.
And the sacks were full of gold. Ali
took a sack home with him.
Unfortunately, one of the thieves
saw Ali's footprints on the sand. He
followed them to Ali's home. He took
out his knife and made a cross on the
door.
"Now I shall know which house it
is," he said.
He rode off to get the other thieves.
But Ali had seen the thief.
He and his wife took brooms and
swept away the footprints. Then he
made crosses on every door at the
street. When the forty thieves arrived
they had their knives between their
teeth. But they couldn't
fi
nd either Ali
– or the gold. And Ali and his wife lived
happily ever after.
Taken from
Addison–Wesley Kids 4
, 1990
Activity
8
Now, with your partner change the text into a play.
Then act it out in front of the class.
Activity
9
Read the following and then retell it in your own
words.
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Reading
In this section, you will learn how to:
• read narrative texts.
a. day break g. trickery
b. reluctance or doubt h. descend
c. honesty i. certainty
d. paradise j. keep silent
e. climb k. hell
f. shout l. sunset
1. Have you ever been deceived or tricked?
2. How do you feel after being deceived?
3. What do you do to someone who deceives you?
4. Mention some kinds of deception you know.
Words
1. ascend
2. dawn
3. heaven
4. hesitation
5. call
out
6. deception
Antonyms
Synonyms
New Horizon
Folklore is what
people pass on to
their children and
grandchildren. Folk
songs, fairy tales, and
folktales are folklore.
So are myths, or
stories about gods and
goddesses, and legends,
or stories based on real
people or stories based
on real people or events.
Folklore also
includes many things
people say and do in
everyday life. Arts and
crafts, dances, games,
nursery rhymes, and
sayings are all folklore.
(
The World Book Student
Discovery Encyclopedia: Volume
4,
2006)
Activity
1
Answer these questions.
Activity
2
Find the synonyms and antonyms of the words by
choosing the words provided in the box. Copy the
table in your workbook.
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Why Does the Cock Eat the Millipede?
Long ago the cock had a pair of beautiful horns
on his head. But at that time there was a dragon who
was prevented from ascending into heaven because he
lacked a pair of horns. And so he offered the millipede
as a guarantor, and borrowed the horns from the
cock!
When the millipede came for the horns, he said to
the cock: "When you want your horns back, you must
call out at dawn: 'Give me back my horns!' and they will
be returned to you at once. You need have no occasion
to be concerned in the least."
The kind cock knew how difficult it was to
ascend to heaven, so, reassured by the good security
the millipede offered, he loaned his horns without
hesitation, just twisting them right off his head. He
also thought to himself that when the dragon returned
from his visit to heaven, they could sit down and have
a good conversation; he would ask the dragon to tell
him how things were in heaven, and if it really was
beautiful there, as he had always heard. If it was true,
he might consider going there himself someday, he
thought.
Orientation
Evaluation
Evaluation
Activity
3
Read and understand the generic structure of the
text.
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So, next morning at daybreak (for the dragon's visit
was scheduled to be brief), the cock called out loudly:
"Give me back my horns!" But, even though he repeated
this demand ten times over, there was no sign at all
of either the dragon or the horns. Worried, the cock
promptly went off to complain to the millipede, who
soothed him, saying: "If the dragon has not returned
the horns this morning, then he will certainly do so
tomorrow. At the very latest, the day after that. Just
learn to be a little patient and your horns will soon be
back on your head, just as before."
The cock did wait several days, but although he
called out every morning at sunrise: "Give me back
my horns!" They never did reappear. The cock was
extremely annoyed at this deception and loss, as you
can well imagine, therefore he ordered all the members
of his family to eat millipedes on sight.
Even so, the cock has not yet given up hope of
getting his horns returned. He ordered his descendants
always to call out at the break of day: "Give me back my
horns!" He still hopes that the dragon may hear him!
Taken from
The Asian Animal Zodiac
, 1998
Resolution
Narrative
Social function :
to amuse,
entertain and to deal with
problematic events which lead to a
crisis or turning point of some kind,
which in turn
fi
nds a resolution.
Generic structure :
Orientation
:
containing plot and characters.
Evaluation
:
evaluating the plight of the story.
Complication :
crisis of the story.
Resolution
:
the crisis is
resolved, for better or for
worse.
Complication
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1. T - F
The cock got information about heaven
from the dragon.
2. T - F
The dragon didn't return the cock's
horns.
3. T - F
The millipede was a successful
deceiver.
4. T - F
The cock asked all the members of his
family to eat millipedes because he had
been deceived.
5. T - F
The cock didn't expect the dragon to
return his horns anymore.
1. Why didn't the cock have horns on his head?
2. Why did the cock loan his horns without
hesitation?
3. What was a pair of cock's beautiful horns asked
for?
4. Why did the cock give his horns to the millipede?
5. What should the cock call out if he wants the horns
back?
6. Did the cock stop hoping to get his horns back?
7. Were the horns returned to the cock?
8. What are the moral values you can
fi
nd from the
story? Share them with your partner.
Activity
4
Choose T if the statement is true and F if it is false
based on the text.
Activity
5
Still in pairs, answer the questions based on text in
Activity 3.
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Miss Mole Catches a Ghost
Quite often Miss Mole would look
after the young ones who lived in the
woodland, when their parents went out
in the evening.
"I just love baby-sitting," sighed
Miss Mole, as she gazed at the little
animals, "you're all such darlings!"
"But we're not babies," grumbled
the fieldmice twins, "we're almost
grown up!"
"Well you'll always be babies to
me," giggled Miss Mole, as she gave
them all a great big hug.
But one evening when Miss Mole
was baby-sitting, something very
strange happened ...
All the little animals had walked
over to Miss Mole's house just before
dark. They were laughing and joking
and making lots of noise as they went
along.
All of a sudden one of the rabbits
heard a strange sound. Then one or
two of the little animals saw something
move near the top of the trees.
"What was that?" gasped a baby
badger as he grabbed one of the
squirrels.
Then, as the wind rustled the
leaves on the tree ... they all saw it ... a
spooky white thing
fl
ying through the
branches!
"It's a ghost!" screamed a small
hedgehog. And everyone ran as fast
as they could and landed on a heap at
Miss Mole's front door.
"Whatever is wrong?" cried Miss
Mole as she opened her door, and in
fell all the little animals.
"We've seen a ghost!" sobbed
the rabbit. "It's chased us all the way
through the wood, and now it's up in
that tree!"
Miss Mole put on her extra strong
glasses and took a good look.
"Goodness me," she gasped, "there
it is!"
Right then and there, brave Miss
Mole reached for her longest broom
and pulled something out of the
branches above.
"Here's your ghost," laughed Miss
Mole. "It's a plastic bag. I lost it on
my way back from the woodland
supermarket!"
All the little animals breathed a big
sigh of relief as Miss Mole took them
inside and closed the door.
"Gather round and I'll tell you a
story," she said kindly.
"As long as it's not a ghost story,"
whispered the baby badger.
Taken from
50 Bedtime Stories
, 2002
Activity
6
Analyse the following narrative text carefully. Determine
the orientation, complication and resolution. Do it
individually.
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1. Took a long deep breath that can be heard
2. Said something while crying noisily
3. Looked long at somebody or something
4. Made a gentle light sound
5. Laughed lightly in nervous way
6. Complained in bad tempered way
7. Took something
fi
rmly, suddenly, roughly
8. Took one or more quick deep breaths
a. Begin by getting your audience's attention, like
"I want to tell a story about Miss Mole ..."
b. Set the beginning scene (when, where, who and
what).
c. Tell what happens next.
d. Add dialogues.
e. At the end, say something that shows what you
learned or how you feel about the story, for example.
"I feel that the story gave me a lesson that is ...."
Grammar
Review
Simple Past Tense
Pay attention to the sentences.
1.
Long ago the cock
had
a pair of beautiful horns on his
head.
2. When the millipede
came
for the horns, he said to the
cock, ....
3. The kind cock
knew
how dif
fi
cult it was to ascend to
heaven.
4. The cock
called
out loudly.
5. The cock
was
extremely annoyed.
Your Project
Ask your parents or
grandparents about
the folktales from your
region. Make a list of
the folktales. Mention as
many as possible. Then
write about one folktale
that you think is the
most interesting.
Activity
8
Retell the story about
Miss Mole Catches a Ghost
using your own words. Study the following story
telling hints.
Activity
7
Find the words in the text which have the following
meanings.
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1. Mr Rahmadi teaches German.
2. The students climb the mountain.
3. Eliza wears a beautiful dress.
4. Mr Krisna opens the secret.
5. Regita reads the novel.
6. Yuni cuts the grass in the yard.
7. Leoni studies English with her brother.
8. Mr Dede buys a lot of toys for his son.
6. Miss Mole
gave
them all a great big hug.
7. Everyone
ran
as fast as they could.
8. The wind
rustled
the leaves.
9. I
lost
it.
10. All the little animals
breathed
a big sigh of relief.
The underlined verbs above are
preterite
or
past forms
.
They are used to tell past events. So, the past verb is
important when you write a plot of narrative text because
the past verb or past tense is one of the grammatical
features in writing a narrative text.
When a visitor to Bearborough last
year forgot to put on her watch, she
asked some local bears the time- and
she got some strange answers.
"Half past three," the bear who sells
fruit and vegetables said, glancing up
at the Town Hall clock.
"A quarter to nine," the bear in the
bakery replied, looking at the clock high
on the church.
"Nine minutes after
fi
ve," the bear
who sells ice cream on the corner of the
main street said, peering at the clock in
front of the train station.
Teddy Bear Time
Activity
9
Change the following sentences into the simple past
tense.
Activity
10
Find the verbs in the form of past tense in the
following story.
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You have probably guessed that all
the clocks in Bearborough were wrong.
That was because old Mr Minim, the
only clock mender in town, had become
a little shaky on his legs. Although
fi
t
and well in every other way, he simply
could not face climbing up a ladder to
mend clocks high up.
As you can imagine, the clocks really
were a problem. The trains were never
on time, and the shopkeepers didn't
know when to open their shops.
Then, one day, Bearborough had
two very special visitors. They were a
bear called Alfred and his friend Jumble-
who was an elephant! Now most bears
in Bearborough had never seen an
elephant before, so they all gathered
round. And the elephant, pleased to
show off his size and strength, wrapped
his trunk around each of the little
bears in turn and lifted them up high,
squealing with excitement.
"Excuse me, Jumble," said Mr
Minim, tapping him lightly on the
toe with his walking stick. "Could
you lift a grown-up bear, like me, for
example?"
In seconds, Mr Minim found
himself dangling above the crowd, yet
he felt as safe as if he was standing on
fi
rm ground.
And that is why, if you visit
Bearborough these days, all the clocks
are exactly right, for Jumble visits every
twelve months, and Mr Minim always
says that's the highlight of his year!
Taken from
My Treasury of Five Minute Stories,
2000
Writing
In this section, you will learn how to:
•
write a narrative text.
1. Have you ever read a story about honest people?
2. What did the honest people get at the end of the
story?
Activity
1
Answer the following questions.
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1. foster
2. ogre
3. dumpling
4. gibber
5. treasure
6. girdle
7. pheasant
8. clamber
9. homage
10. tide
11. conquer
12. laden
Little Peachling
1.
The old man soon came down from the hills, and
the good wife set the peach before him, when, just as
she was inviting him to eat it, the fruit split in two,
and a little puling baby was born into the world. So
the old couple took the babe, and brought it up as
their own; and, because it had been born in a peach,
they called it Momotaro, or Little Peachling.
By degrees Little Peachling grew up to be strong
and brave, and at last one day he said to his old foster
parents: "I am going to the ogres' island to carry off
the riches that they have stored up there. Pray, then,
make me some millet dumplings for my journey."
2.
"I'm carrying the very best millet dumplings in
all Japan."
"If you'll give me one, I will go with you," said
the monkey.
So Little Peachling gave one of his dump-
lings to the monkey, who received it and followed
him. When he had gone a little further, he heard
a pheasant calling: "Ken! Ken! Ken! Where are you
off to, Master Peachling?"
Activity
2
Write the de
fi
nitions of the following words.
Activity
3
Rearrange the following parts of the story.
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3.
When they got to the ogres' island, the pheasant
fl
ew over the castle gate, and the monkey clambered
over the castle wall, while Little Peachling, leading
the dog, forced in the gate, and got into the castle.
Then they did battle with the ogres, and put them to
fl
ight, and took their king prisoner. So all the ogres
paid homage to Little Peachling, and brought out the
treasures which they had gathered. There were caps
and coats that made their wearers invisible, jewels
which governed the ebb and
fl
ow of the tide, coral,
musk, emeralds, amber, and tortoise shell, besides
gold and silver. All these were laid before Little
Peachling by the conquered ogres.
4.
Many hundred years ago there lived an honest
old woodcutter and his wife. One
fi
ne morning the
old man went off to the hills with his billhook, to
gather a faggot of sticks, while his wife went down
to the river to wash the dirty clothes. When she
came to the river, she saw a peach
fl
oating down
the stream; so she picked it up, and carried it home
with her, thinking to give it to her husband to eat
when he should come in.
5.
So Little Peachling went home laden with riches,
and maintained his foster parents in peace and
plenty for the remainder of their lives.
6.
So the old folks ground the millet, and made the
dumplings for him; and Little Peachling, after taking
an affectionate leave of them, cheerfully set out on
his travels.
As he was journeying on, he fell in with a
monkey, who gibbered at him, and said: "Kia! Kia!
Kia! Where are you off to, Little Peachling?"
"I'm going to the ogres' island, to carry off their
treasure," answered Little Peachling.
"What are you carrying in your girdle?"
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7.
Little Peachling answered as before; and the
pheasant, having begged and obtained a millet
dumpling, entered his service, and followed him.
A little while after this, they met a dog, who
cried: "Bow! Wow! Wow! Whither away, Master
Peachling?"
"I'm going off to the ogres' island, to carry off
their treasure."
"If you will give me one of those nice millet
dumplings of yours, I will go with you," said the
dog.
"With all my heart," said Little Peachling. So he
went on his way, with the monkey, the pheasant,
and the dog following after him.
Taken from
http://www.pitt.edu/
Once upon a time there was
1
(4 words). She was a widow
and had but one son. His name was
Hans, and he
2
(3 words).
It was summertime, and his mother
gave him a large pot of honey, saying, "I
3
(5 words) to sell this, but don't
let people say too much to you." She
was afraid that people would bargain
too much with him.
Arriving in town, he cried out, "Buy
my honey!"
The people said, "How much does
it cost?"
He said, "You are
4
(5
words)."
"Can't we at least ask how much
it costs?"
"No," he said, "you have already
said too much," and he packed up and
left town.
Out in the country the
fl
ies and
wasps swarmed around him, wanting
his honey.
"Buy my honey!" he said. They
were not able to say anything to him,
so he
5
(3 words) out on the
ground. "You'll have to pay me in a
week," he said.
Then he went home and told his
mother, "I sold the honey and
6
(4 words) in a week."
Foolish Hans
Activity
4
Now, work in groups of three or four. Read the
following text and think of the possible words to
fi
ll
in the blanks.
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Cinderella
• Cinderella's mother passed away.
• She lived with a stepmother and three stepsisters.
• They treated her badly.
• Cinderella went to the prince's ballroom.
• The prince looked for the owner of the glass shoes.
• The prince found the owner, Cinderella.
A week later he again set off for
town. Because of the money for the
honey he took along a stout cudgel. He
arrived at the spot, and there were still
bees and
fl
ies there licking up the little
honey that was left.
He said, "
7
(5 words)," but
they gave him nothing.
"I'll make short work of this,"
he said. "I am reporting you to the
judge."
He went to the judge, who asked,
"Just what do you want?"
"The
fl
ies and wasps bought honey
from me," he said, "and now
8
(4 words)."
The judge began to laugh, seeing
that he was dealing with a real simpleton.
"All I can tell you, is that whenever you
see a
fl
y you should strike it dead," he
answered.
Just then a
fl
y
fl
ew onto the judge's
nose, and Hans
9
(3 words) on
his nose.
"Ouch, my nose!" cried the judge.
Then Hans said, "I
10
(5
words), not at your nose."
Then the judge thought, "He could
kill someone if he sees a
fl
y sitting on
them. And who allowed it to happen?
The judge, that's what people will say."
So he asked, "How much did your
honey cost?"
"Three hundred florins," said
Hans.
So the judge wrote him a slip and
sent him with it to the cashier, where
he received his money. And with it, he
happily returned home.
Taken from
http://www.pitt.edu/
Activity
5
Write a narration of the following story. The outline
of the story may help you develop the narration.
Activity
6
Do you still remember the story your parents told
you when you were a child? Write the story in your
own words.
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After learning the lesson in this chapter, you are expected to be able to:
1. respond to advice and warnings;
2. respond to narrative texts;
3. comprehend an announcement
4. give advice and warnings;
5. retell a narrative text;
6. read narrative texts;
7. write narrative texts.
Now, answer the questions:
1. What do you say to advise your sister to not get home late at night?
2. What is orientation in a narrative text?
If you
fi
nd some dif
fi
culties, consult your teacher or discuss with your friends.
Learning Re
fl
ection
1.
Language Functions
a. Giving Advice
b. Giving Warnings
2.
Genre
Narrative
Social function: to amuse, entertain and to deal with problematic events which
lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn
fi
nds
a resolution.
Generic structure:
Orientation : containing plot and characters.
Evaluation
: evaluating the plight of the story.
Complication : crisis of the story.
Resolution
: the crisis is resolved, for better or for worse.
Chapter Summary