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Stories 1

Story title:

a Bear saw that his tail was missing. Climax

b Bears no longer have tails. Rising
Action
c Fox decided to trick Bear. Falling
Action
d Bear sat fishing all night and his tail

froze. The beginning Resolution

e Bear saw Fox catching fish with his tail.

4 Pronunciation. 1 The words below contain a silent letter.

Silent Letters in English Listen to the words and practise
pronouncing them.
We don’t always pronounce every letter
in English words, for example we do not 1 climb (silent b) 2 scene (silent c)
pronounce the first letter d in Wednesday
or the letter k in knife. 3 evening (silent e) 4 foreign (silent g)

5 why (silent h) 6 walk (silent l)

7 castle (silent t) 8 window (silent w)

2 Read the words below with a partner.
Circle the silent letter in each word.

1 write 2 design
3 scientist 4 who
5 talk 6 would
7 interesting 8 where
9 thumb 10 listen

5 Tell a story. Work in pairs. Tell a story using the pictures below.

1 Use the storytelling tips to help you and think carefully about

picnic which tense you will use.

3 water
rising
2

rain

4

help

5 Tips for Storytelling

rescue n Begin your story with an
appropriate phrase, e.g. Once upon a time…,
One day…, Last year…, etc.

n Include descriptions of the characters and setting.

n Think about the plot and include the beginning, rising
action, climax, falling action, resolution.

n When you tell your story, remember to use different
storytelling techniques.

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