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TELLING A TALE TELLING A TALE To begin a story you can use: Once upon a time, an enormous animal that lived in a cave near the sea. It ate insects, deer and little bears. Don’t kill me, please! Stop! Don’t do it

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  • 1. TELLING A TALE To begin a story you can use:Once upon a time, an enormousanimal that lived in a cave near thesea. It ate insects, deer and littlebears. Dont kill me,Stop!please!Dont do it

2. TELLING A STORYYesterday, there were two little children walking along thejungle, when suddenly, two huge lions faced them. Theywere so scared that they couldnt move. Then, anenormous elephant came and Whats goingHow are youon?doing? 3. Now, read the following: Pay attention to the highlighted words andread the explanations below: The green ones are connectors tosequence the story: Once upon a time,yesterday,etc. The sky blue ones are words to describepeople,animals and things: little, huge,etc. The yellow ones are actions(verbs) in pastthat help us to tell the story. There areregular verbsthat end in ED in past tense(face-faced;live-lived) and others are irregular verbs(be was-were; come- came) 4. Look at the following verbs and try to match them to their forms inpast based on the explanations of the power point presented. Writethe correct number on the line. (Use a dictionary if necessary)A B 1. Escape____Closed 2. Put away____Ran away 3. Stand up____Fought 4. Fight____Escaped 5. Put in ____Opened 6. Go down ____Caught 7. See ____Chased 8. Run away ____Stood up 9. Catch____Jumped10. Close____Put in11. Open____Went down12. Chase ____Saw13. Jump____Put away 5. ACTIVITIESChoose the best alternative after watching the firstpart of the video:1. The main characters in this video are:a) A black cat and a little brown mouseb) a little bird, a big cat, and a mousec) a black cat, a blue cat and a nice mouse2. The events occur in the following settings(places): a) In the living room and a bedroom of the house b) In the kitchen and the living room of the house c) In the bathroom and the kitchen of the house 6. IV. Look at the video and pay attention to the sequence. Then,rearrange the following events and number them. Dontforget to use the appropriate connectors.(at the beginning,then, after, later, suddenly, finally,etc.) .......The mouse stood up on the table. .......Both cats were fighting .......The mouse ran away .......The woman went down by the stairs. .......The cats hit the womans bottom. .......Tom drank water from the flower pot ....... The woman got angry and caught the cats. .......Tom put on a costume to cheat the black cat. .......The black cat put on a costume to cheat Tom. .Both cats chased the mouse everywhere .Jerry had to leave the house, too. .The woman put both cats away from the house. 7. V. Look at the video and imagine what and whenthey are saying the following. You can use someexpresions from the box. If you dont know themeanings of some of these expresions you can use adictionary. Choose one phrase for each character andthen complete the bubbles with these expresionsafter reading Tom & Jerrys introduction. Whats up?- Oh, My God - Go away - - Ups!Dont do it-Stop!-Im fed up - Please,dont put me away - Dont kill him I caught you- crazy cats - get out theyre my foesyoure mine- that will be mineYoure a stupid- Im thirsty - go and fight - whats going on? 8. CHARACTERS Tom: Jerry: The black cat: The woman: 9. Whats upfolks?Jerry, JerryHi buddiessay hello!Were your bestfriends.Enjoy our cartoon 10. Complete the bubblesIve gotyou!Stop! Youre a stupid! Ja Ja You cant catch me 11. Now, use the events above and describe the scene.Dont forget to use the appropriate connectors totell it. (First, yesterday, once upon a time,etc.)........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12. TASKFirst, create your own blog.You canuse www.blogspot.comNext, surf the net to find your imagesof your favourite cartoon. You can goto www.google.comThen, create your own cartoon usingthe lexical items checked.Finally, you have to present it to yourclass.