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课件网) UNIT 8 UNIT 8 LITERATURE A CONTINUATION OF A STORY To recall details and use them in creative writing To analyse the structure and language of a story To notice the author’s style and try to recreate that style To use descriptive language To review the plot and story development You are going to write a continuation of the story “The Last Leaf”. Discuss the questions with your partner. n.延续;继续部分 1. What happened in the story “The Last Leaf” 2. What might happen next 3. What is important in continuing a story 1 Brainstorm events from the story in pairs. What do you think might happen next Consider what the characters would do in the continuation. What would … do How will … feel about it What will … say in that situation 1. Where did this part of the story happen 2. What did the narrator meet It happened inside the submarine. The narrator met two seamen of the submarine. 2 Read a continuation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Answer the questions. 3. What did Ned think would happen to them They would die. 4. How is the continuation connected with the original story It uses the same characters as the original story, and it tells what happens next. Read again. Identify the characters, the setting and the plot of the story. What do you remember about the characters, the setting and the plot of the story Characters Setting Plot 3 I could hear Ned and Conseil breathing quickly. They were nervous, too. Our prison was suddenly lit, and we closed our eyes painfully at the light. They examined us with great attention, without saying a word. I did not completely believe the words I said… We ate in silence. …said one of the men in a deep voice. Descriptive Language Write 2-3 sentences as the continuation of “The Last Leaf”. Use similar expressions in the Sentence Builder that make the description vivid and lively. Discuss in pairs how you might use descriptive language in your sentences. Think about the setting and characters of your continuation. Your story could take place inside the house, at a park, a cemetery or somewhere else. Who will be in your story Think about what those characters will do and what they will say in the continuation. 4 Draw a story map for your continuation of “The Last Leaf”. Make sure your continuation is coherent with the original story. 5 You can outline by writing key details in a list, such as the setting, characters and plot. You should only be writing short notes and not complete sentences or ideas. My Story Map Title: _____ Setting: _____ Characters: _____ New plot: _____ The development of the story _____ _____ _____ Ending: _____ It’s important to: understand the setting, the characters and the plot of the original story; start your continuation with a new plot based on what has happened; include different types of details like sensory details, actions and thoughts; create dialogues that sound real and natural; write the continuation in th ... ...
