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课件网) UNIT 8 LITERATURE WRITING WORKSHOP A CONTINUATION OF A STORY After this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. To analyse the structure and language of a story 2. To use descriptive language 3. To review the plot and story development Learning objectives Pair work You are going to write a continuation of the story “The Last Leaf”. Discuss the questions with your partner. 1. What happened in the story 2. What might happen next 3. What is important in continuing story Get ready for writing Read a continuation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Answer the questions. 1. Where did this part of the story happen 2. What did the narrator meet 3. What did Ned think would happen to them 4. How is the continuation connected with the original story Read for writing 1. Where did this part of the story happen It happened inside the submarine. 2. What did the narrator meet The narrator met two seamen of the submarine. 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. Structure Details Setting Characters Plot Structure and the language Sentences Builder Descriptive Language 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. 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. _____ Writing a Continuation of a Story 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 the same tone and tense as the original story. Writing Help Compose your writing Complete the story map for your continuation. My Story Map Title: _____ Setting: _____ Characters: _____ New plot: _____ The development of the story _____ _____ _____ Ending: _____ Use your story map and the Writing Help to write your first draft. Edit your story in pairs. Then share what you have written in class.
