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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 a story “The last leaf ”. Discuss the questions with your partner. 1. What happened in the story “ The last leaf ” 2. What might happen next 3. What is important in continuing a story continuation：the next step of something ,to be continued…, unfinished Get ready for writing 1. What happened in the story “ The Last Leaf ” Suggested answer: The story happened in a building in New York. The heroine Johnsy had little chance of surviving because of pneumonia. She counted the leaves and thought she must die when the last leaf fell. Johnsy’s neighbor, Mr. Behrman painted an ivy leaf for her in the rain before the last leaf fell.But unfortunately he died of pneumonia at that night. Get ready for writing 2. What might happen next Suggested answer: Johnsy found a hope and finally survived. Get ready for writing 3. What is important in continuing a story suggested answer: Continuing a story setting characters plot where who what 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 Ned think would happen to them 4. How is the continuation connected with the original story the story teller former Read for writing 1. Where did this part of the story happen Suggested answers: This question is asking about the setting（where）. This part of the story happened inside the machine, the submarine.( Para 1 Line 1) Read for writing 2. What did the narrator meet Suggested answers: This question is asking about the characters and plot（who&what） . The narrator met two seamen.( Para2 Line 2) Read for writing 3. What Ned think would happen to them Suggested answers: This question is asking about characters and plot（who&what）. Ned thought he would die.( Para 3 Line 1) Read for writing 4. How is the continuation connected with the original story Suggested answers: This question is asking about coherence. It uses the same characters as the original story, and it tells what happened next.( Para 1 & Para 3） Read for writing Read again. Identify the characters, the setting and the plot of the story. structure Characters: Ned, I, Conseil, two seamen Setting: inside the submarine Plot: examined them, served them with food take them home Focus on structure and 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. Focus on structure and language Descriptive Language: I could hear Ned and Conseil breathing quickly. They were nervous, too. Our prison was suddenly lit, an ... ...
