Unit16

Communication Workshop

Use the following given words to make up a short story

Warm-up

bus, wait, walk, hot, teacher, remind, competition, prepare, last, tear

Reading

Read the three drafts of a student’s

composition on the topic A Day

When Everything Went Wrong.

Decide which one is the most

interesting.

Think about how the writer:

●attracts the attention of the reader.

● shows the order of events.

● shares feelings with the reader. ● uses vivid

language to make the writing more

interesting.

May 24th was a bad day. The day everything went

wrong was may 24th.May 24th, 2005 will live in my mind forever.

How the writer attracts the attention of the reader

How the writer shows the order of events

Because the school bus did not

…

First, I had to wait 30 minutes

for the school bus…

The day started to go wrong

the instant I left home.

At school, Mr. fan …

The next problem happened when

I arrived at school.

But the trouble was only just

beginning.

When I got into bed that night,

I …

The last problem of this terrible

day happened when I got into

Even then, my troubles were not

over. As I got into bed, …

This was a big mistake!

…and you can imagine how I felt

by the time.

What a clumsy end to an awful day!

How the writer shares feelings with the reader

How the writer used vivid

language to make the writing

more interesting

It was hot and tiresome.

The day was hot and tiring.

The sun was already boiling hot…

Mr. fan, the English teacher

reminded me of the… This surprised

me…

Mr. fan, the English teacher, a large

but friendly man, gave me a nasty

surprise. He reminded me in his loud

voice that …

As I climbed up the stairs to the

classroom, I heard a

booming voice behind me.

I felt awkward and had to look

down at my book during the

competition. There was only a

little applause when I left

the stage.

There was no time to practice at

lunch time and I read from my

book instead of reciting the

poems. As I left the stage, there

was only some quiet applause. I

was not surprised when I came

last in the competition.

I tried, and failed to practice

during the lunch break . The result?

I couldn’t remember any of the

poems and had to keep looking

down at my book. The more I

looked down, the redder my face

became.

I felt tense and dizzy. When I left

the stage people didn’t applaud very

loudly and it came as no surprise

that I was last in the competition.

layout

introduction

beginning of the narrative

conclusion

development of the narrative

Make draft A and B more interesting

by replacing some phrases with more

colorful language.

1. really sleepy

2. was a terrible shock

3. burning with shame

4. The first sign of things to come

was

5. my troubles only got worse

6. the final horror came

Predict answers before listening

Eurydice and Orpheus loved each

other. One day, they went out, and

Eurydice fell asleep under an

apple tree…

The king of Fairies took her away,

and Orpheus felt sad and left the

palace with the harp.

one day, he followed a group of

people in the woods , and came to

the palace of the king of Fairies.

He played the harp and the king

of Fairies promised him anything.

He took Eurydice away and lived

a happy life.