(共12张PPT)
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.
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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.