Story

Six Word Lives One Life. Six Words. What’s Yours? I was never the pretty one. Followed rules, not dreams. Never Again. Found true Love, married someone else. Time heals all wounds? Not quite. Six words not enough for a Never lived up to my potential Didn’t fit in then, still don’t I write stories. They come true I still make coffee for two

Match the famous people with the story Bill Gates Julius Caesar Agatha Christie Martin Luther King Princess Diana Kept you guessing til the end My dream came true at last Died young and beautiful, loved forever I connected people and got rich. I came, I saw, I conquered

Bill Gates I connected people and got rich.

Princess Diana Died young and beautiful, loved forever

Julius Caesar I came, I saw, I conquered

Agatha Christie Kept you guessing til the end

Martin Luther King My dream came true at last

Your Turn Six word stories for the class Write your story we’ll try to guess who it belongs to

Story Types Anecdote Fable Fairy tale Legend Myth News Story Short Story Whodunnit

Which Story? Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a beautiful princess. Have I told you about the time I fell into the river? Long ago, there lived a brave warrior and his band of soldiers. ‘Let’s return to the scene of the crime and see if we can’t find any more clues,’ the inspector said At 92, Muriel felt she has achieved all she could in life And the moral is: pride goes before a fall. Reports are coming in of a forest fire which is spreading rapidly in northern countries Athena, daughter of Zeus, was the goddess of wisdom and warfare Anecdote Fable Fairy Tale Legend Myth News Story Short Story Whodunnit

Think, Pair, Share Think about what to say and how to say it What kind of story is it? Where and when did you read, hear or see it? What is the story about? Where and when is the story set? Who are the characters? What’s the plot of the story? What happens in the end? Why do you like it?

Daily Phrases They say that eating carrots helps you see in the dark, but personally I think it’s just __________ I said you can’t borrow my car, and I mean it. __________ We lost our luggage at the airport, and had to fill in various forms and keep calling the airline. But anyway, _________, we managed to get it back in the end. ‘Mom! Ella hit the cat!’ ‘Don’t tell ______ about your sister, Mia’ An old wives’ tale To make a long story short tales End of story

Daily Phrases I’m afraid you can’t believe everything Karen says. She’s got ________ about how badly people treat her When he arrived late he told me ________ about being trapped in an elevator and then being rescued by a news reporter and being interviewed on television. I didn’t get the job – they told me I didn’t have enough experience. But that’s _________ I’m afraid. ‘So how come you managed to persuade your father to lend you the car?’ ‘Well, it’s _________.” Cock-and-bull story – a tall tale (unbelievable story that is meant to be believed A cock-and-bull story The story of my life Sob story A long story

Match the Expression with what it’s related to A myth or superstition A silly story that is hard to believe A story told to get someone else into trouble A sad story designed to elicit sympathy A story that you don’t want to tell in detail A detailed or complicated story An attempt to stop discussion or argument about something Something unfortunate that often happens to someone

Creating Conversations Write a Script using the words on the blackboard and at least three of the following words A cock-and-bull story End of story A long story An old wives’ tale A sob story Tales The story of my life To cut a long story short Groups of three – genre of movie on board