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4.  Decide who was most to blame for the woman’s death and write this first under My list  Decide who was second most to blame  And so on down to the one who was least to blame (5 th ) © Let’s Think in English

5.  Now share your list with your group and see if there are any differences.  If there are, explain your reasons to each other  Agree on a group list and write it down © Let’s Think in English

6.  This story is a fable – a story to make us think about how people behave.  A difficulty with a fable is that it doesn’t say why the people behaved as they did, their motive.  What ‘good’ or acceptable reasons might there be for the woman to take a lover? © Let’s Think in English

7. Can you think of a ‘good’ or acceptable reason why  the lover  the boatman  the soldier behaved as they did? © Let’s Think in English

8. We don’t usually read fables like this one. We usually read longer stories – 5 pages, 10 pages, 100 pages, whole novels. Why do people read fiction? Why do you read stories? (It’s the most popular pastime.) © Let’s Think in English

9.  Suppose you had to rewrite The Bridge as an is enjoyable story.  What would you need to add to the story to make it enjoyable to read? © Let’s Think in English

10.  what the characters look like; how they dress; how they behave  description of where they live, of the bridge  good descriptive language  dialogue  suspense  a good beginning and end © Let’s Think in English

11.  If you were going to rewrite the story for readers to enjoy, would it matter if you thought the woman behaved badly or she had a good reason? Why?   If you were going to rewrite the story for readers to enjoy, would you write it in the 3 rd person (“he said”) or 1 st person (“I said”)? If 1 st person, which character would you have tell the story? (Not the woman because she is dead.) © Let’s Think in English