A. What do you know about William Tell? Write down your ideas.
B. Click on the link and follow the instructions.
1. Find the names of people and places.
2. List the artificial and natural landscape features.
3. Write down verbs in the third person singular form.
C. Read and listen to the story. Compare your ideas in A with the events in the story. What's the same? What's different?
D. As you read the story, find words that match the definitions below.
VOCABULARY
Find the verb.
1. This is what Japanese people do when they say hello to each other.
2. To speak in a very loud voice.
3. When your eyes focus on something.
4. When you don't live anymore.
5. This is what you do with a gun or a bow and arrow.
6. This is a sound you make when something is very funny.
7. When you move your legs very fast, you do this.
8. When you direct a vehicle to a particular place.
9. When you go into the air with both legs.
10. When your body goes to the ground by accident.
E. Complete the comprehension activity.
F. In groups, write a script based on the story.
Choose the following roles for your group.
G. Memorise your script and rehearse your play. You can use props and costumes.
ESL STAGE DIRECTIONS
H. Did everyone in your group contribute and work well together?
I. How much did you understand? Did you enjoy the story? Can you think of another story about somebody who does something heroic?
J. Can you think of another way to solve the problem in the story?
THE STATUE GAME
Think of scenes from the story. Form statues with your bodies. What is happening?
THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Read the story again. Stop at different parts. Explain what the characters were doing in those parts of the story.
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE: I Couldn't Believe My Eyes
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