5. Act it out.

Step 10 Around the world: Stories

1. Ask the students to look at the picture and discuss what they can see.

2. Read through the information with the whole class.

In the past, not many people could read or write, so most stories were told. Some stories were s o popular that they were told many times and changed often. They were passed from generation to generation. Finally, they were written down.

For example, in China old stories like The Monkey King are still loved today.

Some people say that new stories written in books today are not as entertaining as the old ones. Do you agree?.

Step 12 Module task: Writing a short story about your own experience.

1. Make notes about your story. Think about:

• when it happened

• what you were doing at the time

• what happened first

• what happened next

• what happened finally

It was a Friday evening.

I was waiting at the bus stop.

A car stopped and the driver opened the door. It was …

2. Use your notes to write the story.

It was a Friday evening. I was waiting at the bus stop…

Step 13 Do exercises

达标学习

A. 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

1. Mr. Black ____________(repair)his bike at this time yesterday.

2.What _______ you _________(do)at ten o'clock yesterday morning?

3.Kelly ____________(play)computer games when a little cat came into her room.

4.The twins _________(learn)Chinese when their mother __________ (come) in.

5.My wallet _______(drop)on the ground when I ____________(walk) in the park.

6.While Masha _________(cook)dinner，the bell __________(ring).

7. —_____ the Blacks ______(watch) video tapes between 7:00 and 9:00 last night?

—Yes，they _________.

8.It ____________(rain) heavily when I _________(get)home yesterday evening.

9.The man downstairs _________just_________(fall)asleep when there _________ (be)a loud knock at the door.

10.Doctor Li _________(be)on duty last night. He _________ still _________ (work)in the hospital at 10 p.m.

Keys: 1. was repairing  2. were doing  3. was playing  4. were learning; came  5. dropped, was walking  6. was cooking; rang  7. Was; watching; were  8. was raining; got  9. was; falling; was  10. was; was, working

B.中考链接

(  )1. —What were you doing this time yesterday?  D

—I __________ on the grass and drawing a picture.

A. sit    B. sat   C. am sitting    D. was sitting

(  )2.—Where were you at 7:00 last night? B

—I __________ to my mom at home.

A. write       B. was writing      C. wrote

(  )3.—I called you at4:00 yesterday afternoon, but no one answered? D

—Sorry, I _______ with my friends at that time.

A. swim   B. swam     C. will swim     D. was swimming

Keys: 1. D  2. B  3. D

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