1143 picture story the little duck grammar up task

Tell the story using the words given next to the pictures.. she, have an idea go back, kitchen blow up, rubber toy put a tape, head little duck, still weep see, rubber toy, full of air a

Tell the story using the words given next to the pictures Your teacher will listen to you and then suggest you ways to improve your story Make another turn and try to use your teacher’s suggestions

she, have an idea

go back, kitchen

blow up, rubber toy

put a tape, head

little duck, still weep

see, rubber toy, full of air again stop crying happy again thank you, mother

all the air

escape, quick

little duck, can do

nothing

there is

a little duck

bathing

bathtub

one evening

play, rubber

human doll

mosquito fly by land, head bite a hole think, the doll a real human

duck, see start to weep mother duck, hear her crying

come in, from kitchen see what happen want to help start to think

Next, add these

“story” words into your story:

THE STORY OF THE LITTLE DUCK AND THE RUBBER TOY

There was a little duck bathing in the bathtub one evening She was playing with a rubber human doll

Suddenly, a mosquito flew by and landed on the doll’s head Then the mosquito bit a hole into the doll, because it thought the doll was a real human

All the air escaped quickly, and the little duck could do nothing about it

When the duck saw this, she started to weep Mother duck heard her crying, so she came in from the kitchen

She saw what happened She wanted to help so she started to think

Suddenly, she had an idea She went back into the kitchen Then she came back and blew up the rubber toy Then she put a tape on its head The little duck was still weeping

But when she saw that the rubber toy was full of air again, she stopped crying and was happy again ”Thank you, mother,” she said

Notes for teachers

Students have to tell the story (several times) using the story cues provided in the worksheet This is a "Grammar up!" task where students add the past tense, articles, plurals, conjuntions, etc to the story The repetition helps students slowly start to focus on the grammar besides the content of the story It worked for me across various levels up to intermediate When I want to impress a prospective new client, I often do this task because it results in a strong sense of learning by virtue of students' speaking production improving upon each repetition Bless up, Kisdobos